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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.
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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.
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