New Orleans is a city of love. It appreciates the lives of all living creatures. The Big Easy is big hearted. It cherishes all with no regard to their flaws. Therefore, Johnny Smith comes repeatedly to this loving realization as he visits various neighborhoods of the city. He observes this fine quality as he comes in contact with interesting persons in all levels of society. He notices it all with good humor and laughs at the missteps of human nature including many of his own. Also, of great importance to him is trying to discover who will be the main object of his romantic desires as he travels throughout the city's diverse metropolitan communities. He soon discovers that finding his true love is a hard grind towards final success but has as compensation lots of affectionate adventures as well as thrilling moments in "The City That Care Forgot." Richard Edgar Zwez knows intimately that New Orleans is a romantic city. It brings forth rivers of joy in its parades and festivities that include all of its residents, as well as extending an invitation to all visitors who would like to participate. The author is well aware of this since both as a child and as an adult he experienced the warm-hearted and welcoming spirit of the Big Easy as a grade school student and while he attended the University of New Orleans for his BA degree and Tulane University for his MA degree. He came to cherish the contacts he had with all sorts of persons in the various and diverse interesting neighborhoods of this cosmopolitan metropolis. And as an educator he further extended his feelings for the caring attitude of the city residents. He also became aware of the love felt by those engaged in their search for romance.