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re: Will New Orleans ever have a White and middle class plurality again?
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:47 am to yaboidarrell
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:47 am to yaboidarrell
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People who visit Atlanta are always shock it's not as Black as they thought. Atlanta is very diverse now and a lot of Black people in the southern suburbs now. Atlanta is becoming or has become a city for higher income folks. And contrary to popular belief, Asians and Hispanics are the fastest growing in Atlanta. It's not Black
I was there for a meeting last year downtown and felt like I was in a third world country
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Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:48 am to PelicanState87
Then speech was following questioning on concerns of the AA community that moved to Houston/Atlanta coming back. Nagin said what he said to assure those that New Orleans would remain a majority 'chocolate'. He even went as far as to say the storm was judgement from God over the US being in Iraq, and that it was a chance for the AA community to build back better and stronger as New Orleans would be the picturesque 'chocolate city' that MLK dreamed of.
It had nothing to do with the levees, but concern that the majority of the black community had abandoned New Orleans with no intent to return several months after he and other officials had told them it was safe to do so.
It had nothing to do with the levees, but concern that the majority of the black community had abandoned New Orleans with no intent to return several months after he and other officials had told them it was safe to do so.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:50 am to PelicanState87
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I never heard it called Chocolate City.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:53 am to PelicanState87
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people kept saying that the levee was bombed by White supremacists near Black neighborhoods to wipe them out.
Yeah i remember how black lakeview was when I was growing up in NOLA.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:55 am to PelicanState87
The blacks are just going to be pushed out of nola proper to the West Bank, Slidell, Kenner etc.
Look at inner loop Houston. Decades of gentrification pushed undesirables out between Beltway8/610 and beyond. Now the inner loop portion of Houston is for the most part pretty upscale and nice. Houston has way more resources and way more concentrated wealth opposed to New Orleans.
I don’t see why Nola proper couldn’t sort of pull this off but all of the CBD relies on people to work these events so if they don’t live there you can’t pull these events off.
Look at inner loop Houston. Decades of gentrification pushed undesirables out between Beltway8/610 and beyond. Now the inner loop portion of Houston is for the most part pretty upscale and nice. Houston has way more resources and way more concentrated wealth opposed to New Orleans.
I don’t see why Nola proper couldn’t sort of pull this off but all of the CBD relies on people to work these events so if they don’t live there you can’t pull these events off.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:57 am to AwesomeSauce
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Then speech was following questioning on concerns of the AA community that moved to Houston/Atlanta coming back. Nagin said what he said to assure those that New Orleans would remain a majority 'chocolate'. He even went as far as to say the storm was judgement from God over the US being in Iraq, and that it was a chance for the AA community to build back better and stronger as New Orleans would be the picturesque 'chocolate city' that MLK dreamed of.
It had nothing to do with the levees, but concern that the majority of the black community had abandoned New Orleans with no intent to return several months after he and other officials had told them it was safe to do so.
I believe you. His plans backfired. The Black population in New Orleans is projected to keep declining. Most Black people I know in New Orleans want to leave or planning to leave this year. Ray Nagin specialized in failure while in office and after
This post was edited on 4/29/25 at 9:59 am
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:59 am to PelicanState87
2024 census data for Atlanta
Black- 46.3%
White- 38.6 %
It also dropped two spots behind DC and Miami for metro populations after last year.
It’s still a shite hole. Sorry
Black- 46.3%
White- 38.6 %
It also dropped two spots behind DC and Miami for metro populations after last year.
It’s still a shite hole. Sorry
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:02 am to PelicanState87
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feel like New Orleans need to focus on a rebrand and fall a bit away from tourism to keep its middle class intact (mostly White folks) and attract better demographics to ensure the city won't go the way of a Detroit.
Tourism is the only thing that keeps the lights on
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:05 am to PelicanState87
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The Black population in New Orleans is projected to keep declining. Most Black people I know in New Orleans want to leave or planning to leave this year
Can’t speak for other cities but I know for a fact Houston is a top landing spot. There’s so many Louisiana plates around Houston. Specifically driven by black women.
Houston has always had a very strong connection with Nola and S Louisiana in general. White and black. So many ties among people.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:14 am to Ed Osteen
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Tourism is the only thing that keeps the lights on
Tourism is fine but only when coupled with other stuff. Technology, Oil and Gas, entertainment, etc. Tourism being the main draw to the city is giving third world country like Jamaica or something.
This post was edited on 4/29/25 at 10:15 am
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:18 am to PelicanState87
You forgot the biggest one, the port.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:27 am to Delacroix22
quote:this seems to be the problem with the whole state of Louisiana - just change #5 to whichever city
1. Violent crime 2. Weather events 3. Corruption 4. No viable CORPORATE jobs 5. Old money New Orleans aristocracy 6. Entrenched black voters 7. Transplant white liberals
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:27 am to PelicanState87
No. Next question
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:37 am to PelicanState87
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I believe you. His plans backfired. The Black population in New Orleans is projected to keep declining. Most Black people I know in New Orleans want to leave or planning to leave this year. Ray Nagin specialized in failure while in office and after
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:40 am to PelicanState87
If this insurance situation doesn't get under control, no one from either race will be living here much longer.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:43 am to glassman
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We need another Richard Pennington
Until the consent decree goes away, this won't matter. I do think Kirkpatrick is pushing the limits of the consent decree as far as she can get away with.
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and an aggressive DA
WIll never happen but I think the current DA is starting to figure out he has to prosecute some people. He's not nearly as soft as he was a couple of years ago.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:43 am to Oilfieldbiology
quote:But they tend to kill who they rob, way more than in other places. It's one of the most fricked up things about NO.
I don’t think they discriminate in who they kill.
They actually do, one of the few silver linings. However, they don’t give 2 shits who they rob
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:50 am to Lester Earl
Also everything I hate is for the same reason (crime, bad schools, bad music, bad politicans, etc). And some of what is considered Black culture was Native American culture. Second line if I'm not mistake was derived from Native Americans. Native Americans mixed with Blacks and Blacks got all the credit
This post was edited on 4/29/25 at 11:48 am
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:51 am to PelicanState87
quote:detroit has way more going for it than new orleans and is generally a better city/metro to live in
the city won't go the way of a Detroit.
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