Tourists beware, the French Quarter is a Hunting Ground! The 'perception of crime' is racking up real,bleeding victims daily. The only hope for the Vieux Carre is to wall it off and charge admission, because it is surrounded by a crime-infested, deteroriating, thug-run city that will not stop luring victims. Anyone thinking of coming here- stay OUT of the city at night, period. Venture into the French Quarter/Downtown area only in daylight,with others, and preferably armed. The predators are waiting-and they're winning!
chocolate city bump
Show me someone going to New Orleans for a vacation and I’ll show you someone going there for the first time.
And here we have another example ...
Guess I’m a racist for putting 2+2 together and arriving at 4.
..... I bet a bunch of drunks and stoners accidentally mistook the traditions of Halloween for the Zombie Apocalypse.
So, all in all, a perfectly normal Halloween in New Orleans...
diversity.
Hope only the diverse were harmed
Nothing has changed.
I remember vividly a Mardi Gras in New Orleans in 1959 when a friend on mine in the Army went out to celebrate. He never came back, was murdered that night.
Since then I have thought that anyone going out on streets of New Orleans for any type of celebration is taking one helluva risk.
You beat us again! DC only had 6 shot in five separate incidents, with no fatalities although one guy is critical with a head wound.
Lots of Amish livin’ in New Orleans.
Every mardi gras I have spent in the FQ was overcrowded, so much so that one couldnt take one step in front of them without shoving and pushing. Nowhere to run. Imagine its the same with halloween.
I was there 2 weeks ago and was thinking it’s actually much cleaner than I remember. Of course, I was back at the hotel before 9pm and Louisiana has CHL reciprocity with Texas...
Colonel, USAFR
New Orleans, Detroit and Philadelphia are the only major cities I have never visited, and it shall remain that way.
Just some jobless yutes having fun.
Once a S%$#t-hole. Always a S%$#t-hole
Third world sh--hole if there ever was one!
I used to enjoy an occasional visit to Bourbon Street. I wouldn’t go there again. It’s sad to see such a great place turn into a gang infested war zone.
Update stories in today’s TP. Lots of hand-wringing by the political class. Go straight to the comments.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/11/bloody_halloween_ends_with_2_d.html
Halloween shootings leave 2 dead, 14 hurt, city reeling
Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 11:15 PM
By Danny Monteverde, The Times-Picayune
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/11/perspectives_on_halloween_shoo.html
Perspectives on Halloween shootings in the French Quarter
Published: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 10:00 PM Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 11:06 PM
By Times-Picayune Staff