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New Orleans, Louisiana

Welcome to New Orleans also known as "the Big Easy, the Crescent City or the City that care forgot." Home of the most fascinating Carnival culture in North America and likewise a poetic swampland for great food, excellent music and a comfortable angle on a version of the good life that is all their own. New Orleans is one of America's most culturally diverse cities, located on the Mississippi River and only 100 or so miles from the gulf of Mexico. Welcome to New Orleans also known as "the Big Easy, the Crescent City or the City that care forgot." Home of the most fascinating Carnival culture in North America and likewise a poetic swampland for great food, excellent music and a comfortable angle on a version of the good life that is all their own. For centuries there has been a nonstop party in the original city center known as the French Quarter. Here's the best place to find America's most distinguished regional cuisine called Creole or Cajun if you prefer its country cousin. Feel the energy of the original Dixieland rhythms that gave the world its most creative musical art form known as jazz. Go slow, the streets speak of a proud, fascinating history of free black expression in dialogue with European sophistication and Caribbean ease

New Orleans is exceptional in the vigor with which one pursues pleasure. Appreciate the beauty of this journey which natives so graciously share with guests.This is a year round endeavor as shown by the robust nature of this list of annual events

Population
New Orleans is most famous for Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street where you can find people at play just about 24 hours a day.The population of the city as in 2005 was recorded to be 4,524,000.

Weather
The weather in New Orleans is moderate. Due to its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, there is plenty of hot and humid weather in the summer. From about June through August there is alot of rain, and the bulk of the year consists of sunny weather.Summers can be extremely hot and humid even though the city benefits from coastal breezes. Snow and ice rarely travel that far south, but the middle of spring and fall are known for their rainy seasons.

Hurricanes present the only important weather hazard in New Orleans. The Gulf Coast is in hurricane season from June until September. The city hasn't been hit head-on by a hurricane for many years, but any tropical storm visiting Eastern Texas or Mississippi can cause torrential rain and possible flooding in New Orleans

Employers Being close to the gulf of mexico New orleans is home of numerous energy companies included in them :_ Entergy Corporation, Freeport-McMoRan, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and Shell Oil Company,shell oil company.Other companies in the city are:- BellSouth, Hibernia Corp., IBM, Navtech, Harrah's (downtown casino), Popeye's Fried Chicken, and Zatarain's .,Exxon Corporation ,Union Carbide Corp,Whitney National Bank, Hilton Hotels , Ruth's Chris Steak House

Cost of living the cost of living of the city according to the 2004 census is 96.1.

Colleges The city has some of the most prestigious institutions in the country, which are listed below.
University of New Orleans
Tulane University
Loyola University New Orleans
Dillard University
Southern University at New Orleans
Xavier University of Louisiana
Louisiana State University Medical School
Our Lady of Holy Cross College.

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