If you listen to the program, you'll hear first-hand about the difference between New Orleans then and New Orleans now. I had the pleasure of visiting New Orleans for business at the end of May and found the city to be charming while also incredibly unique and unlike any preconception I previously had about how a southern city should look. The whole time, I was searching for and wondering how the city had changed. I spent most of my time in the touristy parts of downtown, but when I visited the Lower 9th I truly began to appreciate just what happened and how it affects the city to this day.
Here I am trying to get rid of all the vegetation that had grown on a plot of land where a house used to be. I was told that the Lower 9th used to consist of rows and rows of house, but now you'll see that there is a lot of empty green space.
You could say that this isn't a unique story anymore because after all we've been hearing about if for 4 years. However, I would have to disagree with you because I think they are so many factors such as the economic effects, the response of the government, the levee failures, and the violence that makes it a full-scale catastrophe unlike anything I've ever seen or heard of before. This story's happy ending is still in progress but it is part of the greater story of the city of New Orleans that is still being written. Perhaps it is this very story that keeps people coming back and keeps the city alive. I hope that if you haven't already you too can experience New Orleans story for yourself!!
More pictures from my trip to New Orleans in May...
