Just Leave

[manasecret]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

what if you were born there, have deeply rooted family, and have lived there your entire life.

That's it right there. Not to mention, New Orleans isn't just some other generic city, especially to those that live here. It's not like you can just pack up your stuff and move and expect to find New Orleans in some other city. This isn't just another Best Buy city. It's got history. It's like asking to give up Boston, or D.C., or Paris, or Rome. It's an easy answer to say, to tell everyone, "just get up and leave." But I think we all know leaving the things we love is tough to do.

People have left, though. If another Katrina comes through, more will. The broken levees have only been shored up; there's a good chance a hurricane of much less power than Katrina could knock them out again.

I live in New Orleans. I'm not from here, and as soon as I graduate I'm abandoning the city -- and all I can ride on is hope that the next Katrina doesn't come through before I graduate. I feel selfish, but it was never in my plan to stay in New Orleans after I graduated.