New Orleans Is The Perfect Example Of How To Ruin A City

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  • Опубликовано: 23 июн 2023
  • Did you know New Orleans is pretty much the murder capital of the nation? It's true.
    New Orleans is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the US, but outside of the booze fueled party scene is neighborhood after neighborhood of crime, poverty and a very vague future.
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Комментарии • 3 тыс.

  • @jonlouis2582
    @jonlouis2582 11 месяцев назад +714

    This is no joke. My friend had a tenant that robbed an killed an Italian tourist. (With a handgun the cops promptly discovered tossed under the house.) The last time I was there I was walking back to the train station when a woman stopped and insisted I get in the car. She turned out to be a nurse at the hospital and yelled at me all the way to the station for even thinking of walking through that neighborhood.

    • @decacards5250
      @decacards5250 11 месяцев назад +96

      Yelled at you for walking through a bad neighborhood, first time I ever heard something like that.

    • @jonlouis2582
      @jonlouis2582 11 месяцев назад +141

      @@decacards5250 Well, she lived there and knew it was unsafe. Pretty stupid in hindsight, it was before dawn too ...

    • @justinbryson352
      @justinbryson352 11 месяцев назад +45

      The area near the Train Station is a pretty bad part of Downtown. I just stick to Magazine Street, and always feel perfectly fine, and nobody has ever bothered me.

    • @jonlouis2582
      @jonlouis2582 11 месяцев назад +24

      @@justinbryson352 There's no doubt I was were I shouldn't have been. Just for the record, I've been to NO many times, and never had any trouble.

    • @justinbryson352
      @justinbryson352 11 месяцев назад +22

      @@jonlouis2582 I love New Orleans, and I do not feel that it is a very dangerous place, just so I avoid the bad parts of the city, which I would never have any good reason to be at anyways. That area near the Train Station is near the Warehouse district, which I like to walk around in, but only in the day time. I think New Orleans is very beautiful, and a very unique, and very interesting city. Sad about the ugly parts, but there are many very nice parts of the city to walk through, where anyone should be perfectly safe, at most hours of the day.

  • @erniebuchinski3614
    @erniebuchinski3614 11 месяцев назад +455

    I grew up in Portland, Oregon, but fortunately have lived nearly 30 years in Helsinki, Finland. Sometimes I wonder if the "leaders" of places such as New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco, etc. regularly get together to compare notes on how to ruin their cities, even more than they already have. If that's their goal, then they're doing a great job.

    • @ONE1BEAT
      @ONE1BEAT 11 месяцев назад +7

      Can you help me get a green card ? Help I want to immigrate

    • @beefsupreme6488
      @beefsupreme6488 11 месяцев назад +46

      Our country has sold us out to the highest bidder.

    • @alexanderchenf1
      @alexanderchenf1 11 месяцев назад +31

      I’ll choose Portland over New Orleans in a heart beat.

    • @cupcake8867
      @cupcake8867 11 месяцев назад +33

      Demographics ruin cites.

    • @iclickedbecauseiamtiredofs4630
      @iclickedbecauseiamtiredofs4630 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​​@@ONE1BEAT SAME 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️🙋

  • @dodadew
    @dodadew 10 месяцев назад +21

    I was in New Orleans for a work convention like 3-4 years ago. I rented a bike and went down a street that off the main rd and a bunch of kids with bikes were at the end of the street blocking the way. They were shouting stuff at me and ready to jump me. I biked as hard as i could and zoomed through them. Never been so scared in my life. Was literally within "tourist area" and kids were ready to f*** me up. But I love the city, it was so unique and very musical. I would like to take my wife and daughter there someday but remembering how unsafe it was i will probably not.

  • @khughes962
    @khughes962 11 месяцев назад +180

    During Katrina I was living in Memphis. Went down after work to help refugees file for benefits etc. Had to be escorted out, the people were so crazy and violent. They needed volunteers for weeks, but most of us never went back. Just wasn’t safe.

    • @BGrant85
      @BGrant85 11 месяцев назад

      Americans aren't refugees

    • @peggyivey5828
      @peggyivey5828 11 месяцев назад +20

      Some showed up in our little town. The guy thought he would jump someone waiting for gas! He is pushing up daisies! Lol 😅😅😅😅

    • @anonymous..-
      @anonymous..- 11 месяцев назад +18

      Memphis? You live dangerously.

    • @jeremysampson2762
      @jeremysampson2762 11 месяцев назад +20

      They weren’t refugees; they were U.S. citizens. My family suffered through Hurricane Katrina and some lost their homes.

    • @lifewithsheri1138
      @lifewithsheri1138 11 месяцев назад

      How could an American be a refugee?

  • @jirky015
    @jirky015 11 месяцев назад +388

    Just Republicans were spending money on wars?? No. When it comes to wars, BOTH parties are lock in step.

    • @Joelswinger34
      @Joelswinger34 11 месяцев назад +9

      Not true.

    • @beefsupreme6488
      @beefsupreme6488 11 месяцев назад

      Exactly that's why our country will never get better because both parties hold us hostage

    • @idontlikeshowoffs1608
      @idontlikeshowoffs1608 11 месяцев назад +13

      I thought louisiana was a democratic state

    • @RMYD002
      @RMYD002 11 месяцев назад +11

      ​@@idontlikeshowoffs1608It is...has been since 1872 I believe.

    • @pewpew9193
      @pewpew9193 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@Joelswinger34 You're delusional

  • @colekrantzteacheseverythin5543
    @colekrantzteacheseverythin5543 11 месяцев назад +371

    How dare you take away Mappie’s gun. He’s a map of America, he’s entitled to his SECOND AMENDMENT!!!

  • @Beadle553
    @Beadle553 11 месяцев назад +15

    I remember during Katrina, the news reported that there are dead bodies lying in the streets and someone commented, "What else is new?"

  • @EL-LESTHRONE
    @EL-LESTHRONE 11 месяцев назад +90

    I saw firsthand how NO people can be a “ rough” bunch, after Katrina. Some survivors were sent here to Atlanta. It was a gang of thugs and they just showed up at my friend’s barbershop and tried to commandeer it. My friend and some of his friends had to stand their ground against them. Crazy

    • @terejosh13
      @terejosh13 10 месяцев назад +6

      and everyone clapped nice story

    • @Dragoncam13
      @Dragoncam13 10 месяцев назад +10

      They did similar stuff in other parts of Louisiana but got murked

    • @GNARLOUSE
      @GNARLOUSE 10 месяцев назад

      LMAO 😂😂

    • @FedkaSlovanich
      @FedkaSlovanich 10 месяцев назад +10

      @@terejosh13what are you twelve?

    • @MrBwayset
      @MrBwayset 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Dragoncam13stop all that capping!! We had the whole country shook! Lmao. And I'm willing to bet my right hand if the roles were reversed or if hurricane hit y'all city I bet y'all wouldn't have came to New Orleans

  • @iketheranter9126
    @iketheranter9126 11 месяцев назад +121

    I worked as a volunteer in the Gulf Coast after Katrina. We sent a 6 man crew to the 9th ward. They were held up, pistol whipped and their vehicle, all of their equipment, their watches, rings, billfolds were taken. We never went back.

    • @holdenc3082
      @holdenc3082 11 месяцев назад +58

      You can’t help people that won’t help themselves.

    • @iketheranter9126
      @iketheranter9126 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@holdenc3082 Better paying jobs would be a good place to start.

    • @Buttsmcgee069
      @Buttsmcgee069 10 месяцев назад +25

      @@iketheranter9126Yet they refuse to get better paying jobs.

    • @iketheranter9126
      @iketheranter9126 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@Buttsmcgee069 criminals have always been around. These scored pretty good money that night. It's eventually dead end money but scoring thousands in a matter of 10 minutes is hard to beat with a burger flippin job, or any low wage job for that matter.

