The ridiculous violence in N.O.

lades said

The violence is why my wife and I left 12 years ago. We both will always consider New Orleans home and would move back tomorrow if the crime and violence was reasonable, but that will never happen. So we live in a beautiful and peaceful place up in the mountains of North Carolina where crime is almost nonexistent and people have no concept of real violence, and visit New Orleans whenever we can.

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Therein lies the rub. If people just give up and leave, it exacerbates an already bad situation. When you add up all the people doing what you did, it's no wonder things are getting worse. People want to leave cuz the crime is so bad, but would stay if it were better, but leaving only makes things worse.

There's no good solution without people committing to the city and stay to make a difference.

It's a tough Catch-22 situation. I understand you and others leaving, but I see the downside of giving up on the city too. What to do? I think the lack of leadership and integrity in the government and police of the city makes it that much harder. The citizens of the city needs to hold their leaders accountable.