re: A "Why isn't NOLA East bustling?" story that takes 35 paragraphs before mentioning "crime"

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At the end of the day, people in that area need to truly care about that area. If you don’t have some semblance of pride and respect, why should anyone else feel that way towards you?

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I hate to say this, but one problem is a good bit of people in those areas expect the Government to take care of them and do everything for them.

A perfect example is something that happened in Shreveport a few years ago. A tornado went through parts of West Shreveport. It tore up some privacy fences and knocked down a few trees. A lot of that debris wasn’t cleaned up for months because the residents expected the city to come do it for them.

Meanwhile the same storm hit parts of Benton and did damage. The residents there got off their asses and helps each other clean up. Most of the debris was gone in less than a week.