The ridiculous violence in N.O.
I grew up on N Hennessey St in Mid City, my grandparents lived on St. Claude between Franklin and Elysian Fields, these were both my neighborhoods growing up. My grandfather got mugged once and my dad had is tools stolen out of his car on St. Claude. There was once a murder/suicide on the neutral ground of Orleans Ave. I saw the blood on the sidewalk when I walked to school the next day to John Dibert. My bike was stolen a few times from our back shed. I remember one time coming home from school and our house was broken into and the TV was gone.
I got that six sense of looking over your shoulder at a very young age. But even after all that, best childhood ever; wouldn't change it for anything or anyone elses. Loved both neighborhoods. So many stories, I could go all night.