Pretty Picture

[Sean in New Orleans]

This is a pretty picture of New Orleans that was taken this morning (Friday, August 19, 2005) just before sunrise. I came across it on a local forum today and thought I'd share it with you all....

[Skywatch_NC]

Really is a beautiful skyline there Sean!

Wonder what building there that Sunny (Cindy) works at?

Eric

[CajunMama]

i don't think i've ever seen NO from that side of the river.

[Sean in New Orleans]

Really is a beautiful skyline there Sean!

Wonder what building there that Sunny (Cindy) works at?

Eric

Not sure, from this angle, quite a few of the towers of Downtown aren't visible. It's a different view of New Orleans, but, it's pretty with the MS River in the forefront of the photo, IMO.

[Lindaloo]

Yes folks, you are looking at a pic of the most dangerous city. What a waste.

[sunny]

The tall white buiding in the center of the picture, Eric! One Shell Square

And you are so right Linda. Our murder rate is 10% above the national average (per wwltv.com).

[TexasStooge]

Nice pic!!!

[wxmann_91]

Yes folks, you are looking at a pic of the most dangerous city. What a waste.

If you are talking about hurricanes, then New York City would be the most dangerous. But a hurricane that hits New Orleans would still be catastrophic. All the buildings in that skyline wiped out.

BTW Great picture!!!

[Sean in New Orleans]

Yes folks, you are looking at a pic of the most dangerous city. What a waste.

What's dangerous about New Orleans? Are you talking about crime? Unless you have business in "certain," neighborhoods to purchase crack cocaine, you are relatively safe. I've lived here my entire life and so have a great majority of my relatives and not one of us have been a victim of crime other than the occasional car break-in you hear about every few years.

[sunny]

Let's be honest, Sean. Crime is WAY up in and around New Orleans. And it is not just crack. Carjackings, innocent store clerks being murdered in cold blood. And now it is moving to my side of the river. It is a dangerous place right now. You can't deny that. Something needs to be done and needs to be done now.

[Skywatch_NC]

The tall white buiding in the center of the picture, Eric! One Shell Square

WAY COOL, Cindy!

Eric

[sunny]

The tall white buiding in the center of the picture, Eric! One Shell Square

WAY COOL, Cindy!

Eric

Yep, and I am on the 43rd floor

[Sean in New Orleans]

Let's be honest, Sean. Crime is WAY up in and around New Orleans. And it is not just crack. Carjackings, innocent store clerks being murdered in cold blood. And now it is moving to my side of the river. It is a dangerous place right now. You can't deny that. Something needs to be done and needs to be done now.

Oh, I'm not in denial. But the insinuation that New Orleans is any worse to live than anywhere else in this country is flat out wrong. I have a great, happy, rewarding life and I live right in the City. Crime is terrible, and maybe one day I will be a victim, but, I've been walking these streets for all of my 37years and nobody has messed with me. I couldn't sleep last night and walked my dog at 2:00AM in my neighborhood around the block and I felt just fine. Crime is everywhere and it is truly centralized in various spots in New Orleans. We do have the rogue terrible killing that hits the media, every now and then and it's horrible, but, every city has that occur...

[Aslkahuna]

Tucson has also become a more dangerous place to live as has the area closer to the crossover line which marks the boundary between the States of Sonora and Baja Arizona of the Estados Unidos de Mexico.

Steve

[sunny]

Let's be honest, Sean. Crime is WAY up in and around New Orleans. And it is not just crack. Carjackings, innocent store clerks being murdered in cold blood. And now it is moving to my side of the river. It is a dangerous place right now. You can't deny that. Something needs to be done and needs to be done now.

Oh, I'm not in denial. But the insinuation that New Orleans is any worse to live than anywhere else in this country is flat out wrong. I have a great, happy, rewarding life and I live right in the City. Crime is terrible, and maybe one day I will be a victim, but, I've been walking these streets for all of my 37years and nobody has messed with me. I couldn't sleep last night and walked my dog at 2:00AM in my neighborhood around the block and I felt just fine. Crime is everywhere and it is truly centralized in various spots in New Orleans. We do have the rogue terrible killing that hits the media, every now and then and it's horrible, but, every city has that occur...

