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NOLA's last stand: pressing issues

Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:13 am
Posted by uptownsage
New Orleans
Member since Oct 2014
2156 posts
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.

Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
27902 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:15 am to
We definitely needed another NOLA thread today. Thank you for being brave enough to start this.
Posted by rocket31
Member since Jan 2008
41888 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:16 am to
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
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
132641 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:16 am to
Boggles my mind how property values continue to go up
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
59346 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:16 am to
I just enjoy how most of the people with the biggest issues involving New Orleans don't even live there
Posted by TigerRob20
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2008
3733 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:17 am to
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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.



quote:

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 by Damone
FoCo
Member since Aug 2016
32966 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:18 am to
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.
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
20378 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:19 am to
Can you TL;DR it please. I'm too lazy to read the whole thing
Posted by JackieTreehorn
Member since Sep 2013
35576 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:21 am to
If there are no jobs then how do so many people afford the many $500k+ homes?
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:22 am to
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I'm too lazy to read the whole thing

Definitely from NOLA.
Posted by uptownsage
New Orleans
Member since Oct 2014
2156 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:24 am to
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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 by Clint Torres
Member since Oct 2011
2853 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:28 am to
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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 by LSUlunatic
Member since Dec 2006
6833 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:46 am to
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 by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:48 am to
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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 by Mr. Hangover
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2003
34932 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:51 am to
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
This post was edited on 6/7/17 at 11:55 am
Posted by rocket31
Member since Jan 2008
41888 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:51 am to
Ha. Indeed

And to be fair, despite the complaints, it needed one
Posted by Grandioso
Driftwood, TX
Member since Dec 2015
1597 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:55 am to
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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 by Grandioso
Driftwood, TX
Member since Dec 2015
1597 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:57 am to
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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 by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
45198 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 11:58 am to
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Try going to get something done at City Hall or any other city agency.
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.


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 by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 6/7/17 at 12:02 pm to
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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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