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re: "Covington like up-town New Orleans without the gun-fire"
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:17 am to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:17 am to SlowFlowPro
There's no smoking ban or uber debate on the NS because no one actually goes out over there.
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Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:17 am to TigerWise
quote:Those people are giving you excuses in most cases.
Yup, keeping it form become Bogalusa.
You say how easy it is to drive across the bridge but that the number 1 excuse I hear from family, friends, and coworks for not doing things.
Congrats on family, friends, and coworks that don't enjoy your company. Seems most people are conceding it's not a NS v. SS thing, why do you seem to want to make it that?
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:19 am to LSUfan4444
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Everyone on the Eastbank rags on the Westbank. Metairie people rag on Kenner. Uptown and Gentilly people rag on Lakeview. If you're not in Orleans Parish, to many you don't live in NOLA, and that includes Algiers. Like there is some magic that happens once you cross the 17th street canal.
Don't give me this "NOLA loves all" kum ba yah BS.
Well said.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:29 am to nolanola
New Orleans (much like the rest of La), more than anything else is a culture and a way of life. It isn't just a zip code. There is so much greatness to the city alot of people want to stay close so they can enjoy many of the offerings but do not want to be entrenched in it daily. So, they trade a longer drive home after work or after an event. Others put more value on being entrenched in the culture daily and handle other aspects accordingly. Like New York City, or Los Angelas, it is a way of life and there really isn't a right or wrong amount of that culture to be a part of it. Different amounts work for different people and the key is to find what works for you.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:30 am to LSUfan4444
Oh come on. I said Nola was MORE live and let live. Not perfectly Kum ba ya in every way.
Tell you what. Come hang out with my niece (she's white) and her adopted black children in Nola. Then go with her to the NS. I know it's one small example, but the difference in treatment is incredible.
Tell you what. Come hang out with my niece (she's white) and her adopted black children in Nola. Then go with her to the NS. I know it's one small example, but the difference in treatment is incredible.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:32 am to nolanola
What is it with the Northshore and the penis envy for New Orleans?
New Orleans couldn't give you flying fricks for anything North of the Lake, but they sure do spend a lot of time trying to justify their existence.
New Orleans couldn't give you flying fricks for anything North of the Lake, but they sure do spend a lot of time trying to justify their existence.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:34 am to drunkenpunkin
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There's just not a lot for people here who aren't social climbing, PTA, yoga pants, soccer moms. Not saying there's anything necessarily wrong with those people. That just seems to be only type of person around.
There is a odd sort of dynamic here in that regard.
IMO it seems to be moreso the newer types - they move here because they're so stoked about living "on the Northshore!" and so excited about their houses and things and lives, and they love to talk about them and compare...it's kinda overboard. I guess the NS kinda attracts those types to sort degree. Whereas the natives are more like, "yeah I'm here, I like it." All that shite isn't as big of a deal.
The fault of a lot of natives or long-termers is they've had the same group of friends their whole lives and aren't really looking to add on or make an effort trying to.
I don't mean the above in a strict or overly-broad sense, just some observations.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:35 am to cahoots
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Then go with her to the NS
It sounds like you are like WWL, you think Bogalusa is the Northshore.
Nobody cares that black kids have white parents in Mandeville. Many have adopted children of different races.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 10:40 am
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:36 am to cahoots
quote:
Come hang out with my niece (she's white) and her adopted black children in Nola. Then go with her to the NS. I know it's one small example, but the difference in treatment is incredible.
Huh? Not sure what you are saying.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:37 am to tgrbaitn08
quote:
New Orleans couldn't give you flying fricks for anything North of the Lake, but they sure do spend a lot of time trying to justify their existence.
Whenever someone posts here asking about living on the Northshore people that live in Orleans parish chime in saying how they could never live there, etc.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:39 am to VetteGuy
quote:
Nobody cars about that black kids have white parents in Mandeville. Many have adopted children of different races.
My wife's first cousin lives in lacombe, has two adopted black kids and often takes my daughter with them to the trailhead at Koop/Abita/Mandeville, the Lakefront, movies, etc. and in the times I have been with them I have seen nothing out of the ordinary nor have I ever heard from her that anything has happened or been said.
Now, I don't want to provide anecdotal evidence as proof that there isn't racism on the northshore because I know there is. But I don't think it's fair to assume that black people can't go without being harassed either.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 10:42 am
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:39 am to gorillaballin
quote:
Tchefuncte CC, Covington CC, Barker's Corner,
One of those things is not like the others. But anyway, I think you're taking the comparison way too broadly.
Like, way way.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:41 am to VetteGuy
Whatever I'm done. You guys are right. The NS is so laid back. Enjoy
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 10:47 am
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:41 am to cahoots
quote:
Oh come on. I said Nola was MORE live and let live. Not perfectly Kum ba ya in every way.
Tell you what. Come hang out with my niece (she's white) and her adopted black children in Nola. Then go with her to the NS. I know it's one small example, but the difference in treatment is incredible.
I know exactly what you mean. But, people from the NS seem to be completely oblivious to it.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:44 am to LSUfan4444
I don't think it's necessarily racial. It's anything that deviates from the collectively accepted norm that gets the side eye here.
ETA: There's nothing wrong at all with yoga pants, PTA, soccer, camps, whatever. It's just if those aren't your thing, you're looked at like you have 2 heads. And people are just oblivious to how judgmental it is.
ETA: There's nothing wrong at all with yoga pants, PTA, soccer, camps, whatever. It's just if those aren't your thing, you're looked at like you have 2 heads. And people are just oblivious to how judgmental it is.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 10:46 am
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:45 am to tgrbaitn08
quote:It was a chick from New Orleans that created the whole drama, you dumbfrick.
What is it with the Northshore and the penis envy for New Orleans?
New Orleans couldn't give you flying fricks for anything North of the Lake, but they sure do spend a lot of time trying to justify their existence.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:46 am to USMCTiger03
quote:
It was a chick from New Orleans that created the whole drama, you dumbfrick.
no actually it was business owner in Covington that started all the silly drama you fricktard
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:47 am to nolanola
quote:
Mary Jacobs
Are we sure its not Jacob Mary? Yikes...
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:48 am to cahoots
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whole foods
I don't even
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:52 am to drunkenpunkin
Sounds like you got mixed up with some real shitty people. Sorry, that sucks.
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