New Orleans' dysfunctional relationship with its environment may make it the nation's most improbable metropolis. It is flood prone. It is cursed with a fertile disease environment. It is located along a well-worn pathway that tropical storms travel from the Atlantic to the nation's interior. From this perspective, New Orleans has earned all the scorn being heaped upon it—the city is a misguided urban project, a fool's errand, a disaster waiting to happen.
Did you ever wonder why they built a city in a bowl below sea level? Well Josh Marshall's buddy from graduate school, Ari Kelman, explains over at Slate.
New Orleans' blessing; New Orleans' curse.
It answers a lot of the questions I had. Go check it out.
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