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PG never fails to stimulate ideas. I'm in New Orleans. Our cities form of status is totally who you know. Money is not as big of adeal. A billionaire has le
by nickthemagicman 9y ago
PG never fails to stimulate ideas.
I'm in New Orleans. Our cities form of status is totally who you know. Money is not as big of adeal. A billionaire has less clout than the owner of a operation that designs Mardi Gras floats or the bartender that is the lead of the Krewe of Elvi.
I think that is what you would call "Soul" possibly.
After travelling to a bunch of other cities and seeing unfettered capitalism destroy communities, neighborhoods, housing markets, livability, and peoples lives..it's a pretty refreshing place to be.
On the flip side our economy is absolutely terrible.
- christophclarke 9y agoIt's exactly the "laissez les bon temps rouler" mentality in NOLA that keeps it from becoming a booming tech incubator (for the reasons in the article), but that's not necessarily a bad thing. There's nowhere else like the Crescent city, and I hope it stays that way. Although you're more likely to overhear discussions about last night's debauchery than the next billion-dollar startup, you'll never be able to relax in Cambridge, Mass. like you will in New Orleans. I think the idea that a high-intensity environment is inherently better than a more laid-back one is exactly what leads to the "work till you burn out" mentality in places like SV.
- selimthegrim 9y agoI live in NOLA. Universities cannot retain promising young faculty because they don’t want to raise kids here (unless they were born here themselves)
- selimthegrim 9y agoUnfettered capitalism has been doing a number on the rental market here lately, as I’m sure I don’t need to tell you. That being said, if you got a critical mass of young techies down here that loved the culture, why not? It’s not that much dirtier or more dangerous than SF