I am so sick of seeing these national news programs diss New Orleans.
It just goes to show you that you should never believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.
I live right on the out skirts of New Orleans and I call it my city.
We are a very caring and loving towards one another. Yes we have our bad apples, as well as other places.
We are rebuilding. The process may be slow for some, but for the most part those who want to return to the area have taken charge for themselves. They are not waiting for government handouts. I know people who have lost everything they owned and I see these people going to work everyday and coming home to clean and gut their homes. They are living in a 2nd floor bedroom and cooking off of hotplates. They are not complaining about what the government has not done for them. They have taken matters in their own hands and started rebuilding their lives. There are people all over this great city doing this. Those who truly call New Orleans their own are not waiting around for help. Go into any number of neighborhoods and look at the community come together. People are rebuilding through the help of each other. Through family and lifelong friends.
Then you have people who expect to stay in Houston or where ever and they expect to get foodstamps and financial assistance then they want to come home to a rebuilt house. Get out of here! If after a year you have still not found a job you probally will never get a job. Is it above you to take a job at a fastfood rest.? The classifieds are filled each day.People do not want to work. They expect handouts!.
Well to all those people I say stay away from New Orleans. We do not need you here.
We are a diverse group of people from all backgrounds who love our city and we will always call it our home.
We will help our neighbors rebuild. We will be ever so grateful to anyone who would like to lend a hand but we do not expect handouts!
I think Katrina did this awesome city a favor by weeding out all of the pathetic losers.