    • @Buttsmcgee069
      @Buttsmcgee069 10 месяцев назад +27

      @@iketheranter9126 Why exactly are you making excuses for human refuse?

  • @a.b.e6458
    @a.b.e6458 11 месяцев назад +158

    As a person who personally loves visiting NO, it’s mostly because it feels like a third world country… and that’s sad

    • @kennethbrownsher1264
      @kennethbrownsher1264 11 месяцев назад +18

      For over 20 years, New Orleans was part of my territory. LOVED the people and the food. I drove around much of the city , parts reminded me of being in a 3rd world country

    • @amazingdany
      @amazingdany 11 месяцев назад +18

      Third-worldness in the richest country on earth!

    • @kennethbrownsher1264
      @kennethbrownsher1264 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@amazingdany Not what I saw!

    • @QuantumEffectResidue
      @QuantumEffectResidue 11 месяцев назад +27

      Yes, you are so right; it looks just like one; I will never ever move back there. To be honest, growing up there kind of ruined my life. No opportunity and it's backwards as hell. The People there are so uneducated it's pathetic.

    • @QuantumEffectResidue
      @QuantumEffectResidue 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@kennethbrownsher1264 Perhaps you should visit your eye care professional.

  • @monaespinosa2784
    @monaespinosa2784 11 месяцев назад +10

    Excellent reporting! I've lived in California most of my life, and Nick's reportings have made a window for me to see what is REALLY going on in the nation. Thank you so much Nick, great job!

  • @RandomBoxingGuy
    @RandomBoxingGuy 9 месяцев назад +9

    The fact that political leaders in places like NO, San Fran, Memphis, etc… can actually accept a paycheck for a job well done with a clean conscience… 🤦‍♂️

  • @alinapatricia8639
    @alinapatricia8639 11 месяцев назад +250

    Agree 100%. Was there for 3 months for training. It was a most depressing and difficult time I've ever had. NO is filled with negative vibe - just plain ugly. And very, very scary.

    • @peggypasson8794
      @peggypasson8794 11 месяцев назад +29

      Some say it's very deep in the vodo land .an ju ju . Ugh it does have bad vibes 🤧

    • @eddienichols209
      @eddienichols209 11 месяцев назад

      @@peggypasson8794 Many people are unaware that voodoo was regularly practiced for centuries in some areas of NO. It's no wonder bad vibes are felt by so many. Countless books from every time period, every continent, and every religion have been written documenting areas of land where so much blood was spilled in the conjuring of evil spirits that the very land itself had become tainted with negative energy.

    • @Daniel-gn6xz
      @Daniel-gn6xz 11 месяцев назад +24

      It's hotbed for witch-craft. One day people will realize that shits real

    • @Daniel-gn6xz
      @Daniel-gn6xz 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@peggypasson8794 oh i just commented same thing and then saw your comment

    • @IMONBLOGTVWITHMYFUCKINGHANDSUP
      @IMONBLOGTVWITHMYFUCKINGHANDSUP 11 месяцев назад

      @@Daniel-gn6xzi dont think voodoo is responsible for the mass scale poverty

  • @TerryB751
    @TerryB751 11 месяцев назад +14

    The comment about not being able to make progress when you're always recovering from something is so true.

  • @torquetrain8963
    @torquetrain8963 11 месяцев назад +4

    Nick, youre almost to 1 million subscribers.....amazing work. You have a unique ability and style. Kudos. You are awesome man!!

  • @OkJeyson
    @OkJeyson 10 месяцев назад +26

    I went there a few years ago and I must say I was impressed with how depressing the city looks. Outside the French quarter I was surprised to see the amount of poverty all over the city.

  • @crunchybobjones
    @crunchybobjones 11 месяцев назад +26

    It all starts at home.. Being soft on crime doesn't help at all..

  • @kotysuefawcett6538
    @kotysuefawcett6538 11 месяцев назад +25

    Hi Nick & Mappy! I thoroughly enjoyed this video.Thank you! Your reporting is top notch,as always;& your sense of humor & sarcasm makes my day!! 👍💕🤗🙏✌️

  • @DesertMav
    @DesertMav 11 месяцев назад +43

    The issues in New Orleans have been around for generations and it will not simply be solved overnight. Katrina only made a bad situation worse. Like someone else commented, the politicians there are still using the good ole boy system of politics.

    • @alexanderchenf1
      @alexanderchenf1 11 месяцев назад

      I suspect New Orleans always has been a shithole.

    • @jonaswatson533
      @jonaswatson533 10 месяцев назад

      The black American ghetto mindset and culture is to blame. Rap music that espouses shooting at the police, beating women, using women as objects of sex, money at any cost, and violence raises these children to be thugs. And thugs they are!

    • @Letsplay222
      @Letsplay222 10 месяцев назад +3

      Katrina was almost 20 years ago. And NO actually improved during the 2010s because the riff raff left due to the flooding. But now things are back to being terrible again.

    • @jomontanee
      @jomontanee 10 месяцев назад +3

      Do you still use Katrina as an excuse? It’s been decades ago!!

    • @laurenreed4290
      @laurenreed4290 9 месяцев назад

      Was Hurricane Ida like Katrina 2.0?

  • @wolfumz
    @wolfumz 11 месяцев назад +12

    18:00 this conversation reminded me of something a friend of mine explained. He grew up in a ghetto in San Diego. We were driving through the area, and he was explaining to me the microculture and mentality. He explained to me if he saw someone breaking into his neighbor's car, he would turn away and act like he didn't see it. He wasn't going to get involved in someone else's business... he might tell his neighbor, but he would never tell the police in a million years. I was blown away.

    • @jonaswatson533
      @jonaswatson533 10 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah they call it "snitchin" because no one is going to tell the police when they are criminals themselves.

  • @reallyemptypockets6509
    @reallyemptypockets6509 11 месяцев назад +309

    Something for kids to do? 1. Pick up trash 2. Mow some lawns 3. Paint 4. Go to work 5. Go to school

    • @noiamspartacus8965
      @noiamspartacus8965 11 месяцев назад +51

      Agreed. I was poor as a child and did many odd-jobs for an income, not robbing people etc.

    • @clockspacefilms3025
      @clockspacefilms3025 11 месяцев назад +24

      WAYYYYYYY to many kids dropping out of school down here in Louisiana and I met plenty of them.

    • @alansandybay
      @alansandybay 11 месяцев назад +15

      Yes exactly
      Study
      Part time work
      Internship
      Clean life and surrounding.
      If you believe in God jesus christ that's a bonus.

    • @cameronsweirdnaturechannel
      @cameronsweirdnaturechannel 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@clockspacefilms3025 for sure. I was one of them.

    • @casa4817
      @casa4817 11 месяцев назад +37

      “Pick up trash” 😭😭 amazing standard to strive for

  • @guyberg7093
    @guyberg7093 11 месяцев назад +146

    More money will never fix the problem, what they and most of America is lacking is personal accountability.

    • @Neauxluh
      @Neauxluh 11 месяцев назад

      Gentrification is the only answer

    • @Xcolombox1
      @Xcolombox1 11 месяцев назад +9

      yea look at the homeless problem in California. shit tons of money. where does it go? Rogan said they have a bunch of people making over $250k/year on homeless commitees. how do I get that job

    • @stonefree1837
      @stonefree1837 11 месяцев назад

      There will never be a white mayor . Figure it out.

    • @ace404108
      @ace404108 11 месяцев назад +1

      United States not america

    • @jamesgnarkill3112
      @jamesgnarkill3112 11 месяцев назад +1

      100% right

  • @rogerdelillo2394
    @rogerdelillo2394 10 месяцев назад +10

    Its always the system . No personal accountability. I was homeless for 5 years and knew noway was i bringing any children into my situation. I knew going to school and joining the militarily was a way out of poverty.

  • @juleslachney5137
    @juleslachney5137 10 месяцев назад +9

    Coming from a police officer in a neighboring parish. It’s not just the city. It’s getting worse everywhere’s.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  10 месяцев назад +2

      Did you used to police NO?

