Chances are if you rent affordably in New Orleans, your days may be numbered.  And when you seek your next lease, the hood you now call home may have effectively priced you out.  Such is the path of desirability and real estate.  Supply and demand will either keep you cozy in your digs or scrapping for the leftovers, and even the latter have been known to gouge too.  The Crescent City on the whole races on in an uber competitive rental market, but some areas – for example, Bywater – possess a hyper-draw that even the trust-funded are now finding uncool.  What gives?  You know the answer.  The tried and true recipe of gentrification requires a heaping two cups of unwashed hipster before a neighborhood can be cooked for mass consumption, and ladies and gentlemen, you may now safely stick a fork in Bywater.  She’s done. Continue reading »