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A lot of refugees from New Orleans went to Camp Chaffee in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

There was an offer / request for volunteers to go there to help out as hosts to the refugees. The reality was that they wanted people to be servants for the refugees. Cook, clean, clean bathrooms, make beds etc. All things the able bodied refugees could have done for themselves.

Not all but enough of the refugees were abusive to the point of FORGET IT and I’m out of here by all the volunteers I knew of. It was a pitiful mess.

Changing the course of the Mississippi and abandoning NOLA would be a good idea but for the economic damage that would be created to the industries along the river. NOLA is a crap hole.

When was the last time you visited NOLA?
Its booming again.
Outside the Eastern section of the City and Eastern Orleans Parish , the rest of the metro area is doing great.
Sections of the City such as Uptown, Garden District, Audubon Park, Magazine St ,and the Quarter are looking great.
The city has 3 major colleges ( Tulane, Xavier, Loyola)
which make it a great location to live too.
The metro area population has shifted toward the west and north after the storm due to taxes and crummy schools in Orleans parish. But the NOLA area has nice people and great food. Stay away from Canal Street and the section of the Quarter near Canal and check out the south side of the Quarter were the locals live and party ( Barracks , Esplanade, St Anne, Ursuline).