tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post6600869578110217921..comments2024-02-15T05:08:32.917-06:00Comments on Cliff's Crib: New Orleans Is Rough But It's Not The CongoCliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389032037779987856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post-51306251267008042382010-04-19T18:46:46.291-05:002010-04-19T18:46:46.291-05:00Yes, though me'brutha, another week without Bi...Yes, though me'brutha, another week without Big Wheeled Machinery and we were talking Lord of the Flies.<br />That said, my nephew scraped bodies off the floor of the convention center, and he could still see the bruising on the Bones of this little girls thighs ---laying beside her decapitated father. No... Congo No... New Orleans.<br />No we are not the Congo, but we are Baltimore at the very least, or LA, or Chicago, or Detroit and it started with Crack.<br />I remember 5 homicidal muggings that week of the Flood. Indeed a friend of mine was killed. It touched everyone.<br />Congo no... but Apocalypse NO? Yes.<br />Thanks y'all for coming over to the Ladder today. This Treme has got Editilla's head all in a spin, so'z we jus'rollin wit'it ya'knowz. It's all good.<br />But, Cliff, you are better than good and flat fucking nailed it here, pardon my Galic.<br />Thanks youzEditilla~New Orleans Ladderhttp://noladder.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post-36474154083522181532010-04-18T08:43:36.996-05:002010-04-18T08:43:36.996-05:00When I lived in D.C. on the 600 block of 4th St. N...When I lived in D.C. on the 600 block of 4th St. N.E., two people died within a block of my house, and a horrible abduction/rape/murder began in the alley behind the other side of the street.<br /><br />When we were going to Ireland for our honeymoon my wife wasn't too keen on visiting Belfast and I told her, honey, I could take you into the most partisan pub in the worst ghetto in Belfast and you've be safer than you are walking to the corner store in DC.<br /><br />People either love New Orleans, or love to hate on it. I disagree about Treme. I'll take all the love we can get in this world, but this CNN story is just wrong.Mark Folsehttp://toulousestreet.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post-2835640038081439972010-04-17T18:55:52.464-05:002010-04-17T18:55:52.464-05:00It goes both ways.
The CNN article quotes a For...It goes both ways. <br /><br />The CNN article quotes a Foreign Policy Magazine article from last year that was titled "most dangerous cities in the world," but really was a listing of the most dangerous in each continent (however, it clearly put Mexico in with South America where Juarez wasn't mentioned, but Caracas was). Moscow was listed as dangerous, but only by European standards. <br /><br />What the FP article did right was take the murders per 100,000 as their measure. The cqpress article you cite counts everything from murders to robberies. Riley was a stickler for undercharging crimes, thus gaming the numbers. That's why the FBI uses murders to rank cities because you can't really undercharge a murder. The NOPD often undercharges attempted murders by calling them "aggravated battery by shooting," (something that only exists in Orleans Parish).<br /><br />New Orleans, regardless of who you believe is right about population, is the most dangerous city in the developed world. However, I agree with your ultimate premise..it's not Juarez, Baghdad, or Peshawar.<br /><br />However, CNN has never been known for its grasp of nuance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113800021599508021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075448.post-36478686838852658392010-04-17T18:07:33.170-05:002010-04-17T18:07:33.170-05:00I can't decide whether I'm angered or bore...I can't decide whether I'm angered or bored by comments like the one blaming it all on liberal governance and a lack of spirituality and ethics. Poverty and neglect come to mind as larger factors, but maybe that's just me.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.com