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Posted on 8/4/15 at 2:23 am to glassman
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bullshite. The last one was a joke. I took 3 showers and drank from the tap. No issues and haven't heard of one from anyone else. Can you walk to 14 really good places to eat, 4 bars, a dry cleaner, a specialty butcher shop, two groceries, 3 bakeries, hardware store, barber shop, two independent bookstores, a men's clothing store, two vets, a pharmacy and like 5 women's clothing stores? All within 5 minutes? That is called quality of life. If I didn't go watch soccer on the weekends, my truck would never move on the weekends.
Hoping St. James Cheese is one of those, best walk you can take.
For all the outsiders, New Orleans is FAR from perfect. Crime sucks, hipsters suck, my rent going up sucks.
BUT...
The food in this city is better than it's ever been. We won't live uptown forever, but the time we spend here will be some of the best years of our lives. It's almost European living: walking distance to bars, restaurants, markets, etc. If people don't understand how wonderful that life is, they need to travel more.
During the "awful" boil order I showered twice...NBD. Glass has me beat on drinking from the tap...I'm not that hardcore
Posted on 8/4/15 at 4:39 am to Sparkplug#1
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It's still my hometown and will always be special to me. I visit often, just prefer to live elsewhere for many reasons. NOLA is awesome, cause its NOLA.
If it's that awesome, why don't you reside there?
Posted on 8/4/15 at 5:21 am to TigerWise
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There is no gentrification happening in New Orleans
Posted on 8/4/15 at 5:24 am to undecided
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"No one ever moved to New Orleans to watch a middle-aged white guy practice law."
How is this not racist?
Posted on 8/4/15 at 6:11 am to undecided
The best and worst thing about New Orleans is that no one gives a shite. That's a fun way to live, but it can also be frustrating. A lot of Nola fanboys like to shrug at some of the major issues, while Nola haters make the place sound like Mogadishu.
It used to be New Orleans was a city that could be experienced by all classes of people. With gentrification in a lot of the neighborhoods, that is becoming less of a case. It's like that in other cities, too. It's just the changing geography of medium and large cities in America, but going back to the whole not giving a shite thing, Nola won't do anything about it, while other cities will and have. To add insult to injury, Nola has the disadvantage of fighting a two-front war against losing its identity and losing itself physically.
It used to be New Orleans was a city that could be experienced by all classes of people. With gentrification in a lot of the neighborhoods, that is becoming less of a case. It's like that in other cities, too. It's just the changing geography of medium and large cities in America, but going back to the whole not giving a shite thing, Nola won't do anything about it, while other cities will and have. To add insult to injury, Nola has the disadvantage of fighting a two-front war against losing its identity and losing itself physically.
This post was edited on 8/4/15 at 6:15 am
Posted on 8/4/15 at 6:16 am to BottomlandBrew
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The best and worst thing about New Orleans is that no one gives a shite. That's a fun way to live, but it can also be frustrating. A lot of Nola fanboys like to shrug at some of the major issues
Very true and a very good point.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 6:23 am to glassman
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If I didn't go watch soccer on the weekends, my truck would never move on the weekends.
Soccer. Ughh
Posted on 8/4/15 at 6:35 am to Tigerstudent08
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So the people renting from the homeowners are turning the areas around?
Yes, when the landlord can now get a rent higher than section 8 the neighborhood starts turning around.
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Every homeowner, ie the investors, should LOVE gentrification.
If they bought low. I'm curious to see what some of these 100 plus year old 400K 2 bed 1 bath houses values are 10 years from now.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 6:40 am to TigerWise
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400K 2 bed 1 bath houses
Woah, where is this unicorn? You holding out on me?
Posted on 8/4/15 at 6:40 am to glassman
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If I didn't go watch soccer on the weekends, my truck would never move on the weekends.
If you moved from that old money part of uptown further down river near the gentrification you could walk to the Vous.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 6:41 am to fightin tigers
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Woah, where is this unicorn? You holding out on me?
It's a fixer upper next to section 8
Posted on 8/4/15 at 6:43 am to TigerWise
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It's a fixer upper next to section 8
So I have a neighborhood watch when I go to work. Nice.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 6:50 am to TigerWise
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Yes, when the landlord can now get a rent higher than section 8 the neighborhood starts turning around.
Ehhh renters typically move from place to place and do not contribute to keeping the houses up. I give them some credit for improving the areas but not as much as the homeowner.
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If they bought low. I'm curious to see what some of these 100 plus year old 400K 2 bed 1 bath houses values are 10 years from now.
Even if they bought high, barring some meltdown of the housing market, they should make money or break even. There are very few times in history where the housing market has taken such a hit to where homes are worth less than they were 10 years ago.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 6:50 am to fightin tigers
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So I have a neighborhood watch when I go to work. Nice.
My old section 8er neighbor was the best neighborhood watch. Dude sat on our front porch all day and kept lookout. Much better than those private security patrols through the neighborhood.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:08 am to BottomlandBrew
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My old section 8er neighbor was the best neighborhood watch. Dude sat on our front porch all day and kept lookout. Much better than those private security patrols through the neighborhood.
I got a couple of those and they are good people.
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The best and worst thing about New Orleans is that no one gives a shite.
You are spot on with this, the laissezfaire attitude is a double edge sword. I'm interested to see how this changes over time. As a "fanboy" I don't want that laid back attitude to change drastically. Before you know it you won't be able to smoke in bars. I would like to see other major issues addressed.
What's the difference between a fanboy and a local ?
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:10 am to TigerWise
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you could walk to the Vous.
They won't be open at 6:00am this Saturday.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:11 am to BottomlandBrew
We should all be so lucky to live next to section 8 then
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:18 am to NIH
Haven't had one in two years since the last one u dumb frick. And just a Lil FYI it happens it a shite Ton of cities and towns.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:19 am to 5Alive
Didn't the westbank have a boil alert two months ago?
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