I never realized N.O. was that bad.
As a native of Louisiana, I can tell you that New Orleans has been that bad for decades. All one needs to do is to take a walk through the French Quarter during the day and you're immediately accosted by the stench of urine and vomit that dries in the streets.
New Orleans is hated by the rest of Louisiana because they have always gotten the lion's share of everything and yet, with all of the favoritism shown it, NO continues to spiral into the hell hole that it has become.