  • @Annihilator3x
    @Annihilator3x 11 месяцев назад +34

    Just wanted to say I've been really enjoying your videos of drive-throughs and explanations. Instantly pressed that subscribe button. Thank you for doing this Nick

  • @gregadams6827
    @gregadams6827 11 месяцев назад +80

    Nick, I moved from Memphis to New Orleans in 1997. The first 5 years there, I walked from my house in the Marigny to the Quarter. No problems but still very cautious. By the time I was approaching 50, I no longer felt safe in my own home. My truck was constantly being broken into, the thugs were actually trying prying the glass out of my door and 2 black kids put a gun to my face and wanted my wallet. Thanks to the fine work of the New Orleans Police Department, they were caught, went to trial, and they got a slap on the wrist. I got out after I retired in 2013. Live in the swamps and forest, happy, crime free, never lock up the house and recovering from a stroke last year. Best decision I ever made inspite of the flood risk. New Orleans cannot be saved. It is gone forever. From a loyal viewer, Greg Adams, Springfield. Love you man!!!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  11 месяцев назад +7

      Hey Greg! Enjoy your FREEDOM!!

    • @lsrose
      @lsrose 11 месяцев назад +2

      You’re words that NO cannot be saved are sad. No doubt as an insider, I’m sure you are telling the truth. It’s been a number of years since I’ve visited NO. I have family in Baton Rouge and we used to go to NO every time we visited. I loved it. The music, the food, the atmosphere. Even then my family told us not to interact with people that would approach us and we listened. Never had a problem. Not sure I’ll ever visit NO again and that’s sad.

    • @joeywilson3
      @joeywilson3 11 месяцев назад +4

      As someone who was born ans raised in N.O. ill say this... The city can be saved. It's up to the people to make thar change. There is social resentment, a sense of hopeless, and anger that came from various things that have impacted the city long before Katrina. Once you fix those issues, things will turn around. I just know they won't happen in my lifetime.

    • @lsrose
      @lsrose 11 месяцев назад

      @@joeywilson3 and your words, too, are sad.

    • @Bayoubebe
      @Bayoubebe 9 месяцев назад +1

      You are right! We are lifelong native of south east Louisiana… bayou country. We all hate being lumped in with New Orleans as south Louisianan’s don’t we?! We don’t go there anymore and there are some things I miss, but it’s not worth the risk. Not even Saints games or restaurants.

  • @DarkValentine1984
    @DarkValentine1984 11 месяцев назад +59

    As a New Orleans Native, this 100% hits home in more ways than one. The city I grew up in died when Katrina hit, and it just hasn't been the same since. I love my city, always will. But I simply cannot make any excuses for what it has become. I have not returned to live there since leaving the day before Katrina made land fall. I got family there who still want to live, but it's just not for me. And with the way things are, visiting isn't really much of an option these days. It's more of a chance than an option. Before I do something I'll regret, it's best I stay away. It won't get better in my lifetime.
    Every bit of it is crooked, and it just makes me beyond flabbergasted by how folks keep voting these criminals in office who don't give a damn.

    • @alexanderchenf1
      @alexanderchenf1 11 месяцев назад +5

      The entire state is depressing, and is the most corrupted state in America

    • @DarkValentine1984
      @DarkValentine1984 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@alexanderchenf1 You're not wrong there. I'd rather take the fuckery going on here, than ever head to California, specifically San Francisco. We got some nut jobs in Louisiana, but I wouldn't set foot in San Francisco with how some things are, and I got family living out there.
      They left Louisiana to go live in SF to get away from the fuckery, only to deal with more fuckery.

    • @alexanderchenf1
      @alexanderchenf1 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@DarkValentine1984 since they picked SF, they deserved the consequence of their decision. Thanks for the information.

    • @DarkValentine1984
      @DarkValentine1984 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@alexanderchenf1 Of course. Anytime. Down here in Louisiana, we're an open carry state. You only need a permit if you plan on doing concealed carry. Cops out here in The Boot aren't going to say anything if you're using your weapon in self defense. Because since it takes cops forever to even show up anyway, folks take matters into their own hands. Just the other day, it took cops 16 hours to respond to an accident on the Twin Spans, and by the time the cops got there, they were upset that the person who was involved in the accident was already gone.
      Can't really blame folks down here in The Boot for being on the ready at all times, just in case. Pretty much non-existent in California. So yeah, we got a LOT of nut jobs in New Orleans, but those same nut jobs also know that 9 out of 10 people are packing, so they are always taking a big risk picking a mark.

    • @emersonshiff8132
      @emersonshiff8132 11 месяцев назад

      It's the promise, or at least expectation, of free stuff for no return of effort on your part.

  • @NOHA-MANQABAT
    @NOHA-MANQABAT 11 месяцев назад +14

    😂When asked about the police defunding she said, she does not know whats really needed to fix the city. That mindset is cause of that city's downfall. Before this question she was saying we need to fix education, have jobs, etc.

    • @sonjabaptiste731
      @sonjabaptiste731 11 месяцев назад +6

      She knows exactly what are the problems my dear . She just isn’t going to say it for fear of any backlash. You know how everybody is ready to cancel everybody.

  • @scootermcgee8064
    @scootermcgee8064 11 месяцев назад +48

    New Orleans went south when RICO happened in the 80s and crushed the Mafia. The mob and unsupervised cops used to keep it fairly civil.

    • @davidstaudohar6733
      @davidstaudohar6733 11 месяцев назад

      I remember Jack Ruby was a made Man in the Gambino family , he took his orders from Sam Giacanna , That ordered JFK assassination, then Sam was allowed to leave the country to Mexico , and remain there for several years after the murder,

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 11 месяцев назад +8

      Checks and balances. Old timey folks in Rhode Island used to say the same.

    • @BxArcadia
      @BxArcadia 11 месяцев назад +8

      “The mafia kept the city safe” is such a bone headed statement.

    • @johnmaxwell4072
      @johnmaxwell4072 11 месяцев назад +8

      @@BxArcadia I’m from there. It is a true statement.

    • @AliciaM5555
      @AliciaM5555 11 месяцев назад

      Interesting comment and I think you're right. But nobody wants to credit the mob do they?

  • @traditionalgirl3943
    @traditionalgirl3943 11 месяцев назад +47

    That lady pushing the race card was a big turn off. She appeared to be a woke Karen - the black women didn’t even do it. They came off way classier.

    • @desireesalas5820
      @desireesalas5820 11 месяцев назад +20

      Exactly. She is definitely part of the problem.

    • @russbear40
      @russbear40 11 месяцев назад

      The black didn't bring up race because they never take accountability

    • @greasemantexas9159
      @greasemantexas9159 11 месяцев назад

      You're actually part of the problem if you're denying what she stated about the white criminals go through programs while the black men get sentenced right off the top. I literally had this discussion the other day. Saw white dudes I personally knew growing up get in trouble many times for coke offenses, burglaries, etc and get these programs then land great jobs, record cleansed, while many of the black dudes I knew committed far less serious crimes one time and get a record automatically and could never land a job . Both of you guys on here are out of touch.

    • @bruceh4180
      @bruceh4180 10 месяцев назад

      Clearly the woke white guilt is keeping her in her job.
      That mysterious white man getting off scott free was one versus how many non white crimes?

  • @rpgtactics8057
    @rpgtactics8057 11 месяцев назад +35

    As a former NOLA resident, the problem with New Orleans is that outside the restaurants and hotels (which are very seasonal and WILL leave you destitute and hanging if anything remotely goes south economically) were there are no real jobs there for the common person unless you know someone. That, and with the tourists/ AirBnB they want big city rents without paying big city wages. It's the reason I left. But I loved that city before Katrina. It was a great place to be as a young man in my 30s, though even then trying as hell and probably should have moved sooner.

