what are other slangs for new orleans or areas in new orleans?
2006-12-18 06:34:39 · 3 answers · asked by miss me! 4 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
New Orleans is called the Crescent City because of the shape the Mississippi River forms as it winds next to the city. It is shaped like a crescent or half-moon. Other nicknames: The Big Easy, and now Blue Roof City (refers to all of the homes that still have huge blue tarps in place of the roofs which have not been rebuilt after Katrina yet).
2006-12-18 06:40:09 · answer #1 · answered by dcgirl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The city's has several nicknames. "Crescent City" alludes to the course of the Mississippi River around and through the city; "The Big Easy" was possibly a reference by musicians in the early 1900's to the relative ease of finding work there, but most New Orleanians attribute the term to the city being more carefree and slowed down than cities like New York (the Big Apple); "The City that Care Forgot" refers to the outwardly easy-going, carefree nature of many of the residents.
2016-05-23 04:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was so named in in 1837, when a hot air balloonist described a beautiful crescent in the river. Newspapers picked it up and started calling NO the Crescent City.
It's also called the Big Easy or The City That Care Forgot.
2006-12-18 06:40:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