[Ramius]

I don’t completely agree.

New Orleans was Mogadishu long before Katrina ever hit. There were some unique qualities to NO both in the people and the utterly corrupt government that simply won’t be repeated anywhere else.

[zeugma]

There were some unique qualities to NO both in the people and the utterly corrupt government that simply won’t be repeated anywhere everywhere else.

I believe I fixed that to more accurately reflect reality. There are plenty of places in this country with exactly the same combination of entitlement-minded citizens and a corrupt government. It's not universal, but there will certainly be places where things just absolutely fall apart mogadishu style.