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**crestosssa** · 12-02-2007, 11:28 PM

Since I.J. is just trolling, do you think it's ok to be off-topic in this thread? I'd like to know what Benjamin thinks about the post-Katrina rebuilding project.

Well, it's okay.

Post Katrina? I'm sad to admit that I have not studied the situation as closely as I should have, but there are some things are are clear to me, as I live near the area.

First, New Orleans will never be what it once was. The only thing that kept the city from being the Detroit of the south was the culture. That's pretty much gone, or at least pushed back irrevocably from pre-Katrina levels. I don't see it coming back.

Second, I think that the best hope of New Orleans might be the bulldozing of housing projects and the development of private land. I don't think that having thousands upon thousands of people living in a bowl without proper means of transportation is healthy. Simply put, ghetto culture needs to be de-emphasized. In these terms, I hope and pray New Orleans will not be as it once was.

~Ben

12-02-2007, 11:28 PM	#25
crestosssa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 538 Senior Member	Since I.J. is just trolling, do you think it's ok to be off-topic in this thread? I'd like to know what Benjamin thinks about the post-Katrina rebuilding project. Well, it's okay. Post Katrina? I'm sad to admit that I have not studied the situation as closely as I should have, but there are some things are are clear to me, as I live near the area. First, New Orleans will never be what it once was. The only thing that kept the city from being the Detroit of the south was the culture. That's pretty much gone, or at least pushed back irrevocably from pre-Katrina levels. I don't see it coming back. Second, I think that the best hope of New Orleans might be the bulldozing of housing projects and the development of private land. I don't think that having thousands upon thousands of people living in a bowl without proper means of transportation is healthy. Simply put, ghetto culture needs to be de-emphasized. In these terms, I hope and pray New Orleans will not be as it once was. ~Ben
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