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I'd choose Orlando in current times. However if I had like a time machine to go back to the past, I'd choose New Orleans, could you imagine experiencing that city during it's prime?
Nola is fun... but not a place to live at all. Its extremely dangerous, prone to catastrophic hurricanes, limited job opportunities and has swampy weather and is not close to great beaches (the only natural environment pro of living in the south for me personally, if theres limited topography differences)
Extremely dangerous is a stretch. Catastrophic hurricanes is too, the last one was in 2005, and before I was born. Orlando also has swampy weather. The swamp is a natural environment that attracts lots of visitors. Bayou and alligator tours are big with tourists. Louisiana is also the game state for a reason, good hunting and fishing south ans north of the city.
Extremely dangerous is a stretch. Catastrophic hurricanes is too, the last one was in 2005, and before I was born. Orlando also has swampy weather. The swamp is a natural environment that attracts lots of visitors. Bayou and alligator tours are big with tourists. Louisiana is also the game state for a reason, good hunting and fishing south ans north of the city.
Also, let's not forget a ton of the damage was caused because of either failure or intentional damage to the levees.
Since then there has been improvements to the levees and also massive gates were built to battle storm surge into Lake Borgne. Today's New Orleans is still in a precarious location but some of the vulnerabilities have been addressed
Also, let's not forget a ton of the damage was caused because of either failure or intentional damage to the levees.
Since then there has been improvements to the levees and also massive gates were built to battle storm surge into Lake Borgne. Today's New Orleans is still in a precarious location but some of the vulnerabilities have been addressed
Right. The city was fine after the storm passed, as far as wind and rain damage. They call it the Great Wall of Louisiana.
New Orleans is the 2nd most dangerous big city in USA and has been declining massively in the past few years. I wouldn't touch it with a 20 foot pole as a long-term home base. Beautiful city and fun place to visit though.
New Orleans is the 2nd most dangerous big city in USA and has been declining massively in the past few years. I wouldn't touch it with a 20 foot pole as a long-term home base. Beautiful city and fun place to visit though.
Source?
It's more stagnant than declining. The urban core is still building and increasing density. Major projects like the WTC being renovated are still going on.
New Orleans is the 2nd most dangerous big city in USA and has been declining massively in the past few years. I wouldn't touch it with a 20 foot pole as a long-term home base. Beautiful city and fun place to visit though.
This. IMO, the current state of the city; ie. crime issues, dwindling economy, inefficient local government, etc. are driving the downfall of New Orleans, more so than geographical challenges like hurricanes which affect the entire region, not just New Orleans..
Not only is Orlando a better city in general, but it also crushes New Orleans in all of the categories listed above..
From the surface, New Orleans is one of the more overrated cities in the country. Great entertainment and tourism, I can get that in Orlando. Orlando is cleaning up New Orleans pretty handily in other metrics of relevance...
New Orleans has always been one of CD's favorite cities, people ready to fight if you have a criticism of it no matter how valid...
I also think Florida is overrated but there is a very rare scenario I'd choose New Orleans over any of the big Florida cities, besides Miami (I would take NO over Miami)...
Someone who has been to both, which city feels larger, does New Orleans feel comparably sized to Orlando? People will say New Orleans feels larger than it actually is (people have also said it feels small too though), give a descriptive on what weight class it feels like it belongs to...
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