re: Why doesn’t New Orleans do more to attract middle-class home buyers?

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There's a lot of cookie cutter, but theres also a lot of really nice old neighborhoods in those cities as well. Part of the reason those have a lot of cookie cutter is because they're massive. If NOLA stays a mid size city it won't be like that

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I would call most streets, at least in mid city, cookie cutter. Unless its the new money coming in, taring down and rebuilding a normal house. The streets are lined with the same double sided shotgun houses. They are just painted different colors.

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Gentilly brah

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First brewpub/brewery to open out there will print money.

So much middle class money trying to make that place liveable.

They dont want to be murdered

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Not letting criminals roam the street in broad daylight and making public school a viable option doesn't really equate to becoming cookie cutter. It really is insane that not even the more affluent suburbs have a public school you can send your kid to.

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Public school is hard because the upper tier parish education positions are a money grab and based on kick back/handshake deals, not candidates that will operate selflessly in the best interest of the kids.

Also lack of parental input at home either due to no effort in raising a child, or a parent that has to work all the time to support the kids.

FWIW I wouldn't have an issue sending my child to Hynes. Outside of Lusher or Ben Franklin I don't know if there's much for highschool.

Also like a couple others have stated the W. Gentilly area is booming with young professionals. Brewery/Restaurant/Bar will do well whenever someone taps into that section.

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Still false through.

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Wasn't there a double shooting there on Easter? And then a drive by shooting on April 15th?

Gentilly may not be the East, but it isn't necessarily a safe neighborhood.

You can say that about any neighborhood in New Orleans. A woman was shot at unloading her groceries in Lakeview in broad daylight.

Yeah, Gentilly has shitty parts. Rule of thumb is that it gets shittier the closer you are to 610. But as others have pointed out in this thread, Filmore/Pratt/Oak Park is booming with young professionals and middle class families.

New Orleans never was and never will grow in the same manner as a Dallas, Atlanta or Houston simply because of geography. (and who would want that anyway?) Sprawl, while not desirable, is necessary to achieve that kind of growth and create the kind of environments of America's newer cities.

These cities are seen as desirable by some because they have the space to afford people the opportunity to insulate themselves as much as they deem adequate to live their lives without interaction with undesirables. I get it.

But it always surprises me that so many people don't understand why people love New Orleans, and even love living there. While you may value a quiet life in a sterile environment, which is not a bad thing... the fact of the matter is that there are many who desire a little more flavor and differentiation, and are willing to put up with some bad stuff to be able to be closer to the things that interest them.

I really don't understand why this simple idea fuels so much debate on here. People have different interests, like different places, etc. Just the way it is.

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Gentilly brah

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My neighbors lived in Gentilly for years, until the gun shots got out of control, then they moved to Metairie...

Racist

NOLA is on the path to Detroit