I go to NO 2-3 times a year and have never had an issue. It is one of my favorite places to visit. The culinary and arts scene is great. You have to be street smart in any major city but it isn't like the predators descend on you as soon as you step outside your hotel lobby.
Topic: New Orleans "Street Scams" - page 2. (Read 5733 times)
It's interesting people are dancing around the most obvious cause: racial attitude.
Two of the most bankrupt and corrupt places in America are detroit and new orleans. Now check the racial history of those two places and current demographics, not to mention mayoral ethnic background.
This doesn't even count in places such as oakland, ca or washington dc metro area. When are you going to stop dancing around the fact that american blacks are simply not stepping up to acting like proper citizens compared to all other ethnicities, even mexicans?
Do not give weak excuses about economics or crock tear 'oppression' stories. Other places have had it worse, and got much better. These places are the way they are because of blacks, plain and simple.
Two of the most bankrupt and corrupt places in America are detroit and new orleans. Now check the racial history of those two places and current demographics, not to mention mayoral ethnic background.
This doesn't even count in places such as oakland, ca or washington dc metro area. When are you going to stop dancing around the fact that american blacks are simply not stepping up to acting like proper citizens compared to all other ethnicities, even mexicans?
Do not give weak excuses about economics or crock tear 'oppression' stories. Other places have had it worse, and got much better. These places are the way they are because of blacks, plain and simple.
You're fucking brilliant! I agree! Let's not "dance around" this issue any more! It's time for us to declare war on melanin! If we can just rid the world of this hideous melanin all of our problems will be solved!
Well that site hasn't updated since 2008 on the comments
But your right they were all pretty negative but six years is a long time.
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by TravellerMel Written Aug 30, 2008
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Unfortunately, New Orleans has a large number of homeless and/or seedy people who live in and around the tourist areas, and they like to harass tourists and locals alike. A common scam is to approach a "mark" and make a bet, along the lines of "I betcha I can tell you where you got them shoes." Once you engage them, even dismissively ("I can't even remember where..."), they have you hooked. They will talk you into agreeing to let them tell you where you where, indeed, you got your shoes. The unarguable answer will be: on your feet, on the street, in New Orleans. Most likely, this is the point where they will inform you that you now must pay them $20 for the "lesson" - and this last part is definitely meant to sound intimidating.
But your right they were all pretty negative but six years is a long time.
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On your feet!
by TravellerMel Written Aug 30, 2008
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Unfortunately, New Orleans has a large number of homeless and/or seedy people who live in and around the tourist areas, and they like to harass tourists and locals alike. A common scam is to approach a "mark" and make a bet, along the lines of "I betcha I can tell you where you got them shoes." Once you engage them, even dismissively ("I can't even remember where..."), they have you hooked. They will talk you into agreeing to let them tell you where you where, indeed, you got your shoes. The unarguable answer will be: on your feet, on the street, in New Orleans. Most likely, this is the point where they will inform you that you now must pay them $20 for the "lesson" - and this last part is definitely meant to sound intimidating.
It's interesting people are dancing around the most obvious cause: racial attitude.
Two of the most bankrupt and corrupt places in America are detroit and new orleans. Now check the racial history of those two places and current demographics, not to mention mayoral ethnic background.
This doesn't even count in places such as oakland, ca or washington dc metro area. When are you going to stop dancing around the fact that american blacks are simply not stepping up to acting like proper citizens compared to all other ethnicities, even mexicans?
Do not give weak excuses about economics or crock tear 'oppression' stories. Other places have had it worse, and got much better. These places are the way they are because of blacks, plain and simple.
Two of the most bankrupt and corrupt places in America are detroit and new orleans. Now check the racial history of those two places and current demographics, not to mention mayoral ethnic background.
This doesn't even count in places such as oakland, ca or washington dc metro area. When are you going to stop dancing around the fact that american blacks are simply not stepping up to acting like proper citizens compared to all other ethnicities, even mexicans?
Do not give weak excuses about economics or crock tear 'oppression' stories. Other places have had it worse, and got much better. These places are the way they are because of blacks, plain and simple.
How can something like this happen in the US?
Because America doesn't have enough government. Those damn libertarians and anarchists are to blame.
The closest I've ever been and would ever want to go to New Orleans was watching "The Princess and the Frog". The way the city carried itself leading up to Katrina shows why it shouldn't have been rebuilt. Chocolate mayor is now behind chocolate bars 
Was a good city to visit stripe club and jazz music. Didn't know the mayor went to jail. You have a news source for what he did?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/us/ray-nagin-former-new-orleans-mayor.html?_r=0
He basically skimmed money off of each contract that went for repairing the city. Figure dollars in contracts went in, and took a small cut - he made millions in kickbacks. The only thing is he got caught.
