I can understand what they're feeling and what they felt. I am a born and raised New Orleanian. Since my childhood, our house has been robbed 4 times, I've been mugged on the street twice, I've been shot at, my car has been broken into twice, my friend has been held at gun point and put in his trunk... and this is just off the top of my head. I really don't have an issue with anything they've said. While New Orleans is my home, in the back of my mind, I'm always a little weary when I go out.

I'm not going to pretend I've been trying to move out this place for quite a while now. I'd like to take my kids out and about and not have any worries about them being safe. I love being close to the water, I love the city, I love atmosphere and culture... however the ignorant people, not so much.

I can understand what they're feeling and what they felt. I am a born and raised New Orleanian. Since my childhood, our house has been robbed 4 times, I've been mugged on the street twice, I've been shot at, my car has been broken into twice, my friend has been held at gun point and put in his trunk... and this is just off the top of my head. I really don't have an issue with anything they've said. While New Orleans is my home, in the back of my mind, I'm always a little weary when I go out.

I'm not going to pretend I've been trying to move out this place for quite a while now. I'd like to take my kids out and about and not have any worries about them being safe. I love being close to the water, I love the city, I love atmosphere and culture... however the ignorant people, not so much.

I was listening this morning, like I rarely do for obvious reasons and one of the Mikes was talking about how he was here and was terrified of being robbed. He said he was set up with all of his equipment before the dome reopening Atlanta game and a cop came up to him and said "you are going to get robbed" and walked away. He was talking about how the cop didn't offer to help or any suggestions where to go that was safer. He said he was scared ****less. He said last year when he came for the Super Bowl he left a restaurant and walked around the corner and looked around and was obviously in the wrong place and was scared to death. Basically made it sound like our whole city is dangerous. I don't totally disagree, but still. He did go on to say we know how to show people a good time and the SB was great.

You do have to be smart of where your at and where to go, but at the same time , a couple of buddies and I were approached by a dude and he was raising hell b**ching at us about the color clothes we were wearing down that street....we were down Canal St. at about 3:00 in the afternoon. We just ignored him and kept on going and eventually he just walked away. I'm assuming he was either setting us up, f***ed up,or a retard.
Overall, I'm not to concerned when I go there, but I do keep my eyes open.

In the words of fellow New Orleanian, rapper Juvenile, "You look like one of them boys that ain't never been f***ed over. I'm 'bout to change that, send that boy to the Nolia. Put a pistol in his face. Make him empty out his pockets. If he think we fakin' he gone know after we cock it."

no no no.... you're not helping....shhhh.
... and turn down that bass. you're driving away tourists.
- pull your britches up....
here, lets make some sandwiches.... I'll get the chips.