(09-03-2021, 06:30 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Years ago a coworker who was born and raised in NO was telling me about how he was trying to get his mother to move away from there. Being unfamiliar with NO I commented about what a cool place it seemed to be. He remarked that all the touristy stuff is just window dressing. “New Orleans is a [BLEEP] hole.”

I'm pretty familiar with NOLA, having a wife who was born and raised there and still having family in the area. I can say that it has it's pros and cons like anyplace and there is certainly plenty of culture there (and LOTS of crime and poverty). But my beef was about the writer knocking Jacksonville when he's likely never been here. Do we have a Miracle Mile or an Ybor City? No, not yet but there are places to go and things to see and the people are mostly friendly. I'm sure we'll be a good host city for the game and I think the shot in light of the situation was a cheap one.

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