Somehow, "Life in the medium size uneasy" just does not have the same ring to it as "Life in the Big Easy". That was my first blog, "Life in the Big Easy". It was followed by "The Katrina Chronicles". Now we are in a "recovery" phase that feels like a hurricane hangover that won't go away. There was and is a perfect trifecta of failure of leadership: federal, state, and city. We all know the complaints and problems. There is no need for me to repeat them here. Instead, I want to focus on what makes New Orleans America's least generic city.