That could as easily describe New Orleans' "Lower Ninth Ward" of around the same time period. New Orleanians of my generation usually speak with a New York / New Jersey-like accent, softened a bit around the edges, with an occasional "y'all" thrown in to confuse northerners. You don't hear anyone with a "southern drawl" in New Orleans unless you encounter a transplant from Alabama, Mississippi, etc. - in Louisiana the more traditional "southern accent" is further north. Strange but true.
Some of the houses destroyed in the Lower Ninth by Katrina probably hadn't had a coat of paint applied since before the previous Irish and Italian residents moved out.
Sister in law is from N’orleans, they live in Dallas, real gentel lady, my niece is looking at schools, I asked about Tulane, my sis said, we decided 5 generations at Tulane was enough, and teared up.
There no longer is a New Orleans, it’s as dead as Julius Caeser.
What a shame man.