Question Uptown Lady: You say take a taxi home at night if you're not driving. What about people who don't drive and have to get home from work every night. Are we supposed to pay for taxis every night? Get real, please. But, then, of course, I forgot "everybody drives in New Orleans". Some people actually don't.

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Concerned, I was responding to Eileen, who was planning on transferring to UNO. From reading her post, it seems to me that she also plans to live in that area. She stated that she doesn't know the city very well. She says nothing about working outside that neighborhood. Knowing nothing more about her circumstances other than what she wrote, my advice to her stands.

Now, if I worked nights and had no private transportation, I think I'd be looking for a place to live close to where I worked...or a job closer to where I lived. Come to think of it, that's exactly what I DID do.

My advice to you...carry pepper spray. Think I told her the same thing.

I'm a single woman who works in the Quarter and takes a streetcar to the Lower Garden District every night home, walking three blocks to my apartment. I've lived here 7 months and have never had any problems. A lot of my co-workers live in bad areas (near Louis Armstrong Park) and have never been mugged or threatened either. I think if you don't make yourself look like a victim and stay streetsmart you'll be fine.

Keep in mind that N.O. has the highest per capita murder rate in the nation.

I am not going to go into horror stories for you, except to say that the person who suggested above smartmouthing the robber would be indeed dead if that were tried. Check out the news reports...here they tend to shoot first and remove the money off the body. Best way is to travel in groups at night or just don't travel. Do the research and make your decision after balancing the + and -.