New Orleans is not in the front page of the newspapers anymore.  It is not talked about by the news programs either.  It is not newsworthy anymore.  It's a major shame that the city has not been fully rebuilt.  Many people will never come back to the city that was such an important part of their lives.  The deep social inequalities that plagued New Orleans before the storm are still there.  This situation to me is very sad and also deeply personal because my Dad's family is from Louisiana, and New Orleans is my Dad's favorite city.  As many in the media said when they used to cover New Orleans, the city is now like Atlantis, a forgotten city.

For many years, people from around the world have been coming to New Orleans to enjoy the music and party. Few stay for much else, and there has been an unfortunate pattern of the college educated citizens leaving for other cities. But post- Katrina, a new phenomenon emerged. Recent college  graduates, plus other young people  who were looking to participate in a meaningful experience began moving to New Orleans. For most people, living in the city had never even crossed their minds. But after the government's failures to respond and rebuild the city, a huge void remained. For many New Orleanians, the prospect of starting over was and still is overwhelming, and  it was clear that, the only way the city would rebuild itself, was if energetic, passionate, idealistic young people mixed with residents of the city to do the work of what the government had failed to accomplish.