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[Scheduling rob’s farewell party]
I love New Orleans. It, along with Quebec City, are the two cities in North America that I find most unique and “un-North American”, in a good way.
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rob – you’d love it down there. rents are like 300 a month, and you could sit in this park and do tarot card readings all day (it’s like their mecca) – also – newports are 2.80 a pack and you can drink 40s on the street.
whoa my god, seriously?
*rob*
$2.80!!! Wow!
“Did these places suffer damage during Katrina? The 100 year event is likely every 5 years or so. I see it with the Delaware River. ”
from what i understand from the people i was talking to, the french quarter was alright during katrina (huge mansions there are like 900kish) – the area i was in that looked cool was about 3 miles outside the quarter, in the lower ninth ward (but on the other side of the river, so it wasn’t decimated) – obviously once you cross the river, it’s like a 3rd world country.
no idea if it’s even possible to get a mortgage down there without paying an insane amt of flood insurance or something.
‘are there a lot of moonfaces down there in new orleans? i know after the hurricane tons of do-gooders went down there but im chary to call them moonfaces, but just wondering if after they left, who came in afterwards..’
not really “moonfaces” – there’s definitely some white kids from other states who have settled down there, but they’re just chillin.
rob – you’d love it down there. rents are like 300 a month, and you could sit in this park and do tarot card readings all day (it’s like their mecca) – also – newports are 2.80 a pack and you can drink 40s on the street.
are there a lot of moonfaces down there in new orleans? i know after the hurricane tons of do-gooders went down there but im chary to call them moonfaces, but just wondering if after they left, who came in afterwards.. apparently you cant really escape them anywhere anymore, it’s like the midwest completely sharted all over the country and mother nature is out of toilet paper.
*rob*
“dh — while you’re in NOLA, if Mid-City Lanes is in business, with music, you should make a trek there. ”
I’ll have to check it out next time i’m down there – went to a few of the places on frenchman st and they were great.
“real estate is SOOO freakin cheap tho – 6 bedroom houses for around 100k far nicer than most stuff in brooklyn.”
Did these places suffer damage during Katrina? The 100 year event is likely every 5 years or so. I see it with the Delaware River.