What will N.O. be like 6 months ?

#1 08-31-2005, 05:48 PM

I think a lot of the shops around there will cease to exist and I doubt many new shops will be investing in New Orleans. That place will become a ghetto. New Orleans will lose a lot of money because they relied on tourism which will no longer exist like it used to.

ThaSaltCracka · #2 08-31-2005, 05:50 PM

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That place will become a ghetto.

[/ QUOTE ] There were several places in NO that were incredibly ghetto before Katrina. Look for most of the people who lived there to not return.

swede123 · #3 08-31-2005, 05:50 PM

It may take a bit longer than six months, but I think it will bounce back OK. I mean, the thing New Orleans has always had wasn't great scenery or climate or anything, it was the ambiance and feel of the city. In a few years this will be restored and I think it will do just fine.

Swede

BusterStacks · #4 08-31-2005, 05:51 PM

#5 08-31-2005, 05:53 PM

I don't see it bouncing back. I'm wondering where America is getting the money for all this. Where are they going to find 30 billion ? Will we be paying 50 % taxes in the next 10 years ? If so, they will come down hard on online poker for money.

ThaSaltCracka · #6 08-31-2005, 05:57 PM

I only hope that those in charge of rebuilding consider how damaging having those levies are to the Mississippi delta and how they are affecting flood plans, and wetlands down there. Part of the problem they have down there is that there is no other place for the water to go other than that lake. The wetlands down there have been disappearing rapidly, and those wetlands acted like a sponge [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] for all that excess water.

jokerthief · #7 08-31-2005, 06:04 PM

If they don't have the levies, can they even have a city there?

MyTurn2Raise · #8 08-31-2005, 06:05 PM

no levees...no city

ThaSaltCracka · #9 08-31-2005, 06:10 PM

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If they don't have the levies, can they even have a city there?

[/ QUOTE ]Its a tough balancing act. I know that there have been a lot of studies and work done to try and solve the problem. I think that when the city was smaller, it wasn't so much a problem, but as it grew, and with the near annual flooding, the levies were built. I have no clue when this happened. The citizens got use to having them there though, and it took a long time for the effects of the levies on the delta to materialize. Experts had been warning though about stuff like this for a while. There was even a recent(perhaps 6-8 months ago) article in National Geographic about this very thing. I personally don't think this problem can be solved by simply building bigger levies. This is a tough call, but really, that city should not be there.

#10 09-01-2005, 01:55 AM

Let it sink in to the gulf, and turn Baton Rouge into the major port of the lower Mississippi.