I went to New Orleans once befoe the storm hit, I wasnt impressed. However if you are a drunk, a libertine, a homosexual or a voyeur , I reccommend it.
Never been there myself; and never had a yearn to
go. My adult children visited there 2 years ago
for a horse owners' convention. They were totally
unimpressed with it and said they'd never go back.
Too much filth, drinking, gambling, sleezy night life.
IMO, rebuilding the port accomodations to benefit the
nation's southern imports and having the population involved in supporting that industry along with some fish canneries should be sufficient. Forget the Casinos. I doubt that business will survive since there are too many other sites available to people who like to cabaret-hop.
I have no idea how much reality we're getting from
the media, but I would hate seeing my tax dollars go
for construction of new buildings which like the Chicago
"projects" would in a few years be reduced again to slums.