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• The city of New Orleans offers a colophony of sights and sounds, a medley unknown anywhere else in the American South.
• Best known for its historic districts - the French Quarter, the Garden District and Uptown - the city also includes the fashionable Warehouse District with its upscale condo developments as well as the once thriving and now recovering Lakeview and New Orleans East neighborhoods.
• These are just some of the communities that make New Orleans special.
• New Orleans residential neighborhoods offer home buyers an array of choices. There are single family homes, large and small condo developments and a significant number of multi-family homes.
• Prices range from affordable condos and cottages to mansions selling for millions of dollars.
• With its urban lifestyle unlike any other, the City of New Orleans is certainly an interesting place to live.

Fun Facts

• The City of New Orleans was named after Philippe II, the Duke of Orleans and Regent of France.
• New Orleans was founded by the French Mississippi Company under the command of Jean-Batiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville in 1718 on land occupied by the Chitimacha, a Native American tribe.
• The city remained under French control until 1763 when it was ceded to Spain. In 1801, New Orleans returned to French control. Much of the city's historic architecture - especially that in the French Quarter - was heavily influenced by the the three decades of Spanish rule.
• In 1803, New Orleans and the rest of the Louisiana Territory was sold by France to the United States.
• During the early 1800s, thousands of French speaking Creoles settled in New Orleans after a revolution in Haiti. That Creole infusion made an indelible mark, one that remains to this day in our food and culture.
• Over the course of the 1830s and 1840s, New Orleans grew to become the third largest city in the United States and one of the wealthiest.
• New Orleans has been given several nicknames over the years.
  • One of the most popular is the "Crescent City" due to the shape of the Mississippi River as it sweeps past the city.
  • The nickname "The Big Easy" has a couple of suspected origins. Early 20th century musicians used that name for the city because of the ease of finding work here. Later in the Prohibition era, New Orleans was considered a giant speak-easy due to government's inability to control alcohol sales in violation of the 18th Amendment.
  • "The City that Care Forgot" has been around since the 1930s and describes the carefree nature of many of the city's residents.
• New Orleans enjoys a rich heritage and culture, and a list of interesting facts can go on for a very long time. We recommend that you come see for yourself!