These chapters take place right after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Piazza tells how he goes back to his part of New Orleans to do a report on it and describes exactly what he sees. He goes into deep detail about how all the neighborhoods are ruined and most of the houses are non-existent. New Orleans is basically cleared out but there are some people still hanging on with hope who stuck around. He tells us about how some of the people were selling food for free and people were gathered aroung talking as a community, like New Orleans always has been.
In Chapter 8, Piazza talks about a camp called Black River Red Cross Camp. This is where people who had no where to go went to stay while New Orleans was being fixed. There were rumors going around that this city was going to be the next Las Vegas or more like Atlantic City. The author interviewed many people who were at this camp and asked if they will ever go back to New Orleans. He got many mixed reactions; some people said they will never go back and others said they will go back no matter how long it takes to fix it up. As you can see, New Orleans natives are very dedicated to their city and are the people who know why New Orleans Matters.
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