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| New Orleans compared to South Africa (Super Bowl article) Posted by MrLSU LINK  on 2/4 at 2:14 pm"The Super Dome is supposed to stand, in post-hurricane, post-levees New Orleans as a symbol of the city’s resurgence. It’s also supposed to stand as a symbol of the city’s reborn tourism industry and status as an “event town” ready to be the Mecca for Fortune 500 companies and the hottest happenings in sports. But this economic comeback, with an emphasis on low-paying, zero-benefits service-industry jobs, has had another effect as well: widening inequality. The poverty rate is up to 29 percent, 8 percent higher than in 2007 when the city was still rebuilding after the Hurricane. Child poverty is up to 42 percent and the Lower Ninth Ward has seen its population drop by 80 percent in the last decade." "When South Africa hosted the World Cup, the European Press was filled with denunciations of this choice, because surely “a developing nation” wouldn’t have the wherewithal to host an event of such status and magnitude. What does the thirty-four-minute blackout—caused by too much electricity—say about this country?" Reply • Back to Top |
| Consider your source before posting...brosef. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Nothing. shite happens. Reply • Back to Top |
| Poli board. Reply • Back to Top |
You guys are mad  Reply • Back to Top |
| There are ways out of poverty. It's called WORK! Reply • Back to Top |
quote: nothing, this article says a lot about the author Reply • Back to Top |
quote: It says this author is making an embarrassingly desperate reach. Reply • Back to Top |
| Our electrical grids are in bad need of updating. Especially in the Northeast. Reply • Back to Top |
| These blackouts are much more common than most people think. In the last few years, I've seen blackouts in Germany, Australia, France, Scotland, and Spain. Even L.A. has had numerous blackouts at stadiums during sporting events. Reply • Back to Top |
| I fricking hate journalists. Reply • Back to Top |
| Lower 9 has seen 80% population drop in the last decade? I wonder why that is? Reply • Back to Top |
| So the lower 9th has less people and the author equates that to RISING poverty??? The damn system had an issue because they ran a halftime show with enough juice to power South Africa for a month. I completely understand that NOLA is not for everyone. But outside of the low socioeconomic violent crime, it's pretty obvious that the city is trending in a very positive direction in many different ways. This post was edited on 2/4 at 3:15 pm Reply • Back to Top |
| (no message) This post was edited on 2/4 at 3:42 pm Reply • Back to Top |
| he actually didn't really compare the situations as much as contrast them Reply • Back to Top |
quote: Because they all moved to BR Reply • Back to Top |
| Plenty truth but those dead end jobs are typically stop gap not career choices! Reply • Back to Top |
quote: the recent forbes articles disagree with this Reply • Back to Top |
| go to the Chalmette Wal-Mart one day Reply • Back to Top |
| Dude bitches about the poverty in NOLA then laments the fact that the SB "Only" creates low-level temporary jobs........Are we to believe that if the SB created CEO type jobs, the people who are now (regrettably?) missing from the lower 9 would successfully fill those jobs? Reply • Back to Top • Refresh |
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