Overall, I feel like a lot of people in general think our city is well, bad. I think New Orleans
is commonly pegged as the place where people get drunk or shot. After calling this my home
for sixteen years, I can proudly say that New Orleans is none of the above. Yes, we know how
to have fun and yes, we’re culturally diverse. Do you have a problem with that? I guess most
tourists don’t understand why we take so much pride in this city, and it is okay…you won’t
after your first time down. New Orleans is a complicated, misunderstood place, but that is all
explicable since there is, in fact, no other place in the United States quite like it. I think myths of
drinking 24/7 or horrible crime rates arise by out-of-towners because really they are just jealous
of what New Orleans has to offer: A fun, diversified time.
Lucy, age 17