New Orleans is one of the most distinctive cities in North America. It’s position at The mouth where it borders on two great rivers. Although there exist many heritages found nowhere else like jazz music born here so thank goodness. New Orleans is a city of paradox and contrast: it has nevertheless preserved an exuberant and uninhibited spirit, perhaps best exemplified by its Carnival season, which culminates in the famous annual Mardi Gras, when more than a million people throng the streets. The city also has a solid economic base.