[Saije]

I've never spent any time in New Orleans but have had the impression that after Katrina things were a mess. Apparently not.

Minneapolis/St. Paul has the most intelligent people? Really?

[Ditter]

I love New Orleans but I haven’t been back since Katrina. I hear the tourist parts have come back.

Those smart people in Minnesota sure got themselves a top notch senator in the Al Franken and did they have a bang up governor who was a wrestler?

[eclecticEel]

New Orleans is also our murder capital.

[GeronL]

This is bogus. This is the craziest thing I have ever heard. Must be humor or something.

[ccc_jr]

Theres nothing more family friendly then muggings in our nations capital!

[supremedoctrine]

Oh, believe me, things are a mess. I was there April 1-10
, about 7 months after Katrina. I was working on my nephews double shotgun house, which miraculously was hardly damaged, being on high ground, but only a mile or so away from the Lower 9th Ward. There was NO police presence anywhere, and the city was only about 40 % repopulated. I spent half the time working, and half the time cruising the entire city with my nephew, and I wound up taking hundreds of photographs. I have no idea what kind of deal was made with Travel & Leisure magazine to get them to promote the city that way, but it can’t have been their independent idea.

[Boiling Pots]

Didn’t Katrina wash away a lot of the riff-raff?

[nralife]

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[AlexW]

New Orleans was great fun for me in the 60s and 70s.
It is also where I became addicted to Oysters on the half shell.
Sometimes we would take the train from Memphis, sit in the club car and drink our way to Bourbon St.
Oh, for the good old days.

And yes, people are friendly, because most of the tourist and locals are SOUTHERNERS :)

[kcvl]

Stirling Kelso
Intern at Gruner & Jahr Printing and Publishing Co

Stirling Kelso worked in Production on the TV show Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet.

The results were based on an online survey of more than 60,000 people who rated 30 U.S. cities in various categories. Five new cities, Providence, Kansas City, Cleveland, Houston and St Louis, were added to the survey this year.

New Orleans - Best Feature - Wild weekend

Rank - #29 Cleanliness - Score - 3.29

Rank - #29 Safety - Score - 3.30

New Orleans

The city known as the "Big Easy" also came out tops for people watching, singles scene and the metropolis with the best bars and concerts and bands.

But when it comes to most intelligent Minneapolis/St. Paul took the crown.

Two words...AL FRANKEN

[kcvl]

Most Intelligent People

1.Seattle
2.Minneapolis
3.Austin
4.Portland
5.San Francisco
6.Boston
7.Washington, D.C.
8.Denver
9.Chicago
10.New York

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Most Stylish People

1.New York
2.Miami
3.San Francisco
4.Los Angeles
5.Chicago
6.Charleston
7.San Diego
8.Austin
9.Las Vegas
10.Santa Fe