    • @koolaidblack7697
      @koolaidblack7697 10 месяцев назад +1

      Cool name and channel avatar, you ever going to make any RPG videos?

    • @georgfriedrichhandel4390
      @georgfriedrichhandel4390 10 месяцев назад +3

      You're spot on. The median income in the city is only around $26K per year which comes to around $2,167 a month. But rents in New Orleans are around $1,400 a month. Outside the Garden District, Tulane University, the French Quarter and a few other neighborhoods, New Orleans has become one giant slum.

  • @johnmauer6079
    @johnmauer6079 7 месяцев назад

    The work that your doing is amazing. I just subscribed and need to like more often. I have watched your material for a minute. I think taking the time to review with the people working in social service was huge eye opener.

  • @BeachGuyDave
    @BeachGuyDave 11 месяцев назад +56

    Her being in the office for 20 years is the big problem !

    • @blackdiamond696
      @blackdiamond696 11 месяцев назад +10

      Exactly. People in the comments have better solutions than her🙂

    • @DannyGruesome
      @DannyGruesome 10 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@blackdiamond696burnout and complacency is very real. 20 years of doing the exact same thing would make anyone sleepy in their job

    • @jonaswatson533
      @jonaswatson533 10 месяцев назад

      @@DannyGruesome She wants to blame the criminal justice system for punishing criminals. She is part of the problem.

    • @jonathanmouton1457
      @jonathanmouton1457 4 месяца назад +3

      Look who is running the city. That’s the problem.

    • @Cerviel
      @Cerviel Месяц назад

      What did she or any of the government workers say that was wrong?

  • @Tonymanero1960
    @Tonymanero1960 11 месяцев назад +70

    I had to layover in New Orleans for 1 night because of an Amtrak trip. I was dying for a beer/drink so bad I left the hotel,..ran down the middle of the street for three blocks to a convenience store,...bought my adult beverages,...ran back down the middle of the street to the hotel,.....thanked God I was still alive and started drinking.

    • @jasonandersen1562
      @jasonandersen1562 11 месяцев назад +17

      That, my friend, was a literal beer run!!!! Glad you made it!!!

    • @jeromegreen9057
      @jeromegreen9057 11 месяцев назад +6

      Happy you made it but I'd Never try it...

    • @6an6ban6er9
      @6an6ban6er9 11 месяцев назад +9

      You did it, you brave son of a B

    • @tedjemison2699
      @tedjemison2699 11 месяцев назад +4

      😂

    • @penzancegunner857
      @penzancegunner857 11 месяцев назад +11

      Fkn hell! I stressed out reading your story! Glad you still with us!!

  • @KooL_D
    @KooL_D 10 месяцев назад +7

    I live in new orleans; the east specifically. The real problem is the households and nowadays the internet. A lot of these kids grow up in single parent homes where the mother is working all day so theres nobody to raise the kid except the streets and in the streets its a lot of older predators using these kids to do some ugly things and as these kids become adults, they go to jail or die before they can put their kids a different path and the next generation just picks up the worse of the previous generation.
    The music and social media is doing a number to the youth as well and i know this because its not only young black kids in the hood affected by it. Theres even white kids who grow up in good neighborhoods trying to become drug dealers and carry guns because these entertainers make it seem like the life.

  • @aaronhow2568
    @aaronhow2568 11 месяцев назад

    Great vid here, as always, Nick! :)

  • @broskibear9666
    @broskibear9666 11 месяцев назад +297

    It's amazing how people who live in these violent cities keep voting for their own demise. Excuses, excuses is all you'll get.

    • @rasheedamonroe454
      @rasheedamonroe454 11 месяцев назад +29

      I swear…they taking the money…can’t even tell nick what they need

    • @MaryLynn1
      @MaryLynn1 11 месяцев назад +17

      Total Ignorance!!!!

    • @devintaylor8702
      @devintaylor8702 11 месяцев назад +10

      FACTS 👍

    • @BxArcadia
      @BxArcadia 11 месяцев назад +29

      Cause the rest of Louisiana that keeps voting republicans in, statewide, have set such a “great” example of what and how to create modern day utopias…..

    • @traviswarren6958
      @traviswarren6958 11 месяцев назад

      Poverty and ignorance go hand in hand. The south and Deep South is dominated by conservative politics. Poor whites vote against their interests at the same rate that poor blacks do. It’s not part and partial to any specific ethnicity. Poor people tend to be dumb…period.

  • @DouglasUrantia
    @DouglasUrantia 11 месяцев назад +14

    The big problem is there are too few FATHERS in the home....if there even is one.

    • @wil7228
      @wil7228 11 месяцев назад

      None probably they wouldn't get welfare if the man is at home

    • @mrcori2649
      @mrcori2649 11 месяцев назад +1

      Bingo!

    • @Cerviel
      @Cerviel Месяц назад +1

      Yeah…I’m pretty sure 90% conviction rates with little to no evidence (been there, seen it, had it happen to friends and family), government corruption, a failed school system, and no opportunity contributes heavily to fatherlessness and abject poverty, thus leading to more crime and ignorance.
      My cousin once told me “you gotta think. A lot of people have never left New Orleans. They’ve never been outside of it in their whole lives. They really think this is what the world is like.” Hearing that, I realize why there’s no hope there.

    • @TOMMY-WANT-WINGY
      @TOMMY-WANT-WINGY Месяц назад

      The mothers are paid to keep them away. The govt wants them to be dependent and keep voting blue

    • @ysaunders411
      @ysaunders411 2 дня назад +1

      No and yea a lot of them our in abusive relationships and some women stay in the toxic home. Which it feels like the kid can do that to the women. I like how the women stated in the end of the video that majority of the women can get out of toxic relationships and their goal should be to learn how to be in a good one. Maybe having choosing a good partner will raise a good child.

  • @andyandreson3989
    @andyandreson3989 11 месяцев назад +10

    I was in New Orleans just before Katrina hit and just went back last month. The city was far more run down looking before Katrina. All those empty lots used to be shotgun houses and all run down. Now many of the worst buildings are gone and new roofs and siding on tons of homes everywhere. It even smells a bit better now……and it still has that Nawleans stank.

  • @LABoyko
    @LABoyko 11 месяцев назад +11

    One recurring theme from city to city: COVID. Walmart, Costco thrived while small businesses were shut down by official edict.

  • @lynnsmith4
    @lynnsmith4 11 месяцев назад +275

    Kids not being taught ethics and values and to respect others both in school and at home is the cause of our breakdown in society. It isn't a north or south thing. These kids that had no discipline grew up, that's what happened. And the kids now are being raised the same way if not worse.

    • @maril1379
      @maril1379 11 месяцев назад +41

      Parents that are absent.

    • @rebeccalindley153
      @rebeccalindley153 11 месяцев назад

      It used to be that if you came from a bad home, the schools would teach you how to have a better life, now they don't. They just miseducate and uneducate the kids.

    • @topdog8678
      @topdog8678 11 месяцев назад

      When will y’all see that the gov created these conditions thru redlining, drugs, and poverty!!

    • @JackFate76
      @JackFate76 11 месяцев назад

      Bull. Shit.
      Federal money going into wars and banks instead of schools and neighborhoods is the reason.

    • @johns2240
      @johns2240 11 месяцев назад +24

      Kids not being taught anything

  • @christopherfriend7402
    @christopherfriend7402 11 месяцев назад +206

    Trashanda is right in general. It does begin in the home. But specically it's up to men to stand up and be men by taking personal responsibility. Stop being baby-daddies and start being fathers.

    • @MasterMalrubius
      @MasterMalrubius 11 месяцев назад

      And women need to stop having children they can’t afford with men who are not going to be fathers.

    • @EconomicWarfare
      @EconomicWarfare 11 месяцев назад +6

      Those are men. Those are Super Gremlins. 😂

    • @lianacordova8094
      @lianacordova8094 11 месяцев назад

      Yes and couple that with women not laying down with men who are crap to begin with and we wouldn't have this problem. Why sleep with men who you know are shity and most likely aware that they ha e other children they are not taking care of?

