Why New Orleans' Geography SUCKS

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[@electriccarpet4]

Fun fact: The European settlers were surprised that the natives hadn’t built any settlements in the modern day New Orleans area. It was flat and solid and between 2 important bodies of water. When asked, the natives told them that it floods all the time and advised that the Europeans should not build a settlement there. They did not listen obviously.

[@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059]

This should be top comment.

[@alexjager4517]

@@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059 interesting. At Mardi Gras in 1982 an old native of the city told me it was a sinking ship.

[@tngirl341]

Cause people have no common sense and just see Dollar signs

[@renderproductions1032]

Europeans wanted to prove the Indians wrong, I guess, and it turned out well for them, given that the Indians are nearly extinct. 😆

[@gigilaco]

You’re forgetting that it worked well for hundreds of years as a port. They got want they needed out of it.

[@kenmdrt]

POV:The year is 2050. New Orleans tourism is now booming as thousands of divers make their way to Louisiana, hoping for a tour of the underwater ruins.

[@judaegekikamen4223]

I would love to see that and also the ruins of other great cities, Venice, Manhattan, San Francisco, Los Angeles,etc... 🤣

[@vinniedennywini8126]

Even if the city does flood we won’t be able to do this The water around here is too damn muddy 😂

[@kenmdrt]

@@vinniedennywini8126 Well crap, there goes that get rich quick scheme

[@WarriorPNG]

@@kenmdrt listen listen underwater city that is self sustaining

[@strrb75]

@@judaegekikamen4223 LA and SF wont be underwater anytime soon lol by the time that happens we'll be dead and long since forgetten.

[@than217]

The French Quarter of New Orleans is one of the coolest places in America. You can literally walk block after block past the original 1700s buildings still standing.

[@tonyjesus1657]

Mexico says hi . We have buildings from the 1500s even, we preserved all our colonial architecture

[@freddyfuentes3320]

@@tonyjesus1657 Who is talking about Mexico rn. Noone

[@uwetheiss970]

@@freddyfuentes3320 than217 said "America". Mexico is also on that continent.

[@freddyfuentes3320]

@@uwetheiss970 Referring to America as in the United States. If they said “The Americas” than yes it would apply to Mexico as well. Use context clues

[@wilyriley_]

@@uwetheiss970 America isn’t a continent in the English language and there’s *nothing* you can do about that.

[@heyitsmyTeeTa]

I am a Katrina survivor. I lost everything at 16yrs old. The stress of rebuilding killed my father and my mother was not able to rebuild her life she had pre-Katrina. We still have not recovered 17yrs later!!!; So many crooked politicians ensuring a large amount of the population couldn't afford to rebuild and fraudulent programs just wore us out. I now live in Baton Rouge but my family still resides in the city. Be vigilant and don't count on the government entities to have your best interest at heart.

[@Elyfairy]

I was affected by hurricane Sandy on the Jersey shore. My family never saw a penny of the FEMA money. Either did my friends families. It’s all a scam.

[@smujer1]

Never have, never would.

[@MOBXOJ]

I'm sorry about that, hope you're doing well right now

[@ZeBescht]

vote red

[@jeremymarsh569]

@@ZeBescht Lmao

[@nahlolurough]

The storm surge from Ida was so insane that the mississippi actually flowed backwards for a few hours

[@dorian4646]

Holy sheeth

[@Mr___f]

I don't want to lessen the impact of Ida at all but that happens all the time with storm surges in that area due to the levees.

[@jei3970]

@@Mr___f yup

[@mysteryman7877]

That’s just how tidal rivers work. Near the coast, most rivers flow backwards when the tide is rising

[@kjj26k]

That happens a lot actually, in other rivers to for other reasons. And you best believe people don't take it into account anywhere.

[@tdlf156]

I knew a guy who worked on levees in Nola, he raised some concerns over safety issues with the levees, and was promptly told to shut up. The construction and maintenance of the levees is so unbelievably corrupt. He said he was literally taken out of the room and told “how things work around here”.

[@Tylerw1231]

Yeah and citizens like me in New Orleans every year have to gamble everything they have and care about every year because of that.

[@empoleonforlife1717]

Kk is Justin’s

[@DaniMrtini]

Welcome to the USA. Same for most infrastructure all over. Sad really

[@maxpowr90]

Believe Louisiana has the most for-profit prisons as well. When the next Hurricane devastates the city, I say let it sit abandoned. Enough with throwing money at morons that keep building in high risk flood areas.

[@skakirask]

NOLA is rife with corruption from top to bottom.

[@Nikioko]

When the French founded La Nouvelle Orléans, it was a perfect spot, both strategically and commercially. The position at the delta of the Mississippi opened a great route to explore inland Louisiana. When Venice was founded, it was at the perfect spot because the swamps offered natural protection from ravaging Visigoths and Lombards. Today, for both cities the submerging swampy ground is a big problem.

