re: Jazzland theme park to return to NOLA?

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There are still thousands of abandon houses there and they want to put an amusement park?

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It's because the East is so big. Bigger than the rest of New Orleans actually, and has so few residents. Some areas have cleaned up significantly since Katrina. There are some nice areas actually off of Reed and Bullard. But the idea is to draw people from around the area, and then hopefully start building up areas around it.
If you look at most theme parks in the country, they were built on the outskirts of cities. Disneyworld was built in an undeveloped swamp.

Now I get comparing Jazzland to Disney or even Astroworld (RIP) is laughable. But it gave the people in this area an option. Now they can just put in more shade, and misters and it would be fine.

People will go, on average NOLA residents have more disposable income now, than Katrina. Also new barriers and levees should protect against another Katrina.