[Condor51]

I could be wrong, but I believe the 'brain drain' occurred in 1801 when Spain 'gave' N.O. back to the Frogs.

(and I bet Napoleon is laughing his butt off now on how he screwed Jefferson by dumping that hellhole on us)

[lapdog]

You are. Prior to Katrina, New Orleans had one of the finest medical communities in the world. Not my opinion, just a fact. I would guess Jefferson is the one laughing. For 15 million, he doubled the size of the United States overnight and gave the US a port which along with the Mississippi River, allowed the US to become the economic power it is today. Not bad for a hellhole.