"Here I am suckered in by this guy, and he probably took this thing at gun point and got stoned on the way."
I think all major US cities have lots of these types now living in them. I can see the same thing happening in Chicago, Detroit, L.A., etc.
Our cities have sunk low, very low. More and more people moving to small towns for good reason.
i think every major city in the US is only 24 hours away from third world anarchy...
and only our careful disregard of this fact allows us to continue on with our daily lives.
All major cities that have policies in place to encourgage "white flight". Those are ones you cited. Rich white people move to suburbs away from the inner-city. The poor are just a inconvenience to the ring cities. Kind of sad actually.
People, a nation is measured by how it treats it's poorest and those most in need. Many of the poor people who were not evac before the strom hit are the poorest people New Orleans has to offer. We have to be good citizens and help them out. Don't make assumptions about people. I bet you would be surprised at how you acted when you were on a verge of desperation and a camera caught you. Butfor some reason it seems ok to disparage a lot of these people just because they are black and poor. That is how I am seeing it. Not right. Not very Christ like either.
The meek shall inherit the earth.