    • @victorparker308
      @victorparker308 11 месяцев назад

      If the women would keep their legs closed there wouldn't be babydadies.

    • @ssQ2U
      @ssQ2U 11 месяцев назад

      Corrupt government became apparent during Katrina.

  • @phann860
    @phann860 11 месяцев назад +15

    The woman at the end is spouting the usual nonsense about being kind to the criminals, don't lock them up and allow them to spill their poison throughout society.

  • @danielwatcherofthelord1823
    @danielwatcherofthelord1823 11 месяцев назад +7

    That last lady you interviewed is the main culprit of the problem. She is invested in her ideas even if they're not working.

    • @blackdiamond696
      @blackdiamond696 11 месяцев назад +2

      Exactly. People in the comments have better solutions than her😉

  • @reneerollins4433
    @reneerollins4433 11 месяцев назад +133

    The one's who are saying that there's nothing for the youth to do need to quit pointing fingers and do like our parents did when we were kids. Find an open field, cut the grass, make bases, get together and buy equipment and have some afternoon baseball. Children love it when adults get involved.

    • @jpjp3873
      @jpjp3873 11 месяцев назад +46

      There would be a dispute over score keeping and they would start shooting each other 😢

    • @6an6ban6er9
      @6an6ban6er9 11 месяцев назад +6

      *accidently cuts half a poor old farmers crop to make a baseball field

    • @realist8967
      @realist8967 11 месяцев назад +6

      Unrealistic

    • @jpjp3873
      @jpjp3873 11 месяцев назад +30

      @@realist8967 Oh, I don’t know. I didn’t have anything particular exciting to entertain myself as a kid but found plenty to do outside without being a criminal.

    • @RealWallyGator
      @RealWallyGator 11 месяцев назад +24

      Ridiculous excuses they’re making. The kids aren’t criminals because there’s no skating rink. They need the National Guard, long prison sentences and some gentrification.

  • @johnmule9419
    @johnmule9419 11 месяцев назад +438

    Fair reporting Nick. This is my hometown and it saddens me to see this but it's not unexpected. With each passing generation, it gets worse and worse. It truly is generational poverty and it may be to a point where it isn't fixable. There are pockets of the city (neighborhoods) where community pride still exists (e.g. Lakeview...) but the criminal justice system is corrupt from the bail bondsmen to the DA to even the judges. Merely hiring more cops and paying them more won't do it. There are plenty honest, hardworking people in the poorer sections but they've been beaten down by the system and don't know where to turn.

    • @charlesphilhower1452
      @charlesphilhower1452 11 месяцев назад +42

      And the biggest factor is the breakdown of the family.

    • @denniswood9503
      @denniswood9503 11 месяцев назад

      I've seen it all my life from the Heroin that tore whole communities apart into war zones to the cops protecting the drug dealers I've seen it all, nothing will ever change until we have severe punishment for drug dealers, WHAT is wrong with are politicians why won't they do there job..

    • @brendanking6110
      @brendanking6110 11 месяцев назад +28

      Any criticism of the criminals? Or is it all victimisation?

    • @johnmule9419
      @johnmule9419 11 месяцев назад +16

      @@charlesphilhower1452 It's certainly one of the key factors but I ask the question "Why?". Why do so many of these kids fall into the hands of gangs at such an early age? Why does a life that leads nowhere seem so appealing to them? Perhaps a stronger family unit would help some but you can't raise kids in a crime (and drug) infested environment and expect many of them to turn out well. Are these families torn apart because of lack of job opportunities or are their "other temptations" that wreck the relationships? I was raised in a mixed race mid-city neighborhood in New Orleans in the 60's and 70's and there was very little crime and almost none of the violent type that you see nowadays. The gang, drugs, guns culture that exists has to be halted with better educational opportunities, an effective criminal justice system, and better leadership at the highest levels of city government just to name a few. The disintegrating family unit(s) situation is a tragedy and is generational. Not sure how you can reverse that.

    • @charlesphilhower1452
      @charlesphilhower1452 11 месяцев назад +30

      @@johnmule9419 Always a victim, when immature children have children there is no one to teach the children how to be responsible. Back in the 1980s I worked in child protective services and many of my clients were being raised by grandmothers in their thirties, that were slightly more mature than their teenage daughter that had the child. When you go back in the record the situation was the same when the grandmother was young, that she was raised by her grandmother.
      The fact is there are children that grow up in low income high crime areas that the parents insist that the children do not get involved with the nonsense on the street and insist that the children come directly home from school to avoid the nonsense.
      These are the children you don’t see or hear about. Many of these children grow up to be successful, because they were taught discipline when they were young and end up moving out of the hood.
      It is a hard way to grow but many that grow up that way are more determined to do well than many people that grew up in more privileged families.

  • @SoulQuJo
    @SoulQuJo 11 месяцев назад

    That's so interesting, I've only visited one street of Nola. Thanks for the video and perspective!

  • @ruslad1991
    @ruslad1991 11 месяцев назад +4

    Deep down they know they just don’t want to admit the culture is the root of the problem rather than poverty

  • @stevehuot1979
    @stevehuot1979 11 месяцев назад +70

    That lady has no clue.
    Can’t say New Orleans needs police, and won’t say anything about family values.
    Sad

    • @Snelliscool
      @Snelliscool 11 месяцев назад +20

      Yup, their job probably pivots on the fact that the people keep acting the same and dont really change.

    • @RealWallyGator
      @RealWallyGator 11 месяцев назад

      They just talk in circles and say nothing. Nothing will work but the National Guard sweeping up all the criminals and locking them up for good. Those women get paid for do nothing jobs but still want more funding.

    • @surbon514
      @surbon514 11 месяцев назад +2

      That may be part of the problem, but then again as Nick says in the video, Louisiana has the highest or second highest incarceration rate out of any Western democracy. We are really good at locking people up in this country, yet our urban areas continue to be dangerous and have been for years. It's mostly a cultural phenomenon that is uniquely American. We have all got to do better...

    • @pysq8
      @pysq8 11 месяцев назад

      They need wrecking balls and bulldozers. I'll say it.

    • @bradleyanderson4315
      @bradleyanderson4315 11 месяцев назад

      You mean that they did have rates like that.

  • @prmath
    @prmath 11 месяцев назад +10

    The color code of this area tells the True story. Sad but true……

  • @siddbastard
    @siddbastard 11 месяцев назад +2

    these vids where you go outside to see real people is the best stuff you make. (subbed)

  • @JValek
    @JValek 11 месяцев назад +12

    I lived in New Orleans during Katrina. I also was in the city working for the NOPD 2nd District throughout Katrina. New Orleans is a hard city to judge in 20 days. It has a lot of problems, I agree... that's why I left. The pay and politicians in the city are terrible. New Orleans and its residents have a certain grit and unbelievable character to them.

    • @winkwink2u
      @winkwink2u 8 месяцев назад

      BLACK NOPD, BLACK MAYOR, BLACK DA, BLACK JUDGES, BLACK SHERIFF, BLACKS RUNNING THE CITY DOWN. Blacks are the problem! We got people calling in 911 & the dispatch Black Women TELL THE PERPS WHO CALLED ON THEM. Perps then hunt down the Victim they were called about in the first place ALL OF THIS IS BLACKS.

  • @andrewfreshour3871
    @andrewfreshour3871 11 месяцев назад +22

    As a mail carrier, I can see all the mailboxes on the porch, which means the carrier has to walk all those streets on foot! I can't even imagine.

    • @fitthickchic6732
      @fitthickchic6732 10 месяцев назад +3

      That's crazy! My ex lives on the Westbank, and the post office made them get mailboxes in the curb.

