Why do they allow New Orleans to be rebuilt when it could easily be destroyed again?

Question

It seems to me that all of the money spent in rebuilding should have been spent on relocating. It's a death trap! Sure the dams and such are better now, but it's still a loaded gun pointed at all of the people there. It's going to cost people BILLIONS again sometime. Just call it for what it is and realize that it's not worth billions to keep rebuilding. The people there will be better off also, so it's not just money I'm thinking of here...

I'm sure someone will say something like "culture" and "unique city". I call BS on that because I ask you, what's more important than your own life and the ones you love?

Answer 1

because people have lived there all their lvies and want to rebuild, and its one of those things that you cant really say "no" to without looking like a total a$$ hole and riling up tensions so politicians just give them however much money they want even though rebuilding elsewhere is without a question the logical thing to do. plus youd probably get called a racist.

i could hardly tell what damage the flood caused and what was there before, the place was a dump to begin with

Answer 2

Ok... the people who were mostly effected by the hurricanes in New Orleans were the poor people. The ones in the bad areas where the levees broke. Do you really think they have any say in what is or isn't being rebuilt? NO. I sincerely doubt it. They didn't even have the resources to get out of New Orleans in the first place before the storm hit. So, I'm pretty sure they aren't the ones "rebuilding" the city. And its not just New Orleans. Florida, Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, etc. They are in hurricane territory. They always get hurricanes and tornadoes. Some worse than others of course. But, the situation is not just limited to New Orleans. So, who is doing the rebuilding? The Government and Investors out there. Why are they allowing it? Because they want to make money. True, a Katrina situation could, and probably will happen all over again. But, they won't worry about it until the time comes.

Answer 3

speaking from the heart as a fellow new orleanian, we do need to rebuild our city and if it takes billions then so be it because what people are failing to realize is , this is "HOME" to most of us some not having any other place to call home and really if your not from there you cant understand we love our town its where most of us was born and raised and some still plan to die there but by natural causes , so whats wrong with us trying to give ourselves a make over for a better new orleans to more equiped for the next disater and the next and if that takes billions so be it , miss, florida, and other places rebuild so what new orleans is beyond help , no i dont think so , we love our city and i for one belivev we will survive

Answer 4

But, think of this, the people that had their homes destroyed, it's their home, the place they are used to, where they grew up and made a life and family! Would you want to just up and move if you were forced to, more than likely not, you would want to stay at your roots, rebuild your life in a place where you are comfortable! But i see what your saying, in anothere sense, it is going to cost a lot of money, but it would cost just as much to have those people up and move and get new homes somewhere else! But they already went through a huge tragedy, and leaving what they know would be even more of a tragedy!

Answer 5

nicely, turn the placement around. could you like your section to be rebuilt if vast floods and winds destroyed it? Or an earthquake? Do you ask the comparable question of CA while wildfires ruin land and domicile after domicile? Forgive me in boost if I look a sprint offended by making use of your question. i'm a sprint offended b/c it variety of feels as in case you would be perturbed in the event that they did ought to rebuild. As an entire life resident of l. a. and a 11 year resident of an area 30 miles north of recent Orleans, i will say that sure, that's amazingly frightening and nerve wracking. For the sake of it truly is citizens, i desire that the city continues to be alive and nicely. for clean Orleans is the main to our subculture right here interior the massive effortless. I initiate my evacuation early interior the a.m. and that i watch for my return to the section. no matter what condition it truly is in at that factor.

Answer 6

Well lets see I lived in New Orleans now I live in texas and i can say there is nothing like New Orleans its a great city I miss it, but yeah youre right your life is more important but I think they spend so much on cause it has History I dont mean history like whats happening , I mean the French Quarter history for real , if you've never been there you wont undertsand!

Answer 7

Why do we make our beds......we are just going to sleep in them.
Why do we flush.....we are just going to do it again
Why do we kiss anyone goodbye......we are going to see them again in 8 hours.
Why do we bathe........still going to get dirty
Why do we vote......it doesn't really matter anyway

OK....I will stop. I can't give you a valid reason why people would want to rebuild a place that they have known (for most)
their entire lives. I am too much of a humanitarian for that.

We can't STOP the rebuilding.....so why don't we find out if better plans are in place. Stringent warning systems, area officals and law enforcement.....trained this time, better built dams.....etc.

Peace

Answer 8

just because something goes wrong that doesn't mean that you have to run from your problems. Before the hurricane hit, the city was very popular and many people loved to visit. The other reason is because this could technically happen anywhere-so that is like saying why even build anything because it's going to fall apart anyways.

Answer 9

And who gets to decide which cities get rebuilt?

Should we prohibit people from building homes in tornado country? That costs billions of dollars every year.

What about all those people next to rivers that flood annually?

And people living in the shadow of Mt. St. Helens?

Answer 10

Well, it shouldn't just sit there. It should be made to live and yes it could be destroyed again. Or if that isn't good enough, people should just move out of there.