[@breasonable4343]

truth

[@Kaiserboo1871]

I mean, consider this. France was able to build one of the largest (geography wise) American colonial empires based solely around New Orleans and Quebec.

[@ItalianCountryball11]

I guess both New Orleans and Venice have something in common.

[@theamazingagnostic2819]

France is gay Cajuns are tough

[@bensnodgrass9239]

That’s just not true. The natives told them it was a stupid place for a settlement because it floods so often.

[@daviddima6067]

New Orleans: *sinks* Venice: *yes i’m gonna have a new friend !* Jakarta: *can i join your friend group ?*

[@anthonyburley3327]

Never thought these 3 had anything in common till now lmao

[@Jish2011]

Mexico City: First time?

[@koushikdas6707]

Kolkata and Dhaka: We will join after a few decades.

[@miguelvina7188]

Manila: Im coming!

[@Ja_escolheram_o_Rios]

Sad about you guys

[@ezekielmorgan1042]

I never knew just how much of the Midwest is connected to the Mississippi river. Growing up in Arizona, seeing even the Colorado river was impressive.

[@spritemon98]

I wished it rained more in the west

[@scintillam_dei]

The Mississippi river system is in my realistic colossal map of América (pole to pole) for Age of Empires 2 HD I'm almost done doing. To go by land from Mississippi to New Orleans, you have to go around much of North America. It's a huge detour.

[@evasivedirectoryt]

@@spritemon98 Vancouver?

[@thomass9099]

I feel you I’m from Az also

[@EBGamez1]

123rd like :)

[@ShortHax]

Patrick Star: “What if we push the city?”

[@nothingtoospiffy7913]

PUUUSH!

[@zoroastrianismrona9585]

יים

[@Pradesh101]

0 like wht

[@LHSMeleeClub]

That should be his final smash in nick all star brawl LOL

[@TurtleChad1]

Yes

[@gerardomanon4913]

So Nola is the embodiment of “I’m here for a good time, not a long time”

[@tefi7393]

Precisely

[@TheAverageServant]

Laissez Les Bons Temps Roulet!

[@MrKeeyt-jm3ji]

Mmmhmmm who dat!

[@bockskarr6626]

define long time lol cuz she's been around a long time in my book

[@scottgates4979]

When the French were scouting out the land in Louisiana, an engineer very plainly said it was a very bad place to build a port...but was overruled by the nobleman making the decision. Once again, management ran roughshod over technical expertise.

[@Albertu]

They then realized their mistake and trade Louisiana with the British for Quebec.

[@francisdinh8161]

@@Albertu What are you talking about, seriously

[@afdhalulakbar5382]

@@Albertu what??

[@nolanrichoux3538]

@@Albertu My brain just imploded. Gotta wash the brain matter, now. Ain't cool.

[@bgoodman3549]

Sources??? Please insert citations here thanks

[@michaeljcross87]

St Louis has the largest inland port in the country. St Louis and New Orleans were extremely important for the French

[@justinreed252]

Yeah but geographically speaking it sucks

[@larsedik]

The port of Huntington WV is bigger.

[@randlepmcmurphy6117]

Not as important as Canada for the French.

[@DrEck219]

Cincinnati port is biggest inland us port by volume

[@yannick245]

St. Louis was once one of the largest and most important cities in the US.

[@orville4014]

New Orleans is essentially the real life embodiment of building a sandcastle at low tide and then trying desperately to build more and more walls that keep collapsing as the tide goes up. Eventually you abandon it altogether as it's completely destroyed.

[@heartlessoni13]

I saw it as a trading post. Never somewhere to settle down on. Once the post dries out, you move on. I dunno who the hell told these people to try and settle down on, but i'm willing to bet it was in the times where slavery/racism was still on the high.

[@danielzhang1916]

New Orleans and southern Louisiana will be underwater in a century, this is the reality

[@sabrinashelton1997]

@@heartlessoni13 Are you on crack?

[@paullagarde5860]

I live in that sandcastle bruv…👁👄👁

[@gooxh]

Sure is! But we love it 💪

[@sjmcmichael]

I knew the Mississippi was important, but I didn't realize it connected so much of the country together. Really fascinating video, thanks for sharing this information with us.

[@TheGreatLordApples]

To be fair, they knew it was a shitty location when they settled it. The native Americans of the area only used the region as a temporary trading post once a year or so. When Bienville settled the region, he did so without permission of the French government. And, he later convinced them to make it their capital of the new world only by sending them plans for a city that had a perfect grid of streets all named after the noble houses of France surrounded by a prominent wall. The plans never really came to be until much later and the wall was never built. The actual ideal locations that natives recommended to early explorers was further up the Mississippi river in modern Baton Rouge. The main location that the French wanted to use as their base in the west was Biloxi Mississippi.

