Will New Orleans get any new, modern skyscrapers soon? (Metairie: condo, house)

[Chilly Gentilly]

Originally Posted by sconley9922

Also, the buildings we do have around town now don't take away from the "charm". In agreeance with you chilly, more wouldn't hurt.....I hope the demand will be in the works for the years to come.

Yea I get your point. And the demand, due to sheer size of the influx, will most definitely mandate new construction to accommodate.

[sconley9922]

@rburnett....Geographically, new orleans is actually bigger than atl...n.o. 180 square miles..atl 132..its on google. I'm awareof the pass population high of 650k. Not so much houston ify...more like progress new orleans

[rcp11889]

The problem with your idea of spreading out with new interstates is that that is the kind of development that brought this country into a recession. Cities across the country (including NOLA) are growing in the core. This will continue for a while as spread out suburban development is not only passé, but unsustainable (especially in below-sea-level areas like the East.

[annie_himself]

There's too much room in the core to think about spreading anything out.

[rburnett]

Originally Posted by sconley9922

@rburnett....Geographically, new orleans is actually bigger than atl...n.o. 180 square miles..atl 132..its on google. I'm awareof the pass population high of 650k. Not so much houston ify...more like progress new orleans

Yes, I understand that. You're comparing apples and oranges.

The Atlanta metro area has over 5 times the population of NOLA's metro and nearly unlimited real estate to accomodate them and expand. That immense population drives the economic development of tiny Atlanta proper which has only ~450k or so residents.

NOLA is surrounded by water and has a very limited amount area to expand. Also the population in the metro area is much smaller and much less affluent than over in Georgia. A freeway loop around the city isn't going to change that.

[rburnett]

Originally Posted by rcp11889

The problem with your idea of spreading out with new interstates is that that is the kind of development that brought this country into a recession. Cities across the country (including NOLA) are growing in the core. This will continue for a while as spread out suburban development is not only passé, but unsustainable (especially in below-sea-level areas like the East.

Exactly

[sconley9922]

Originally Posted by rburnett

Yes, I understand that. You're comparing apples and oranges.

The Atlanta metro area has over 5 times the population of NOLA's metro and nearly unlimited real estate to accomodate them and expand. That immense population drives the economic development of tiny Atlanta proper which has only ~450k or so residents.

NOLA is surrounded by water and has a very limited amount area to expand. Also the population in the metro area is much smaller and much less affluent than over in Georgia. A freeway loop around the city isn't going to change that.

Why do u think we have limited space? The northshore and westbank are in the new orleans metro area that can absorb PLENTY of new residents.

[sconley9922]

Originally Posted by rcp11889

The problem with your idea of spreading out with new interstates is that that is the kind of development that brought this country into a recession. Cities across the country (including NOLA) are growing in the core. This will continue for a while as spread out suburban development is not only passé, but unsustainable (especially in below-sea-level areas like the East.

I beg to differ. The country is complaining about jobs....develop infrastructure....new orleans would be a perfect example. I've heard the saying, if you build it they will come.

[rcp11889]

Originally Posted by sconley9922

I beg to differ. The country is complaining about jobs....develop infrastructure....new orleans would be a perfect example. I've heard the saying, if you build it they will come.

You're exactly right. But the reason we have such disinvestment in infrastructure is simply because we have WAY too much of it. IMO the only answer is to develop infrastructure in areas that already have it. Look at the horrendous amount of blight in New Orleans or Detroit. Surely, you don't think the answer is to keep building on the outskirts and leave the huge amounts of sewage, roads, housing, lighting, etc. that already exist to continue to crumble. We have enough blight and vacant lots in this city to grow by atleast another 200 thousand people. Once that happens, then yes there will be growth in the East and on the Westbank. But, the trend in this country (and the world) is to focus investment on redevelopment rather than brand new development in the boonies. The latter is more expensive and again, unsustainable in the long term.

[sconley9922]

I'll agree with some of your statement...but why and who says itll be unsustainable in the long run if you have increased population in those areas (East, westbank, northshore...and I'm speaking in terms of when the population grows, like you said)