So that makes it less tragic to lose it? I'm sure the people that lived there don't think so. You are too pragmatic for your own good, or anyone else's. And you sound just like the MSM, elevating NOLA above everyone and everything else.
And don't split hairs about floodwaters. Everyone here knows that NOLA would have survived flooding had state and local authorities spent the money on upkeep of levees instead of other stuff, Katrina notwithstanding. Katrina didn't flood NOLA. Corrupt and inept leaders did nothing to prevent her from doing so. And there's a difference, which you cannot see.
Didn't say that.
----You are too pragmatic for your own good, or anyone else's. And you sound just like the MSM, elevating NOLA above everyone and everything else.----
Never did that, either. I pointed out the reason why Rita was much less destructive than Katrina and why the media coverage of N.O. is justified.
-Dan