[@hooligoonfilms6298]

How's baton rouge for tourism?

[@goat7844]

Do you have a history degree? Have you ever lived in Biloxi or Mobile?

[@megroy6396]

@@hooligoonfilms6298 Baton Rouge has a good college football team and literally nothing else of any value.

[@Snow-xd4rv]

@@FivestarrDamian Wait, really? Omg I didn’t know that, I love Odell Beckham jr. I’m not from Baton Rouge but I am from Louisiana and that is so cool

[@megroy6396]

​@@Snow-xd4rv Yep, we went to school together and then he went on to play for LSU in college.

[@DailyDoseOfInternet]

good video

[@yesthisismyname9977]

Good video indeed

[@CRYSTALIZ34548]

Love ur vids :D

[@potatosbed4392]

Ah yes pog kanye

[@jasperzz2859]

i agree, massive youtuber

[@dcul8812]

Ayyyy what’s up Daily Dose

[@CarthagoMike]

The Dutch: _"Cities can exist without human intervention?"_

[@arealhuman826]

Only the ones naturally built by the dinosaurs

[@EBGamez1]

69th like :)

[@ortherner]

@@arealhuman826 yes

[@clsanchez77]

Laughs from behind levee

[@gabetalks9275]

Losing New Orleans is going to be so tragic because New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz. It's history and its culture will all be lost. Sure, they can migrate the city up North along the Atchafalaya River, but the historic location will still be lost, and of its old historic buildings will be lost to the ocean, which is going to be so incredibly sad.

[@MisunderstoodPupil]

It’s really the most beautiful city in the state. It’s definitely a world treasure.

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

We could easy solve the flooding problem by telling to Nestle that there’s water there

[@nithilanamudhan6260]

That is pretty nice 😂

[@minty_macaron]

Good joke 💀

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

My God!

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

I prefer PERRIER water.

[@1ranield]

LMAO

[@TimeBucks]

Really good presentation

[@ticksunbs4944]

.

[@Bloxthan]

it is good animation

[@talkalexis]

.

[@Maxzes_]

can u buy time with ur bucks

[@prestiewestie3313]

Bro i live there😂😭

[@Jlavi25]

It truly sucks how NO's future looks. The things that help made that city feel the way it does and become the way it is are eventually going to consume it.

[@Los150]

Profound, isn’t it?

[@branstangsmokes6201]

Sounds like California

[@higueraft571]

Just build it up, worked for Paris :V Yes i know it's a terrible idea. But that's probably what's gonna happen...

[@micheasferlito9063]

@@branstangsmokes6201 deep

[@nojusticejustus2912]

@@higueraft571 with what money? Louisiana has been robbed of offshore oil money for decades. Had they been given their rightful money the levees would be built to withstand a cat4 making new Orleans hella safer than it's ever been. We went thru Katrina. The govt. Played more than their part to keep the french quarter dry as a bone while we drowned out in 33 foot high ocean. It's all a game that we the people's tax money funds yet we never get to play and they never play fair. Tis why America is an absolute joke to some other major parts of the world. Bought Louisiana for $17 dollars and have made trillions/billions/millions/thousands/hundreds/dollars/cents off of the lands yet won't give back .. let that marinate.

[@ReaverPrime]

As a native of Belle Chasse, I am greatly offended by the unadulterated facts in this video. It's all so true that it hurts.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

I agree with you. Envy kills too.

[@michaelp7250]

As a native of Harahan, I’m just glad to be above sea level

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@michaelp7250 Things change.

[@Z3t487]

The channel's name is REAL LIFE lore, what did you expect?

[@hugolouessard3914]

There's a city called Belle Chasse? It means "Nice hunt" (in french obviously)

[@mynamehappy]

God this is so depressing. I'm moving to New Orleans for graduate school in July. A big part of that decision, other than liking the school, was wanting the opportunity to immerse myself in the city and its culture before its gone, or hollowed out even worse than it already has been. I've visited on multiple occasions and there was never enough time. I absolutely adore that city.

[@teal4789]

Say brudda Ian gon tell u wat to do but don’t move down dea 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@DinkMonster]

tulane?

[@philthetremoloking]

You'll be fine...this city isn't going anywhere. But if you're here in the summer, be ready to evacuate. It's part of life here, sadly.

[@permanentvacation2406]

Bring a bullet proof vest

[@mynamehappy]

@@permanentvacation2406 Been here for around 8 months now, and honestly the crime doesn't scare me. I'm more aware of my surroundings for sure, but I don't see me getting shot as likely. Most of the serious violence is just thugs beefing with each other. Been seriously enjoying the city though. I think I'm going to stay after graduation.

