[geaux]

Since it appears that the last time you set foot in New Orleans was thirty years ago, maybe you should get some information that's a little more accurate before you start trashing the city. And try getting it from people who actually live in Orleans Parish, instead of those posers across the lake. To Morial's credit, he cleaned up the NOPD and most random street crime. As for the traffic, HUH? The traffic is in out in da Parish -- Metry. The only congested traffic in New Orleans is at a few spots on Magazine Street and in the French Quarter.

[southerngrit]

The last time I set foot in New Orleans was a month or so ago, when my niece graduated from Tulane. The traffic sucked and the roads were in disrepair. I go there several times a year, on business and to visit family and friends. Sorry you don't live across the lake - maybe you would have picked up some manners over there. There's no need to insult me or get all puffed up. I am as entitled to my opinion as you.

Why don't we agree to disagree?

[mikenola]

Amen, brother.

New Orleans is a world apart, in many ways its own little city-state, part of the United States but at the same time so different from every other place in that country. Our history, people, architecture, food, music and traditions make New Orleans a great place, warts and all. The land of Mardi Gras, jazz, King Cakes, streetcars, cafe au lait and beignets, muffulettas, neutral grounds, heat, humidity, crawfish, Yats, hurricanes (both the storm and the highly intoxicating drink), the French Quarter, gumbo, and red beans 'n rice is a great place to visit, and you might just wanna live there after all!

For the life of me I can't think of anyone who wrote any songs about Slidell ;-)

[Delbert]

How come when I offer beads to girls in Dallas, they dont lift their shirts like they do in Nawleans?