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Nola has the most shipping tonnage of any port in the hemisphere. There's many billions of dollars of port and plant infrastructure there. Its way cheaper and
by nickthemagicman 5y ago
Nola has the most shipping tonnage of any port in the hemisphere.
There's many billions of dollars of port and plant infrastructure there.
Its way cheaper and easier just to rebuild the city every few years and pay to buffer it against disaster than to relocate all of that.
Just like it's easier to keep a legacy code base that's working and making money than fully rebuild it.
Nola's not going anywhere anytime soon.
- justinator 5y agoYou're right! There's too much money invested - and to be made! People will just have to suffer. Let's keep our focus on what's important.
- nickthemagicman 5y agoI think most people there would rather the rich chaos of New Orleans than the cultural blandness of the rest of the country. "America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland" - Tennessee Williams Am currently evacuated from Ida, and drove all the way to Kentucky from Nola and from what I'm seeing so far, can confirm that quote is depressingly accurate. Why does the rest of the country look like one giant strip mall from coast to coast? What happened to America?
- justinator 5y agoYeah, that was sarcasm. Also eat orphans.
- nickthemagicman 5y agoIn New Orleans they would throw anything in a frier. Have a fried Orphan and catfish basket.
- selimthegrim 5y agoAm in DC, but I toast you with an imaginary glass of Early Times.
- nickthemagicman 5y agoCheers to you too! Glad we're safe, the levies held, and the city appears to be coming back faster than expected.
- selimthegrim 5y agoI mean, the food isn't _that_ much worse in Morgan City long term.
- nickthemagicman 5y agoI bet there's amazing food there. They just don't have the Alcoholism. Also, if the Old River control system ever fails Morgan City will be the next New Orleans. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_River_Control_Structure https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_River_Control_Structure