[@zachchats100]

On a serious note, I feel sad for the thousands of people that will have difficulty migrating away from the city as time goes on. Moving is expensive and not everyone there is loaded, so I’m sure the inevitable migration will be difficult. side note: where do the Saints and Pelicans relocate to?

[@MarloSoBalJr]

I mean, the Saints would probably head to San Antonio, Texas cos of prior history and the Pelicans are up for debate but; most importantly, the US government needs to setup a refugee development in various cities for the inevitable destruction of NOLA for those whom want to leave. New Orleans is not gonna make it to the 22nd century

[@planescaped]

I legitimately think it's going to be the first modern city that is going to have to be resettled. It's happened to towns and communities, but never a major city. The government will have to buy everyone's house and demolish most of the city. Probably just keeping some historical locations around as a monument, but with a moratorium on anyone new moving into the diminished New Orleans.

[@oNovoRapido]

@@planescaped that's such a scary prospect...

[@TAP7a]

Looks like Aquaman's gonna be expanding his burgeoning property empire

[@Edonsin]

Yeah it sad that I have to leave New Orleans after living there for 13 years

[@Bsal451]

New Orleans is such a special city to the US. It’s culture is the primary reason but the second is it’s people. There is a reason the city still stands. The people are stubborn and love their city. I was there with my friend during a bad tropical storm that swept through. We were at a bar when half the city lost power. The bar owner lit candles and told everyone, “drinks are half price since it’s all gonna go bad with the fridge out!” He handed out towels to people coming in from the storm. The culture, food, music, and haunting beauty of the swamps make it such a unique place. I guess you gotta visit before she sinks. All great things must come to an end.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

I know it's hard for people to let go of something they love. But you have to be real. Mother nature doesn't care about anyone's feelings. They should make a long term plan to move the city, or shrink it to remove the lowest lying populated areas.

[@Sorcyri]

Exactly!

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

I don't want no city in the us to die out...

[@NoahGooder]

the one thing we honestly have in spades is stubbornness. I mean we dont shut down schools during tropical storms unless its actually extremely dangerous to get to school.

[@gonfreecs-uu7id]

Thanks so much I love it here is never leave

[@YujiUedaFan]

New Orleans: > Destroys wetlands for more land > Gets destroyed for destroying wetlands

[@Persac7]

lol

[@Onthechillside]

well its more complicated than that. The Army Corp of engineers leveed up the Mississippi, causing the delta to dry out and get brittle and blow away by the hurricanes. Then oil companies created "CANALS" through the delta also causing the near by swamps to get swallowed by the water........

[@tobi79777]

Mother Nature said "nice try, kid"

[@libr250]

> Gets destroyed for being destroyed for destroying wetlands

[@quhammadali8601]

Mother Natures karma

[@himbourbanist]

I love New Orleans so much, it's such an incredibly beautiful city and unique with its rich culture and design. It's an absolute tragedy that it might not be around for much longer.

[@creeperking7607]

Thanks because I’m from there

[@manuelese8760]

Why not? Its been there for centuries. Natural catastrophes are inevitable but they can be handled

[@gregbors8364]

@@manuelese8760Nola can only be saved by massive intervention (socialism) by the federal government. Which we know that one major political party opposes, at least in its current rhetoric

[@tomasroberts2016]

To be fair humans have a habit in general of placing their cities in really bad locations. What would be interesting is seeing a video on the city with the best geography.

[@plantguyrama11]

Do we though?

[@Dim.g0v]

I'd appreciate some examples and with the time period that cities were established taken into consideration too. Cause I mean even New Orleans was a great location at the time it was founded.

[@Dudenier]

Not necessarily bad location more of a habit of starting settlements near rivers

[@punkassbitchesstolemymuffl6420]

Just a quick question. What do you think has the best Geography for a city

[@fabreezethefaintinggoat5484]

istanbul,probably. I mean the Roman Empire relocated there out of endless possibilites ,probably the first and last time this happened. Moscow from a strategic perspective but it does have downsides..New York,Singapore..

[@xbaker3868]

In late July , I went on a road trip with a few friends to New Orleans for the first time ever, and it was the farthest I’d ever been from my hometown in St.Louis. The beauty of that place, all the art and history, the friendliness of the people down there, I kept saying it was a once in a lifetime experience, but videos like this and Ida showing up like a week after I got home really made me eat my words. I hate that such a wonderful city has such a short shelf life due to the incompetence and hubris of the people who designed it, and it’s really not fair to the people who built lives and families down there. I really hope they come to some solution to all this.

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

Did you take one more step and it'd be the furthest from home you've ever been?

[@scottfeltner6066]

If you like history. St. Augustine Florida is a must. Oldest city in America....

[@jonahstolker9933]

ST LOUIS GANGGGG

[@priestofronaldalt]

@Alex someone should ask the Netherlands they know all about this shit

[@isaacster5027]

It's okay bro no matter what the block parties down there will always prevail lol

[@PirateoftheTouYube]

This reminds me of California, but in reverse. California geographically just can't support it's current population - the state is mostly a desert naturally. We have redirected large rivers to make it habitable, but at a certain point we can't fight nature.

