The guy is a seriously slow learner—lucky thing he figured it out before it cost him his life.
Not really, you could have lived in Queens your entire life and never be a victim of a crime.
People have
But that isn’t the case anymore
You stated it well.
I read the article and just about everything he wrote condemned him in some way. He wrote as if being an indifferent big-city person made him part of the human race.
He is lucky he found someplace that would allow him to move in considering his past.
I feel the OP’s “pain”. and it is painful to leave something you have loved all your life.
I lived and loved New Orleans most of my adult life, I left 10 years ago. And ten years ago it was not quite the cesspool it is now.
A couple of years ago I had to go to New Orleans for an appointment. I paid for a couple of hours of parking so I ventured out to canal street. It was the usual hot and crowded, but so many of the places I knew and loved had long gone. In the past I was never afraid in town (down town) but I only walked around the block and could not get back to my vehicle fast enough, This was in the middle of the day during the week. And going to the quarter, well forget about it. I still love New Orleans but there is little chance I’ll ever go back. I’ve been living 300 miles away in the piney woods of north Louisiana, its my little piece of heaven on earth. Goe is goo, all the time.
His wounds are self-inflicted. It's too bad it took him so long to wake up. Washington, D.C. has been a $shit-hole for years. Every Democrat-run city is a $hit-hole.
‘The guy is a seriously slow learner”
That’s funny right there! A very good article though. And yes, he made trade-offs and tolerated a lot for what he enjoyed of metro-life.
But it is now altogether intolerable.