What a graphic comparison to where Jackson is now. That swimming lake is an overgrown cesspool now next to what could be called our “zoo”. Or should I say “their” we left Jackson after two break ins and a car theft...
Younger people may find this hard to fathom but the pre-1960s New Orleans used to also be a wonderful place. It was clean, well-kept and very safe. I'm not just referring to the Quarter but the whole area -- Canal Street, Poydras and into the Central Business District. Department stores, specialty shops and movie theaters were in abundance. Then during the JFK and LBJ era, the thug element was allowed free reign and the New Orleans that I recall so fondly was lost forever.