02-15-2018, 02:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-15-2018, 02:08 PM by Tugboatcap.)
It's sad. It used to be that if you avoided certain areas, you were fine. I've been going to the French Quarter since I was able to walk and I lived in the CBD Downtown in 1997-1998 off of St. Charles Ave. and never had any issues.
It's only been the last 2-3 years that crime has begun to run rampant, last year was really bad, the worst statistically ever.
The numbers so far this year are proving to be MUCH worse than last year.
I heard on the news a few weeks ago that tourism is way down percentage-wise from any year in the past 20 years, all from national coverage of the tourist murders last year in the Quarter along with the outgoing mayor's political agenda. Unfortunately, the incoming mayor has an even worse political agenda and crime and civil unrest will likely increase even more under her.
Glad I live on the North Shore...
It's only been the last 2-3 years that crime has begun to run rampant, last year was really bad, the worst statistically ever.
The numbers so far this year are proving to be MUCH worse than last year.
I heard on the news a few weeks ago that tourism is way down percentage-wise from any year in the past 20 years, all from national coverage of the tourist murders last year in the Quarter along with the outgoing mayor's political agenda. Unfortunately, the incoming mayor has an even worse political agenda and crime and civil unrest will likely increase even more under her.
Glad I live on the North Shore...
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