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NOLA: The First 300 Years
Posted on 9/19/23 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 9/19/23 at 10:49 pm
I just watched a documentary on NOLA on Georgia PBS, narrated by John Goodman, damn interesting.
One helluva fawked-up city but the history kinda explains why.
Too much diversity, too much French and Spanish history. The two worst European influences to mix together possibly imaginable ... plus the third destructive ingredient.
Anyways, fascinating documentary.
https://www.wyes.org/tv/wyes-originals/new-orleans-the-first-300-years/
I'm in SC but close enough to the GA border to get both PBSes. SC ETV wasn't showing it, GA ETV was.
Well worth watching.
So many diametrically opposed bodies coagulated upon commixture, each with separate natures that promise no concretion. I suspect NOLA will always be a clotted mess.
Am I wrong?
Been there many times.
One helluva fawked-up city but the history kinda explains why.
Too much diversity, too much French and Spanish history. The two worst European influences to mix together possibly imaginable ... plus the third destructive ingredient.
Anyways, fascinating documentary.
https://www.wyes.org/tv/wyes-originals/new-orleans-the-first-300-years/
I'm in SC but close enough to the GA border to get both PBSes. SC ETV wasn't showing it, GA ETV was.
Well worth watching.
So many diametrically opposed bodies coagulated upon commixture, each with separate natures that promise no concretion. I suspect NOLA will always be a clotted mess.
Am I wrong?
Been there many times.
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Posted on 9/19/23 at 10:52 pm to scrooster
Posted on 9/19/23 at 10:53 pm to scrooster
French people are the only good part of the city.
You should be thanking us.
You should be thanking us.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 10:57 pm to LSU Coyote
1840s was quite the time to be alive!
Posted on 9/19/23 at 11:02 pm to scrooster
Them Sicilians are very much part of the New Orleans history as well. 
Posted on 9/19/23 at 11:06 pm to scrooster
There’s never been a more apt use of the term “it’s complicated” than when dealing with Nola.
No one should ever discard it entirely despite the shite of the day.
But don’t overly embrace it either. Hence complicated.
For context, I was born and raised in the Metro area (outside OP), lived there for a few years and close by/worked in for another several years. Great times. Could have died a couple times.
No one should ever discard it entirely despite the shite of the day.
But don’t overly embrace it either. Hence complicated.
For context, I was born and raised in the Metro area (outside OP), lived there for a few years and close by/worked in for another several years. Great times. Could have died a couple times.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 11:07 pm to scrooster
Is there a link somewhere that I'm missing?
Posted on 9/19/23 at 11:08 pm to scrooster
quote:which was...?
the third destructive ingredient
What are you insinuating?
Posted on 9/19/23 at 11:11 pm to scrooster
Scrooster is a wealth of knowledge.
You better know he’s legit.
#Scroosterfan
You better know he’s legit.
#Scroosterfan
Posted on 9/19/23 at 11:18 pm to scrooster
Posted on 9/19/23 at 11:25 pm to scrooster
The best and worst thing about New Orleans is the same thing - no one gives a frick.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 11:53 pm to MardiGrasCajun
quote:
Them Sicilians are very much part of the New Orleans history as well
The Germans and the Irish say Hey.
New Orleans wouldn’t be New Orleans without the German and Irish that came here in the 19th century.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 11:59 pm to scrooster
Napoleon sold it
Posted on 9/20/23 at 1:14 am to MardiGrasCajun
quote:
Them Sicilians are very much part of the New Orleans history as well.
The Black Hand!
Posted on 9/20/23 at 2:37 am to rltiger
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The First 300 Years
Like there's going to be another 300.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 3:33 am to scrooster
Once a top 3 populous city in the country. Paul Morphy was the best chess player in the world. The port was the center of trade in the country.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 6:21 am to Havoc
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There’s never been a more apt use of the term “it’s complicated” than when dealing with Nola.
No one should ever discard it entirely despite the shite of the day.
NOLA is that neighborhood that was so nice for the longest time. Great people. Great comradery. Beautiful homes. Everyone loves to go visit. But time eventually took its toll and all the houses started falling apart. Land value started decreasing because no one cleaned it up.
Then the low life, non-desireables start showing up and won’t leave. Then their friends show up one day to sleep on their couch and doesn’t leave.
Now they’re like rats and start multiplying and the neighborhood gets worse and the eventual complete transformation into the ghetto trailer park is complete.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 6:30 am to scrooster
quote:
NOLA: The First 300 Years
Posted on 9/20/23 at 6:33 am to Prominentwon
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Now they’re like rats and start multiplying and the neighborhood gets worse and the eventual complete transformation into the ghetto trailer park is complete
Not disagreeing but New Orleans is so odd because you can drive down one street and see beautiful landscapes, unique architecture, etc.. then one block over you find yourself in Detroit.
In most cities you would gravitate toward the areas with nice things, but in New Orleans, crime and blight are always only a block away
Posted on 9/20/23 at 6:54 am to scrooster
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plus the third destructive ingredient
White hipsters are the destructive ingredient.
There were 100,000 more black people in 2000. Back then, the city had problems but at least the garbage got picked up, the pumps worked, and the only hazard on I-10 was idiot drivers.
It's woke white locusts who ruined it.
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