A modern metropolis in the state of Louisiana, which is in the south eastern United States. Known for it's rich history, vibrant night life, and unique culture.

The city was devastated by one of the largest hurricanes on record, so the population and infrastructure are just now rebounding. The sad thing is enough changes haven't been made to stop this from happening again.

1. The best city in the US.
2. On Sundays, there's no one on the streets due to the Saints home games and when they win, the whole city goes crazy. Same for LSU.
3. People in New Orleans just look for an excuse to have a party and get wasted.
4. Every restaurant has Po'Boys on their menu.
5. We have the best seafood, and your jealous.
6. Our roads make peoples neck hurt.

New Orleans is a large port city located as closely as possible to the mouth of the Mississippi River, making it a necessary port to the U.S. and for delivering goods to America's heartland. Though largely decayed and impoverished, the city has a flavor unique from all other cities in the nation due to its rich, creole heritage. It is protected by a faulty U.S. Army Corps of Engineers levee system that has been criminally managed for decades (not very far from many other major American cities). It was misrepresented and brandished when the levees breached in 2005. The levees are not being built to standard, a very low standard, that is.

The city where tourists are stupid enough to go into Magnolia and wonder why the city was named murder capital.

A city with a large percentage of lazy people, a culture of terrible public education, and BY FAR the worst streets in America...but at least the affluent neighborhoods have the same shitty streets as the poor! A city with an out-of-control crime rate and murders that occur all over the ciy (Central City, Uptown, Mid City, NO East, and all over the WestbanK) with many carjackings and drug-related/retaliation shootings. A city that was stupid enough to keep Ray Nagin in power...

AND...

The city with maybe the best food in the country, not just the upscale stuff but also the great corner-store food (see po-boys and red beans and rice). A city with a rich tradition of jazz music and festivals. A city that worships the Saints, which helps distract people from all of the problems in the city. A city with an extremely unique personality due to the architecture, food, and music that you won't find anywhere else.

The best place in the world. Pronounced New (like you usually say it) Or-(as in this or that) -lins. (like fin with a l not an f) It's a beautiful city that is not completely ghetto. Its the only place in the world you eat po-boys while watching some weird dressed up people riding on crazy floats throwing cheap plastic beads at you. Never say anything bad about us because then all more then 300,000 of us will get ghetto on you! We proven that nothin can keep us down, we won the super bowl didn't we. Black and gold went to the super bowl and went ahead and got crunk while we were there!

1. The martyr city that the Republicans will fear the most coming next federal election. Mostly in the minds of its victims and its brothas and sistahs. Also known as the North American Third World disaster (but not for long).

2. Victim of mislead governmental priorities. (An episode of the Simpsons where a meteor would strike Springfield foreshadows the Hurricane Katrina disaster.)

3. Bush's worse nightmare.

Due to Hurricane Katrina, a large number of New Orleans musicians could be relocated to Houston. This could be a major movement, similar to the Great Migration of southern blues artists up the Mississippi to Chicago and all points in between, c. 1914-1945. A richer, storied heritage combined with the progressive culture and entertainment dollars Houston offers. This could be big.

A once beautiful city that is now in a state of anarchy because Bush ignored evidence that a large hurricane could crush the levees defending the city from Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River, drowning most of it in over 20 feet of water. And again, thanks to Bush's poor reaction to the disaster, it may remain that way by the start of next year.