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NOLA's last stand: pressing issues
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:13 am
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:13 am
Inspired by the tool-ish post about why citizens don't do anything to help the city, lets talk real issues. And statues aren't real issues, they were just the flashpoint of a long standing, simmering anger by citizens of the city and surrounding areas.
1. Incompetent, corrupt local government. Long standing cronyism coupled with voters who are dumber than dog shite means the same people are voted in time and time again. Maybe not to the same position, but it seems to be a chronic recycling of the same political losers who...surprise surprise.... have the same color skin as most of the deadbeats who live in the city.
2. Culture of irresponsibility and laziness. Is NOLA the city time forgot, or is it the city that forgot time. Seems it is the latter. Try going to get something done at City Hall or any other city agency. Lazy, incompetent dregs of society that civil service has hired and for some reason, are impossible to fire. And what is with the same piss poor attitude that permeates any city agency. Its like you are inconveniencing them if you come in an need something. Also, I've seen slugs move faster than some of these jackasses who work in city agencies.
3. Terrible schools. The New Orleans School Board could never get the job done. They haven't been for decades, and now they want control over the public schools back. Also, I would never send my child to a public school in the city. The schools are terrible, but some are filled with animals who start going to a school of crime at a young age due to the "cultcha" of a certain demographic. Nobody in their right mind would send their kid to a school like that.
4. No jobs. Big companies have fled the city. It has nothing positive to offer them. It only offers them high taxes, poor infrastructure, and an endless pool of the dumbest, laziest employees in the nation. What happened to work ethic? I think it went out the window when people figured out it was more lucrative to sit on their asses rather than work. Service industry has jobs to offer. But wouldn't it be more worthwhile and profitable to go out and rob someone or sell drugs?
5. Poor roads, infrastructure. You need a tank to navigate some of the streets. I thoroughly enjoy having the suspension of my car beat to shite driving through Lakeview or Uptown. Or how about a Boil water advisory every few months. Don't brush your teeth because you may catch some fecal bacteria from the public water supply.
1. Incompetent, corrupt local government. Long standing cronyism coupled with voters who are dumber than dog shite means the same people are voted in time and time again. Maybe not to the same position, but it seems to be a chronic recycling of the same political losers who...surprise surprise.... have the same color skin as most of the deadbeats who live in the city.
2. Culture of irresponsibility and laziness. Is NOLA the city time forgot, or is it the city that forgot time. Seems it is the latter. Try going to get something done at City Hall or any other city agency. Lazy, incompetent dregs of society that civil service has hired and for some reason, are impossible to fire. And what is with the same piss poor attitude that permeates any city agency. Its like you are inconveniencing them if you come in an need something. Also, I've seen slugs move faster than some of these jackasses who work in city agencies.
3. Terrible schools. The New Orleans School Board could never get the job done. They haven't been for decades, and now they want control over the public schools back. Also, I would never send my child to a public school in the city. The schools are terrible, but some are filled with animals who start going to a school of crime at a young age due to the "cultcha" of a certain demographic. Nobody in their right mind would send their kid to a school like that.
4. No jobs. Big companies have fled the city. It has nothing positive to offer them. It only offers them high taxes, poor infrastructure, and an endless pool of the dumbest, laziest employees in the nation. What happened to work ethic? I think it went out the window when people figured out it was more lucrative to sit on their asses rather than work. Service industry has jobs to offer. But wouldn't it be more worthwhile and profitable to go out and rob someone or sell drugs?
5. Poor roads, infrastructure. You need a tank to navigate some of the streets. I thoroughly enjoy having the suspension of my car beat to shite driving through Lakeview or Uptown. Or how about a Boil water advisory every few months. Don't brush your teeth because you may catch some fecal bacteria from the public water supply.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:15 am to uptownsage
We definitely needed another NOLA thread today. Thank you for being brave enough to start this.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:16 am to uptownsage
Yup
And I do not see any of that changing anytime soon
Any attempt to raise children in the city is mind blowing
If I'm a family, I'm cashing out now and moving on
And I do not see any of that changing anytime soon
Any attempt to raise children in the city is mind blowing
If I'm a family, I'm cashing out now and moving on
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:16 am to uptownsage
Boggles my mind how property values continue to go up
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:16 am to uptownsage
I just enjoy how most of the people with the biggest issues involving New Orleans don't even live there
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:17 am to Cosmo
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Boggles my mind how property values continue to go up
I'd love to know who employs the people buying these houses.
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We definitely needed another NOLA thread today. Thank you for being brave enough to start this.
You're not cool on TD until you have half of your posts bashing either NOLA or BTR. You know this.
This post was edited on 6/7/17 at 11:18 am
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:18 am to uptownsage
1 and 2 are the core problems.
