Worse. Last time I drove through was in 06, on my way to the gulf coast. Picked up a buddy at the airport in NOLA on our way over that way. If you are on Bourbon Street, it probably looks the same or better, but that is just one little segment of the city. The rest is pretty much the same ole decrepit town.
Want some fun? I crawled through a disgusting basement in a poorer section of NO (just think about that and who lived there) in August (No A/C, over 100
o, with 100% humidity) to investigate a scald claim. Mice, rats, roaches, all kinds of disgusting vermin, rotten stairs, with mold and fungus throughout the house. And this was way before Katrina.
The tide should rise and flush the whole damned place out to sea.