New Orleans and LA

guidomerkinsrules said
to me the biggest distinction is that LA is a mythology of a naive future whereas NO is a mythology of a creatively retold past

also one of the things the article didn't even approach mentioning
NO is the anchor of the 2nd phase of the expansion of America and LA was the last (4th) phase

Good points. Much more could have been said indeed. I like the author's statement nonetheless. It is a very appropriate riposte to the quasi fictional last section of the LA times article: https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-rams-saints-plaschke-20190117-story.html