It absolutely was. It was literally called that. It was the third largest city in the US and the largest in the South. A major financial capital and, in the days before rail, EVERYTHING came through New Orleans.

Read Rising Tide by John Barry if you don’t want to sound like a dipshit when the subject comes up again.

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Posted by BeepNode

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Posted on 11/20/21 at 11:30 pm to Vacherie Saint

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It absolutely was. It was literally called that.

So was Cincinnati, San Francisco, Montreal, and even fricking Denver. NOLA homers can call it whatever they want, it doesn't make it true.

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It was the third largest city in the US

.. in 1840, and only because urban parts of Philly were separate cities and not incorporated yet.

The Marcello family didn't rise to power until the mid 1940's. NOLA stopped being a top 10 city by 1890.

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A major financial capital

The mafia wasn't skimming off legitimate corporate finances. They skimmed off gambling, drugs, construction, etc along with extortion and protection rackets.

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sound like a dipshit

Myopic NOLA homers sound like dipshits. NOLA was left behind by human progress. NOLA was not the ONLY city in the Americas that considered itself to be the Paris of the West. Cincinnati was moreso considered that than NOLA, and Montreal surpassed NOLA bigtime by the 1900's.

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Posted by jfturner212

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Posted on 11/20/21 at 11:32 pm to Vacherie Saint

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It absolutely was. It was literally called that. It was the third largest city in the US and the largest in the South. A major financial capital and, in the days before rail, EVERYTHING came through New Orleans.

Link? Maybe largest in the South but absolutely not 3rd largest in the US. Probably not top 20 at the time.

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