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NoLA Bywater. AKA Mogadishu

Posted on 1/19/26 at 7:29 am
Posted by RunninReb
Member since Feb 2023
421 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 7:29 am
Guess they celebrating MLK Day early by setting 8 cars on fire.

Unreal this place.

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Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
9518 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 7:37 am to
It was cold last night. They need to stay warm too.
Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
12104 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 7:42 am to
They don't like the cold.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
34187 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 7:44 am to
but crime is down
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
8127 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 7:47 am to
quote:

They don't like the cold.


Or rain and snakes.
Posted by lsufan9193969700
Madisonville
Member since Sep 2003
55872 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 7:56 am to
Nola is gonna Nola
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
73583 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:01 am to
quote:

The NOFD says 8 vehicles were intentionally set on fire, beginning around 1:45 a.m. Monday (Jan. 19). Responders first got on the scene in the 900 block of Montegut Street and then began noticing several other fires in progress.
Chauvin feeling envious.
Posted by Nature Boy
Negatiger
Member since Jan 2008
19114 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:04 am to
This is the kind of romantic quirkiness that attracts all of those carpetbagging, pit bull fostering, pink haired, hipster white kids to the charming little neighborhood known as the bywater.
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
23517 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:05 am to

Pre-Katrina I spent time in the Bywater and St. Roch, and knew people who lived in both. Blue collar areas.

Gone now.

The crime heat map I saw over the weekend shows those two are worse than the lower 9th.
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
36494 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:07 am to
St Roch has been rough for at least 40 years.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
73647 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:14 am to
Bywater isn't a bad area. These fires were near the country club and Acamaya.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
289566 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:18 am to
thanks Helena smh
Posted by Dragula
Laguna Seca
Member since Jun 2020
6625 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:20 am to
Dauphine gonna Dauphine...
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
77064 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:32 am to
quote:

Bywater isn't a bad area. These fires were near the country club and Acamaya.


Seems like there have been a lot more fires down there over the last 6 months. Not even counting the wharf fire earlier this week.

There are some NOFD members that post here. Maybe one will give some insight.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
34187 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:33 am to
quote:

St Roch has been rough for at least 40 years.
Circa early 80s we used to go to St Roch playground for pickup games of touch football. It was always fun and competitve. It was shocking how bad that area got by late 80s.

We never had an issue with anyone.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
47336 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:53 am to
quote:

Montegut Street
there was music in the cafes at night and revolution in the air
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
13284 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:56 am to
quote:

Bywater isn't a bad area. These fires were near the country club and Acamaya.


The residents aren't a problem. Just a bunch of gay gentrifiers. The surrounding areas on the other hand...
Posted by Woobie
Member since Jan 2017
3325 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 8:57 am to
nola

Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
15181 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 9:03 am to
Area was unlivable in the 80's. How anyone with common sense is there now is insane.
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
13284 posts
Posted on 1/19/26 at 9:03 am to
Check whatever voting precinct covers the Bywater. If you were to look at the recent election results, I'll bet you find that the vote was close to 100% for Dems. These people vote for this lawlessness up and down the ballot. It's hard to have a lot of sympathy.
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