some judgements on New Orleans

Well, I've been in New Orleans for a few months now and I am ready to make some statements about what i've heard, felt, tasted, and seen:

• the summers are hot hot hot!
• if you're in a window seat on the streetcar you may be hit by a branch as it passes a tree. 
• there are lots of cockroaches, but people here call them palmetto bugs.
• the streets are so torn up it's almost impossible to walk without stubbing a toe and your car will need new tires every 2 months.
• there are sharks and stingrays in the gulf water, and the water is hot!
• you're still in New Orleans if you cross the Mississippi river, which only takes about 30 seconds.
• the vegetarian food has meat in it and everything here is fried.
• southern magnolia trees smell so sweet when they bloom.
• everyone either calls me ma'am or baby.
• po boys are what the north calls subs (and new orleans natives would be outraged at that statement).
• there is jazz/blues/etc in almost every bar every night.
• people eat fried alligator on a stick.
• so many people walk around with large drinks in their hand- soda, daiquiri, or maybe beer.
• the libraries have not been restored since Katrina, but they're trying.
• the city is a big basin for rain and the streets flood easily.
• the thunderstorms are impressive.
• the whole city is crazy for the Saints.
• an avocado is called an alligator pear, a sidewalk is a banquette, a closet a locker, a median the neutral ground, and free stuff (like a cookie with your coffee) is a lagniappe. 
• the street Tchoupitoulas is Chop. 
• people love life. they really do live life to its fullest. and i love that!

So, whatddya think? Seem like a place you'd like to live?