re: BR Neighborhood in Top 25 Worst Neighborhoods in US

You ain't bout that life unless you bout that mall city

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New Orleans, LA
(Conti St / Marais St) 83.58 1 in 12

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interesting you left this off the title

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NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 100.0% of the adult residents in the Conti St / Marais St neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, whether by choice, divorce, or unplanned pregnancy, single moms may have the toughest job in the book. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that the Conti St / Marais St neighborhood has more single mother households than 98.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Often high concentrations of single mother homes can be a strong indicator of family and social issues such as poverty, high rates of school dropouts, crime, and other societal problems.

Also, one of the unique characteristics of the Conti St / Marais St neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Also of note, 69.5% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.

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interesting you left this off the title

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Interesting that you missed the other post about this area being mostly vacant now. Iberville projects are being demolished. What is Baton Rouge doing about their problem?

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Dire Wolf

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In their place will rise a mixed-income community funded in part with $30.5 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, a program intended to revitalize struggling neighborhoods by providing high-quality housing with improved services such as schools and commercial activity. New Orleans was one of five cities to receive the grant in its inaugural round.

The project is part of a bigger plan to revitalize Treme and the downtown area.

"The construction of new low, moderate and market-rate housing complete with retail, school and public space improvements will strengthen these important neighborhoods that are at the heart of our city," Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a statement. "By connecting residents with wrap-around services like high-quality resources, programs and training in workforce development, education, health and transit, New Orleans will stand as a national model for redeveloping urban neighborhoods. This project will create better housing, safer streets and economic development."

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The city plans a one-for-one replacement, on-site and in the surrounding communities, of the 821 units that made up Iberville. A broader redevelopment plan, estimated to cost a total of $600 million and paid for with funds from FEMA, HANO, HUD, the state and the city, will also revitalize more than 300 blocks within the boundaries of Rampart Street, Tulane Avenue, Broad Street and St. Bernard Avenue.

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New Orleans is better than ever and taking care of long standing problems

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trying to make a new city so they don't have to worry about it anymore

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Based on www.neighborhoodscout.com New Orleans didn't even make the top 100 dangerous cities in US. Monroe, Alexandria, and Baton Rouge made the list.

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The NOLA one is BS, seeing that as of now that entire area is empty. Nola's worst neighborhoods are the upper ninth ward and central city.

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Yeah, there are far worse areas in the city than North of Rampart St.

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New Orleans is better than ever and taking care of long standing problems

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This. Last week I was in the lower nine on Benton and the man I was working for was telling me the neighborhoods are doing better than he has seen in the last fifty years.
Another thing that stood out was he said "white people are moving in" which he explained to me meant it was better for the neighborhood as a whole. And with them come more business and less section 8. He was like "I bought four lots for $50,000 and built this house.. across the street from me is a farm, every day they give me lettuce and stuff. Jewish kids from New York working the farm as volunteers" (was a faith based jewish charity volunteering)

People I talk to in Central city, Leonidas, Gert Town and the 7th all say the same thing. Mid city and St. Roch are about to boom with the new stuff coming in. So much so that I am actually looking to relocate my business to St. Claude.

If only the east and the upper 9 could get on the wagon. But to be honest the city is larger than it needs to be. That is a major issue.

Cox communications hq?

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That comparison is insulting to bugs bunny

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No offense to bugs, but we have become the rabbit on the run.