New Orleans still has some vestiges left. But the yuppies, Katrina and lockdowns wiped out a lot of it. We used to be proudly free of Starbucks, now they are everywhere. Bike lanes. No McDonald's (nor any other franchise restaurant) in my two mile radius, but there are plenty outside of it.

They clamped down on the Sunday open barbecues under the overpass. The Indians are mostly commercialized now. Anyone with a couple of thousand USD can have "an authentic second line parade" to promote their convention.

But it's still there. There are some that still just don't give a fuck. Thy're hard to find, but that's for a reason.

Sometimes it's just someone's back yard on a random Wednesday night. But it's still there. Maybe not forever. But I'm not leaving yet.