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Ugh, have you been to them? The ocean is nothing like Hawaii. The ocean water is brown and murky. No snorkeling, no scuba. The water is plain ugly.
As I stated earlier, no I haven't been to either city. Of course the beaches ain't Hawaii (almost nowhere can come close to Hawaii for beaches) but they still don't look too bad. I'd visit them for sure if I was in town during warm weather.
NOLA has no beaches; that's the point. Say what you will about the quality of the beaches near Charleston and Savannah, they still have an advantage over NOLA in actually having beaches in close proximity.
Well there are beaches about 45 minutes away on the Mississippi coast (though the quality is not that great). Farther away than Charleston and Savannah's beaches but still in somewhat decent proximity.
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You know, I've been to New Orleans and I found to be a very unique and culturally significant place. In my visit though, I also said to myself: "This place is as filthy as everyone said it would be."
Now in all 1,204,040,094,004,050 times that I've been to Savannah, not once have I ever said to myself: "Savannah (or Charleston for that matter) is filthy, populated by strange looking individuals, and visibly economically depressed." Nope, not once.
New Orleans has its pluses, but baby beauty (on the level of Charleston or Savannah) ain't one of them.
We can just agree to disagree on this one....
Maybe on Bourbon Street New Orleans is dirty but the rest of the city is about as clean as the average city. New Orleans is just like any other city (including Savannah and Charleston) it has its good and bad parts and the good parts are just as beautiful as they are in Savannah or Charleston.
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Nawlins is perhaps the most awesome city in the Southeast to visit, but it is NOT a place you'd want to live. Believe that.
Sounds like an old stereotype. New Orleans is a great place to live.
I agree it's in recovery mode, but let's not act like New Orleans was a sparkling, modern, or well kept city like Charlotte or Nashville prior to Katrina.
Even Lil Wayne has called New Orleans something similar to a third world country.
That's a bit of a stretch BUT the fact is that, collectively, only a small area of that big city is what most would consider beautiful (in comparison to SAV or Charleston).
If that's not the case, let me argue that Birmingham is a booming metropolis, and that Raleigh is an urban paradise.
Lord folks on CD do the most in defense of the OBVIOUS (not directed at you 77).
Well there are beaches about 45 minutes away on the Mississippi coast (though the quality is not that great). Farther away than Charleston and Savannah's beaches but still in somewhat decent proximity.
Maybe on Bourbon Street New Orleans is dirty but the rest of the city is about as clean as the average city. New Orleans is just like any other city (including Savannah and Charleston) it has its good and bad parts and the good parts are just as beautiful as they are in Savannah or Charleston.
Sounds like an old stereotype. New Orleans is a great place to live.
I haven't been in 5 years, but I'm going in September. I'll make sure to explore and see how much has changed.
I agree it's in recovery mode, but let's not act like New Orleans was a sparkling, modern, or well kept city like Charlotte or Nashville prior to Katrina.
Even Lil Wayne has called New Orleans something similar to a third world country.
That's a bit of a stretch BUT the fact is that, collectively, only a small area of that big city is what most would consider beautiful (in comparison to SAV or Charleston).
If that's not the case, let me argue that Birmingham is a booming metropolis, and that Raleigh is an urban paradise.
Lord folks on CD do the most in defense of the OBVIOUS (not directed at you 77).
It's certainly no secret that NOLA had some major problems pre-Katrina, but the storm dramatically altered the trajectory of the city in a good way. I just think the sentiment that the city is a good place to visit but not to live is somewhat outdated now.
Well, Savannah is widely considered the most beautiful city in North America, and that obviously includes both Charleston and New Orleans. While those two cities have their own beauty, there are elements of beauty in Savannah -- the squares, Forsyth Park, the amazing variety of architecture -- that the other two simply can't match.
Savannah is so beautiful, it will make you cry. -- unknown, Pittsburgh, PA
SAVANNAH is the most beautiful place I have ever seen in The United States. On a trip to Florida, driving from Massachusetts, my father, brother and I decided to stop in Savannah on the way to Florida. I had never been there and when we arrived, I was spellbound by the absolute beauty of it. -- Colleen Levesque, North Attleboro, MA. www.epinions.com
"There are vaster and wealthier cities, but for architectural simplicity, for an indescribable charm about its streets and buildings, its parks and squares, there is but one Savannah. Without a rival, without an equal, it stands unique." --Timothy Harley, a minister who visited Savannah late in the nineteenth century.
"If you have time to visit only one city in the Southeast, make it Savannah. It's that special." -- frommers.com
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) but they still don't look too bad. I'd visit them for sure if I was in town during warm weather. 
