How do you comment on a post such as this.....

[Catherine Vincent]

We’re moving to Houston from New Orleans (maybe)

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I need some honest opinions about Houston... My wife and 6 kids live in a nice home in the uptown area of New Orleans. We made it through Katrina, but I don’t think we’ll make it through reconstruction. We lost our home and neighborhood in Lakeview-- it’s no place for a family right now, and it’ll will never be the same.

Uptown N.O. is too jammed up... houses are too close and parking is a nightmare, especially with teenagers in and out. But the worst thing about the area is the crime; I’ve known of too many people that have been victims of crimes. And the crime starts with the thugs in the public schools. I’ve had to put all of my kids in private schools.

There is no way to send white kids to public schools in New Orleans.
Now don’t get me wrong, I love blacks and the good side of black culture. I’m a graduate of JFK high school which was 90% black when I graduated. I’m far from a racist, but the facts are that whites are now, after Katrina, even more of a target than they use to be.

I can carve out a living in any big city, and I’m ready to move somewhere. I love New Orleans, the culture, fishing, LSU and especially the damn food. I’d like to be close enough to get fresh Louisiana seafood and an occasional dinner at Commander’s... hence, Houston the closest big city.

BUT I can’t move to another city with a growing criminal element like New Orleans. Over the last 30 years, I’ve watched the Carrolton MidCity and the old Gentilly neighborhoods of New Orleans become infested with mindless thugs. I’ve only been to Houston a few times and some areas aren’t pretty.

Is Houston just a big New Orleans? What I mean is, are once nice neighborhoods in Houston become overrun by thugs and criminals--the element? Can I find a quaint neighborhood that is close to town with good public schools and low crime? (like my old neighborhood--Lakeview) Is there such a place in Houston? Be honest!!

[Richard Steele]

1. Don't. It's BS racist propaganda. Don't feed the trolls. nm

[babylonsister]

2. Check snopes, and who sent it? I'd worry about the latter. nt

[alittlelark]

3. It sounds like a racists wet dream....

WHY bother w/ a response? They are SEEKING reactions.

I don't know where this came from, but I've seen VERY similar posts.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

4. I'd ignore it. It was written with the intent to get a reaction...

and I wouldn't give them the satisfaction.

[Mojorabbit]

5. Their are issues with

a lot of the letter
but then again, I know people here in florida who are still traumatized from the hurricanes and the loss of what they used to know as the town they grew up in. My sister ended up moving away from Ocean Springs, MS after Katrina gutted her house. She rebuilt it but could'nt live there again. Some physical damage can be repaired but some emotional trauma can be harder to deal with.

[Mend]

6. Luckily there is still Iceland...before it melts with global warming.

[Catherine Vincent]

7. What's amazing is there are actually several posters that responded

Naming areas they should go and not bothering to mention what was said. :(

[Mend]

8. at least I am trying to get these people out of our country...that is a start.

[hfojvt]

9. can you tell me what was wrong with what was said?

You know it cannot be true? There is no crime? And white kids, particularly RICH white kids are never targeted? I see no claim that all blacks are thugs, only that thugs have apparently taken over the school and taken over some neighborhoods. Unless you live there too, how can you be sure it's not true?

[rucky]

10. They'll fit right in.

Texas - it's like a whole other country.

[MichaelHarris]

11. I got it!!!!

Between New Orleans and Houston there is a town called Vidor, Tx. She'll like it there, they drag black people behind pick-up trucks.

Now if that doesn't work maybe a school like Columbine where only white kids carry guns. Now that I think of it hasn't almost every mass school shooting been done by a white kid? I'll take the baggy pants over guns every time.