Cancer+ Posted August 31, 2008 Report Posted August 31, 2008 Now that Gustav (what a gay !@#$%^&*ing name) is moving in. The mayor ordered a "get the !@#$%^&* out of New Orleans" evacuation. I just want to hear some discussion on this. What is this going to do to the people who were there for Katrina?What is this going to do to New Orleans as a city?What do you think the government will do this time around? Personally, if I lived in NO, and this is the second time this happened, I would move somewhere. This is two times in a short amount of years. You can't live a life like that. I also think, because this will be the second time in this short amount of time...it's going to ruin New Orleans reputation. Whether this is a party city or not...noone is going to want to move down there and live. It's going to ruin the economy of this city. I think the government and Bush will be a lot better this time around. Just for the fact that last time they were pretty much labeled for Katrina. Bush is leaving office and wants a good reputation so he will help out. Your thoughts?
PoLiX Posted August 31, 2008 Report Posted August 31, 2008 To be honest, if you think that'd chase people away... look at Florida as a whole. That entire state sees more tornados and hurricanes than anywhere else in the US, yet lots of people still live there.
FMBI Posted August 31, 2008 Report Posted August 31, 2008 Bleh, I had a big reply typed out earlier, but it was kinda jumbled and incoherent, so I decided to replace it with a small reply that, while still being jumbled, might hopefully be more coherent. Er.. I'm with Polix. Probably 10-20,000 of the best-educated and wealthiest New Orleaners (?) will permanently leave after Gustav goes through, especially if it's handled badly (which it probably will be, even now that Bush got religion on the disaster relief issue) - but the majority of the city's population will stick around. It's got a population of 275,000, with a metro of about 1.1 million - there's simply no way that you can move that many people from a fairly rich city into a poor, rural, and underemployed countryside and expect to get away without riots or anarchy. Also, even after Katrina, New Orleans has still got infrastructure worth hundreds of billions at the least. It's a lot simpler to pay $40,000 to repair a $150,000 house or office than to start over from scratch in a new area, where you don't know if you can get customers or, for that matter, workers. In fact, if I may propose an utterly (I hope, anyway) unconventional viewpoint - Gustav might trigger a net immigration, due to a likely panic-sellout of some of the best properties and businesses in the area, which could lure in Texans and ambitious Mississippans. The mini-boom might not last long, but, combined with the exodus of NO's current elite, could cause a definite power shift as far as economics and city politics are concerned.
AstroProdigy Posted August 31, 2008 Report Posted August 31, 2008 New Orleans is shaped like a bowl. The poorest areas are of course in the middle of the bowl and are prone to flooding. Frankly there really shouldn't be settlements in the middle and that part would be better off turned into a little forest. You'd also need to turn land around New Orleans back to the wetlands to be able to prevent sop up more of the flooding. Katrina showed the disastrous response on all levels of government, but Gustav and future hurricanes will show that New Orleans as it exists today is both unsustainable and moronic.
The Real Picard Posted August 31, 2008 Report Posted August 31, 2008 Coincidentially, I've seen in the very near future that New Orleans will be a CLOSED, deserted city soon. Actually it will be relocated about 40 miles North after this Hurricane. A few people will try and live out their remaining days there by all in all, this storm will be the end of New Orleans as we know it. Yes, I know this.
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