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re: Just how bad was early 90s New Orleans?
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:23 am to ZombieCajun
Posted on 7/23/26 at 7:23 am to ZombieCajun
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Go for a walk down Canal and turn into the Quarter, anywhere. Then get back to me. Good luck.
Dude
The city is much better today than it was in the early 90’s
I have been a vocal critic of nola. It’s not perfect by any means but it’s much better today.
Fine dining exists uptown today where chop shops existed in the 90’s. Projects were all over uptown.
The quarter smelled like piss and vomit 24/7.
The warehouse district was…. A warehouse area.
The police were crooked top to bottom.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 9:18 am to SaintlyTiger88
it was bad enough for God to step in and and take care of it himself on Aug 29, 2005 
Posted on 7/23/26 at 9:21 am to Supermoto Tiger
Katrina basically missed New Orleans and took out the Gulf Coast
What happened to NOLA is a result of shitty infrastructure and engineers.
What happened to NOLA is a result of shitty infrastructure and engineers.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 10:24 am to SaintlyTiger88
When did the crack epidemic end?
NOLA had the highest murder rate in the country a few years ago.
NOLA had the highest murder rate in the country a few years ago.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 10:29 am to SlidellCajun
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The city is much better today than it was in the early 90’s
The quarter at night is not
Other parts of the city gentrified and are better
Posted on 7/23/26 at 11:42 am to fightin tigers
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The amount of freedom granted by the Constitution shouldn't be vague.
That would be correct if it were not for that meddlesome part of the same document that sets up the three branches of government, granting them the right to limit those freedoms and freedom of speech in this case. And it would be correct if there were not numerous instances of the judicial branch doing exactly that by issuing both un-vague as well as other rather vague distinctions limiting free speech. A few of which are Incitement, True Threat and Fighting Words. At the very least, the notion that free speech is "absolute without consequence" is ridiculous.
As for vague, if a citizen decides to call a cop a homosexual mother fricker who would get his arse kicked by he and his buddies if he would put down the night stick, would that not meet the definition of unprotected free speech and therefore make them responsible for the consequences of their actions? The fact you would struggle to get five highly educated judges picked at random to all agree on the topic speaks to exactly how vague the document actually is.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 11:45 am to ZombieCajun
quote:did that Sunday
Go for a walk down Canal and turn into the Quarter, anywhere. Then get back to me. Good luck.
Pretty safe right now with the National Guard and State Troopers around
Posted on 7/23/26 at 11:47 am to ZombieCajun
quote:When do you think crime was more under reported and under enforced? Back in the 1990s when people only had a landline and cops could do whatever the hell they wanted?
Under-reporting of crime and under-enforcement doesn't qualify as safer
Or now when they all have body cams, every citizen has a cell phone with a camera, people have social media, like Facebook, next-door, etc. that talk about all the stuff happening in the city. Also apps to listen to the police scanners.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:05 pm to GreenRockTiger
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Katrina basically missed New Orleans and took out the Gulf Coast
New Orleans is well inland and on the "good" side of the eye and winds still ripped the roof off the Superdome for the only time in its existence and caused massive amounts of damage before the levees failed. I wouldn't call that a miss, just because there was significantly greater wind damage and storm surge to areas actually on a coast line.
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What happened to NOLA is a result of shitty infrastructure and engineers.
I would argue the greater blame should be placed on those who thought it was a good idea to force the use of an insane level of engineering and infrastructure by allowing development on land below sea level situated between an inland bay (the lake) and the largest river in the country. But there is plenty of blame to go around.
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:10 pm to Obi Wan Ryobi
"hey you, what's yo name? U on the radio witcha boy Wild Wayne!...."
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:26 pm to Mushroom1968
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I moved to Shreveport
Tomato/Tomahto
Posted on 7/23/26 at 12:34 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Early '90s New Orleans was definitely rough, but I never really felt unsafe. Crime was bad, but most shootings seemed to stay in the projects. Nowadays, it feels like more of that has spilled into other parts of the city.
