It's (unfortunately) true. New Orleans has always been a city to show you her good side while hiding the nasty one, and the encouragement of tourism and Mardi Gras is a perfect example of the city trying to continue to do what they have been doing for years, albeit with much more nasty to hide. I know people who have tried to go home multiple times and left again and again, either because they couldn't take it, or couldn't afford it, or couldn't live in a moldy house with no utilities, or found their belongings gone, or the apartment building unrecognizable, or an eviction notice on the door and new tenants already there. People are trying to be "normal" in very strange situations and conditions, and others around the country are seeing that attempt as an indication that things ARE normal.
It's like experiencing the death of someone very dear to you, and hearing people who didn't know that loved one telling you to just get over it. Only the population of an entire city is going through this death at the same time.
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It's like experiencing the death of someone very dear to you, and hearing people who didn't know that loved one telling you to just get over it. Only the population of an entire city is going through this death at the same time.
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I worry that the public perception is that things are back to normal. It is well worth the reminder that they aren't.
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