re: How many of you have actually had something bad happen to you in nola?

Got robber by hispanic guys coming out of Beef Baron years ago, My 1st cousin was shot and killed uptown one night, a group of people who were attending a seminar with me were robbed waiting for the Algiers Ferry in the middle of the afternoon, one was pistol whipped.

When I was young I used to be able to go to NO, now I'm old and crippled, an easy target. I went to Mandina's a few months ago, first trip in years, I was shocked at how bad the streets are. Not in just off areas, but downtown and most other places. NO doesn't need speed limit signs.

I see no reason to ever go back and won't. NO is not a functioning city offering safety and civic pride, it is a dump. When the next hurricane floods it, and it will happen, there will be no sentiment to rebuild, let it rot away.