The 10-year anniversary of the devastating hurricane that wrecked New Orleans, Katrina, is sure to bring up a lot of emotions — but how much as the city “risen up” since then in terms of its economy and culture?

Billions of dollars have been pumped into New Orleans in order to help the city recover, and volunteers flooded the area to lend a helping hand in its time of need, according to an Associated Press report.

New Orleans responded well, rebounding solidly in the last decade in a way that many people didn’t think possible, and reforms in schools, policing, and — perhaps most important — water management. That way, when the next storm hits, they’ll be a lot more ready.

However, all is not necessarily well in New Orleans. Even those who praise the city for rising up and sparking a rebirth note that there are still big problems, and many of these problems are the same ones that faced the city before Katrina.

For one thing, the city is going through its own gentrification problem: this newer New Orleans is now more expensive to live in, and it’s driving long-time African-Americans away. Meanwhile, the notorious Lower 9th Ward that was flooded by the hurricane is starting to see its murder rate rise again.

So those who say that everything is a lot better will sound very different than the other people who will talk about how things are so much worse, and they may both be right.

Katrina wreaked havoc on the city, creating a situation where there was up to 20 feet of flooded water, and 80 percent of the city was flooded. It was one of the most powerful storms to have ever struck American soil in recorded history.