I’ve always regretted taking a job to support my wife and three kids
before finishing my doctoral dissertation in political science. Now I’m
not so sure it wasn’t the right thing to do, at least if this guy is any gauge:

“Honestly, the French Quarter is cleaner than it’s ever been in 22
years,” said resident Mike Howell, who has a doctorate in political
science and tells fortunes for a living in Jackson Square, the bustling
core of the city.