re: Anybody here live in NOLA and like decisions and direction?

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Not playing contrarian here, but when do you feel like it was really growing?

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Many take a very short sighted, narrow view: looking at post Katrina growth. Truth is there was a larger population in the city 100 years ago than there is now. Pre-Katrina already saw massive decline in population.
As a metro area (Orleans,JP, StB, StCharles, Plaquemines, StTammany) it isnt as dramatic as that, but relative to other Southern metro areas, it's quite anemic, considering that New Orleans was once the 3rd largest city in the nation. NO was once "The Queen of the South" and global economic player. Now it is hospitality based "Boutique City" with a faux narrative about being a "culture based city" instead of a center of commerce. Sad to see. The long term decline has only sped up. Get out while you can. As city centers crater across the country, we have yet to see how the metro area will respond. Some think they'll do fine. IMO, the immediate suburbs of NO seem to be declining as well, esp Metairie and Chalmette (Arabi may be a micro-success do to the middle class exodus from Bywater). St Tammany and St Charles might be another decade behind them.