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re: Just how bad was early 90s New Orleans?
Posted on 7/20/26 at 9:54 pm to Eightballjacket
Posted on 7/20/26 at 9:54 pm to Eightballjacket
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It was a bad time. You had high profile incidents like the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen massacre. A guy in my safe neighborhood was killed while riding his bike by two thugs fleeing an armed robbery they had committed minutes earlier.
My neighbor when I moved there in 1998 had been shot in the stomach for his groceries in Mid-Shitty a few years prior.
We were there at least once a month from 1991 until I moved there, partying on Toulouse or Uptown. I missed the LPK incident by a couple nights also. Ate there regularly.
When I lived there, the worse incidents I personally experienced were someone stealing tapes out of my friend’s shitty Mitsubishi while he was visiting us (Irish Channel) and some middle-school girls tried to steal my bike right in front of me in Uptown.
This post was edited on 7/20/26 at 10:38 pm
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Posted on 7/20/26 at 9:55 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My bother was at Tulane at the time and I went there frequently. I don't care what the numbers are, as we've seen a lot of book-cooking stats in recent years. It's worse now.
Posted on 7/20/26 at 9:56 pm to Obi Wan Ryobi
We lived there in the 90's.
The Formosan expert was murdered on Rampart.
The Scot tourist murdered in front of the cathedral on Chartres.
The tourist fromNorth Carolina murdered near Croissant d'ore because he resisted (having just heard his business had be robbed back home)
The romeo who was murdered by the girl's father Gov Nicholls next to Chartres.
And we knew the people at Louisiana Pizza Kitchen who were murdered by some teens who had worked there.
And, damn it all, I'm remembering more, the more I think back on those days.
The Formosan expert was murdered on Rampart.
The Scot tourist murdered in front of the cathedral on Chartres.
The tourist fromNorth Carolina murdered near Croissant d'ore because he resisted (having just heard his business had be robbed back home)
The romeo who was murdered by the girl's father Gov Nicholls next to Chartres.
And we knew the people at Louisiana Pizza Kitchen who were murdered by some teens who had worked there.
And, damn it all, I'm remembering more, the more I think back on those days.
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:16 pm to blueboy
You know not of what you speak, you really don't. Probably because you don't live anywhere around and probably never did. You can't point to where the books are cooked because they aren't. It's another myth repeated enough that you'll believe it. Because it fits a preconceived bias and just reinforces it
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:21 pm to SaintlyTiger88
i was in college at lsu at the time and we would go to new orleans all of the time. never felt unsafe. maybe i was in blissful ignorance
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:25 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My wife and I used to enjoy going to the French Quarter occasionally back then. She won’t even go now. It’s more dangerous there today.
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:33 pm to KiwiHead
quote:First of all, talk like a grownup. Second, I was there almost every weekend for about a three year stretch in the early 90's. Does it make me an expert? No, and I did have multiple friends who were victims of muggings, home invasions etc, but the city definitely felt safer then than it does now. Maybe it's just more lifeless now. Who knows?
You know not of what you speak
quote:It begins and ends with NOLA DA and Soros puppet Jason Williams. When you don't prosecute people, or even pursue lesser crimes, your crime stats drop. It's like magic.
where the books are cooked
Sorry you live in democrat hell but if it makes you feel better, it's not much different than any other major city.
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:43 pm to UFFan
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I don't really see how it could have been any worse than NOLA is now.
This is absurd. NOLA violent crime is wwaaaaaayyyy down. Look it up.
I’ve lived in Lakeview and feel as safe as anywhere else I’ve ever lived. Often forget to lock the truck… never lock the back door… often leave the whole hous unlocked.
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:49 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I moved out of New Orleans East about 1980 but my parents lived there until 1994. They could hear gunfire every night.
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:54 pm to BobABooey
Lived on Chef until 91 and on Read until 94. It was time to go when I did. The east wasn’t that bad, but I knew to stay out of the lower 9th.
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:54 pm to holdmuh keystonelite
quote:This is a bunch of bullshite. The city currently has like 38 murders for the year. And is in much better shape than it was in the 90s.
It's worse today. They just used to not fudge stats. Almost every major city today manipulates their crime statistics. Yes, even murders but I won't go into i
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:55 pm to OweO
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There was a very thin line between law enforcement and the criminals.
NOPD was protecting the criminals back then
Shattered Shield
Posted on 7/20/26 at 10:58 pm to GusMcRae
quote:it's still far from paradise but it feels A LOT different than 4/5 years ago
This is absurd. NOLA violent crime is wwaaaaaayyyy down. Look it up.
Hopefully we can keep improving. Property and petty crime is still really bad but it doesn't feel truly dangerous like it did during covid/right after.
Posted on 7/20/26 at 11:01 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My oldest graduated from Tulane in May. Lived off campus for 2 years. No problems reported.
Posted on 7/20/26 at 11:07 pm to Grebe
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1993: 295 murders 1994: 424 murders (City record high) 1995: 353 murders 1996: 350 murders 1997: 322 murders It was bad. Worse than after Katrina and worse than the recent COVID-related social breakdown.
Yes, but didn’t NO have a higher population in the ‘90’s, suggesting the rate wasn’t any worse?
Nvm…saw someone post stats.
It’s crazy to me the amount of people that pop into these threads and casually mention stories of being mugged, seeing a friend gunned down, etc, and just shrug it off by saying they weren’t really afraid other than that.
That’s not normal life in about 80% of the country. Props to people who grew up and didn’t know any different.
This post was edited on 7/20/26 at 11:14 pm
Posted on 7/20/26 at 11:24 pm to saderade
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Almost every major city today manipulates their crime statistics. Yes, even murders but I won't go into i
This is a bunch of bullshite.
quote:
Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams has faced heavy criticism from watchdog groups, political leaders, and local citizens for a high rate of charge refusals and dismissals across several categories
Violent Felony Arrests: A scathing report by the [Metropolitan Crime Commission (MCC)](1.1.2, 1.1.3) revealed that during his first two years, Williams' office refused to prosecute or dismissed roughly 68% of violent felony arrests
Felony Weapons Charges: Critics and local reports have targeted his office for dismissing nearly 40% of overall felony cases. This includes dropping multiple felony gun charges in multi-defendant cases, often leading to minimal jail time
Jailhouse Crimes & Escapes: Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry heavily criticized Williams for refusing to prosecute battery on correctional officers and contraband possession charges against inmates involved in a high-profile jailbreak
Additionally, his office faced severe backlash for missing statutory legal deadlines, which forced the automatic release of numerous violent crime suspects before they could be formally charged
Posted on 7/20/26 at 11:29 pm to DomincDecoco
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:18 am to Grebe
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It was bad. Worse than after Katrina and worse than the recent COVID-related social breakdown.
Is murder accurate? Because at a low point there during covid they were barely solving homicides and would only have a handful of dui arrests. Which means they weren't policing shite. Not sure how accurate any numbers were during that period.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:31 am to SaintlyTiger88
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Did anyone live in Nola during that era?
No. Everyone was murdered.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 1:27 am to SaintlyTiger88
For a couple of those years, Gary, Indiana rescued NOLA from being the murder capital of the USA.
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