re: What is the big deal with New Orleans?

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Posted by Rickety Cricket
Early morning bait will catch some fish

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The only reason I would live in Nola was for hunting/fishing; but we have great hunting/fishing close to Houston, so that's a wash.

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Posted by LSU8654722
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I can't agree that New Orleans contributes anything except best Creole food in the country. After that.....what?


This is a common Texan's opinion. You view a good city as one that makes progress quickly, and offers it's citizens a multitude of options in business, sports, and entertainment. You have that in Houston, so why insult NOLA?
NOLA is just different, and that's why it's so attractive to tourists. It's unique, and loaded with history since it was here before this was the U.S. And to be honest, the citizens really don't care if they're not like Houston or Atlanta. They figure if you want a Houston experience, then you'd go to Houston. You say Houston > NO, NO says IDGAF.

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I'd say the same thing about Nola ppl. Half the reason I can't stand visiting is the dismissive, confrontational, IDGAF where you from NO is better.

Lower Ninth Ward sir

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It looks like Algiers is a penis playing Just the Tip the rest of New Orleans.

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I wonder if things would be any different if another one came rolling in?
I understand old people and handicap people but there was lots of able well bodies people that chose to stay.
Lots of mad at the govt instead of personal responsibility.


I'd like to think these people would take heed and get out.
Something tells me it would unfold just like last time.
I hope I'm wrong, that was terrible.

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I think that it is still close enough to Katrina that if another storm came in, then ppl would get the freak out of NOLA. However if it goes another 20 years and Katrina fades from memory and NOLA survives a few smaller storms ppl might be tempted to stay. Hopefully either way the new protection systems work, but I don't put much faith in Uncle Sam or the USCOE.

To the OP: Are you really that butthurt over NOLA?

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Posted by oldcharlie8
NO's a good place to visit. especially if you've never been to Africa



FIFY

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There will be a banning in this thread...

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I can't stand visiting is the dismissive, confrontational, IDGAF where you from NO is better.

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They're not saying it's "better", they just don't care.

If Katrina 2.0 came this summer, everyone would leave, and the protection systems would by and large hold just fine. They are all still very new.

20-30 years from now, you will have an entire generation that never went through Katrina. The protection systems will have been neglected, there will be tons of unperformed maintenance, cause no one wants to pay for it. The levees will have sunk another foot or two. And, we'll have 20-30 years more of coastal erosion. IF Katrina 2.0 hit then, I would expect a similar result to 2005.

And at that point, the city's only hope will be a group of politicians that have the balls to do the right thing and limit rebuilding to certain areas of the city.