[Jaysun]

New Orleans is "Murder capital of the US."
A New Orleanian is now seven times more likely to be murdered than a New Yorker. Last year, the report continues, the city had a murder rate that was nearly 10 times higher than the national average.

I've been to New Orleans several times. We worked on a Catholic facility ('Our Lady of Wisdom') to house and care for the aging in Algiers, which is New Orleans for all intents and purposes. I wasn't surprised by the rampant delinquency shown on the news during Katrina - it's their default behavior.

[syriacus]

My sister-in-law attended a professional conference in New Orleans a few years back. She, and others in her group, were accompanied by security people any time they went out.