Awakening From the Dream That Was New Orleans

I thought this was a really good article, expressing a lot of my own sentiments about living Uptown and also articulating the hard truths about New Orleans that we tend to ignore. I haven't lived there as long but I know what he means. But then, I also used to take the streetcar to work because I didn't have a car, and worked at least one service industry job where they called me "little white girl" (because I was the only one), so I think I have acquired somewhat of a diversified perspective of the city. Frankly, I don't have quite enough money to be able to hide in my Garden District mansion and only see that part of the city... but damn, I still wish I had a Garden District mansion.