“I am from Toronto and our plan was to just visit New Orleans but my friend found this part of the Delta and we decided to spend New Year’s here. I didn’t realize how poor the South is. There are two worlds here, one during the day when everything is slow, but it changes at night. There is so much energy and Ground Zero and Red’s and everything moves to the bass and rhythm of the music. My friends thought it was crazy for us to drive from Canada to the South, especially after the election with Trump. I am gay but nothing has happened and everyone has been so welcoming. People talk to us in the streets right away. That doesn’t happen in Toronto. My grandmother died suddenly during the night in 2010 and I wasn’t able to say goodbye. That has affected how I make my decisions and I realized life is short. I was living in France and moved to Canada. I didn’t know anyone there but I just picked it. That was six years ago and I don’t want to go back.  It was also about being here last night, it is a long ride back to Toronto, but I would do it all over again.”