N.O. wasn't a bathtub when it was established as a city, if you knew anything about history, you'd at least know that...
Boy...talking about straining on a gnat and swallowing a camel....talk about splitting hairs.
I know all about NOLA. OF course the French Quarter wasn't established in a bathtub. Duh. But a lot of it was later on once the levies were built...and those...combined with other factors have led to a lot of subsidence of the land. But a good portion of the city...especially the part that flooded...was built under sea level. FACT.