A Hard Life Is Better Than No Life at All: New Orleans 10 Years After Hurricane KatrinaPatrick Melon8/25/15 11:33am4118EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkThe New Orleans I know from my childhood and the one I know of today are two very different places, partially because my ability to understand it has developed as I’ve aged. The other part is the changing demographics of the city.