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New hometown and murder rate
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:29 am
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:29 am
The Baton Rouge public pool thread had me thinking about all the BS you have to deal with living in Louisiana sometimes.
My wife and I moved to a small town outside of the state 3 years ago and just bought a house here a few months ago. We met some new neighbors last week and they are a caricature of a sweet old retired couple. Even down to their names.
We chatted with them and before they left they told us they wanted to get serious. They said they keep their house well lit at night because TWENTY years ago there was a double murder 1/4 mile away and the kids who did it said they picked the darkest house randomly.
It was almost impossible to keep a straight face after living in BR and NOLA the previous 10 years or so about being worried about a double homicide 1/4 mile away. It was incredibly sweet and made me feel pretty good about where we live. I told my wife as we walked back up the driveway that in Nola there was probably a double murder every 20 days and I liked our odds in our new home. She’s a Louisiana native and thank god she’s one of the ones who was able to cut the cord so to say and not look back about getting out.
My wife and I moved to a small town outside of the state 3 years ago and just bought a house here a few months ago. We met some new neighbors last week and they are a caricature of a sweet old retired couple. Even down to their names.
We chatted with them and before they left they told us they wanted to get serious. They said they keep their house well lit at night because TWENTY years ago there was a double murder 1/4 mile away and the kids who did it said they picked the darkest house randomly.
It was almost impossible to keep a straight face after living in BR and NOLA the previous 10 years or so about being worried about a double homicide 1/4 mile away. It was incredibly sweet and made me feel pretty good about where we live. I told my wife as we walked back up the driveway that in Nola there was probably a double murder every 20 days and I liked our odds in our new home. She’s a Louisiana native and thank god she’s one of the ones who was able to cut the cord so to say and not look back about getting out.
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Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:32 am to jlovel7
I lived in a nice area of Nashville for 4 years, and after 3.5 years my neighbor came to me with a crime alert flyer. The flyer stated that a car break in had happened about 3 blocks away. I told her I had not been receiving these for the past 3.5 years, and she said it was the first one
Then I moved back to NOLA to be with family
Then I moved back to NOLA to be with family
This post was edited on 7/29/25 at 7:34 am
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:33 am to AndyJ
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lived in a nice area of Nashville for 4 years, and after 3.5 years my neighbor came to me with a crime alert flyer. The fryer said that a car break in had happened about 3 blocks away. I told her I had not been receiving these for the past 3.5 years, and she said it was the first one Then I moved back to NOLA to be with family
You poor bastard. I’ll pour one out for you at the next neighborhood watch meeting where we toast 20 years without an incident.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:36 am to jlovel7
Thank you, this wont mean much to me after I am murdered though
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:42 am to jlovel7
Back in 1990-something, I moved from Detroit to San Antonio. They were about the same size then. Detroit was just coming off its all-time low murder rate with something like 450. San Antonio, coincidentally, had just had its all-time high with a brief gang war in a very small area of the east side. Something like 90 murders. About a third were the gang bangers.
I was curious, so I looked at the details. Almost all of the rest of the SA murders were domestic disputes. In Detroit, the killings were random, gang, or other crime-related for the most part.
There are, or at least were, worse places than NOLA and BR. Detroit is so depopulated today that its murder rate may have fallen, I haven't bothered to ever look back.
I was curious, so I looked at the details. Almost all of the rest of the SA murders were domestic disputes. In Detroit, the killings were random, gang, or other crime-related for the most part.
There are, or at least were, worse places than NOLA and BR. Detroit is so depopulated today that its murder rate may have fallen, I haven't bothered to ever look back.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:46 am to jlovel7
Y’all sound like racists since you literally moved because you hate diversity
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:50 am to TigerHornII
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Back in 1990-something, I moved from Detroit to San Antonio. They were about the same size then. Detroit was just coming off its all-time low murder rate with something like 450.
Wait? Really? In 1990?
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:52 am to jlovel7
I also had this revelation when we moved to Boise.
We were walking downtown our first couple of weeks there. Minding our own business. I’m aware of literally everything around me.
Man comes up to me and my wife and asks if we can take a photo of his family at a statue. I’m in a new place, this guy comes up randomly, my first instinct is something is up. I see nobody around. I kind of eye him and say sure. My wife and back up and we are talking to each other the whole time like be aware in case this guy is up to something.
