Yes, this city is a big pile of shit. What was it... like... 40 billion dollars of aid given? 99% of that money is in some politician's pocket. This city is destroyed, half abandoned, and truly fucked up. The French Quarter is ugly, full of drunken bums, and it smells like trash and piss... the smell is so strong that you can smell it blocks away from the French Quarter. The Quarter itself has 0 culture left... it's just cheap sex club, nasty bar, cheap sex club, nasty bar, and so on... with a bunch of idiots trying to sell you shit, while people who are too drunk to walk carry cheap beer in huge plastic cups and stop to piss on buildings. The trash is taken out at 6 pm, and this makes the smell even worse... Fucken terrible... terrible. This city is completely fucked up. Your tax dollars at work people. I'm stuck here for another day, and I'd much rather just sit inside and stay online than go out into that big pile of shit known as "New Orleans".
Do as the Romans do. For Rubin this means get trashed, engage in sex with drug addled prostitutes, and smoke a few rocks. It's really important to be a well-rounded traveler and to appreciate the diversity.