New Orleans
At what point do you try to rebuild and at what point do you cut bait?
Granted, if I'd just bought a house there and was banking on a good job for me and my husband (as is the situation of a close friend), I'd stubbornly hang on. But way out here, on the other side of the country where I'm considerably out of reach of hurricanes, I think maybe the Gulf wants New Orleans back. It seems like a wise idea to just let her keep it.
posted by Jessica @ 11:17 PM
4 Comments:
I think when even the mayor is saying its time to go, its probably time to go. but we're a stubborn species. So good luck to everyone who's sticking it out.I'm rooting for you.
I would love to see a new, environment friendly, hurricane proof, architecturally beautiful New Orleans rise phoenix like from the mud. But this would be hugely expensive. Bigger than the 40 billion $ the world health authority thinks it would take to eliminate world hunger. Or about 10% of the US defence spending for 2005.
The brief history of New Orleans:
It's either burning, under water, or there's one hell of a party going on.
It's the last of the three that makes people want to stay,
Yeharr
I agree. I think the city needs to be abandoned at this point.
I'm too much in love with the city to write it off, and as bad as it is, it would be a pretty incredible event to cause it to just close down for good. The waters will subside, order will be restored. It will take time, but it will happen.
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