Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "Inside America's murder capital: How police lost control of a city | Times Documentaries" video.

That poor lab worker should have left long ago for a professional department in a good town instead of a city which was never a good place to live by national standards. It is irresponsible to raise a child in such a low education area even if you don't care about yourself. Louisiana is 48th in education and when things have always been that bad they will not improve in one lifetime. That's not an insult but observation. A profoundly rustic society cannot choose to become different. That requires newcomers of superior culture and values but who in their right mind with a choice would live in NOLA? Police only "control" what the public permit them to control. They are not an occupation force and as we see in many countries even armed occupiers cannot maintain order against sufficient public will. Criminals are OF the public. Those who want a better life must leave. Life is not a Hollywood movie and good can not always triumph no matter how much we pretend otherwise. The only way to truly lower urban crime rates is gentrification but there is no reason for anyone with money to live in a dangerous area whose economy was never and will never be a compelling draw. I left the NY metro area long ago when it was dangerous (well over one thousand murders a year) and been safe and happy ever since. Remaining accomplishes nothing. Gentrification fixed NYC as nothing else ever could. Flight is right if you care about yourself and your loved ones, particularly in an area INEVITABLY destined to be repeatedly devastated by nature. Knowing the battles you cannot win is basic military strategy and should be a life strategy. Dying bravely is still dying. The US has millions of refugees who escaped toxic countries so if they can do that why remain in a doomed city whose best years were still bad by national standards? All the pride in the world won't fix it (see what the Bible says about pride).
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