The French Quarter is mostly okay, because it was on high ground. In the original city, the
wealthy and the businesses were built on high ground.
It's the lowlands that got flooded, and, because that's the floodplains, it was undesirable
land. That's what was available to the poor, the slaves, and the underclasses.
The "City" (what the tourists think as New Orleans) is mostly okay and will be
restored/rebuilt. But the parts of the city that tourists never saw (the ghetto) could
change completely. I can't imagine that Bush would build tens of thousands of houses there.
Developers are probably salivating over the idea of "improving" that area, now that the
Blacks have been washed away.
Something that hasn't been mentioned is the extreme corruption and decadence of the city's
services. The police is nearly a criminal organization, with corruption, bribery, and
violence. How this political infrastructure is going to deal with the bonanza of $200
billion in reconstruction money...
We're looking at a huge mess.
yrs, andreas www.andreas.com
Paul Stone wrote:
I was under the impression that apart from a bit of wind damage, the French Quarter is pretty much all right. Of course that might just be my ignorance talking.
This seems to be true (not that it's just your ignorance talking but that the French Quarter is now high and dry).
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