[@ktakashismith]

I feel like that’s a bit of a mischaracterization of the issues California faces - the problem isn’t that most of the state is a desert naturally, but instead that the majority of the population of the state is settled in the driest region, and to support that population the state had to steal water not just from the wetter regions, but from neighboring states as well. There are orange orchards and cotton fields in San Bernardino county, a region that sees an average of six inches (15cm) of rainfall a year.

[@alexjager4517]

@@ktakashismith read Cadillac desert

[@reivang7196]

That’s Southern California , Northern California has mountains, snow , forest , delta river that connect to the Bay Area into the Pacific Ocean , once we get more rain up here and there less fire Northern Cali really beautiful

[@ktakashismith]

@@alexjager4517 I mean that's essentially what I'm referencing here (edit: and yes, everyone should read Cadillac Desert, it's an incredible book); the San Joaquin valley was essentially a seasonal marshland, the Owens River Valley was a riparian zone visited by migrating waterfowl(now one of the driest deserts in the country) - if the industrial barons of Southern California had their way, there would be a water pipeline running all the way from the Yukon in Canada down to LA. While there's a lot I appreciate about the metropolitan/cultural aspects of Los Angeles, I cannot stress enough what an immense ecological disaster the very existence of human civilization in Southern California is. THAT would be a great premise for a video - the environmental consequences of building huge cities and industries in places they really shouldn't be.

[@reivang7196]

@Account NumberEight It just rain my boy , Dont worry it’s still more beautiful than dry ass so cal

[@azleipuentes9454]

"When the Levees Broke", a great documentary about Katrina and New Orleans. Very sad but worth a watch. Thank you for creating this documentary. You can learn something new everyday. I had no idea that New Orleans' geography was essentially a bowl.

[@Rocket_scientist_88]

When the Levees Broke was amazing.

[@lexfox2597]

I lived 40 miles south of NOLA when the levee broke. When we heard about it on the radio me and family sat in silence for atleast 30 minutes. 12 year old me barely understood the consequences.

[@spinter1310]

I’m from New Orleans. We actually learn about New Orleans’s geographic situation in school, which is fantastic, but I love learning more about the lovely Crescent City.

[@topspot4834]

Nothing lovely about it. Costs our country billions (mostly tax payers from the Northeast). Guessing they never taught that part in school. New Orleans shouldn't exist.

[@chrissao_502]

@@topspot4834 mOstLy TaX pAyErS fRoM tHe NoRtHeAsT

[@ahmadpickett]

Me too we all now that New Orleans is below sea level

[@fullmetaltheorist]

Well ya'll better learn from the Dutch how to tame the sea or start moving North.

[@thunderbird1921]

@@chrissao_502 Coastal elitist snobbery at its worst.

[@misterbondage007]

It's a shame because New Orleans is a beautiful city with amazing food, culture, and the friendliest people. I have nothing but love for this city.

[@divyanshchaudhary2891]

Ya definitely its a wonderful city,got almost stabbed there once

[@rainbowskin3379]

take that culture and push it somewhere else

[@rahulverma8774]

Yeah Saint denis looks fantastic 😂

[@fizzy4742]

@@divyanshchaudhary2891 so? You can get stabbed almost anywhere fam

[@LegendInThaMakin]

@@divyanshchaudhary2891 you deserved it, doesn’t count.

[@kristoferhansen7786]

As someone who has lived in and loves New Orleans to death, it is one of the best cities in the world in one of the worst locations for a city. Humans are masochistic creatures, what can we say?

[@SuperJoseee]

I live on the middle of a desert, can relate.

[@thatguy55]

As a guy living here his whole life. Yea it’s a shithole, but a lit shithole

[@kristoferhansen7786]

@@thatguy55 a fucking men

[@kristoferhansen7786]

@@SuperJoseee lol feel ya, which desert?

[@tellygiveans8688]

@@thatguy55 thank you 😊

[@Southerly93]

The city itself is decaying. I visited for the first time in years this year in 2022. I was plainly shocked at the state of the place. It breaks my heart. My dad is from Gentilly, I grew up visiting practically every year as a kid. It's a special city to me, and seeing it as it is, is truly tragic

[@AlwaysHereAndNow]

We're visiting right now, and is kinda the vibe indeed..it feels like it's dying even though it's still beautiful.

[@Birchlead]

A local; my family and many others despite living near or relatively near are not allowed to go into or near the city besides for medical appointments if needed. I hate it a lot. Went to the quarter as a kid all the time. Not worth getting shot getting gas.

