One of my favorites. RIP
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Largest housing affordability package in a generation passes in the Senate
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/business/housing-affordability-bill-senate
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/business/housing-affordability-bill-senate
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Tall buildings lead to more compact and productive cities
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/tall-buildings-lead-more-compact-and-productive-cities
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/tall-buildings-lead-more-compact-and-productive-cities
Uneven Earth - The social ideology of the motorcar
https://unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-soc ... -motorcar/If the car is to prevail, there’s still one solution: get rid of the cities. That is, string them out for hundreds of miles along enormous roads, making them into highway suburbs.
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Speaking of our roads Quoted: On impending shortages, I’ve been waiting and haven’t seen this discussed yet so probably not really a thing but I seem to recall that when oil prices spiked before the 2008 financial crises, there was a shortage/big price increases for asphalt (bitumen) because refineries tweaked their operations to take advantage of high prices for other products. A quick read on Wikipedia shows that naturally the Middle East is a big supplier of bitumen. A summer or two (or more?) of deferred road work probably won’t spell disaster and may not occur in North America with the tar sands in Alberta but hydrocarbons really are everywhere in modern life.
Then again, America’s roads having been getting failing grades for years. Would even small delays in their repair and maintenance prove catastrophic?
Also, non linear effects. I understand road work to be a reliable source of low skill employment. If budget stressed local governments cut back on that source of income for working people with all the other pain coming down the road?
Then again, America’s roads having been getting failing grades for years. Would even small delays in their repair and maintenance prove catastrophic?
Also, non linear effects. I understand road work to be a reliable source of low skill employment. If budget stressed local governments cut back on that source of income for working people with all the other pain coming down the road?
‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds
I saw this piece by The Guardian US and wanted to open up a dialog around possibilities... big, huge hypothetical wondering here on my behalf... according to the latest studies, New Orleans' days as a habitable location are numbered. It is being stressed that the Big Easy doesn't have centuries left... more like decades at this point. And that, inevitably, the time is rapidly approaching when New Orleans as we know it will have to be let go of.
It's a tremendously sad notion. It will be an obviously heavy loss to the Gulf Coast and to our national heritage. So much architecture, culture, all of it to be forfeited to the waters forever.
BUT... what do we think? As the seas encroach, will this be an opportunity for St. Louis to take up the cradle of Cajun culture and serve as a net again for French Creole cultures and traditions... as a distant French Mississippi relative? Do you think people from New Orleans could readapt here and salvage the traditions and unique community-based aspects of the New Orleans spirit here one day? In essence, in this thought-experiment, can St Louis become the *new* New Orleans potentially and re-tap into its own foundational historic roots?
I saw this piece by The Guardian US and wanted to open up a dialog around possibilities... big, huge hypothetical wondering here on my behalf... according to the latest studies, New Orleans' days as a habitable location are numbered. It is being stressed that the Big Easy doesn't have centuries left... more like decades at this point. And that, inevitably, the time is rapidly approaching when New Orleans as we know it will have to be let go of.
It's a tremendously sad notion. It will be an obviously heavy loss to the Gulf Coast and to our national heritage. So much architecture, culture, all of it to be forfeited to the waters forever.
BUT... what do we think? As the seas encroach, will this be an opportunity for St. Louis to take up the cradle of Cajun culture and serve as a net again for French Creole cultures and traditions... as a distant French Mississippi relative? Do you think people from New Orleans could readapt here and salvage the traditions and unique community-based aspects of the New Orleans spirit here one day? In essence, in this thought-experiment, can St Louis become the *new* New Orleans potentially and re-tap into its own foundational historic roots?
Sorry, but no; that feels like too much of a stretch to me.
Now, if Milwaukee were to fall into the lake, perhaps we could salvage some of their Germanic heritage.
Now, if Milwaukee were to fall into the lake, perhaps we could salvage some of their Germanic heritage.
Well in any case... we being a spiritual relation...it's a compelling notion...would St Louis want to enter that chat? When, not if, conversations have to kick off about what to do in this situation, could St Louis throw a hat in and be like, "We offer incentives and land, blah blah etc to any business or individual who seeks to relocate here due to the decommissioning of the municipality of New Orleans?"framer wrote: ↑8:18 PM - 18 days agoSorry, but no; that feels like too much of a stretch to me.