1/2 of Congress/Senate is doing this and Congress even voted against a bill to punish themselves for insider trading. Gee, let the crooks vote on laws that would punish them - how could that go wrong
Republics and Democrats both do this equally - but I think Nancy Pelosi is probably the one who had the best run due to her position as Speaker.
If the corruption is public knowledge, why didn't the voter kick them out?
The corruption is not printed in large boldface type on the front page of every newspaper (since every newspaper gets special privileges to stay in business from some elected official). There is no Facebook page or twitter account with 2 million audience listening to political corruption. Everybody knows either Beyonce, Katy Perry or Miley Cyrus but they can't even name their 2 state Senators nor their Congressional district.
Plain and simple - apathy. Until they see the politician literally stealing the iPad out of their car they don't care. Out of sight out of mind.
The closest I've ever been and would ever want to go to New Orleans was watching "The Princess and the Frog". The way the city carried itself leading up to Katrina shows why it shouldn't have been rebuilt. Chocolate mayor is now behind chocolate bars
Was a good city to visit stripe club and jazz music. Didn't know the mayor went to jail. You have a news source for what he did?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/us/ray-nagin-former-new-orleans-mayor.html?_r=0
He basically skimmed money off of each contract that went for repairing the city. Figure dollars in contracts went in, and took a small cut - he made millions in kickbacks. The only thing is he got caught.
1/2 of Congress/Senate is doing this and Congress even voted against a bill to punish themselves for insider trading. Gee, let the crooks vote on laws that would punish them - how could that go wrong
Republics and Democrats both do this equally - but I think Nancy Pelosi is probably the one who had the best run due to her position as Speaker.
If the corruption is public knowledge, why didn't the voter kick them out?
The closest I've ever been and would ever want to go to New Orleans was watching "The Princess and the Frog". The way the city carried itself leading up to Katrina shows why it shouldn't have been rebuilt. Chocolate mayor is now behind chocolate bars
Was a good city to visit stripe club and jazz music. Didn't know the mayor went to jail. You have a news source for what he did?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/us/ray-nagin-former-new-orleans-mayor.html?_r=0
He basically skimmed money off of each contract that went for repairing the city. Figure dollars in contracts went in, and took a small cut - he made millions in kickbacks. The only thing is he got caught.
1/2 of Congress/Senate is doing this and Congress even voted against a bill to punish themselves for insider trading. Gee, let the crooks vote on laws that would punish them - how could that go wrong
Republics and Democrats both do this equally - but I think Nancy Pelosi is probably the one who had the best run due to her position as Speaker.
The closest I've ever been and would ever want to go to New Orleans was watching "The Princess and the Frog". The way the city carried itself leading up to Katrina shows why it shouldn't have been rebuilt. Chocolate mayor is now behind chocolate bars
Was a good city to visit stripe club and jazz music. Didn't know the mayor went to jail. You have a news source for what he did?
I know an old man that spent his entire working life in the merchant navy. He's travelled the world, many times over. Tells some great stories. And of all the places he's been to he reckons that it was in New Orleans that he felt most in danger.
That doesn't add much does it ?
Can't speak of New Orleans, but in the UK I have seen communities devastated by the loss of industry - and all of a sudden (within 10 years), a population grows up with no vested interest in wider society and no hope of work. The loss of jobs/industry and the decimation in communities is matched in its magnitude only by the increase in the size of the supply of class A drugs.
And la voila, you have the seeds of a Hell on earth.
Give people some hope - share out the fruits of technological prosperity. Share the wealth of the nation.
Many "inner city" people have very few morals.
That doesn't add much does it ?
Can't speak of New Orleans, but in the UK I have seen communities devastated by the loss of industry - and all of a sudden (within 10 years), a population grows up with no vested interest in wider society and no hope of work. The loss of jobs/industry and the decimation in communities is matched in its magnitude only by the increase in the size of the supply of class A drugs.
And la voila, you have the seeds of a Hell on earth.
Give people some hope - share out the fruits of technological prosperity. Share the wealth of the nation.
Yours first.
I pay tax - and I don't whinge about it. How about you ?