3, 4, 5 are all results of 1. 2 is a separate cultural issue that cannot be changed through government.
3, 4, 5 are all results of 1. 2 is a separate cultural issue that cannot be changed through government.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:19 am to uptownsage
Can you TL;DR it please. I'm too lazy to read the whole thing
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:21 am to uptownsage
If there are no jobs then how do so many people afford the many $500k+ homes?
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:22 am to DustyDinkleman
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I'm too lazy to read the whole thing
Definitely from NOLA.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:24 am to JackieTreehorn
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If there are no jobs then how do so many people afford the many $500k+ homes?
My guess... out of towners looking for a second home or well to do yuppies who have help from parents.
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:28 am to Cosmo
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Boggles my mind how property values continue to go up
Tough for me to understand too. I live downtown and have been looking for some suitable work in NOLA for a year and a half; there's literally nothing available. New apartments are going up left and right though in my neighborhood for $3k+ a month; condos in my building are $900k. Where is the money coming from?
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:46 am to uptownsage
I don't understand your explanation of issue #1. What do you mean the government is corrupt? What are the negative consequences of such corruptions?
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:48 am to rocket31
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5. Poor roads, infrastructure. You need a tank to navigate some of the streets. I thoroughly enjoy having the suspension of my car beat to shite driving through Lakeview or Uptown. Or how about a Boil water advisory every few months. Don't brush your teeth because you may catch some fecal bacteria from the public water supply.
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And I do not see any of that changing anytime soon
Brah, Bourbon Street is getting an overhaul
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:51 am to uptownsage
Let's be real, the one, big, glaring issue is that black people are destroying the city and along with that, they ruin any ambition to try to 'fix' the city
There is no final solution will never be found because everyone (or at least the ones with authority) is too politically correct to acknowledge then main problem
Can't fight crime because deliberately targeting the obvious perps is racist
Can't have nice attractions in too many places because people are scared to go there
If things are built, they are destroyed or run into the ground by crime, poor management, etc
Can't depend on our city leaders to fix the problem because they are too corrupt
There is no final solution will never be found because everyone (or at least the ones with authority) is too politically correct to acknowledge then main problem
Can't fight crime because deliberately targeting the obvious perps is racist
Can't have nice attractions in too many places because people are scared to go there
If things are built, they are destroyed or run into the ground by crime, poor management, etc
Can't depend on our city leaders to fix the problem because they are too corrupt
This post was edited on 6/7/17 at 11:55 am
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:51 am to tgrbaitn08
Ha. Indeed
And to be fair, despite the complaints, it needed one
And to be fair, despite the complaints, it needed one
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:55 am to uptownsage
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Incompetent, corrupt local governmen
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Culture of irresponsibility and lazines
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Terrible schools
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No jobs
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Poor roads, infrastructure
Sounds like an amazing place!
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:57 am to JackieTreehorn
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If there are no jobs then how do so many people afford the many $500k+ homes?
Out of the entire city/parish, what percentage of homes would you consider to be $500,000+? Does anyone have any real numbers on the housing market of New Orleans?
Also, let's leave the French Quarter out of this. I'm sure a lot of people have homes/apartments in the French Quarter, but they are not their primary residence.
This post was edited on 6/7/17 at 11:59 am
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:58 am to uptownsage
quote:Absolute joke. Thank God they started doing online building permits etc. It would take at least half day or more just to pull a permit. Every single employee from the front desk to the producers in the back were horribly lazy, rude, and couldnt care less. Bullshittin with each other or floating around while a long line of citizens are begging to pay their money and get on with their day. Motherfrickers.
Try going to get something done at City Hall or any other city agency.
ps - and try calling to ask a question. 80% of the time they dont answer the main phone # and if they do they're rude as shite and hurry off the phone after making up an incorrect answer.
This post was edited on 6/7/17 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 6/7/17 at 12:02 pm to Grandioso
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Out of the entire city/parish, what percentage of homes would you consider to be $500,000+? Does anyone have any real numbers on the housing market of New Orleans?
LINK
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In New Orleans, homes in the 70130 ZIP code — which includes parts of the Irish Channel, Garden District, Central Business District and French Quarter — saw the biggest year-over-year jump in average sale price, climbing 32 percent, to almost $319 per square foot.
The next-largest gain was in the 70128 ZIP code, which includes part of New Orleans East; sale prices there rose about 19 percent, to almost $85 per square foot. A dozen years after Hurricane Katrina's devastation, the East is enjoying an economic revival, attracting new retail and other services, such as the New Orleans East Hospital, which opened in 2014.
Overall, New Orleans' 70122 ZIP code, which includes Gentilly, had the most home sales —169 properties, which averaged about $138 per square foot, good for a 12 percent jump from the same period a year earlier.
This post was edited on 6/7/17 at 12:04 pm
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