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@Hobo Huck Thanks for that perspective...
As someone going to hit the road in the near future... that mostly when it counts keeps his head on straight.... this is good to know.
I still want to visit NOLA. To see some history and just experience it.
But I will keep my eyes open for trouble and my manners and class are always in check for those that will welcome me.
That's not traveling, and that's not being a vagabond or a hobo. That's just a lazy excuse for escapism, staying unemployed, leeching off of society and other travelers, all for the purpose of supporting some shitty addiction. It's not fair for the local citizens, and it's not fair to put that burden/reputation on other travelers.
Then I could freely enjoy the rest of America with other Vagabonds who have bigger aspirations than sitting on a sidewalk and panhandling for cheap vodka.
I get that NOLA has a ton of scum bags and addicts. but I am friends with nearly everyone on that list of "arrested", ticketed in reality. And none of them are junkies. I was trying to express that OPP came after the ones that were minding our own buisness...not spanging...not being agro..playing music..and we had one liquor bottle with about ten people around. Some of us had worked that night and met up after. I am a van dweller with NOLA as my home base...it has been for over a decade. As a solo female traveler with no addiction NOLA has been a great city for me. I can get a waitress job in a second and have a ton of great people that help look out for me.
those targeted that night were undeserving of that. there are some great spots for travelers to meet up...one being the spot we all were ticketed. ...the junkies stick to them selves and avoided police that night.