[southerngrit]

I lived in New Orleans in the '70s. Moved when the kids started coming along. You couldn't PAY me to move back. Too much traffic, too much corruption, too much crime. I had 3 deadbolts on my front door, and still worried about getting robbed. When we moved to Lake Charles I felt like I had crossed through to another dimension -

I hope Mayor Nagin stays safe.

[thegreatbeast]

Posh & nonsense! New Orleans' politics is writ in stone: Corrupt! Gawd, I hope that they've stopped shooting their mayors. If they haven't, you heard it here first: It was the Black Hand that did the mayor!
We try to put a more subtle face on it but NO has no more hope of going straight than my home turf of Taxachusetts. Our guys don't even bother loosening their ties when they want to get down and dirty.
Good luck anyway.

[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.