    • @FedkaSlovanich
      @FedkaSlovanich 10 месяцев назад +8

      ive been seeing amazon trucks with wire and bars over the window like mad max, some have bullet proof windows

  • @US_Joe
    @US_Joe 11 месяцев назад +23

    I appreciate how you are interviewing the residents. She is very proactive, no victim statements, no BS. Way to go!👍👍👍

    • @Aldarionz9
      @Aldarionz9 11 месяцев назад

      Standing together on more important issues? We side with enemies of the cross? 1 John 2:22
      Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

  • @deesosa410
    @deesosa410 10 месяцев назад

    Very well done one of the best videos I’ve seen on RUclips

  • @saulvallejo7268
    @saulvallejo7268 11 месяцев назад +24

    I agree 100%, I did a road trip for fun, in the South kind of like yours. I had fun on Bourbon street. I arrived at night coming from Houston 11:00pm. While looking for parking, made a wrong turn, before getting to my hotel on Bourbon street. My car got rushed by three people with bats. I thought I was going to lose my life. I rather go to Vegas anytime, I want to have fun. You cannot afford to make a wrong turn in New Orleans, literally. So unsafe for being a tourist town.

    • @winkwink2u
      @winkwink2u 8 месяцев назад

      WOULD THOSE 3 'PEOPLE' WITH BATS HAVE BEEN BLACKS BY ANY STRETCH? BLACKS ARE THE PROBLEM. Why can't we say Blacks with Bats? I was chased by a Black with a Bat myself, running me down. BLACKS ARE EVERY CITY'S PROBLEM.

  • @gatblau1
    @gatblau1 11 месяцев назад +94

    The last time I was in New Orleans for a business trip I vowed not to return. The scammers on the street would openly threaten you, and I tried to avoid venturing too far away from the French quarter.

    • @gatblau1
      @gatblau1 11 месяцев назад +8

      @@Anita_Minute one of the street scammers who threatened me was one of the shoe scammers in the French quarter. I already knew about the scam and refused to reply to the several guys that made comments, but one of them kept insisting on commenting on my shoes with an increasingly threatening tone and staring me down with a grimace. At first I was trying to pretend it didn’t phase me, but eventually it just felt too unsafe and I got out of the area. Who knew the shoe scam could get threatening? 😂

    • @GNARLOUSE
      @GNARLOUSE 10 месяцев назад

      Uhhh real easy, I have a gris gris spell you can use next time you accosted by gutter punks or those lil bches asking about your shoes etc. Ok it's voodoo so don't tell anyone, here it is.....
      "GO FK YOURSELF" bam problem solved!

    • @jonaswatson533
      @jonaswatson533 10 месяцев назад +6

      I was in NO right before COVID, like literally the week before it hit NO. That place was hella ghetto and I stayed in a nice hotel near the French Quarter. Even the French Quarter was sketchy as hell. I will NEVER go back to that hell hole.

    • @johndeaux83
      @johndeaux83 10 месяцев назад +5

      Newsflash: the FQ is incredibly dangerous.

  • @annhowcroft9493
    @annhowcroft9493 11 месяцев назад +6

    I went there with my husband once. I am glad I saw it but I won't go back unless something drastically changes.

  • @robertpatterson6754
    @robertpatterson6754 11 месяцев назад +2

    Just to drop an off-topic subject...did you do a video on towns in New Hampshire? If so please send me a link for this video...thx in advance and great job on your channel!!!

  • @georgemichael9106
    @georgemichael9106 11 месяцев назад +77

    Highest crime rate per capita in the United States and that Mayor should prosecuted for crimes against humanity.

    • @joselopez-he1mc
      @joselopez-he1mc 11 месяцев назад +1

      That sounds bad but it also kept mexico from getting 9 spots of top ten murder capitals in the world. NO is in the top 10 higher than rio capetown or kingston.

    • @forestmcneir3325
      @forestmcneir3325 11 месяцев назад +8

      Most voters were satisfied with Mayor Latoya the Destroyer. The recall failed.

    • @georgemichael9106
      @georgemichael9106 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@forestmcneir3325 Yes that just stunned me that the people of New Orleans were not chomping at the bit to recall that disaster La Toya the destroyer

    • @kennetho5393
      @kennetho5393 11 месяцев назад

      I just can't believe they keep voting for their oppressors who do nothing but hold them back.

    • @forestmcneir3325
      @forestmcneir3325 11 месяцев назад

      @@georgemichael9106 Breaks my heart! Lived in the metro for 38 years and still regard NOLA as home. Always will. Houston, where I was raised, and where I'm returned in 2016 is not as far along down the same road but the trend is not our friend.

  • @clandestinesyndicate3463
    @clandestinesyndicate3463 11 месяцев назад

    Wow, another very insightful interview

  • @toddhayes3506
    @toddhayes3506 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great Job Nick!

  • @berlawberlaw1025
    @berlawberlaw1025 11 месяцев назад +14

    When did rapping about murder and killing become entertainment?

  • @allsmilz7234
    @allsmilz7234 11 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks for sharing good interesting journalism and excellent videography Nick 👍🇺🇲

  • @julieanne3482
    @julieanne3482 8 месяцев назад

    I know ur dealing with serious topics here, but ur videos make me laugh a lot too. Ur sidekick, Mappy (?), is very funny!

  • @DivineEssence.
    @DivineEssence. 11 месяцев назад

    I like the fact that you did an interview It shows you're trying to be a part of the solution.

  • @yamama7265
    @yamama7265 11 месяцев назад +227

    It's strange how they keep voting for the same thing they need to think better of themselves

    • @Lunatic4Bizcas
      @Lunatic4Bizcas 11 месяцев назад

      ¿ Don't we all ? The two party duopoly is designed to manipulate, pacify with lies and control to the benefit of the political class belonging to either party.

    • @yvonnepoole141
      @yvonnepoole141 11 месяцев назад +27

      Try a Republican Mayor. Haven't had one since the late 1800's.

    • @turnne
      @turnne 11 месяцев назад

      @@yvonnepoole141 The Republicans run the state....are you kidding yourself?....and its one of the poorest and least educated states in the country

    • @dave0z96
      @dave0z96 11 месяцев назад +30

      The politicians they vote for offer free stuff and programs which free crumbs, easy on criminals and horribly managed programs isn’t going to help anything but that what they want . Same thing in Chicago near where I live . These people are in the most part getting what they deserve .

    • @turnne
      @turnne 11 месяцев назад

      @@dave0z96 Louisiana has been Republican run for many years. The state is perennially one of the poorest and least educated in the country and they also have a lot of crooked politicians and infrastructure.
      You see this again and again in these Republican run states ...high poverty, low education and politicians and officials on the take
      Look at the money scandal with Brett Favre in Mississippi....same situation
      But the same good old boy Republicans are in office for decades and they control everything and their constituents get nothing.

  • @AKawalski
    @AKawalski 11 месяцев назад +4

    Your videos are eyeopeners. This one was so personal with the interviews at the end. Thank you.

  • @christinecallahan5512
    @christinecallahan5512 10 месяцев назад +3

    This lady is right, " whatever you learn, you pass on " exactly.........

  • @chriskelly509
    @chriskelly509 11 месяцев назад +4

    I moved to Central Arkansas a few years ago and I've always wanted to visit New Orleans and all the locals here have told me not to go there and said it's gotten to be pretty bad.

    • @chriskelly509
      @chriskelly509 10 месяцев назад

      Still run into people who tell me not to go to New Orleans...

  • @Silver86777
    @Silver86777 11 месяцев назад +21

    Love this channel, thank you for all the content Nick

  • @timothyknight2236
    @timothyknight2236 11 месяцев назад +76

    Neither of these women bother to mention the complete and total breakdown of the black family unit and conservative family values. Once that is fixed the rest will handle itself all by itself.

    • @MickeyMishra
      @MickeyMishra 11 месяцев назад +8

      Will they ever admit to this?
      Nope.

