[StBernard] What Houston thinks

[Westley Annis]

I am from Chicago, and to me, New Orleans is a small town. It is nothing for
me to sit in 3 hours of traffic to get to work. I moved to Saint Bernard,
hoping it would become a sprawling suburb of New Orleans. Oh well, I enjoyed
my time there but it is no goldmine. 



	----- Original Message -----
	I think what this guy from Houston doesn't understand is that
metro-New 
	Orleans is very diverse. Our suburbs are special because they were
allowed 
	to grow without the direct influence of the city. 
	
	Personally, without taking Katrina into consideration, I would never
live 
	inside of city limits or even open a business within the city. I
just found 
	city/Orleans parish government to be too over-bearing for me. 
	
	Jefferson was out because of the traffic and canals. Always feel
like you 
	have to drive two miles out of your way to be able to make a U-turn.

	
	That leaves St. Bernard. Extremely low crime-rate, top-notch public 
	schools, great places to eat. Maybe the shopping wasn't quite as
diverse as 
	other parts of the city, but they were still close enough that it
wasn't any 
	big deal to take a short trip for something you couldn't get in St.
Bernard. 
	
	Being that he comes from California and now leaves in Houston, it
doesn't 
	surprise me. He probably thinks New Orleans pre-Katrina was a small
town 
	and St. Bernard would have been a village. 
	
	I guess he just wanted his fifteen minutes of fame. Now he got it,
let's 
	just leave him be. 
	
	Westley