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Home sweet home

Many people have asked me how I feel about living in New Orleans.

The answer is simple: It feels like home.

I've had the pleasure and good fortune to live in many places across the US: A summer in LA, 2 years in Boston, 2 years in Austin, a few months in New Mexico, 4 years in the Indiana (OK, so maybe that one wasn't that pleasureable).

I've visited practically every state on some sort of vacation. I like to think I've seen the best that each place has to offer.

And yet, none of them felt like home. One sister asked me out of all the places I've lived before, which one I would return to. The answer: None, until now.

I can't explain what it is about New Orleans that has enveloped me so. It's warm, yes, both in temperature and in people. It's slow and easy going. It feels like a small town and yet, when you're wandering down Bourbon Street bumping into strangers, it feels like a big city.

I chose to come to New Orleans for law school because I figured it'd be a great place to live for three years. Now, well, maybe it'll be more.

Posted by Lara Richards at 10:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)