Editing Supernatural Law: New Orleans (section)

==New Orleans==
The City has many nicknames. The Big Easy. NOLA. Crescent City. The City that Care Forgot. It is the most populous city in Louisiana, with 384 000 people in the City itself and 1 271 000 people in the Greater Metropolitan Area. New Orleans is world-renowned for its distinctive music, Creole cuisine, unique dialects, and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras.

The city has been described as the "most unique" in the United States, owing in large part to its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. This applies to the supernatural residents as well. New Orleans beats even Boston, the Hub of the Universe, in the diversity of supernatural inhabitants. Vampires, werewolves, elementals, fey, and even more unique beings call New Orleans home.

The City that Care Forgot does have its problems. New Orleans has a high rate of violent crime, and this is true for the Occult Crimes Division as well. While not every call ends up in a shootout, the detectives need to be ready for trouble.

New Orleans is also still suffering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina that struck the City nearly two decades ago. New development has led to gentrification, new residents buying property in formerly close-knit communities, and displacing longtime residents. This is an especially big problem when blissfully unaware people move into what used to be a supernatural community.

And in addition to trouble, Katrina also stirred up beings that would have been better left at rest...

One major leftover from the hurricane is the Water Court. Over 80% of New Orleans flooded, water elementals moved in, and now they are here to stay. The elementals were initially unused to dealing with humans on the scale necessary, but things have since settled down. Water Court is fiercely independent though, and every now and then a problem arises that needs to be moderated.