    • @TheRAYviewYT
      @TheRAYviewYT 11 месяцев назад +3

      Truth!

    • @4DaysInApril
      @4DaysInApril 11 месяцев назад +4

      It is not a political war, it is a spiritual one. GOOD vs. EVIL. Once our traditions and values align with God's, then everything will all fall into place. This is beyond conservatism being able to help. We need to return to the source. We are in desperate need of a Great Awakening.

    • @education8293
      @education8293 11 месяцев назад

      Everyone is effed up, not just the Blacks...

  • @phann860
    @phann860 11 месяцев назад +5

    The big problem is that a small proportion of individuals commit most crime, deal with them and some problems can be minimised but until the criminals can be dealt with they remain a problem. I agree that crime creates poverty. Political leadership and action is required.

  • @ValisFan3
    @ValisFan3 11 месяцев назад +4

    I wonder what New Orleans, Chicago, East St.Louis, Haiti, and Lagos all have in common.

  • @maril1379
    @maril1379 11 месяцев назад +20

    Very sad so much potential. I volunteeted there after Hurricane Katrina in St Bernard's Parish.
    I remember the Garden District was very nice.
    You can be poor but not be criminal.
    Lack of morals sad lack of good human cultural values.
    Parents that are absent.
    Thumbs up for all of your videos.
    I am in NYC and it is sliding too
    Too much liberalism

  • @johng5710
    @johng5710 11 месяцев назад +49

    Nick interviews two black women, and there was not one mention of race. Then he interviews the liberal white woman with the purple hair and she's the one who brings up race.

    • @kenW13
      @kenW13 11 месяцев назад

      It’s always the white liberal

    • @Mr_Facts
      @Mr_Facts 11 месяцев назад

      Virtue signaling and ignorance. Nothing is worse than a liberal white women. Trust me....
      I live in the Bay Area...California.

    • @openranks4519
      @openranks4519 11 месяцев назад +4

      Because it’s a factor fool. Did you listen to hear explain 🥴

    • @AngelloDelNorte
      @AngelloDelNorte 11 месяцев назад

      Well, whitx people invented wokeism ideology. It's one of the worst ideologies out there.

    • @garydomaz1849
      @garydomaz1849 11 месяцев назад +3

      Because if we bring up race then what we say is automatically invalidated. Race relations are very real and a huge part as to why the south is so broken

  • @roberthall7419
    @roberthall7419 10 месяцев назад

    Mappy addition to this video was pretty funny 😂😂😂. Way to add some light to such a dark video

  • @Justthemow
    @Justthemow 9 месяцев назад +2

    My family lived in New Orleans since they came to America and in the past 40-50 years it’s gone straight to 💩 the corruption has all but destroyed a once beautiful city. We all live on the north shore now.

  • @Snelliscool
    @Snelliscool 11 месяцев назад +67

    That first lady in the interview couldn't even talk about the law enforcement problem . I for sure know who they're voting for ..again and again .

    • @WorkingProgress17
      @WorkingProgress17 11 месяцев назад +8

      It's nauseating to watch.

    • @nunyanope4988
      @nunyanope4988 11 месяцев назад +1

      Louisiana had a GOP governor from 08 to 16. It was a crap hole back then to.

    • @user-qd3rz7fb1t
      @user-qd3rz7fb1t 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@nunyanope4988that's the state lol

    • @nunyanope4988
      @nunyanope4988 11 месяцев назад

      @@user-qd3rz7fb1t You think the state or Louisiana is in any better shape then New Orleans? Mkay big guy 🤣

    • @user-qd3rz7fb1t
      @user-qd3rz7fb1t 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@nunyanope4988 Demographics :)

  • @billwoods5406
    @billwoods5406 11 месяцев назад +34

    In my opinion,I feel like politicians spend more money and time trying to fix other countries,while our own country is falling apart. Our country is getting very sick.

    • @blackdiamond696
      @blackdiamond696 11 месяцев назад

      I heard today Biden is sending more weapons to the UK today. How many millions is that costing Americans.

    • @scottlarmore5038
      @scottlarmore5038 10 месяцев назад

      Hard agree.

  • @a.azazagoth5413
    @a.azazagoth5413 5 месяцев назад

    Great interview with the ladies. New Orleans has been beaten down by many things over the last 15 years.

  • @jaskiniamestwa
    @jaskiniamestwa 10 месяцев назад

    Nick, great reporting, however one tripod and extra mic for you would elevate the interviews a lot. In 2023 handheld iphone setup looks poor as the neighborhoods you're showing :) all the best!

  • @MileHighGrowler
    @MileHighGrowler 11 месяцев назад +26

    It's a real shame, because it's a beautiful area with some of the kindest people. They just don't have any accountability. Considering the amount of money that flows into the city every year with tourists, they don't manage anything well. I was there on the film crew for a documentary about 7 months after hurricane Katrina. The Gulf Coast in Mississippi and Alabama immediately got to work cleaning up, while New Orleans left houses sit and rot in the Lower 9th. Finger pointing and waiting for government assistance was the general attitude of so many I talked to, where the other communities along the Gulf Coast were proactively supporting each other and looking for solutions. It was shocking to see the difference. I hope the city is able to turn things around for the next generation and not continue down the dark path they've been on for years.

    •  2 месяца назад

      I know this isn’t the politically correct thing to say but think of the demographics. I used to live there and so glad I moved away.

  • @ladyfreedomsrawnarratives
    @ladyfreedomsrawnarratives 11 месяцев назад +29

    Wow the end of your video was so powerful! I think that woman is very right. Even if you break the family up and the abuser moves on, they will still go on to abuse in the next relationship and it does trickle down to the children. Unless they get help, it will never end. I also agree with the fact DV has gotten more violent. I think it’s because we have gone so long in addressing this as a society that we are desensitized. I never thought I would see this in one of your videos. You always make me laugh but I appreciate it. ❤

  • @srb2591
    @srb2591 11 месяцев назад +4

    All these beautiful cities destroyed by corrupt career politicians. We need to clean out the entire government and bring our jobs back and rebuild our country from the ground up. We need to build things ourselves again and bring some pride back to this country

  • @pewpew9193
    @pewpew9193 11 месяцев назад +4

    I know people will lose their minds over this, but this is the source of the biggest cause of problems in these cities.
    The destruction of the family unit, particularly in black homes.
    It has created these problems that have snowballed & reached into all aspects of life in the city.
    You bring back stable homes & you start seeing these problems diminish.

  • @ContrarianExpatriate
    @ContrarianExpatriate 11 месяцев назад +191

    The missing resources that this woman cannot articulate are fathers in the home and attentive parents for those wayward children in those communities. So long as these people continue to have their hands out waiting for daddy government to give them more, the spiral downward will continue.

    • @whirlwind6141
      @whirlwind6141 11 месяцев назад +34

      Yeah isn't it funny how people refuse to point that out initially when being interviewed. It's almost like all of us regular folk have to point it out for them. The lack of fathers in homes is unbelievably catastrophic to youth of both genders.

    • @mssophiad03
      @mssophiad03 11 месяцев назад +19

      @@whirlwind6141true like we could talk about poverty and crime and while those are certainly issues even if you look at kids from poor families with BOTH parents still have better outcomes than poor kids from single moms. Yes, when it comes to girls, females who come from single moms tend to be more promiscuous leading them to possibly become pregnant as a teen or just from a guy who leaves just like HER dad did. As for the boys, males who come from single mothers are far more likely to get into both drugs AND crime. It’s disastrous for both sexes.

