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

This highlights the obvious avoidance of the real issues in these type of areas, a la N BR. For decades folks have been placing the blame of the conditions of these areas on anyone/anything else other than what it is. As a community, these folks have allowed their area to become cesspools. But why? It had to have started small - so why wasn’t it addressed then. No amount of blaming cops, other races, lack of grocery stores, lack of “programs”, etc. is going to fix it. When do the “leaders” of these communities say “let’s do what we can to lift ourselves up before putting blame on others”?