Comments on: HARD TO SURVIVE NEW ORLEANS http://humidcity.com/2006/12/03/hard-to-survive-new-orleans/ Handing New Orleanians a Megaphone Since 2005 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:19:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: slate http://humidcity.com/2006/12/03/hard-to-survive-new-orleans/comment-page-1/#comment-8846 slate Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:50:16 +0000 http://humidcity.com/2006/12/03/hard-to-survive-new-orleans/#comment-8846 Fred, I agree with Ashley. I will also add that Sinn Fein means "Ourselves Alone" not "MYSELF Alone." There are many of us here who are tired and in agreement with what you're saying, but as trite as this may sound, we must not forget that we have others out there just like us at any given moment. We're not in this alone individually. That having been said, better to be alive elsewhere than dead here. Please feel free to drop me an email. I'd be happy to listen. I should be at the KdV fundraiser next Friday night. Am hoping to see you there. Fred, I agree with Ashley.

I will also add that Sinn Fein means “Ourselves Alone” not “MYSELF Alone.” There are many of us here who are tired and in agreement with what you’re saying, but as trite as this may sound, we must not forget that we have others out there just like us at any given moment. We’re not in this alone individually.

That having been said, better to be alive elsewhere than dead here. Please feel free to drop me an email. I’d be happy to listen.

I should be at the KdV fundraiser next Friday night. Am hoping to see you there.

]]> By: ashley http://humidcity.com/2006/12/03/hard-to-survive-new-orleans/comment-page-1/#comment-8761 ashley Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:37:12 +0000 http://humidcity.com/2006/12/03/hard-to-survive-new-orleans/#comment-8761 If you must go for your sanity, I wish you well. I hope you stay, because people like you *are* New Orleans. Sinn Fein. If you must go for your sanity, I wish you well. I hope you stay, because people like you *are* New Orleans.

Sinn Fein.

]]> By: E.J. http://humidcity.com/2006/12/03/hard-to-survive-new-orleans/comment-page-1/#comment-8690 E.J. Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:21:53 +0000 http://humidcity.com/2006/12/03/hard-to-survive-new-orleans/#comment-8690 Profound words. what else is there to say? You speak for alot of us at some point or another. I just hope we can get ourselves through the low points... Profound words. what else is there to say? You speak for alot of us at some point or another. I just hope we can get ourselves through the low points…

]]> By: JPH http://humidcity.com/2006/12/03/hard-to-survive-new-orleans/comment-page-1/#comment-8687 JPH Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:10:58 +0000 http://humidcity.com/2006/12/03/hard-to-survive-new-orleans/#comment-8687 I have to agree, it's getting harder and harder to keep waving the NOLA flag. My girlfriend and I have spent several years (albeit separately) here and were quick to come back post-K, and in the general immediate bonhomerie thereafter it was easier to turn an eye towards a hopeful future, "darkest before the dawn", tra la la. Well, I feel that there's a second exodus approaching, not marked by contraflow and Aaron Broussard on WWL radio discussing the issuing of body bags but one of attrition by disgust, disappointment, and dismay. Too much is finally becoming enough for many of us who were the same ones clapping our hands the first time we saw a mailman, for all of us who'd smile over a beverage on the curb at the pizza boxes in the back of the Nat'l Guard Humvees, for every (intermittent!) phone conversation with incredulous friends and relatives about how,"yes, we know...it's getting better.." Time has come and gone and I think that many of us will, also. Many returnees have come to the bald-faced truth of how it actually IS better elsewhere regarding many matters including (but most certainly NOT limited to) education, municipal services, violent crime, and governmental retardation. I have to agree, it’s getting harder and harder to keep waving the NOLA flag. My girlfriend and I have spent several years (albeit separately) here and were quick to come back post-K, and in the general immediate bonhomerie thereafter it was easier to turn an eye towards a hopeful future, “darkest before the dawn”, tra la la. Well, I feel that there’s a second exodus approaching, not marked by contraflow and Aaron Broussard on WWL radio discussing the issuing of body bags but one of attrition by disgust, disappointment, and dismay. Too much is finally becoming enough for many of us who were the same ones clapping our hands the first time we saw a mailman, for all of us who’d smile over a beverage on the curb at the pizza boxes in the back of the Nat’l Guard Humvees, for every (intermittent!) phone conversation with incredulous friends and relatives about how,”yes, we know…it’s getting better..” Time has come and gone and I think that many of us will, also. Many returnees have come to the bald-faced truth of how it actually IS better elsewhere regarding many matters including (but most certainly NOT limited to) education, municipal services, violent crime, and governmental retardation.

]]> By: Sophmom http://humidcity.com/2006/12/03/hard-to-survive-new-orleans/comment-page-1/#comment-8676 Sophmom Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:29:55 +0000 http://humidcity.com/2006/12/03/hard-to-survive-new-orleans/#comment-8676 I'm so sorry. I’m so sorry.

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