I asked for what? For you to enlighten me about the dangers of New Orleans? Did I read a 17% drop in crime rate? Hmmm...seems Oakland and New Orleans are trending in opposite directions.

At any rate. It has nothing to do with the discussion. But I'll play along. Here's the FBI's top 25 most dangerous for 2011:

1. Flint, MI
2. Camden, NJ
3. Detroit, MI
4. St Louis, MO
5. Oakland, CA
6. Cleveland, OH
7. Baltimore, MD
8. Jackson, MS
9. Newark, NJ
10. Richmond CA
11. New Orleans, LA
12. New Haven, CT
13. Little Rock, AR
14. Compton, CA
15. Buffalo, NY
16. Cincinnati, OH
17. Memphis, TN
18. Dayton, OH
19. Washington, DC
20. Stockton, CA
21. Macon, GA
22. Kansas City, MO
23. Springfield, MA
24. Hartford, CT
25. Valejo, CA

Now, you'll notice Oakland, Richmond, and Vallejo are all there. All East Bay. It's a bad place to be, regardless of your personal opinion it would seem. You can add Stockton too really. It's out there, but is accessible to the East Bay for sure.

Does New Orleans have violent crime? Well, yeah. Nobody here has said otherwise that I've read. But that wasn't part of this discussion until you brought it up in an attempt to debunk the FACT that this area that you and I live in is one of the most dangerous in the country. That's all I've said. The facts back that up.

I'll 'lighent up' when you get hip with the program.