Sorry, but I have to disagree with you. The Westbank is pretty big, and people here are extremely concerned with the way things are going. Harry Lee is doing what he can, but until New Orleans cleans up their act, we will continue to be victims. And I can promise you there is no way I would walk my dog by myself at 2am. I do not doubt there are other city just as dangerous, but I live here.

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N.O. murder rate is 10 times national average
03:41 PM CDT on Thursday, August 18, 2005

Associated Press

Last year, university researchers conducted an experiment in which police fired 700 blank rounds in a New Orleans neighborhood in a single afternoon. No one called to report the gunfire.

New Orleans residents are reluctant to come forward as witnesses, fearing retaliation. And experts say that is one of several reasons homicides are on the rise in the Big Easy at a time when other cities are seeing their murder rates plummet to levels not seen in decades.

The city's murder rate is still far lower than a decade ago, when New Orleans was the country's murder capital. But in recent years, the city's homicide rate has climbed again to nearly 10 times the national average.

Many of the killings are related to drugs and gangs -- but police say more are simply disputes that get out of hand.

Along with reluctant witnesses, experts say the city has too few police and inexperienced prosecutors. Coming up with more cash has been a chronic problem for money-pinched New Orleans, which typically lurches from budget to budget.

New Oreans now has 3.14 officers per 1,000 residents, less than half the rate in Washington D.C.

Rafael Goyeneche, a former state prosecutor who now heads the private Metropolitan Crime Commission, said both the district attorney and the police are trying to seriously tackle violent crime -- but under current budgets, that will be tough.

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[Sean in New Orleans]

Let's be honest, Sean. Crime is WAY up in and around New Orleans. And it is not just crack. Carjackings, innocent store clerks being murdered in cold blood. And now it is moving to my side of the river. It is a dangerous place right now. You can't deny that. Something needs to be done and needs to be done now.

Oh, I'm not in denial. But the insinuation that New Orleans is any worse to live than anywhere else in this country is flat out wrong. I have a great, happy, rewarding life and I live right in the City. Crime is terrible, and maybe one day I will be a victim, but, I've been walking these streets for all of my 37years and nobody has messed with me. I couldn't sleep last night and walked my dog at 2:00AM in my neighborhood around the block and I felt just fine. Crime is everywhere and it is truly centralized in various spots in New Orleans. We do have the rogue terrible killing that hits the media, every now and then and it's horrible, but, every city has that occur...

Sorry, but I have to disagree with you. The Westbank is pretty big, and people here are extremely concerned with the way things are going. Harry Lee is doing what he can, but until New Orleans cleans up their act, we will continue to be victims. And I can promise you there is no way I would walk my dog by myself at 2am. I do not doubt there are other city just as dangerous, but I live here.

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N.O. murder rate is 10 times national average
03:41 PM CDT on Thursday, August 18, 2005

Associated Press

Last year, university researchers conducted an experiment in which police fired 700 blank rounds in a New Orleans neighborhood in a single afternoon. No one called to report the gunfire.

New Orleans residents are reluctant to come forward as witnesses, fearing retaliation. And experts say that is one of several reasons homicides are on the rise in the Big Easy at a time when other cities are seeing their murder rates plummet to levels not seen in decades.

The city's murder rate is still far lower than a decade ago, when New Orleans was the country's murder capital. But in recent years, the city's homicide rate has climbed again to nearly 10 times the national average.

Many of the killings are related to drugs and gangs -- but police say more are simply disputes that get out of hand.

Along with reluctant witnesses, experts say the city has too few police and inexperienced prosecutors. Coming up with more cash has been a chronic problem for money-pinched New Orleans, which typically lurches from budget to budget.

New Oreans now has 3.14 officers per 1,000 residents, less than half the rate in Washington D.C.

Rafael Goyeneche, a former state prosecutor who now heads the private Metropolitan Crime Commission, said both the district attorney and the police are trying to seriously tackle violent crime -- but under current budgets, that will be tough.

