After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans evacuees changed Houston — and Houston changed them

It’s hard to know how many people made Houston their permanent home after the destruction in Louisiana, but they changed the culture in the Texas city.

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When Jermaine Moore needs a haircut, he looks for barbers from New Orleans. At a Shaving Grace barbershop in the southeast Houston area, he’s found one.

“New Orleans barbers cut different,” Moore said. “Our hair texture is different. This is not processed, this is my mother. But everybody can’t cut it.”…

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