re: New Orleans is worth fighting for

I lived in an unknown cul de sac neighborhood near the fairgrounds for about 8 years and left almost two years ago.

From my pov, it's pretty much the same town as when I moved there. In some ways it's better (I could tow my boat in and out today, and I actually drive through town on my way home from fishing most of the time), in other ways it's worse. The apologists for Latoya are so sad, the crime is obviously so much worse, and in general it feels like a lot of the rest of the country feels where it's a going out of business flash sale where every grifter is trying to get their greasy hands on whatever coin they can.

We'll probably buy a small condo there because we do spend almost every weekend there, but we'll likely never live there again.