Hmm; apart from restaurants, I'm not sure many Houstonians would agree that Houston has "a strong Louisiana influence stretching back generations" — if anything

Hmm; apart from restaurants, I'm not sure many Houstonians would agree that Houston has "a strong Louisiana influence stretching back generations" — if anything we'd probably say it's the other way around (but then that might be just local boosterism). As to Hurricane Katrina: We took in about 250K evacuees but only about 40K stayed permanently (which is a bunch, of course). I'd guess most of those were the sort who liked being here better, so they made lemonade out of the lemons that the storm forced upon them. [0] [0] https://www.fastcompany.com/40460412/after-hurricane-harvey-flooding-thousands-of-katrina-evacuees-who-moved-to-houston-are-reliving-a-nightmare https://www.fastcompany.com/40460412/after-hurricane-harvey-...