Leaving New Orleans, heading back to New York

Everyone has a complicated relationship with New Orleans, and I'm no exception.  For the past few years, I've found the level of difficulty in living here to outweigh the benefits--because it is incredibly difficult here.  The weather is difficult.  The economy is difficult.  The degree of denial that people require in order to survive is difficult.  But when I was offered a job in New York a few months ago, my first thought was not relief but regret.  Still, I'm...