The Saints love is getting a little ridiculous

[Maikeru-sama]

I was reading this love fest article on ESPN.com about the Saints.

Here is an excerpt:

America's city?
The soul of the city is all around me as I drive out Interstate 10. I've seen the things I came to see, felt what it was like during this time of madness in New Orleans. My wife is with me, and we're listening to the Saints game on the radio. She does not like football, but she loves New Orleans, and this is the first team she has ever cared about.

I think about all I've seen -- in the past week, in the years before -- and about the next game in the Dome. The Cowboys are coming to town. Some marketing guy decided in the '70s that they should be America's Team. It stuck, because they were good and because Dallas represented everything America thought about itself: big, consuming, flashy, bragging, unbeatable.

When I drive into Dallas, I see a place sprawling and bland, loops and rings of interstate and, somewhere over the horizon, a stadium representing a just-gone era of bloat and decay … scoreboard so big it interferes with the game … $60 pizzas. It looks new but is dead inside. In contrast, there is the drive out of New Orleans, through a city still battered, past the exits for the Vieux Carre and Uptown, past the Huey Long, which runs narrow and high out to the leaning oyster and chicken shack. All told, this is a city with the opposite calculus of Dallas: It is decayed on the outside, but inside there is life. Here is a citizenry that believes in the power of the underdog. New Orleanians fell first and see something the rest of America is blind to right now: a way back into the light.

We're running low on gas, and there's not a station for miles, so I ease off the road at Manchac, the bayou town with the best catfish in the world, where my grandparents ate on their honeymoon. I drive toward the dive bars and seafood shacks, turn onto a private road and navigate the railroad tracks, pulling my truck up as close as it will get to the Fuel Dock. This is where the fishing boats gas up, but the owner will run the hose the length of the pier and fill a car up, too, if you're truly in need.

We go inside to pay. A small crowd is gathered around the television. Boat captains and deck hands who tied up here to watch the fourth quarter. These aren't the Uptown moneyed class or even the cool musicians. They work for a living, the oxygen in the culture of the city. The man closest to me can barely watch; the weekend before, he flipped his recliner over. Outside, the fog cuts visibility to nothing; he had to use radar and GPS to find the dock.

The game comes down to the last tense moments, again, and when it is over, and the Saints are 13-0, there is a moment of joy inside the Fuel Dock, and right there amid the beer coolers and tackle displays, tough men hug each other. We can't see the skyline of New Orleans, the silhouette of the Superdome out of view, but even out here on Lake Maurepas, we can feel it.

The soul of the city is alive. And it is everywhere.

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[Maikeru-sama]

When I drive into Dallas, I see a place sprawling and bland, loops and rings of interstate and, somewhere over the horizon, a stadium representing a just-gone era of bloat and decay … scoreboard so big it interferes with the game … $60 pizzas. It looks new but is dead inside. In contrast, there is the drive out of New Orleans, through a city still battered, past the exits for the Vieux Carre and Uptown, past the Huey Long, which runs narrow and high out to the leaning oyster and chicken shack. All told, this is a city with the opposite calculus of Dallas: It is decayed on the outside, but inside there is life. Here is a citizenry that believes in the power of the underdog. New Orleanians fell first and see something the rest of America is blind to right now: a way back into the light.

Leave my city alone .

I'm listening to WWL 870 in New Orleans and they are bragging about a new survey that claims Louisiana, along with a few other states have the most "happy" residents.

 

[Doomsday101]

Leave my city alone .

I'm listening to WWL 870 in New Orleans and they are bragging about a new survey that claims Louisiana, along with a few other states have the most "happy" residents.

Of course they are the happiest they have drive through bars, pull in get you a drink and they are off on their happy way.

 

[superpunk]

Drew Brees is a magnificent human. You cannot beat him.

 

[Signals]

and right there amid the beer coolers and tackle displays, tough men hug each other.

What a wonderful cozy feeling. Kind of like watching Bert and Ernie eat cookies together in bed.

 

[Doomsday101]

Drew Brees is a magnificent human. You cannot beat him.