Cops back then were another story. Some operated on a completely different level. I remember being at a friend's house one evening for a cop's bachelor's party (I didn't know). The amount of coke and the prostitutes they brought in... wow! Hell of a party. Those were the days before everyone had cell phones, and there were very few cameras.
That said, maybe it's just age and perspective, but New Orleans actually seemed less dangerous to me back then than it does today.
Cops back then were another story. Some operated on a completely different level. I remember being at a friend's house one evening for a cop's bachelor's party (I didn't know). The amount of coke and the prostitutes they brought in... wow! Hell of a party. Those were the days before everyone had cell phones, and there were very few cameras.
That said, maybe it's just age and perspective, but New Orleans actually seemed less dangerous to me back then than it does today.
Posted on 7/26/26 at 12:14 pm to TexasTiger08
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What’s the benefit? It takes seconds to lock a deadbolt. I mean, if you take the time to holster a gun, why wouldn’t you take the time to push a key in and turn?
Kinda my point; it’s an afterthought. I worry so little about the risk of crime that I often don’t think about locking the house.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 7:47 am to KiwiHead
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Where is the evidence for doctored crime stats?
From the mouths of two nopd guys. One was a detective and left somewhat recently because of it
Posted on 7/29/26 at 7:50 am to Funky Tide 8
Those guys are hero’s
Posted on 7/29/26 at 8:22 am to Tigersaint01
Then you were probably too drunk or zapped out from coke at that party to notice. NO East descended into a veritable war zone starting in 1991. Gentilly and the lakefront areas had a rush of property crimes. I can think of multiple burglaries in Lake Oaks by UNO wherein whole houses were cleared out in the day time. Carjacking had become the rage. There was one where an old lady in the East got carjacked off Morrison and decided to drive her car into the canal with was mostly a cement storm drain. Mid City had its fair share of shootings as well.
At that time, Algiers was probably the safest part of the city next to Lakeview which was known for car break ins. Uptown was always rough above St Charles. You did not dare venture onto La Salle. Place gave a mess a bad name.
At that time, Algiers was probably the safest part of the city next to Lakeview which was known for car break ins. Uptown was always rough above St Charles. You did not dare venture onto La Salle. Place gave a mess a bad name.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 8:35 am to SlidellCajun
quote:
Dude
The city is much better today than it was in the early 90’s
I have been a vocal critic of nola. It’s not perfect by any means but it’s much better today.
Fine dining exists uptown today where chop shops existed in the 90’s. Projects were all over uptown.
The quarter smelled like piss and vomit 24/7.
The warehouse district was…. A warehouse area.
The police were crooked top to bottom.
I cant stand NOLA, still feel unsafe many times but yet....anyone with a functioning brain should be able to admit that the city is 100x better than it was 1975-2005.
anyone that says otherwise has never been caught in traffic in front of the Iberville or took a wrong turn headed to a HS football game against Karr and ended up in the Fischer projects in Algiers in the 90s.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 8:50 am to lsu777
Ahhhh......Behrman Stadium where you probably did not want to get tackled because what had been on the field could injure you more than any opponent.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 8:51 am to KiwiHead
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Ahhhh......Behrman Stadium where you probably did not want to get tackled because what had been on the field could injure you more than any opponent.
yep and every time Karr would score the project kids lined up outside the chainlink fence would be going crazy as hell shaking the fence.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 9:05 am to lsu777
My time was a little before that. I can remember when Karr was just a junior high. I remember playing OP Walker there and one of our guys tackled an OP guy and then says to him. " Dude, watch where you put your hands as you get up" Refs thought we were taunting him and threw a flag. Then the running back gets up with a roofing nail stuck in his hand. Only time I ever saw a referee withdraw a flag for a personal foul and the RB says.....I really did not understand what you meant.......now I do.
Game had to stop for 10 minutes as we all started scanning around for more nails.....which we found along with broken glass and other stuff embedded in the dirt.
Game had to stop for 10 minutes as we all started scanning around for more nails.....which we found along with broken glass and other stuff embedded in the dirt.
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