Ok, here's the plan

[Carrie]

Sare what would you do with the business district? Not necessarily the CBD like where Buff is that didn't get flooded, but a mile or so away - like the moat around the Superdome and such?
All of those structures are still standing and crews are in the process now of clean-up, but sitting where they're at they're still susceptible to flooding, having their walls fall off, etc.
What I'm saying is, once one part of the city decides that it's time to clean up, you're not going to get them to stray off of the "clean it up now and open it back up for business" mode of thinking.

I like the positive thinking of the idea, I just can't help thinking that NO is just too susceptible to natural disasters from both North and South, and it has a Superfund site in it...

But the Jimmy Buffet line about sums it up. If anything is razed and rebuilt, that's what you're going to get. If they just clean up and repair, you'll get the old NO back.