New Orleans Mayor says "Thank You" (Houston, Omaha: city hall, crime rate)

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by ipuck

It is a shame too many idiotatic liberals are starting to move into this city.

Last time I checked Houston has have liberal mayors for the last 30 years

[NickelsTX]

Originally Posted by theone33

Lol this is baloney and anyone who was in the city back then knows it.

No on that lived here before, during and after can honestly deny it. I don't know why they try to argue about it. We didn't all catch amnesia.

[Spade]

Lots of ignorance in this thread. Referring to them as refugees? They are Americans, not immigrants. They evacuated from a perilous situation. Houston's crime was going up BEFORE Katrina was a cloud in the ocean in 2005. I guess Houston's murder rate up this year is blamed on Katrina evacuees, right? Or is it illegals? If something similar happened again, I would bet Houston would open up their city again but be more prepared than the first time.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by marcopolo2000

Good luck with injecting facts into a discussion like this. Now that its been a whole ten years since Katrina, I'm sure folks in this thread have moved on to blaming "the illegals" for all the crime in Houston now....

That's exactly what they will do. The blame game is always played and I love how people so easily love to bring politics into these discussions as well.

[Huckleberry3911948]

130000 bused
The burning question how is New Orleans doing? Home town for my mom and family
We don't have to ask about Houston we still take the paper
As you can see I moved

[testmo]

New orleans is heavily gentrifiyng. Their low income population dropped significantly after Katrina and is still much lower than it was. I wont "pick a side" but louisiana should pay for opening up the jails

[perro_peluo]

Originally Posted by testmo

New orleans is heavily gentrifiyng. Their low income population dropped significantly after Katrina and is still much lower than it was. I wont "pick a side" but louisiana should pay for opening up the jails

Your statement is a bit broad, there are certainly areas of Orleans Parish that have gentrified since Katrina, but I would not say this is necessarily because Louisiana opened up the jails, as you put it. Both white and black populations are still below pre-Katrina levels, the only one that has increased is the Hispanic group. Which is as much a national trend as anything and also due to the increased demand for blue collar jobs. If you start to look at the surrounding parishes that are more blue collar, I would not say that these have been gentrified since Katrina at all.

Who Lives in New Orleans and Metro Parishes Now? | The Data Center

Regarding all of the other comments that follow the thread that LA intentionally pushed all of the poor, criminals, and other malcontents onto other cities. If any type of disaster hits Houston that forces the evacuation, I can guarantee that there will be circumstances that arise that alter the outcome of any disaster preparedness plan. If a mass evacuation were to occur today in Houston, what group of people would suffer the most and would not have a means to evacuate? Who would be left to be bused to other cities, the gentrified as you call them?

[marcopolo2000]

Originally Posted by Spade

Lots of ignorance in this thread. Referring to them as refugees? They are Americans, not immigrants. They evacuated from a perilous situation. Houston's crime was going up BEFORE Katrina was a cloud in the ocean in 2005. I guess Houston's murder rate up this year is blamed on Katrina evacuees, right? Or is it illegals? If something similar happened again, I would bet Houston would open up their city again but be more prepared than the first time.

Kinda sad that a gesture of gratitude from the New Orleans mayor is met with contempt and ignorance from many who are claiming to be Houstonians. If folks act like this about a national story that actually applauds Houston, then I see why this city gets a bad rap in the media. Sadly, these nutjobs aren't confined to city-data. I see the same in the comments of the Houston Chronicle as well.

[Jack Lance]

Originally Posted by marcopolo2000

Kinda sad that a gesture of gratitude from the New Orleans mayor is met with contempt and ignorance from many who are claiming to be Houstonians. If folks act like this about a national story that actually applauds Houston, then I see why this city gets a bad rap in the media. Sadly, these nutjobs aren't confined to city-data. I see the same in the comments of the Houston Chronicle as well.

There is some bitterness over the consequences of the Katrina evacuation, but remember that Houston did step up when others were in need, when it counted, and if the circumstances warrant, will do it again in the future

[NickelsTX]

Originally Posted by marcopolo2000

Kinda sad that a gesture of gratitude from the New Orleans mayor is met with contempt and ignorance from many who are claiming to be Houstonians. If folks act like this about a national story that actually applauds Houston, then I see why this city gets a bad rap in the media. Sadly, these nutjobs aren't confined to city-data. I see the same in the comments of the Houston Chronicle as well.

Thanks doesn't mean much after 10 years of crime and generation after generation handouts that will come.

If the mayor really meant thanks he would send a few billion dollars and a few thousand buses. "Thanks" doesn't mean squat to me. It sounds more like posturing for the next inevitable evacuation.