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and I know many who do not like it there, whether they live in the south, north west, are liberal or conservative. In fact, many people I know were disappointed in the city.
WE are relatively conservative and now are considered southerners, but we certainly like a good time, we do drink and we enjoy the food. Still we can't stand the place. It is way to over the top.
I think everyone should experience visiting New Orleans once, it is an experience, but after 3 times, we still haven't found what people see in the place. The people are rude, for the most part, the city isn't particularly clean, depending on when you visit you see drunks and people 1/2 dressed, if they are dressed at all, running around the place. It is crowded: I could go on and on, but for those who have not visited do, you need to see for yourself. What one person loves, another hates. There is one very positive thing about New Orleans, it is the history and the awesome old buildings, including a lot of B&BS.
Most of the things you just described are MOST liberal cities New Orleans, New York, Philly, Baltimore, Detroit etc. MOST CONSERVATIVES DO NOT LIKE LIBERAL CITIES!! Why? Because they are too diverse and versatile for them.
New Orleans is only a "sin city" for white people. For blacks, it is just a place to live and work and try to pay the rent and put food on the table. In mostly white suburban Jefferson Parish, Romney won 74% of the vote. The combined vote count for Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany, St. Bernard Parishes went for Romney
The OP's question is about what southern conservative think of New Orleans, and plenty of southern conservatives live in New Orleans, and don't seem inclined to try to change the city's character, which brings in a lot of outside revenue and keeps their own taxes down. Nearly all income property in New Orleans is owned by conservatives, who happily generate more income any way they can without being overly concerned about the associated social issues.
Conservative think more about their own personal wealth, with social issues secondary, and they will do whatever it takes to keep their wealth from trickling into the hands of "the wrong kind of people". And then they accuse Liberals of trying to manipulate social economics.
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