re: Nola Article..New Orleans losing its soul

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New Orleans WAS one of the richest cities in the country for most of it's existence.

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Before the first Landrieu took office 50 years ago, New Orleans was larger than cities like Atlanta, Miami, Nashville and Charlotte. New Orleans was the economic capital of the South. Now we are not one of the 50 largest cities in the country. New Orleans is not even in the top half of the STATE in median household income.

Someone earlier said Katrina hurt New Orleans and that is a canard. Katrina simply exposed the problems as much as it hurt us. We had a CHANCE after Katrina but decided to rebuild for the moochers instead of the producers.