They don’t necessarily say “beautiful” and “paradise,” but I think people grossly overestimate how “fun” it is to live in New Orleans.
velvet_blunderground:
If you love eating, drinking, and wearing costumes, that is 100% your town. It's absolutely stuffed with the best of all of that. But the wages are low, the rent is high, the streets flood all the time, it's usually either hurricane season, tourist season, or termite season, and the potholes will swallow you whole.
All that said, I moved away and have a vastly improved standard of living... but i still kinda want to move back. When it's great it's great.
velvet_blunderground:
If you love eating, drinking, and wearing costumes, that is 100% your town. It's absolutely stuffed with the best of all of that. But the wages are low, the rent is high, the streets flood all the time, it's usually either hurricane season, tourist season, or termite season, and the potholes will swallow you whole.
All that said, I moved away and have a vastly improved standard of living... but i still kinda want to move back. When it's great it's great.