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Posted on 5/4/25 at 1:43 pm to OTIS2
Didn't grow up there but my parents did. They left in the early 80's and moved to Lafayette for an opportunity in the oilfield.
I would say Morial's election had something to do with it among numerous other things. My dad's boss was a Texan and hated how the New Orleans business scene was tied to what Mardi Gras Krewe you were in or what private school you attended. The company ended up moving all their operations to Lafayette and Houston. The only thing they left in New Orleans was a supply yard in Marrero.
I would say Morial's election had something to do with it among numerous other things. My dad's boss was a Texan and hated how the New Orleans business scene was tied to what Mardi Gras Krewe you were in or what private school you attended. The company ended up moving all their operations to Lafayette and Houston. The only thing they left in New Orleans was a supply yard in Marrero.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 1:53 pm to notiger1997
quote:I agree with this - we used to go to NOLA almost every weekend until Covid
until around 2019 or so and then the LaToya effect started the downhill again.
As for BR, I worked downtown until 2015, it was pretty fun. It probably spiraled down when Broome was elected.
Not sure if the whole female Democrat mayor thing is coincidental or not.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 1:58 pm to Limitlesstigers
quote:I distinctly remember a company one of my relatives did a ton of business with from mid 70s to early 80s pulling out of LA because all their employees they transferred there wanted more money to either commute from Northshore or send kids to private schools - company scaled back just before bust. Eventually moved whole operation to Houston.
Didn't grow up there but my parents did. They left in the early 80's and moved to Lafayette for an opportunity in the oilfield.
I would say Morial's election had something to do with it among numerous other things. My dad's boss was a Texan and hated how the New Orleans business scene was tied to what Mardi Gras Krewe you were in or what private school you attended. The company ended up moving all their operations to Lafayette and Houston. The only thing they left in New Orleans was a supply yard in Marrero.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 2:05 pm to Crescent Connection
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Felt like Nola had a revitalization post-Katrina till roughly 2013-2014
Yep. The city was actually doing pretty well for a while there. And it seemed it could really draw a young crowd…not just people who wanted to visit, but to live there. Lots of development. It hasn’t been the same since Landrieu’s second term and Teedy has only accelerated the downfall. Don’t look now, but the mayoral candidates coming up will not help anything
Posted on 5/4/25 at 2:11 pm to Roberteaux
City was great about a year or so post Katrina until early 2010s. That saints run combined with new businesses/restaurants/ and people wanting to move there was awesome. Then it REALLY went to shite.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 2:35 pm to St Augustine
the thing is that the (vast) improvements in housing quality thru flips and renovations and the (vast) improvements in commercial and recreational infrastructure will still be there, ready when the city is ready to address the actual problems with its governance and law enforcement. More so than most places, criminality in New Orleans is highly concentrated among a very few and otherwise statistically insignificant number. Address that/them and half the battle is won
no place on earth is more resilient
no place on earth is more resilient
Posted on 5/4/25 at 2:38 pm to OTIS2
Probably pretty early on in the 1700s not long after the the city was founded.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 2:45 pm to OTIS2
The middle class started exiting in the 50’s and really picked up in the 60’s. My aunt and uncle moved to Algiers around 60-61 and they said it was fine. By the 80’s it was deteriorating pretty fast.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 2:51 pm to OTIS2
With the oil crash of the early 1980's But it was limping to that after Castro took over Cuba.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:12 pm to OTIS2
When Mitch decided that the city could operate with a reduced police force and allowed a hiring freeze to remain in place for 2 years. Once he realized his mistake, there was no way of getting the NOPD number back up again, as no numbers of recruit classes could replace the retirements and other officers leaving NOPD.
In an exclusive one-on-one interview with WWL-TV, Landrieu defended his decisions to override then-Superintendent Serpas and maintain an NOPD hiring freeze, portraying a city on the brink of bankruptcy.
When Serpas took the job, he inherited 1,540 cops. But after a two-year hiring freeze, plus unchecked attrition, troop strength decreased every year Landrieu has been in office. Manpower now stands at 1,144
In an exclusive one-on-one interview with WWL-TV, Landrieu defended his decisions to override then-Superintendent Serpas and maintain an NOPD hiring freeze, portraying a city on the brink of bankruptcy.
When Serpas took the job, he inherited 1,540 cops. But after a two-year hiring freeze, plus unchecked attrition, troop strength decreased every year Landrieu has been in office. Manpower now stands at 1,144
This post was edited on 5/4/25 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:21 pm to wfallstiger
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When the Mafia was dismantled. They kept a lid on things - such as crime - and when ousted, into the dumpster
Incredibly, 43 upvotes supporting this revisionist history bullshite. And naive at that.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:25 pm to La Place Mike
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I don't doubt you had a great time but no need to lie. If you were in the Quarter you encountered riff-raff.
None that engaged with us. Your usual "drummers" on 5 gallon buckets, "Where you got your shoes". Nothing that seemed violent or shady.
I grew up in BTR and have frequented NO since I was young. Not making eye contact is important. At least the peddlers in the States don't chase you like in places such as Colombia. Those people are relentless.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:39 pm to EastWestConnection
In the 1980s hit rock bottom 1990a had a rebirth after Katrina. End of Mitch and Latoya crashed last 2 years rebounded with decrease in crime
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:42 pm to Sweep Da Leg
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Moon landrieu started shaking down the industrial base like a mobster and that was the beginning of the flight of business and subsequently snowballing downhill
Agreed. But I am only old enough to remember the Dutch Morial and Sydney Bartholemy days which don't seem so bad compared to now.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:47 pm to Havoc
quote:43 people plus the original post who have no idea what they are talking about LOL. Like i said before, if law and order only applied to bar machines they had that shite on lockdown
Incredibly, 43 upvotes supporting this revisionist history bullshite. And naive at that.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:49 pm to MMauler
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It was always corrupt.
Unbroken chain of abject corruption and incompetent leadership plus apathetic voters who don't vote but should.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:50 pm to notiger1997
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New Orleans rebounded quite a bit from 2005 until around 2019 or so and then the LaToya effect started the downhill again.
The city lost a lot of juice after COVID. It's never recovered fully like every other large city in the south has.
Seemed like momentum was picking back up around the Superbowl but that was a short lived bump.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:52 pm to Miglez
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Seemed like momentum was picking back up around the Superbowl but that was a short lived bump.
What leads you to the conclusion that things have regressed since the Super Bowl?
Posted on 5/4/25 at 3:53 pm to OTIS2
New Orleans isn’t unlike most other major metropolitan cities. They are all betrayed by corrupt politicians and bureaucrats who are more interested in enriching themselves and their rich friends than they are in serving their constituents.
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