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Metairie, LA
Metairie sits directly adjacent to New Orleans along the higher, more flood-resistant ridge of land that gives the area its name — "metairie" derives from a French term for a sharecropping arrangement once common on the plantations that occupied the land before suburban development took over in the 20th century. The community saw a substantial population influx after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, as many New Orleans residents whose homes had flooded relocated to Metairie's comparatively higher ground, accelerating growth trends that had already been building in the unincorporated Jefferson Parish suburb for decades. Lakeside Shopping Center, one of the larger regional malls in the greater New Orleans area, anchors a substantial commercial corridor along Veterans Memorial Boulevard that's made Metairie a significant retail destination for the entire metro area, not just its own residents. Metairie's combination of higher, less flood-prone ground relative to much of New Orleans proper, a substantial post-Katrina population influx, and significant regional retail development has made it the largest and most consistently populous suburb anywhere in the greater New Orleans metropolitan area.
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Chalmette, LA
Chalmette is the site of the Battle of New Orleans, fought on January 8, 1815, in which General Andrew Jackson's forces decisively defeated a larger British army in the final major battle of the War of 1812 — a victory that, due to the slow transatlantic communication of the era, actually took place after a peace treaty had already been signed, though word hadn't yet reached either army. Chalmette National Battlefield, part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, preserves the battlefield grounds and a national cemetery on the site, giving the small St. Bernard Parish community direct stewardship of one of the most significant battle sites in American military history. The community was devastated by Hurricane Katrina's storm surge in 2005, with St. Bernard Parish suffering some of the most severe and near-total flooding of the entire New Orleans metro area, and Chalmette's subsequent rebuilding has made it a frequently cited case study in Gulf Coast disaster recovery. Chalmette's combination of hosting one of the most historically significant battlefields in American history and its severe Katrina flooding and subsequent rebuilding has made it one of the most historically and recently consequential suburbs anywhere in the greater New Orleans metropolitan area.
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