After reading how Ignatius described the city of New Orleans, I have to say I agree with it a little bit. Not so much in today's society, but how societies in the past might have view New Orleans.

Let's start with prostitues. For one thing, New Orleans invented the word hooker. How? In one of strip clubs, they would have a girl on top of the building with a hook who would then swing into the streets and "hook" a man and drag him toward the club. In fact, on Bourbon today in one of the strip clubs, there is a pair of legs hanging out to represent just that. Another thing, there's still a law in existence today that prevents more than eight women living in a house at time, otherwise it's considered a whorehouse, not to mention that New Orleans is home to one of the most known whorehouses ever, the House of the Rising Sun (well, depending on who you ask). So if you're looking for your Elle Wood's experience, Louisiana is not your state. As for alcoholics, that's still true to this day, you cannot think of New Orleans with associating it with alcohol, much less the state itself. After all, Louisiana does have the highest rate of drunk driving accidents. In 1718, New Orleans had become a center for major illegal gambling. So, with that kind of history, it's possible the city is still closely related to it.

As for the rest, I'm not too sure how the rest can relate to the New Orleans past society. As for today, I think for the most part those ideas are false, well, accept for the alcoholics.