New Orleans is a unique place, there is no doubt. And the longer you live here, the more unique you become as well. Here are some of the most weird side effects that everyone who lives in New Orleans experiences.
- When a band doesn’t have a trumpet or saxophone player, it feels kind of hollow.
Flickr.com / Sebastian I mean standard bands are fine…but brass bands are better ☺
- When you eat outside of the state, you have to bring your own spices to make sure your food is edible.
Flickr.com / Tendenci Software Once you grow up with a certain quality of spice, it’s hard to eat anything else.
- When you see a list of rules somewhere, you tend to think they are more like suggestions.
Flickr.com / Raymond Shobe In New Orleans, everything is flexible…but apparently that’s not the case everywhere.
- Being amazed when you find out someone has a basement in their house.
Flickr.com / Garabedian Property Is there anything more strange than a basement?
- You measure the seasons by how various insects appear in the city.
Flickr.com / Bart Everson With spring comes the buckmoths, early summer the termite swarms…
- You find yourself becoming completely enraged about some issue with your neighbor…
Flickr.com / Bart Everson And then an hour later you’re laughing about something that happened over Mardi Gras. People in New Orleans get real opinionated, real fast…but we also know how to let it go.
- Anytime you see even the slightest hill, you have to take a picture.
Flickr.com / Andy Wright When you live on land as flat as New Orleans, it’s very easy to feel like mountains surround you.
- When humidity is at 75%, you think it’s amazing!
Flickr.com / Miguel Discart Truly in New Orleans, that’s great.
- Whenever you meet someone new, asking them, where are you from?
Flickr.com / Mock Logic Followed up by, where did you go to school? Apparently, some people feel like this question is kind of rude.
- You can debate about the qualities and types of shaved ice…easily.
Flickr.com / gwen By the time you are 8, you have an opinion about what makes a properly prepared snowball.
- You have absolutely no qualms with dancing in the street.
Flickr.com / Ben It’s not just for special occasions…it’s whenever.
- Finding yourself the most unusually dressed when you go to a different city.
Flickr.com / Jasper Fields Apparently, not every city has people who dress as wildly as they do here in New Orleans.
What do you think are the side effects of living in New Orleans? What makes this city so special…and so strange? We look forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback!
Flickr.com / Sebastian
I mean standard bands are fine…but brass bands are better ☺
Flickr.com / Tendenci Software
Once you grow up with a certain quality of spice, it’s hard to eat anything else.
Flickr.com / Raymond Shobe
In New Orleans, everything is flexible…but apparently that’s not the case everywhere.
Flickr.com / Garabedian Property
Is there anything more strange than a basement?
Flickr.com / Bart Everson
With spring comes the buckmoths, early summer the termite swarms…
And then an hour later you’re laughing about something that happened over Mardi Gras. People in New Orleans get real opinionated, real fast…but we also know how to let it go.
Flickr.com / Andy Wright
When you live on land as flat as New Orleans, it’s very easy to feel like mountains surround you.
Flickr.com / Miguel Discart
Truly in New Orleans, that’s great.
Flickr.com / Mock Logic
Followed up by, where did you go to school? Apparently, some people feel like this question is kind of rude.
Flickr.com / gwen
By the time you are 8, you have an opinion about what makes a properly prepared snowball.
Flickr.com / Ben
It’s not just for special occasions…it’s whenever.
Flickr.com / Jasper Fields
Apparently, not every city has people who dress as wildly as they do here in New Orleans.
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