Screw you Cowherd!!

FinSaint · 05-23-2012, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Halo

After Katrina there was a brief attempt to un-incorporate the 9th ward. It came with heavy backlash as the community remaining felt it was a backstab for the city to get rid of them after a disaster... and I agree with them, it wasn't the way to handle things.

If the 9th ward were not part of the City itself, New Orleans would NOT be even in the top 10 in murders.

The 9th ward is incapable of generating its own police force and municipalities so the bill failed.

If you ever look at a crime map of the City, 2 or 3 neighborhoods account for the majority of crime and murder.

Yeah, I think that it's like that in most major cities around the world. Even the capital of Finland, Helsinki with a population of 600K but with the surrounding suburbs about 1.1M as a greater Helsinki, is not a safe city to wander off to certain parts. And I can tell you that even though I've been to some really shady areas in f.e. New York and Washington during night - I'd rather take my chances there than in some parts of Helsinki.

05-23-2012, 12:45 PM	#11
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,964	Originally Posted by Halo After Katrina there was a brief attempt to un-incorporate the 9th ward. It came with heavy backlash as the community remaining felt it was a backstab for the city to get rid of them after a disaster... and I agree with them, it wasn't the way to handle things. If the 9th ward were not part of the City itself, New Orleans would NOT be even in the top 10 in murders. The 9th ward is incapable of generating its own police force and municipalities so the bill failed. If you ever look at a crime map of the City, 2 or 3 neighborhoods account for the majority of crime and murder. Yeah, I think that it's like that in most major cities around the world. Even the capital of Finland, Helsinki with a population of 600K but with the surrounding suburbs about 1.1M as a greater Helsinki, is not a safe city to wander off to certain parts. And I can tell you that even though I've been to some really shady areas in f.e. New York and Washington during night - I'd rather take my chances there than in some parts of Helsinki.

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