re: Advice for living in New Orleans

We have apartments in Metairie right at the New Orleans/Metairie line. We are renting to a med student, and over the past couple decades have noticed a sparse amount of students living there. Easy access to the highway to get to school in 10 minutes. You don't get the charm of New Orleans though.

Are there rentals in Lakeview? Living there lowers your risk tremendously, but there is still risk.

Growing up there, I learned to always be vigilant. Wallet in my front pocket in the FQ, house doors locked at all times, car doors locked and hiding equipment from view after parking, paying g to park downtown close to the business instead of parking on the street and having to walk blocks. Your awareness level has to be heightened.

If you are looking to live in the city and money is not a huge issue, look for a place Uptown. That’s a broad, generic term, but it will give you a general idea of where to look. In terms of more specific areas within Uptown, starting at Jackson Ave. below St. Charles (river side) all the way to Audubon Park you can’t really go wrong. Above St. Charles (lake side), starting at Louisiana stay within a few blocks north of St. Charles and as you move westbound, you can venture further north—but the closer you get to Claiborne, the area is less nice. But, starting at Napoleon, the Fontainebleau area above Claiborne (lake side) all the way to Carrollton Ave. is a pretty quiet residential area (just avoid getting too close to Earhardt to the north).

If you still want to be in Nola, but you’re looking for a cheaper place to stay while remaining in a relatively safe neighborhood, look in Lakeview or Navarre.

Have had some medical students through the years on my street in Lakeview.

The crime problems are nationwide. It is the result of a sick dysfunctional segment of American society unfortunately. If you spend your life running from it, it’ll always be your focus unfortunately.

There are safe places to live. Just do some research. Live in a suburb if you must. Commutes aren’t bad in the metro area.

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The problem is that Shreveport is also a crime infested shite hole,

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It is but you can live much safer and fairly cheaply 20 miles or less away without a god awful commute. At least you could 20 - 25 years ago.

I actually came wondering if the OP had a shreveport option when I saw your post.

be safe

LSU-NO was a great experience and great time, I finished within the past 10 years.

Do the math on your other options - if you get into a Texas school and cost is similar that would be a fine option most likely.

You will get fantastic training at LSU-NO.
If you're a homebody, save money and live in Metairie/Harahan/RR but traffic will be terrible driving in for class (if you go) and rotations.
If you want to live in the city, Uptown or Lakeview. I really enjoyed living Uptown for those years and getting to class and rotations was very easy. The city was safer back then but it's never truly been safe I guess so you just have to decide for yourself.

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Not sure why New Orleans gets such a bad rap. I get the crime, but that is every major city? Great night life and attractions

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It’s a sinking city with a rising crime rate and no end in sight with the idiotic liberals.

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Advice for living in New Orleans

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I've lived here my whole life. There are nice areas and ways to get around safely.

LSU Med school prepares you for life anywhere in the country.

My advice is to rent in Lakeview (house with roommates) or live on campus. Probably best to live on campus first then get a rental house.

Lyft/Uber get you around great, just like any other city.

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Is it as bad as some of the threads on here make it out to be?

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Ehhh. I don’t think so. Numbers don’t lie but I have been here a decade and never had an issue. I certainly have my street smarts though. I am in the river bend area and really enjoy it (probably not a fair comparison to the downtown/Med School area though)