Super Bowl Predictions

[Jabro]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Has a lot more rebuilding been done since 2008 ? I spent almost a month there in 2008 volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. I worked in the Florida neighborhood in the 9th Ward and in Musician's Village. I didn't get over to the West Bank (going over the Crescent City Bridge), but I drove all over the rest of the city and through most of St. Bernard's Parish -- From the Orleans parish line through Arabi, Chalmette, Violet etc., down to Camp Hope in St. Bernard. I took thousands of pictures. I was amazed at how little had been done in the 3 years (at that time) since Katrina. Despite it's problems, there is something about New Orleans that just pulls me in. It isn't a dull place to visit.

I moved here after 2008, so its hard for me to judge how much has improved. However, I can say Arabi and Chalmette look like something you'd see in a third world country, I was in Chalmette just last week and could not believe how run down it was, and I've lived near some bad places in my life.