[Mr. Bird]

This is an interesting economic petri dish, and I say that without any disrespect to those affected by Katrina.

If you move a fully functioning labor force from one locale to another (and it does not cause untenable physical conditions), what happens?

[Paleo Conservative]

If you move a fully functioning labor force from one locale to another (and it does not cause untenable physical conditions), what happens?

It already happened 105 years ago after the Galveston storm of September 8, 1900. Galveston used to be the deep water port for Texas. Now it is just a tourist town. Houston is now the economic center of the Texas gulf coast.