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re: The former beauty of New Orleans
Posted on 8/11/23 at 6:31 am to SportsGuyNOLA
Posted on 8/11/23 at 6:31 am to SportsGuyNOLA
Did the Democrats make NOLA great too?
—-They did, but the other side of that coin is, they were white supremacists.
—Now, the Confederate statues are gone but the leadership is the worst ever, and we’re talking since 1718.
—-They did, but the other side of that coin is, they were white supremacists.
—Now, the Confederate statues are gone but the leadership is the worst ever, and we’re talking since 1718.
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Posted on 8/11/23 at 6:36 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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This city is much better overall and safer since Katrina.
Make believe stats may support your fairytale, but reality insists that you are lying.
Posted on 8/11/23 at 6:37 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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Did the Democrats make NOLA great too?
I keep hearing how the Republicans and Democrats changed parties somewhere along the way. It’s the Democrats way of trying to wash their hands of their past racist sins like the KKK. So I guess it was really the Republicans who built New Orleans up. I mean, you can’t have it both ways.
Posted on 8/11/23 at 6:40 am to prplhze2000
Thanks for sharing.
I suspect a lot of comments will be political, apeshit slinging stuff. But, it does show we suck at building great cities/places today. There are some great new places but nothing compared to what we valued in city building from the past
I suspect a lot of comments will be political, apeshit slinging stuff. But, it does show we suck at building great cities/places today. There are some great new places but nothing compared to what we valued in city building from the past
Posted on 8/11/23 at 6:44 am to tigersbh
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. It’s the Democrats way of trying to wash their hands of their past racist sins like the KKK. So I guess it was really the Republicans who built New Orleans up. I mean, you can’t have it both ways
Current Republicans in New Orleans threads usually get mad when I point this out.
Posted on 8/11/23 at 6:49 am to Miglez
We should have let the flooded parts of NO after Katrina return to wetlands as nature intended. Remove all flood ruined structures and vehicles and replaced with crayfish and sugarcane and cypress.
Posted on 8/11/23 at 7:22 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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Did the Democrats make NOLA great too?
The Democrat position on crime has changed quite drastically over the past generation.
Posted on 8/11/23 at 7:22 am to saltybulldog
The money abandoned New Orleans about 40 years ago with the oil bust.
Oil bust also brought Houston to its knees but Compaq saved the place then businesses found out they could get land an office space for almost free.
New Orleans did not have those same advantages. Geographically, New Orleans is an island, and a small one at that. Physically expanding is problematic. Then factor in other infrastructure problems and a banking sector that consisted of really only 2 banks in Hibernia and Whitney that were prohibitively conservative in their commercial lending practices.
When you would bring an idea to them almost the first words out of their mouths would be " that'll never work" Then you point out that it has worked they would tack on......"here".
Oil bust also brought Houston to its knees but Compaq saved the place then businesses found out they could get land an office space for almost free.
New Orleans did not have those same advantages. Geographically, New Orleans is an island, and a small one at that. Physically expanding is problematic. Then factor in other infrastructure problems and a banking sector that consisted of really only 2 banks in Hibernia and Whitney that were prohibitively conservative in their commercial lending practices.
When you would bring an idea to them almost the first words out of their mouths would be " that'll never work" Then you point out that it has worked they would tack on......"here".
Posted on 8/11/23 at 7:31 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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think the issue is leadership, but it has nothing to do with a political party.
The only thing you can blame Republicans for is leaving with their tax money. Everything else is on the democrats.
Who thought removing statues and changing street names would solve crime instead of just punishing repeat offenders? Democrats.
Posted on 8/11/23 at 7:33 am to scrooster
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I think Katrina (and fricking democrats) ruined NOLA.
The list is a lot longer than that, but you're on the right track. Crack epidemic, suburban growth, decline of the port, the rise of Atlanta, Dallas, Houston...
Around 1960 the city fathers should've noticed they were on the downswing and done something about it. I guess what they did was say "lets milk the snot out of the tourism thing and forget everything else"
Posted on 8/11/23 at 7:38 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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but it has nothing to do with a political party.
You would be wrong. The current trend of "social justice" is destroying cities, not just New Orleans.
Posted on 8/11/23 at 7:53 am to notiger1997
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pretty good place until Covid and the summer of BLM happened along with count Toya
Wtf are you talking about? It’s definitely gotten worse since then but it’s been going downhill at a hare’s pace since Mitch the bitch was in office.
It originally started going down when his father Moon was there. Had a brief period where it got better and then down the shitter to now where we’re shooting for Detroit status where the government is giving away large warehouses
Posted on 8/11/23 at 7:53 am to notiger1997
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Nah, Katrina helped Nola in many ways and was in a pretty good place until Covid and the summer of BLM happened along with count Toya
^Truth
Posted on 8/11/23 at 8:01 am to Sweep Da Leg
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Wtf are you talking about? It’s definitely gotten worse since then but it’s been going downhill at a hare’s pace since Mitch the bitch was in office.
Guess I wasn’t clear. After Katrina, things were getting better for 12-13 Years. People moving here, lots of public and private investment, etc.
Others are correct in pointing out a real decline started in the 60’s and things weren’t great at anytime since then. And the early 90’s was the high point of violent crime.
Posted on 8/11/23 at 8:05 am to Sweep Da Leg
Oh look, another NOLA thread on the OT where a bunch of people who don’t live and have sworn off NOLA tell everyone what life is like in NOLA.
Posted on 8/11/23 at 8:14 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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All we’ve ever had is Democrats running things here.
Correct. Solid observation.
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I think the issue is leadership, but it has nothing to do with a political party.
This, folks, is what you call denial.
Poster points out the obvious, then denies it the very next sentence. He really wants to believe.
Keep voting Democrat. NOLA is almost there!
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