Fourteen months have passed since Hurricane Katrina， but residents of the Crescent City are finding it harder than ever to rebuild their lives， much less hold on to their unique cultural identity. Some have become expatriates in distant cities. The insurance checks that never arrived for homeowners were followed by the bureaucratic nightmare that was the Road Home program， and a land-grab is underway as developers and disaster capitalists press their advantage. Crime and drug use are up， and corruption and graft are endemic， with civic institutions unable to counter any of it. And yet the culture of New Orleans somehow endures生命可以归结为一种简单的选择：要么忙于生存，要么赶着去死。
