text: who think new orleans is going to be the same? i lived there for 2 years when i came from jamaica new orleans will never be the same.  much of the culture and history of it have been washed away forever with the people that were lost, rather to death or moving away.  i heard a statistic recently that stated the percentages of african americans there went from like 75-90% down to like less than 10%.  that is so sad.  it will be re-built, urbanized, modernized, commercialized...and de-culturalized.  bottom line.  i have never had the pleasure of visiting there, before this horrendous tragedy--but had always wanted to.  now, other then assisting in disaster relief--i don't feel it would be the same experience and don't know that i would still want to go.