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re: New hometown and murder rate
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:51 am to AndyJ
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:51 am to AndyJ
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I lived in a nice area of Nashville for 4 years, and after 3.5 years my neighbor came to me with a crime alert flyer. The flyer stated that a car break in had happened about 3 blocks away. I told her I had not been receiving these for the past 3.5 years, and she said it was the first one
We get theft like this once a year or so in my area. Last year an entire car was stolen and abandoned a mile or so away. It was partially caught on a camera and it looked like the thief may have had a gun on him, so now the whole neighborhood is armed to the teeth and the cops make rounds here constantly. Some of the dads roll down the street quietly with golf carts at night too.
I've been asked to check my cameras to see if anyone cut through my property, but nobody ever does. My neighbor has two large dogs that bark at everything. We've had no issues with wildlife (bears are a thing here) or people snooping around since they moved in.
I give those dogs treats every time I see them. They are a fantastic early alarm system. That and our house being set very far back and our habit of locking down everything at night and bringing all valuables inside from our cars (something we learned in Chicago and Memphis).
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Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:58 am to Shorts Guy
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So we’re comparing small town nowhere-ville crime to New Orleans and Baton Rouge and using it as a ding against Louisiana?
Why not compare them? It's a perfectly valid metric. Of course the city will have more crime, and we know that. That's still a reason people move to small towns. So yeah, it's a perfectly fine comparison to use to determine where you want to live.
You can compare entertainment too. Of course the city will have more to offer than a small town. Everything is allowed to be compared even if it's skewed. That's what makes city life and small town life different.. Why wouldn't it be okay to compare these things?
This post was edited on 7/29/25 at 9:00 am
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:23 am to i am dan
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Why not compare them? It's a perfectly valid metric. Of course the city will have more crime, and we know that.
Because of the second sentence.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:25 am to jlovel7
I'm longing to get away from people density where I can't see a neighbor and can have unfenced wide mouth dogs running off leash.
It could be in Louisiana but I'm longing for hills or small mountains.
It could be in Louisiana but I'm longing for hills or small mountains.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:29 am to jlovel7
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Name me some small towns in Louisiana that don’t have the same issues.
Plenty of small towns in LA don't have that problem. In North LA Benton and Stonewall both are nice small and growing cities with very little crime.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:31 am to goofball
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Doesn't matter what neighborhood you are in, but these things do sometimes happen
Absolutely agree. The point of the post was more to laugh about the perspective based on where you live. This double murder has shaken this elderly couple in the sense that they still talk about it 20 years later because it’s so rare here.
Competed to when we lived in NOLA and BR and we probably have forgotten about dozens of double murders. Again small town vs big city is apples and oranges as someone said but it still makes us kind of laugh about the BS we used to just treat as every day headaches when it really doesn’t need to be.
And most small towns in LA sadly are wasted out and dying and not nice. Madisonville and Mandeville are really the ones that stick out to me that don’t feel that way. But really how long do those two have given where the state is headed? How many small Louisiana towns were great in the 80s and terrible now? Feels like most of them. Are any new ones taking their place or reversing course?
Not trying to dunk on the state because I love what it gave me, but Christ it’s a pain in the arse to live there and shockingly expensive compared to its neighbors with little benefit for that extra cost.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:35 am to jlovel7
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Name me some small towns in Louisiana that don’t have the same issues.
What’s the population of your current town? How far is it from an urban center? Demographics? All of that goes into making meaningful comparisons. Off the top of my head, St. Francisville, Abita Springs, Madisonville, Broussard, Youngsville, Scott, Covington, Central, Brusly…give me more info on your place and can make a better list.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:38 am to jlovel7
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She’s a Louisiana native and thank god she’s one of the ones who was able to cut the cord so to say and not look back about getting out.
It is weird that people can't do this.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:49 am to jlovel7
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Name me some small towns in Louisiana that don’t have the same issues.
There are small towns all over Louisiana that don't have much crime. You need to get out more.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:52 am to Shorts Guy
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What’s the population of your current town? How far is it from an urban center? Demographics? All of that goes into making meaningful comparisons. Off the top of my head, St. Francisville, Abita Springs, Madisonville, Broussard, Youngsville, Scott, Covington, Central, Brusly…give me more info on your place and can make a better list.
30k population in the city. 80k in the surrounding county. 1-1.5 hours from a major airport and true urban center (DC).
ETA: your list on its face is pretty laughable. I don’t think most of those places are considered great places to live nationally. Do any of them have public schools that’s posters would send their kids to? Maybe madisonville I assume is zoned to Mandeville schools? And my wife is from the youngsville/broussard area. We are laughing at that being considered nice. Same with central and Scott with her having family there. Again maybe 40 years ago. But those places being considered nice today is crazy.
This post was edited on 7/29/25 at 9:57 am
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:54 am to jlovel7
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We chatted with them and before they left they told us they wanted to get serious
Congrats on the gangbang
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:55 am to AndyJ
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I lived in a nice area of Nashville for 4 years, and after 3.5 years my neighbor came to me with a crime alert flyer. The flyer stated that a car break in had happened about 3 blocks away. I told her I had not been receiving these for the past 3.5 years, and she said it was the first one
Then I moved back to NOLA to be with family
When I've been in Nashville, there will be people that look at me with a straight face, tell me how horrible the crime is there, that it's underreported, blah blah blah...what they don't realize is that, after living in southeast Louisiana, if I'm not worried about my car getting the windows knocked out every night, it ain't so bad.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:57 am to pelicansfan123
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When I've been in Nashville, there will be people that look at me with a straight face, tell me how horrible the crime is there, that it's underreported, blah blah blah...what they don't realize is that, after living in southeast Louisiana, if I'm not worried about my car getting the windows knocked out every night, it ain't so bad.
Ditto brother. Our state capital has crime but it’s nothing compared to NOLA. It has shootings and what not but not nearly as frequently. It’s like NOLA just turns all of that stuff up to 11.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:01 am to jlovel7
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Name me some small towns in Louisiana that don’t have the same issues.
Mowata
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:02 am to jlovel7
Cool story bro. If you're scared to live in Louisiana, I feel bad for you. The scum of society in LA typically only commit crimes against each other.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:04 am to Liger43
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The scum of society in LA typically only commit crimes against each other.
Problem comes when there’s generally so much crime that even the atypical occurrence happens much too frequently.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:05 am to jlovel7
I live right in the middle of Baton Rouge and both my cars and my front door are always unlocked. Never had an issue.
Parts of Baton Rouge are hood but I’ve never experienced it anywhere around my neighborhood.
Parts of Baton Rouge are hood but I’ve never experienced it anywhere around my neighborhood.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:11 am to jlovel7
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30k population in the city. 80k in the surrounding county. 1-1.5 hours from a major airport and true urban center (DC).
So a suburb of DC? Hopefully the Virginia side. Having lived in the area for years and commuted to Tysons, Maryland is not the place to be. Also, 30k is pretty big to be considered a small town by LA standards. You’re getting towards city territory. Mandeville and Covington are probably the only plausible comparisons in LA, and I personally consider those to be very suitable places. Would take them over Fredericksburg, VA or Frederick, MD or any other of those large-ish exurb towns around DC any day.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:14 am to Shorts Guy
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Because of the second sentence.
Comparisons can be lopsided you know? It doesn't invalidate the comparison.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:19 am to JohnnyKilroy
Yeah, maybe that is the case for BR, Nola, or Shreveport. In the River Parishes I don't find that to be the case. Now I am not saying it all sunshine and rainbows, but I think a lot of this is blown way out of proportion.
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