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re: How did New Orleans East get so bad?
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:24 pm to BeerMoney
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:24 pm to BeerMoney
quote:
Let’s put it this way. Baton Rouge got worse when half of NOLA came to town after Katrina
100%...they put Section 8 housing in Sherwood after Katrina hit when NOLA evacuated.
So that portion of the population stayed, collected their checks, and ruined a nice section of town.
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Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:25 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
Unless your tour guide was TulaneLSU. I hope he gets his van running soon.
TulaneLSU drives a van? Like a pedo van with no windows?
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:26 pm to Byrdybyrd05
That’s what’s up
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:27 pm to Byrdybyrd05
How did the entire state get so bad?
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:27 pm to Byrdybyrd05
I grew up in New Orleans East. We moved there in 69. It was great, a safe place to live. We'd ride our bikes everywhere. At Halloween we'd trick or treat for blocks.
In the mid 70s the Plaza mall was built and also some apartments in that area. Our house was just a few blocks from the Plaza. The Plaza was great. I worked two jobs there as a teen. We were also excited about the apartments on Lake Forest Blvd because they looked kind of cool and modern. But not for long. Within a few years they started going Section 8. By the early 80s we would hear occasional gunfire at night. My parents finally sold their house and moved to St. Amant in the early 90s. They got about $25K less for the house than if they'd sold it in 1980.
In the mid 70s the Plaza mall was built and also some apartments in that area. Our house was just a few blocks from the Plaza. The Plaza was great. I worked two jobs there as a teen. We were also excited about the apartments on Lake Forest Blvd because they looked kind of cool and modern. But not for long. Within a few years they started going Section 8. By the early 80s we would hear occasional gunfire at night. My parents finally sold their house and moved to St. Amant in the early 90s. They got about $25K less for the house than if they'd sold it in 1980.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:27 pm to NOLATiger86
quote:
Katrina killed the East
East was already dead long before Katrina.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:28 pm to LSUBFA83
Section 8 is the country’s cancer.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:31 pm to Byrdybyrd05
The ghost interchanges on I-10 are cool. I can’t believe the ever thought people would live way out there.
There’s a google street view of an old man pulled over shitting in the brush at one of the interchanges.
LINK
There’s a google street view of an old man pulled over shitting in the brush at one of the interchanges.
LINK
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:34 pm to NOLATiger86
quote:It was long dead before that.
Katrina killed the East
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:35 pm to NOLATiger86
quote:
Katrina killed the East
It was already dying, but Katrina killed it. The people that were holding it together didn't return after Katrina
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:44 pm to Weekend Warrior79
I agree with this. The East was bad loooooooong before Katrina, but of all areas affected, I think the East has rebounded the least from Katrina.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:48 pm to Byrdybyrd05
The East started going to shite in the early 90's then Katrina turned it into the new Lower 9th ward.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:49 pm to TigrrrDad
And New Orleans Lakefront airport is a real nice airport.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:52 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Oil bust, section 8
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:53 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Sherman Copelin killed NO East
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:53 pm to Lithium
quote:
And New Orleans Lakefront airport is a real nice airport.
The terminal is a gorgeous building, both interior and exterior.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:55 pm to Byrdybyrd05
The Apollo program ended and Michoud only had the external fuel tank for the shuttle program. Back in the day the East had astronauts and a lot of other higher in NASA and contractor folks. All the money dried up. Now it’s the world’s largest ghetto.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:58 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Every city in LA is turning into ghetto shitholes. It's pretty sad.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 8:00 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Apartments
Oil crash in the 80’s meant companies moved the office jobs to Texas.
Apartments needed to be rented out and section 8 filled that void.
Katrina just put the nail in the coffin.
Oil crash in the 80’s meant companies moved the office jobs to Texas.
Apartments needed to be rented out and section 8 filled that void.
Katrina just put the nail in the coffin.
This post was edited on 4/8/20 at 8:01 pm
Posted on 4/8/20 at 8:01 pm to Byrdybyrd05
It was a great place to grow up. Lots of good people there in the early 80s. Kenilworth was safe and offered a lot, but by the late 80s it started to change.
Good people moved out, and you know the rest.
Good people moved out, and you know the rest.
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