    • @mykellew
      @mykellew 11 месяцев назад +16

      Im from NOLA and sadly this is one of major issues-fatherless homes & waiting for government handouts. Its like people here just think that living like this is normal & just how things are. It wasn’t until I lived with my dad in Dallas that my eyes opened

    • @carvellidavis4672
      @carvellidavis4672 11 месяцев назад +10

      I know one thing, I don't know about other states, but NJ you can't survive on government assistance, you better have another hustle. I use to tell my former co-workers, its no reason getting upset about people on welfare, the government just take 10 cent out your check, every pay period. The big deduction, goes to the defense fund.
      PEACE 7

    • @blackdiamond696
      @blackdiamond696 11 месяцев назад +3

      Well said. My thoughts exactly 💯

  • @2Big4Film
    @2Big4Film 11 месяцев назад +3

    I think I am watching these videos because I cant get there right now and you're doing a good job showing and narrating the places. Positive stuff (also) , but real footage ... so that's the good part.

  • @Isa-Amor
    @Isa-Amor 10 месяцев назад +3

    Domestic violence is escalating because these men need jobs to get them out the house because they don't know how to control their emotions

  • @jasongaines7284
    @jasongaines7284 10 месяцев назад +2

    Very simple answers the city has been defunded and the affects snowballed over the years.

  • @pollypetal87
    @pollypetal87 11 месяцев назад +5

    Thanks Nick for your informative vids.. you'd make a great TV documentary narrator.

  • @Entername-md1ev
    @Entername-md1ev 11 месяцев назад +24

    New Orleans could’ve been the Montreal or Quebec City of the USA if not for corruption 😢

    • @beefsupreme6488
      @beefsupreme6488 11 месяцев назад

      Tbh the US is young country you guys need a few more civil wars and revolutions

    • @georgfriedrichhandel4390
      @georgfriedrichhandel4390 10 месяцев назад +2

      I will respectfully disagree. The cities you mention are predominantly French-speaking and French culture is very much alive. In New Orleans, hardly anyone speaks French and apart from a few neighborhoods like the FQ and maybe in its cuisine, French culture is not prevalent. Even the FQ is not that French; the neighborhood you see today was actually built by the Spanish when they occupied Louisiana after the original city was destroyed by a fire in 1794. The iron balconies you see in many apartments will remind you of a village in Andalusia more than anyplace in France.

    • @jonaswatson533
      @jonaswatson533 10 месяцев назад

      Nope, gotta remove the blacks for that to happen.

    • @user-pc7ef5sb6x
      @user-pc7ef5sb6x 10 месяцев назад

      @@georgfriedrichhandel4390 They rooted out the French speaking people and replaced it with Dixie redneck culture

    • @TOMMY-WANT-WINGY
      @TOMMY-WANT-WINGY Месяц назад

      Word is, the mayor is payed by soros to keep chaos ensuing

  • @mikemiller659
    @mikemiller659 11 месяцев назад +1

    My X moved from SAN Francisco to NO said the auto insurance rates are 3 times More expensive in NO..and the home ins is triple more too. She did say Everyone is Very frendly there. the heat & humidity is off the gauge there

  • @tommyf6576
    @tommyf6576 10 месяцев назад +1

    A huge issue with these situations is that folks don’t seem to know HOW to fix it. It’s easy to point to issues, but how do they FIX it? That’s a key to turning things around. I didn’t hear a lot of concrete issues or solutions, just very vague statements about crime and that type of thing.

  • @katebarker1983
    @katebarker1983 11 месяцев назад +28

    I was just in NOLA. My Sister, and I, visited with my Sister’s old college roommate. Her job was within a third party organization brought in to investigate police incidents within the force. She said violence within the police force was a problem. Meaning police killing/ injuring other police. She said the corruption was a continuing issue. I found this extremely interesting. How can they effectively do their jobs with this going on? There is a HUGE shortage of police, even in the worst areas. Interesting video Nick! Thank you!

    • @winkwink2u
      @winkwink2u 8 месяцев назад

      And ain't it funny that BLACKS RUN THE PD. Black mayor. Black DA. Black judges. The problem is TOO MANY BLACKS. Blacks are always the problem. BLACK TEEN KIDS PULLED OFF A WHITE ELDERLY WOMANS ARM when they carjacked her, just ripped off her arm, she bled to death in the street. BLACK TEENS DID THAT. And All we hear is POOR BLACKS, NO OPPORTUNITY, its all BULLSHIT.
      Blacks have had every opportunity & the only thing Blacks do is get worse. BLACK BASTARD KIDS ARE KILLERS and somehow its everybody elses problem. BLACKS ARE THE PROBLEM.

  • @kpedeaux
    @kpedeaux 11 месяцев назад +6

    That's how you end a New Orleans video baby! New Orleans is surviving. It can thrive.

  • @atcdiddly
    @atcdiddly 11 месяцев назад +3

    If you live in a neighborhood like this, how viable is it to just run away from home? Look for a better area on a map, go there and live at the rescue mission. Meanwhile go to the library and try to educate yourself.

  • @jmssun
    @jmssun 10 месяцев назад +2

    8:06 totally the first line of a detective film noir 😢

  • @thomaskendall452
    @thomaskendall452 11 месяцев назад +50

    Nick, lack of money isn't the problem. While we have spent trillions on wars, in that same period we spent roughly the same amount on transfer payments to our poorer citizens. And we have nothing to show for those trillions, either.
    In February 1986 - 37 years ago - I went to New Orleans on business. I had a few free hours, so I drove around roughly the same 'hoods you traversed in this video. They looked about the same back then, except there were more houses.

    • @thomasgoff4700
      @thomasgoff4700 11 месяцев назад +10

      You have nothing to show because most of the trillions here have gone to administrative fees which is BS, it’s a racket!

    • @ONE1BEAT
      @ONE1BEAT 11 месяцев назад +2

      Sorry you’re clueless.
      Money is not the problem ?
      Lol
      Try living without money.
      Pattern Las Vegas ? Biloxi ? Party and gamble ?
      Corruption is core business of most politicians, make money is the root of most problems

    • @ONE1BEAT
      @ONE1BEAT 11 месяцев назад +3

      Same hoods ? Poor can’t move duh

    • @Joao-id4dn
      @Joao-id4dn 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@ONE1BEAT i live in a latin american city much poorer than New Orleans in a country much poorer than the USA, and the murder rate is 21 per 100.000 residents, as opposed to 70 per 100.000 residents in New Orleans. These "bad" neighbourhoods in New Orleans look middle class in my city, where poor people live in slums over the hills. Oh, and also there is zero tolerance towards shoplifters, if one wants to steal sth from a shop here, it must be at gunpoint, otherwise you will be beaten badly.

    • @ONE1BEAT
      @ONE1BEAT 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Joao-id4dn thank you for sharing
      Family’s values & strength does play important part in lives

  • @blackdiamond696
    @blackdiamond696 11 месяцев назад +73

    It's start with the break down of the family. Most of these criminals don't have a father figure in their life.

    • @gavasiarobinssson5108
      @gavasiarobinssson5108 11 месяцев назад +19

      System benefits single mothers. Black people had stable famíies in 50s. Then the welfare state started.

    • @spudspuddy
      @spudspuddy 11 месяцев назад

      need to divide america with a fence, democrats in the south, conservatives in the north, only way to stop the destruction

    • @Joelswinger34
      @Joelswinger34 11 месяцев назад +3

      It starts with people not caring about being part of a society. The breakdown of the family, as you put it, is because women don't have to put up with abuse or just unfair treatment from their husbands anymore.

    • @hothotheat3000
      @hothotheat3000 11 месяцев назад +5

      Well, women are trained from birth to aspire to marriage. Men are encouraged to avoid it, “ball and chain”, and all that. Why would a guy want to get married when society teaches him that settling is the death of fun?
      Single moms don’t become single moms by magic. The men leave and aren’t shamed for it. They’ve been taught to run away, and until that changes, they’ll keep on running.

    • @barryjointer
      @barryjointer 11 месяцев назад

      It started with Black Peonage, Convict Leasing, and Mass Incarceration to continue a form of slavery after it was abolished. This was the Gross National Product, FREE LABOR. It built this entire country's wealth and continues to this day, it's no mystery...