- 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?