The closest I've ever been and would ever want to go to New Orleans was watching "The Princess and the Frog". The way the city carried itself leading up to Katrina shows why it shouldn't have been rebuilt. Chocolate mayor is now behind chocolate bars
I think the liberals would be screaming racism if New Orleans was not rebuilt. I think a lot of these kind of people have very few job skills so they resort to illegal activity, often of which is stealing from the "average joe" I agree with Ramsey above that the war on drugs likely causes a lot of these kids' fathers to be locked up and without a role model (not that they were that great of a role model in the first place, but was something), causing them to also to resort to stealing and other illegal things.
I know an old man that spent his entire working life in the merchant navy. He's travelled the world, many times over. Tells some great stories. And of all the places he's been to he reckons that it was in New Orleans that he felt most in danger.
That doesn't add much does it ?
Can't speak of New Orleans, but in the UK I have seen communities devastated by the loss of industry - and all of a sudden (within 10 years), a population grows up with no vested interest in wider society and no hope of work. The loss of jobs/industry and the decimation in communities is matched in its magnitude only by the increase in the size of the supply of class A drugs.
And la voila, you have the seeds of a Hell on earth.
Give people some hope - share out the fruits of technological prosperity. Share the wealth of the nation.
Many "inner city" people have very few morals.
That doesn't add much does it ?
Can't speak of New Orleans, but in the UK I have seen communities devastated by the loss of industry - and all of a sudden (within 10 years), a population grows up with no vested interest in wider society and no hope of work. The loss of jobs/industry and the decimation in communities is matched in its magnitude only by the increase in the size of the supply of class A drugs.
And la voila, you have the seeds of a Hell on earth.
Give people some hope - share out the fruits of technological prosperity. Share the wealth of the nation.
Yours first.
I know an old man that spent his entire working life in the merchant navy. He's travelled the world, many times over. Tells some great stories. And of all the places he's been to he reckons that it was in New Orleans that he felt most in danger.
That doesn't add much does it ?
Can't speak of New Orleans, but in the UK I have seen communities devastated by the loss of industry - and all of a sudden (within 10 years), a population grows up with no vested interest in wider society and no hope of work. The loss of jobs/industry and the decimation in communities is matched in its magnitude only by the increase in the size of the supply of class A drugs.
And la voila, you have the seeds of a Hell on earth.
Give people some hope - share out the fruits of technological prosperity. Share the wealth of the nation.
Many "inner city" people have very few morals.
That doesn't add much does it ?
Can't speak of New Orleans, but in the UK I have seen communities devastated by the loss of industry - and all of a sudden (within 10 years), a population grows up with no vested interest in wider society and no hope of work. The loss of jobs/industry and the decimation in communities is matched in its magnitude only by the increase in the size of the supply of class A drugs.
And la voila, you have the seeds of a Hell on earth.
Give people some hope - share out the fruits of technological prosperity. Share the wealth of the nation.
Let's face it, any inner city can look like this when they get overran by ghetto type people. The war on drugs gives them something to do outside the legal boundries and the war on poverty keeps these types having kids w/o fathers and thus the cycle goes on.
This is true. Many "inner city" people have very few morals. 
Let's face it, any inner city can look like this when they get overran by ghetto type people. The war on drugs gives them something to do outside the legal boundries and the war on poverty keeps these types having kids w/o fathers and thus the cycle goes on.
How can something like this happen in the US?
'Nawlins has ALWAYS been a "brawling" town.
Its got trouble and alot of it. Lots of history, old buildings, the French Armory.
On Bourbon Street, it smells like garbage/shit with a blast of air conditioning.
I thought it was weird they put their garbage cans underground with metal lids.
It was a rundown place before Katrina, its probably worse now.
That was its charm and still is.
Its got trouble and alot of it. Lots of history, old buildings, the French Armory.
On Bourbon Street, it smells like garbage/shit with a blast of air conditioning.
I thought it was weird they put their garbage cans underground with metal lids.
It was a rundown place before Katrina, its probably worse now.
That was its charm and still is.
The closest I've ever been and would ever want to go to New Orleans was watching "The Princess and the Frog". The way the city carried itself leading up to Katrina shows why it shouldn't have been rebuilt. Chocolate mayor is now behind chocolate bars
Never go there for travel! If have to, alway go to some public places with a lot people around in the day time!
What expect from the vodoo city?
Just avoid the city if you can, otherwise carry a gun or hire some security team.
But I would stick with the don't go to New Orleans option.
Just avoid the city if you can, otherwise carry a gun or hire some security team.
But I would stick with the don't go to New Orleans option.
I have never had a unpleasant encounter with any person or group in a huge number of times in and out of NO. Maybe 50-75.
Of course any number of things could influence this, maybe they prey on people that look a certain way. No clue about that.....
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