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I'm from New Orleans and will take all of the broken glass and addicts over NOLA's violent crime. It's not even a close comparison.

• selimthegrim 7y ago
  You live in the Bay Area now? I've never had any problems in NOLA short of a close call to a home invasion at a acquaintance's five years ago (who was involved in things he shouldn't have been)
  • scurvy 7y ago
    Been in the Bay since 2000. I grew up in NOLA through the worst years. Can't unsee what I've seen there. NOLA is bad because crime is everywhere. There are no good areas and bad areas -- it's everywhere. Even people in old Metairie need to deal with home invasions. Uptown? Oooooo-lawd! Who was the rich uptown couple that had a home invasion where they tied up the husband and repeatedly raped the wife over several days as they went to the ATM over a long weekend? I honestly can't remember their names because that stuff happens so often (and said family was even friends with my dad).
    • selimthegrim 7y ago
      Yes, it was Uptown. (I don’t live Uptown) I don’t recall the details of the incident you state. Things have certainly changed since 2000.
      • scurvy 7y ago
        Yeah, the murder rate has gone down only because first responders are getting better at treating gunshot wounds. The actual violence rate is up. And now, 11 people shot on Canal Street. This seems to happen every few years in NOLA. It almost never happens in the Bay Area at normal locations. https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_883833a4-142b-11ea-b1d8-f731a9c223b0.html https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_883833a4-142b...