We can this weekend.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

What a wonderful cozy feeling. Kind of like watching Bert and Ernie eat cookies together in bed.

 

[HeavyBarrel]

As I have stated I left Fort Worth so my wife could take a job with the Saints, NO really is a unique place, it's much more of a "community" than Dallas but thats because it's not a transplant city any where near the level Dallas is and It's much much smaller population wise and not the sprawaling metro-plex like DFW is. It's apples and oranges....

 

[Dodger]

So he doesn't like Dallas. Maybe he should stop whining about it and just not go back.

 

[DallasEast]

Of course they are the happiest they have drive through bars, pull in get you a drink and they are off on their happy way.

Nice.

 

[juck]

They may be the Aints thru all those years but they are gonna be the first unbeaten team since Miami the whole way thru.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Two words: false dichotomy.

This writer harbors delusions of being William Faulkner.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I think about all I've seen -- in the past week, in the years before -- and about the next game in the Dome. The Cowboys are coming to town. Some marketing guy decided in the '70s that they should be America's Team. It stuck, because they were good and because Dallas represented everything America thought about itself: big, consuming, flashy, bragging, unbeatable.

Could this guy make more mistakes in this article?

 

[WoodysGirl]

Nice.

Well, DE, they do. :laugh2:

Tho I don't think that's the only reason they're happy. It would make me happy. Nothing like picking up a daiquiri on the way home from a stressful day at work. lol

 

[DallasEast]

Well, DE, they do. :laugh2:

Tho I don't think that's the only reason they're happy. It would make me happy. Nothing like picking up a daiquiri on the way home from a stressful day at work. lol

Yep, Louisiana's the only state that has them.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Yep, Louisiana's the only state that has them.

Aww c'mon, DE. Don't be so sensitive. Nobody's saying that either. Just poking a bit of fun at N.O.

People talk all the time about how country Texas is. Hell, I've seen cows chewing grass on the side of Houston highways. Or people talking on bluetooths while riding horses down the street.

Hard to talk about how metropolitan a city is when you see that.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Aww c'mon, DE. Don't be so sensitive. Nobody's saying that either. Just poking a bit of fun at N.O.

People talk all the time about how country Texas is. Hell, I've seen cows chewing grass on the side of Houston highways. Or people talking on bluetooths while riding horses down the street.

Hard to talk about how metropolitan a city is when you see that.

I'm always amused when cows stick their heads through the fence in order to eat the grass nearest the roadway. At times, they really strain to reach out there.

What? Does that grass taste better? Do the exhaust fumes from passing automobiles create a more complex flavor?

 

[DallasEast]

Aww c'mon, DE. Don't be so sensitive. Nobody's saying that either. Just poking a bit of fun at N.O.

People talk all the time about how country Texas is. Hell, I've seen cows chewing grass on the side of Houston highways. Or people talking on bluetooths while riding horses down the street.

Hard to talk about how metropolitan a city is when you see that.

The original comment was made about the state, not just the city of New Orleans.

 

[Doomsday101]

Yep, Louisiana's the only state that has them.

Louisiana is very liberal in their drinking laws, I have been there plenty of time to partake in the celebrations. Hell most of my family are Cajun people and I understand the culture pretty well.

 

[RCowboyFan]

As I have stated I left Fort Worth so my wife could take a job with the Saints, NO really is a unique place, it's much more of a "community" than Dallas but thats because it's not a transplant city any where near the level Dallas is and It's much much smaller population wise and not the sprawaling metro-plex like DFW is. It's apples and oranges....

YEah, it has more European outlook than any other city in USA. I.e. the Lazy town, enjoy your life and food/music etc. type of city. But if you want to succeed and have great drive to be successful, I don't think New Orleans is a town to live in.

Dallas is more of business type of atmosphere, which kind of explains the crowds at stadium sometimes. Bottom line, if you want to enjoy life and have a party, I would go to New Orleans. If I want a serious career and have options of careers, I would rather live in Dallas. Or some other city like chicago/New York etc.