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I agree.

And I am watching the build back NO versus the Plow it under debate with so much sadness.

NO is gone, it is gone. A port can be built back, the Quarter can be preserved, uptown will be okay. But NO is gone.

The people I am seeing, alot of them too, don't want to go back. They are finding other places, looking for other places. Making other plans. Actually maybe it is like Reconstruction after the Civil War.

I don't think I am pessimistic, I just think that nature had its way with a place that was built on shaky ground. And somethings are too expensive to be redone. And you cannot rebuild and old city, just can't.

"NO is gone"

That was my first thought on seeing the levees flood over yesterday.

IMO, The flood protection infrastructure was minimally maintained and now it's been compromised to the point of failure. Until that is restored there will be no rebuilding. And the scope involved in securing the miles and miles of levees in NO and surrounds will prove to be financially unfeasible.

As you said, the Downtown, Quarter, Garden District and port will be restored. The remainder will become a park or some other non residential use.