[@chrissao_502]

Ohh, cool, Real Life Lore is talking about NOLA, finally some Louisiana represention. *reads title* Aaaahh shiiiiiit

[@yahyashabazz5721]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cyanideisfun]

To be fair, it sucks here sooo Any recognition is good recognition!

[@tyler4444]

@Maska Saaaaamee

[@aloafofbread7324]

ikr

[@Mehwhatevr]

same thing. I'm from St Bernard myself. :) I don't think the coast line will get so bad as he described. Assuming we manage to maintain the current river course, If St Bernard and Plaquemines are completely underwater, I don't think any of us will still be living there trying to stop the river from overflowing levees that are already underwater. As soon as the areas become uninhabitable, or unprotectable, then the river will be free again to rebuild those wetlands south and east of New Orleans.

[@Housewarmin]

I'm from New Orleans, I think we know we're doomed, so we just party and live it up until doomsday comes. There's a reason why we have Hurricane Parties. We are gonna let the good times roll no matter what

[@blunar844]

And they just won’t understand but it’s a New Orleans thing... wouldn’t expect y’all to 🍻🍾

[@staceyherald7953]

Fellow New Orleanian. Amen. Reading all these comments about how we are dumb for living here. They aren't cool enough to live here.

[@SchiesterMalG]

I'm from here also and I have to say, I'm taking my educated ass away from here ASAP. It seems there a lot of comments about N.O. from people who have never been, but there are also the comments from people who have never been anywhere else.

[@staceyherald7953]

@@SchiesterMalG I have backpacked through Europe and been to 48 states. Still my favorite city in the US

[@Hellakiddie]

@@SchiesterMalG same 💯

[@zachisrael1465]

I’ve been a huge fan of yours for years now and as a fan who hears this video, damn you got it pretty close. My family lost everything in Katrina when I was 11 years old. Ida has yet again done the same at 25. I’ve lived in New Orleans metro area my entire life and it’s very painful to see what’s happening and even more painful to understand why. I’ve always been a geography and history nerd, and to see you target this area in one of your videos is, negatively?, cathartic. I’ve known for a long time that this city is doomed not only geographically but politically and economically and even in some ways, socially. I cried watching this video. I love my city, I want to live here. But I know it can’t be. Your pronunciation was actually pretty good too, and you get major brownie points for that! To anyone else who lives here, especially those who lost, be strong. Be compassionate. Be thankful. Be steadfast. But don’t be ignorant. Good luck to us all, and let’s make the best decisions for ourselves, and our families.

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

Agreed stay strong my friend I wish you much luck and send much love to you!

[@brigeem5022]

Same here, I was 10 and lost everything down in St. Bernard parish. Seeing the reality of our unfortunate future is devastating.

[@boscobos6724]

Stay strong friend!

[@xavierkane37]

Great comment

[@zachisrael1465]

@@brigeem5022 Did you still live here for Ida?

[@katty4682]

I grew up in New Orleans, and I felt a bit guilty at the relief I felt that my family moved out the city before Katrina hit. We lived uptown, in a part that would not have been horribly affected, but it still would have had problems. I did have my share of flooding before we left. I remember one May, in the 1990s, when it flooded for pretty much the whole month and they closed the schools down.

[@professionalpookie]

No one cares

[@dutchroyalnavy1]

@@professionalpookie40 people cared tho. Including me. Which can’t be said the same about you.

[@professionalpookie]

@@dutchroyalnavy1 do you drink bleach

[@professionalpookie]

@@dutchroyalnavy1 what about your mom

[@dutchroyalnavy1]

@@professionalpookie my mom didn’t raise a failure. Well couldn’t be said the same for you :/

[@richardhighsmith]

The French sailors and explorers who founded the city found a high spot for their city that never has serious flooding and is a great natural river port. Their city was only the French Quarter and some of the surrounding high grounds. Early 20th century developers drained swamps to expand the city, placing homes in natural marshlands. The French quarter, Garden district and Audubon park areas are much drier than anything south of Baton Rouge.

[@idkjustchangingmyname7343]

Uptown too. That’s the problem. We don’t flood. Not trying to diminish what has happened to other parts tho.

[@GelloWello]

The issue is that most people live where it floods, and unless anyone is gonna attempt resettlement, then water control needs to be made

[@nativetexanful]

The downtown area, the French Quarter, Uptown, and the Garden District are the only parts of New Orleans that should have ever been built.

