[Dixielandjazz] Question for any New Orleans residents out there.

[Phil Wilking]

I live in Metairie, the suburb just to the west of the N. O. city line. I 
can't speak about the safety of the apartment, but surely the colleges and 
universities have some housing information offices which you can call to ask 
about that.

I think you are absolutely correct to forbid bicyling between apartment and 
work at night, and I would worry about it at any time. Even if she didn't 
have to pass through some seedy areas, Louisiana drivers are a different 
species from California drivers. Not just speeding through congested areas, 
but they have no idea of what a turn signal is for, they simply do not see 
bicycles and motorcycles, they blow through stop signs, etc. I once stopped 
to thank a sheriff's deputy who was radar gunning speeders in a residential 
area  (you never saw a more surprised officer) and he told me that it was 
rarely worth while to write a traffic ticket, because at least ½ of them 
were "fixed."

Phil Wilking

Those who would exchange freedom for
security deserve neither freedom nor security.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Murdick" <kmurdick at jaguar1.usouthal.edu>
To: "Phil Wilking" <philwilking at bellsouth.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 7:51 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Question for any New Orleans residents out there.


> My 20 year old daughter wants to  get an apartment  this summer with a 
> friend in the Bywater area of New Orleans.  How safe will she be there? 
> It looks like a nice  residential  area.  She is going to be working in 
> the Quarter and told her NOT to ride a bike at  night between the two 
> areas.  What do you think?  Thanks in advance.
>
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