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

You all are going to have to fight for the Westbank. As New Orleans City proper becomes more affluent with the renovation taking place, you are beginning to see the crime element being pushed to the Westbank and this is going to continue and it's going to escalate. There are pockets in New Orleans that are crime ridden, but, a large chunk of the city is being renovated right now and don't be surprised in the next 25 years if you see another white mayor in New Orleans. Many of the blacks, unfortunately, for them, cannot afford these renovated homes that are infringing on their neighborhoods and they are being forced to relocate to the Westbank. And they aren't happy. There are signs all over the Irish Channel, the Ninth Ward, and Central City saying "White man get out of our neighborhood." They see what is happening, as well. But, so goes the ways of many big cities in the US today. The City is coming back and it's not cheap. The Westbank needs to crack down now or things will only get worse...

[Sean in New Orleans]

And I'll give you an example...the average price of a home in Uptown (including the Lower Garden District, the Irish Channel and Central City, which is a very large chunk of New Orleans), is over $500,000 now....

[sunny]

You all are going to have to fight for the Westbank. As New Orleans City proper becomes more affluent with the renovation taking place, you are beginning to see the crime element being pushed to the Westbank and this is going to continue and it's going to escalate. There are pockets in New Orleans that are crime ridden, but, a large chunk of the city is being renovated right now and don't be surprised in the next 25 years if you see another white mayor in New Orleans. Many of the blacks, unfortunately, for them, cannot afford these renovated homes that are infringing on their neighborhoods and they are being forced to relocate to the Westbank. And they aren't happy. There are signs all over the Irish Channel, the Ninth Ward, and Central City saying "White man get out of our neighborhood." They see what is happening, as well. But, so goes the ways of many big cities in the US today. The City is coming back and it's not cheap. The Westbank needs to crack down now or things will only get worse...

lol - my big ole Chinaman sheriff is going to do his best to push it right back to New Orleans!! Harry Lee ain't gonna play that game. He may ruffle feathers with his comments, but I will vote for him again because he is our only hope. Too bad the New Orleans police chief won't take a page for Harry's book.

[sunny]

And I'll give you an example...the average price of a home in Uptown (including the Lower Garden District, the Irish Channel and Central City, which is a very large chunk of New Orleans), is over $500,000 now....

Sean, I am well aware of what homes in New Orleans cost. But don't fool yourself, homes over on this side can be everybit as expensive.

[Sean in New Orleans]

You all are going to have to fight for the Westbank. As New Orleans City proper becomes more affluent with the renovation taking place, you are beginning to see the crime element being pushed to the Westbank and this is going to continue and it's going to escalate. There are pockets in New Orleans that are crime ridden, but, a large chunk of the city is being renovated right now and don't be surprised in the next 25 years if you see another white mayor in New Orleans. Many of the blacks, unfortunately, for them, cannot afford these renovated homes that are infringing on their neighborhoods and they are being forced to relocate to the Westbank. And they aren't happy. There are signs all over the Irish Channel, the Ninth Ward, and Central City saying "White man get out of our neighborhood." They see what is happening, as well. But, so goes the ways of many big cities in the US today. The City is coming back and it's not cheap. The Westbank needs to crack down now or things will only get worse...

lol - my big ole Chinaman sheriff is going to do his best to push it right back to New Orleans!! Harry Lee ain't gonna play that game. He may ruffle feathers with his comments, but I will vote for him again because he is our only hope. Too bad the New Orleans police chief won't take a page for Harry's book.

Where do you think they are going to go? They seriously cannot afford these homes. The homes they live in now are being bought and renovated and affluent people are replacing them. And those that are available for rent now, cannot be found for under $1,200 a month. Life on the Westbank is cheap. And that's where they are going. And Harry Lee can't stop where people will choose to live. He's going to have to deal with them. It's time to crack down on the Westbank. I'm born and raised in this city and I know the dynamics of what is occurring. I'm very involved with the business community in New Orleans. New Orleans is definitely changing and people all over the Metro area are quietly witnessing it as well. It's not hard to see what is occurring...