Reply #7: I was only in N.O. ONCE! [View All]

[MojoXN]

And yet that city made such an impression on me! I lived in Miami for six months, in little Haiti, NE 51st for the skeptical. Lots of Haitian people, lots of Creole. I went to N.O. for Mardi Gras in 2003, expecting that the "French culture" aspect would be roughly the same as the Haitian thing. No fucking way. The people of New Orleans identified with their shared French heritage so much that it defined that city. Beignets, the "lagniappe", the Marie Leveau voodoo, the whole of Naw'lins. There was nowhere like New Orleans in the entire world. And now it's gone, maybe forever. That saddens me more than I thought possible. And I thought that the human toll was bad enough... Why? For what? God, when will it end??? WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN????

MojoXN