impressions: nola

few window screens (which is weird cause they have lots of flying bugs)

few freeway sound blocking walls, and the ones they do have are very low (so not good at blocking sound)

freeway merge lane is like the ones in tennessee so you gotta follow the right stripe, not the left one or you'll run yourself off the road

very quiet at night; no frogs or crickets or birds, tho we live right next to the water?

more dramatic thunder and lightening storms

fan heater in the bathroom!! love love this feature

]automatic car washes have an attendant to help you at the initial machine, and there is a bug wash trough and broom

they don't pull over for emergency vehicles

there seem to be more hit and run car accidents

a ton of roadkill (even an alligator or two!)

loose alcohol laws: no last call, can do take away alcohol, even have drive thru daiquiri bars!

have to show / upload? id to access online porn sites

food is more salty

friendly, talkative southerners

very few latinos in the city. all labor service people are black. very weirdly racially segregated. more latinos in the burbs tho

can park on the opposite side of the street facing the wrong direction

often park with half the wheels up on the grass (to be more out of the way of traffic)

lower curbs, but also not much of a slope so that they're very bumpy! not nice for wheelchair or strollers

few locals. and it also seems like everyone has lived in california for some time

very obvious divestment in city: so many abandoned things, terrible road conditions