re: Brangelina is selling their house in New Orleans

I presume from the disposition of the OT that they are moving to BR?

One of the things I love about New Orleans is that if you put me in a social setting where I don't know a soul, within 30 minutes I'll have met someone who knows somebody I know. (what school did you go to?) We may end up being friends for the evening, or possibly for life, but either way, it's pretty cool.

You're 100% correct in that assessment. My feeling is that I can walk up to a complete stranger, tell them that the food they're grilling smells good, and nine times out of ten walk away with anything from a chicken wing to a chunk of steak. And, probably, a cold beer.

There are a lot of frustrating things happening in Orleans Parish, especially if you reside there. But in the grand scheme of things, I think the planet is better off with New Orleans, than without.

My father was an extra in Benjamin Buttons...
He probably only made about $20 for a week's work, but he developed a serious mancrush on Brad Pitt.

He had nothing but good things to say about the guy. A scene got delayed and all the old farts were sitting on an exposed exterior porch in period/summer clothing. It was cold. After a few minutes, my father swore that Brad Pitt demanded blankets for the old people.

Perhaps he was worried about them. Perhaps he was worried about bad publicity if a geriatric died of hypothermia on set. I have no clue. But to his dying day, my father swore that Brad Pitt was "A nice kid."

My parents live 2 blocks from them and have run into brad and the kids often. Said hes just a normal dude.

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I'm still waiting for you to tell me about all the tax breaks they get for owning a home in N.O.

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So you don't get how it's advantageous to live in Louisiana vs. living in CA or NY while simultaneously getting film tax incentives for movies made locally?

And I never said that this was the only reason they lived here. Your butt hurts a lot in this thread.

I too like the folksy charm of ole New Orleans. It's like, I can walk down any street anywhere, ask someone what they're cooking - and get stabbed, blood sacrificed by Satan worshippers or even dismembered and stored in some guy's basement freezer.

I don't remember the specific year, but my brother was working at "Big Charity" and I was in grad school. Officially, there were something like 421 homicides that year, which I think was a record.

My brother swore that there were even more homicides (or eventual homicides), from patients croaking after they were admitted.

My guess is that just like N.O. will always have the Carnival crowd, we'll also have the inner city ghetto no respect for life crowd. Sucks, but that's the way it is.

No word on whether they will get another place, but with the huge tax breaks they get by living there, I'd expect them to do so.
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The text above is from your original post. I'm still waiting on you to explain how Brad & Angelina's FQ home is somehow subsidized by LA tax payer dollars.

No word on whether they will get another place, but with the huge tax breaks they get by living there, I'd expect them to do so.

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The quote above is from your original post. I'm not very bright, but from reading your original comment, even a dim bulb like myself might think that you were implying that Brad and Angelina had some type of financial angle in owning/selling their property on Gov. Nicholls.

But, again, I'm waiting on you to explain to me how B&A are making out on LA tax credits.