[@blanket4763]

THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT, also university district (which is pretty much Audubon park but still)

[@scarlett4531]

it was actually an incredibly stupid idea to drain wetland and swamps to expand the city, because they are what absorb the water and prevent major flooding to the more dry areas. not to mention that they protect against erosion too, which makes flooding even worse. i don’t think a lot of people realize this but swamps are so incredibly vital to southern areas because they collect and store the water, acting as a barrier. concrete and cities actually do the opposite and water builds on top of them bc the streets are impermeable. they might look gross or be impossible to settle in but swamps should NEVER EVER be drained

[@caseybouquet]

Thanks for bringing attention to New Orleans and Louisiana’s terrible situation it’s in right now. I just want you to know that Atchafalaya is actually pronounced Uh-Chafa-Lie-Yuh

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

Also, you don't enunciate that much on Ponchartrain 🤭

[@caseybouquet]

@@OatmealTheCrazy yeah you just take out the first R pretty much

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

@@caseybouquet I'm just glad he didn't try to pronounce tchoupitoulas or Calliope

[@salingram409]

I almost had a stroke when he said it 😂

[@YouGuessIGuess]

@@OatmealTheCrazy I recently listened to a (pretty decent) book about Marie Laveau where the narrator hit the enunciation so hard each time it raised my blood pressure. "She often performed rituals on the shores of Lake PONTCHARTRAIN."

[@meineomakenntdieroten]

City planners: How close do you want to be located near a hurricane and flood area? New Orleans: Yes

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

👍. They ❤ hurricanes.

[@marleystar3]

Du hast nen echt geilen Namen😂

[@meineomakenntdieroten]

@@marleystar3 danke 😂

[@izaactheberean6860]

New Orleans is like the Venice of North America. A major world port for a lot of its history & also struggles with major flooding issues. Or like Mexico City - sinking.

[@mugmushrooms9845]

Commits a crime. Judge: "You're sentenced to buy a house in New Orleans."

[@ryanpayne7707]

(Buys houseboat.)

[@mugmushrooms9845]

@@ryanpayne7707 No. How dare you try to beat the system.

[@solascriptura-e7t]

@@ryanpayne7707 just became an honorary member of The Smart Kid's Club.

[@turnerIott]

good luck affording one, prices are crazy

[@Jabari-vm6jq]

I've worked at FEMA since 2017. There's a running "joke" that as long as Houston and New Orleans exist, FEMA will never have to worry about losing federal funding. If anything, the agency is guaranteed to grow in the years to come.

[@tgroberandluffy9217]

as a texan why

[@calebbass3719]

@@tgroberandluffy9217 it’s not pronounced with the r. It’s pronounced pontchatrain. Basically take that first r out and then say it.

[@tomevers6670]

As a North Korean. Water is the least of your worries. 🇰🇵

[@Markmygame]

You a reservist or CORE. I became a IA reservist recently after being a local hire.

[@Jabari-vm6jq]

@@Markmygame CORE. It's funny I see your comment. I literally just resigned last week. Lol. This line of work ain't for the faint of heart. You gotta be willing to sacrifice your mental and physical health, time with your family and friends, rest, work/life balance. Everything. Your body is officially the property of FEMA. It was only 4 yrs but it felt like 15 yrs. Good luck to you though. Maybe you're built for it.

[@Jaco3920]

Everything in this video is why, as a New Orleans native, I am leaving as soon as I have the chance. This place is doomed.

[@karenwang313]

California welcomes you :D

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@karenwang313 THE 🌎 WELCOMES ALL CITIES.

[@somebonehead]

@@karenwang313 When you get so scared of flooding that you move to the desert

[@Ja_escolheram_o_Rios]

Please come to brazil

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@Ja_escolheram_o_Rios NO, THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT TO BE MURDERED.

[@anncoxwell7015]

Lake Ponchartrain was not the major issue during Katrina. It was the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet. MR-GO has since been closed.

[@notacleverman9438]

As a New Orleans resident I can say that Ida definitely was a test for the systems that were put in place after Katrina and they held up remarkably well. Less than 3 weeks after getting hit by a storm that was actually far stronger than Katrina at landfall we are already getting back to normal. The places that didn't fair so well are to the west of us. Houma, Laplace, Thibodaux, and many other cities just to our west were devastated. It kinda sucks that New Orleans gets all the attention when we faired decently well while our neighbors got destroyed and no one talks about them because they aren't as well known.

[@boogitybear2283]

What about Mississippi next door? They got the worst of Katrina and Goddamn New Orleans robbed them of Media attention especially on a Global level.

[@OrangeBurgerSC706]

My grandfather's clan is from houma, so yeah 🥲 it sucks

[@DKMetcaIf]

I live in Baton Rouge

[@jakurdadov6375]

If that power line had not fallen, would it have taken even those 3 weeks?

[@ca9404]

Lake Charles got destroyed by Laura and everyone forgot the day after.

[@dannymaxx510]

Listening to non-Louisianans trying to say Cajun names is my favorite thing

[@jude4581]

I always look forward to them pronouncing lake Ponchatrain.

[@michaelp7250]

@@jude4581 his pronunciation was surprisingly close

[@dannymaxx510]

@@michaelp7250 Neither were bad, just funny to hear. Just gotta remember which t's are silent haha

[@braydendaley3982]

Let’s see the pronunciation of the last names Herbert and Richard!

