Here’s the brutal truth: New Orleans will love you back, but only if you love it hard first. This city tests your patience with potholes, your palate with heat, and your stamina with parades that never seem to end. It’s humid, loud, quirky, and gloriously alive—every day can feel like a festival and a furnace at once.
If you’re wondering whether you’ve got the grit to make it here, read on. These signs aren’t insults; they’re a checklist for the kind of tough, joyful resilience New Orleans demands.
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