re: Councilman Oliver Thomas calls for Diversity in New Orleans East

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do they think a whole foods magically appearing will solve all their problems? They always talk about "coffee shops, parks, thriving small business". You simply cannot have ANY of those things with a crime problem.

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Or money. Those places are expensive and require a solid middle to middle upper class clientele. Locals on welfare or making working class wages won’t support such businesses even if crime were under control