Plot introduction
aaa FourteenmonthshavepassedsinceHurricaneKatrina,butresidentsoftheCrescentCityarefindingitharderthanevertorebuildtheirlives,muchlessholdontotheiruniqueculturalidentity.Somehavebecomeexpatriatesindistantcities.TheinsurancechecksthatneverarrivedforhomeownerswerefollowedbythebureaucraticnightmarethatwastheRoadHomeprogram,andaland-grabisunderwayasdevelopersanddisastercapitalistspresstheiradvantage.Crimeanddruguseareup,andcorruptionandgraftareendemic,withcivicinstitutionsunabletocounteranyofit.AndyetthecultureofNewOrleanssomehowendures. expand all
