Rebirth and resentment in New Orleans

Amid an influx of money and newcomers, some locals worry about the city's soul

Swamplands near New Orleans
(Image credit: REUTERS/Carlos Barria)

ON THE "SLIVER by the river," the stretch of precious high ground snug against the Mississippi, tech companies sprout in gleaming towers, swelling with 20-somethings from New England or the Plains who saw the floods only in pictures.

A new $1 billion medical center rises downtown, tourism has rebounded, the music and restaurant scenes are sizzling, and the economy has been buoyed by billions of federal dollars.

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