re: Another Bourbon Street shooting leaves man in hospital

12 robberies? y'all must have been looking for em. I've lived here almost 40 years. Spent many of them bartending. I've had some tense situations, but never Ben robbed. I'm not even sure I've seen a robbery.

(one time, I was high as shite, pulled into a gas station and saw a dude pointing a gun at the clerk. Grabbed my phone, was about to dial 911 and tear arse out of there, when I realized dude was just pointing out the cigarettes he wanted. Does that count?)

As for now, shite is getting out of hand. In some ways worse than the mid-late 90s as it seems to be more spread out. But I also agree that the city has made huge strides in that a lot of bad areas are no longer bad.