Now, if Milwaukee were to fall into the lake, perhaps we could salvage some of their Germanic heritage.
This is an open door to growing our tax base. It seems.
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We definitely got some people from NOLA when Katrina went through, but I am not sure we would be in the top 5 destinations. Not sure how well the average New Orleans resident would tolerate actual winters. We probably see the Cajun culture continue to stay in southern Louisiana + Houston + Mobile.
The MSA is projected to slip below 1 million residents by 2030.
In the Katrina documentary, they mentioned that Texas was the most popular destination for displaced residents.
In the Katrina documentary, they mentioned that Texas was the most popular destination for displaced residents.
Yeah, when I lived in Houston in 2009, there were toooonnssss of Katrina displaced people. But I heard some folks did end up wandering up this way too. Not in those numbers...but our region netted a few!dylank wrote: ↑2:15 PM - 17 days agoThe MSA is projected to slip below 1 million residents by 2030.
In the Katrina documentary, they mentioned that Texas was the most popular destination for displaced residents.
Hasn't it's estimated population already dropped well under 1 million? On Wikipedia, it says 970,000, or a loss of more than 36,000 since 2020.dylank wrote:The MSA is projected to slip below 1 million residents by 2030.
In the Katrina documentary, they mentioned that Texas was the most popular destination for displaced residents.
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So why should New Orleans vacate over expected sea level rise when Amsterdam isn’t? I watched a documentary on Katrina and people were saying after Katrina, there were discussions about leaving the city or staying and rebuilding. They chose to stay. I fully expect New Orleans to stay and evolve. The idea nearly a million people need to move out of one of the host historically significant cities in the country because of an issue that we don’t even know for 100% certainty is going to happen or not is ridiculous. Go talk to New Orleans residents opinion on this issue. I’m positive they’d look at you like you had 6 heads.
New Orleans will still exist long after we’re gone. Even when/if another Katrina happens, they’ll rebuild. Just like how Detroiters and St. Louisans haven’t given up despite the rough decades they’ve been through, New Orleans won’t either.
It’s a very elitist attitude to just give up and leave because of some expectation that may happen.
New Orleans will still exist long after we’re gone. Even when/if another Katrina happens, they’ll rebuild. Just like how Detroiters and St. Louisans haven’t given up despite the rough decades they’ve been through, New Orleans won’t either.
It’s a very elitist attitude to just give up and leave because of some expectation that may happen.
Chris, sea level rise has happened, is happening, and will continue happening.
Believe it or not, elevation is not the only factor at play.Chris Stritzel wrote:So why should New Orleans vacate over expected sea level rise when Amsterdam isn’t? I watched a documentary on Katrina and people were saying after Katrina, there were discussions about leaving the city or staying and rebuilding. They chose to stay. I fully expect New Orleans to stay and evolve. The idea nearly a million people need to move out of one of the host historically significant cities in the country because of an issue that we don’t even know for 100% certainty is going to happen or not is ridiculous. Go talk to New Orleans residents opinion on this issue. I’m positive they’d look at you like you had 6 heads.
New Orleans will still exist long after we’re gone. Even when/if another Katrina happens, they’ll rebuild. Just like how Detroiters and St. Louisans haven’t given up despite the rough decades they’ve been through, New Orleans won’t either.
It’s a very elitist attitude to just give up and leave because of some expectation that may happen.
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You completely ignore the point of my post. So we shouldn’t innovate to preserve the city? We need to just give up on New Orleans? Absolutely 100% no. It’s a stupid idea to just give it up. The people down there are resilient. And it always seems our country finds money to do crazy things and what’s crazier than preserving New Orleans? It will be preserved whether or not a doomsday sea level rise scenario occurs this century.
I’ll also add that predicting the future, especially a century into the future, is a losing proposition. Predictions from a century ago ended up never materializing. Even stuff in the past few years. Initiating a mass exodus of residents now for something the scientists predict could be result by the end of century is an overreaction. The data might say one thing now, but what will that data say in a year, 5 years, a decade or whatever? Let’s slow roll it and innovate. Let’s say we have 50 years, that’s a lot of time to get something figured out. By then, I’ll be in my mid-70s. Never give up any city in the country.
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regarding New Orleans there is this: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/new-orleans-sea-levels-relocation-climate-crisis