re: Is New Orleans like a 3rd world country?

I love NOLA- it's dirty and seedy and it's fun and loud and lively and it's quaint too. True story, I went to Mardi Gras two years ago coming up. The weather was a chilly and rainy so from what we were told it wasn't the wildest of them all. However, it was still crazy. Fat Tuesday dressed in costume had just got to Bourbon and I stepped in a little pothole in the street and soaked my left foot. Don't think that the thought 'I may have to get my foot amputated' didn't cross my mind but turns out foot was fine no problems at all.

Why NOLA is awesome - partied like crazy that night, next day went to the cathedral for Ash Wednesday mass. So, some may say hypocritical but I like to think it was kinda perfection. I sort of felt like I marked off one of living life's targets.

I'm going back in April for more fun too. :)