The Crazy, It's Out There!

[GeauxHomeLittleD]

Oh... I missed this thread... 

Is that what's happening in the cities? 

Really? It's gotten that bad?

Over the past few years it has. Since covid and the Brianna Taylor "protests" it has really gone downhill. What were once considered safe parts of town are no longer considered so due to criminals branching out and the "crazies" have been multiplying. Even with intense hiring campaigns we still only have half or less of a police force as so many quit or took early retirement because they weren't allowed to do their jobs anymore. Recently a "crazy" physically attacked several people, hurt one old lady really bad, the police were called several times but none ever came because "not enough officers"- this was in a tourist area. It is so common now that locals refuse to go to downtown businesses and attractions anymore, in interviews with business owners they complain that all they see is tourists now. A lot of the tourists come once, see how it really is as compared to what is advertised, and don't come back.

We stick to just our own area of town and a few adjacent areas nowadays but the problems are slowly creeping in. I used to love this city so much, loved to explore different areas and try out new places- it was truly unique with a hometown feel to it, nothing like what I expected when I moved here. Unfortunately in the past few years it has turned into everything I feared. It's really sad, earlier in life I witnessed the same thing happen in Houston and it breaks my heart.