I take the photo, he walks over I hand him the camera back and then he walks away.
That was the whole thing. It was then I realized how fricked up it is to feel like you need to sleep with a firearm within arms reach at all times.
We were walking downtown our first couple of weeks there. Minding our own business. I’m aware of literally everything around me.
Man comes up to me and my wife and asks if we can take a photo of his family at a statue. I’m in a new place, this guy comes up randomly, my first instinct is something is up. I see nobody around. I kind of eye him and say sure. My wife and back up and we are talking to each other the whole time like be aware in case this guy is up to something.
I take the photo, he walks over I hand him the camera back and then he walks away.
That was the whole thing. It was then I realized how fricked up it is to feel like you need to sleep with a firearm within arms reach at all times.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:57 am to jlovel7
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My wife and I moved to a small town
So we’re comparing small town nowhere-ville crime to New Orleans and Baton Rouge and using it as a ding against Louisiana?
The term “apples to oranges” comes to mind.
Glad you guys are happy.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:03 am to Shorts Guy
It's not uncommon for folks in the country to put in a light to keep the grounds around their house well lit.
If you were a criminal, would you rather target an isolated house that was all dark, or one that was well lit?
If you were a criminal, would you rather target an isolated house that was all dark, or one that was well lit?
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:04 am to Shorts Guy
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So we’re comparing small town nowhere-ville crime to New Orleans and Baton Rouge and using it as a ding against Louisiana? The term “apples to oranges” comes to mind. Glad you guys are happy.
Name me some small towns in Louisiana that don’t have the same issues.
I’ll give you a freebie, Mandeville is actually quite nice and has a safe vibe to it.
TBH there’s not many I know of beyond that. Even the small towns I’d visit (including the one my wife is from) and spend time in have horrific education and crime issues and poor quality of life.
This post was edited on 7/29/25 at 8:05 am
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:06 am to jlovel7
I know what you mean but my experience is sort of the opposite. Raised in a small town with zero crime but have spent most of my life in Nola/br.
When I hear people from my hometown talk about crime or anything like that, it’s usually hard not to laugh
When I hear people from my hometown talk about crime or anything like that, it’s usually hard not to laugh
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:08 am to jlovel7
Austin has its issues but its refreshing to put on the news and not hear about a shooting every other day. This is a city with almost a million people and only 60-80 murders per year. They all seem to happen in the same two areas as well (Northeast or Southeast Austin).
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:08 am to jlovel7
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I’ll give you a freebie, Mandeville is actually quite nice and has a safe vibe to it.
Tons of crime, stay away from it
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:12 am to YungBuck
Mandeville does have a lot of crime for what’s supposed to be an upper middle class suburb
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:32 am to YungBuck
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Tons of crime, stay away from it
Enjoy that homeowners and car insurance
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:36 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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upper middle class suburb
If I’m a criminal, that’s my target not some piss poor ghetto.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:44 am to jlovel7
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e chatted with them and before they left they told us they wanted to get serious. They said they keep their house well lit at night because TWENTY years ago there was a double murder 1/4 mile away and the kids who did it said they picked the darkest house randomly.
There was a double murder not far from my house years ago because a drug addict broke into a house to steal cash and was surprised that an eldery couple was home. They had a habit of turning off the lights to save energy costs, and their car happened to be in the garage instead of in the driveway (which was unusual). It looked like they weren't home but they were.
Doesn't matter what neighborhood you are in, but these things do sometimes happen. Don't add unnecessary risk in your life by moving to a dangerous neighborhood where you stand out.....but that won't isolate you from everything, especially with the opioid and heroin problem being a raging inferno in every corner of this country. You can't live your life worrying about random acts like this.
Get a security system, a few light timers, a big dog, and a couple of handguns just in case.
This post was edited on 7/29/25 at 8:45 am
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:46 am to MardiGrasCajun
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If I’m a criminal, that’s my target not some piss poor ghetto.
That's not really how crime works
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:49 am to YungBuck
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Tons of crime, stay away from it
Agree.
Madisonville is no better.
Thr mayor got curb stomped in his own restaurant a few years ago.
Turrible.
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