[@masterchief272]

I say it like Kay Juhn. I might be wrong. I hear people say KaJoon

[@mmoves4603]

I grew up outside of New Orleans and my family lost everything in Ida. The hurricane stalled over them for six hours. They took a direct hit. Please remember there are places outside of New Orleans that were greatly affected by that hurricane. Also, there is a great community there that takes care of each other.

[@magecat14]

I rode out the storm at home in Thibodaux, and I know I'm one of the lucky ones. I never lost running water, I got power back day before yesterday, and my apartment building got minimal wind damage. Most of my family hasn't been so lucky.

[@LukaDoncicFitnessOfficiaI]

We know

[@Crunchy647]

Houma is destroyed

[@MarloSoBalJr]

We understand that but New Orleans is the primary center. With buildings and 300k population, that city isn't gonna survive by the 2100s

[@p1slaps302]

Ye I live in New Orleans and they say grand isle is uninhabitable and laPlace got he rlly hard as well. Hope ur safe bro

[@dustysky895]

My geology professor had actually said that new Orleans is gonna be underwater by 2050 and he was laughed at for suggesting that new Orleans needs to be moved like 200-300 miles inland

[@ricobarth]

Your geology prof should stick to geology. You can't move a port 200 miles inland.

[@dustysky895]

@@ricobarth he meant that they should just build a new city and abandon the old one, because its gonna be under water one of these days

[@compatriot852]

Netherlands and Belgium: finally a worthy ally. Together we will fend off sinking into the ocean

[@tylermech66]

I sincerely hope Louisiana gets the funding for projects on the scale of the Dutch. Even just beyond the lives and homes saved, the development potential is high and the cultural evolution of the state into "We fight our greatest enemy every day! the ocean will bow before our might" is awesome. Plus, It's be interesting to see how the landscape of the state changes.

[@voiceofreason2674]

We need to work together and share ideas. One thing we do in Louisiana is throw out Christmas trees on the coast to rebuild floating islands

[@averagejoey2000]

Venice: Laughs in sinking being a tourist attraction

[@acb9896]

Netherlands fixed it by dealing with the problem. NO just puts a band aid on a sucking chest wound and acts surprised when it dies.

[@tylermech66]

@@acb9896 exactly!

[@Archangel89]

I been living in nola for 30 years now, I've always said someone from the future (probably a guy with a name like Plato or something) would talk about an ancient civilization that lived in a place of great culture, food, and people. They had drive through daiquiri shops, crawfish boils, and mardi gras like none other. It was called, "The lost city of New Orleans". And No one would believe him.

[@Moistwaffle472]

Don't forget the 7 tastee donuts locations

[@mvwil]

Loved New Orleans when I visited. Most fun you can have in the US!

[@chazl9531]

@@mvwil You don't know what fun is if you think New Orleans was the most fun 😅

[@venus7133]

@@Moistwaffle472 yes I love tastee donuts

[@ryanwagner656]

theyll live in jetsons style stilt houses

[@minty_macaron]

As we can tell, definitely, absolutely, 100%, nothing can go wrong with a flat area prone to floods and hurricanes, that has been ravaged cleanly and rebuilt several times, with a worsening climate situation. Nope, not at all!

[@criiss_.1654]

How many subs Will i get from this comment? Current: 748

[@Tylerw1231]

Also with extremely high crime rates and bad infrastructure and doesn't learn from hurricanes. Yeah what could go wrong

[@MajorJakas]

Did you even watch the video? Clearly, if you did then you have a learning disability that either inhibits your paying attention or storing new knowledge.

[@minty_macaron]

@@Tylerw1231 i know right, New Orleans is completely fine, so is all the wildfires in California, and the recent flooding of China, and the island nations in the pacific about to get engulfed to the sea. They’re all completely fine!

[@minty_macaron]

@@MajorJakas I..did. Although I did skim through it in some points, I got the exact information of it, and why is it going to sink. So please, how about throwing insults at someone without learning the intentions of the person behind it on the comment, learn the concept of ✨joking✨please. And no I won’t wooosh you people who do that are rather annoying.

[@have_a_good_day420]

I’ve learned more in this video than I did in a full high school year’s worth of history. Everything should be taught like this.

[@kingg-kidd]

Me who lives in New Orleans… **laughs in extreme difficulty**

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

By your photo you are very nice.

[@EpreTroll]

What they need is some Dutch men to build a slick new delta works

[@God-qh8vy]

Damn verified account with no likes or replies?

[@Harsh-tf9he]

@@God-qh8vy prolly a imported checkmark emoji copy and pasted into the name to be more enticing to like, or someone who nobody knows

[@God-qh8vy]

@@Harsh-tf9he nah he has 200k subs he’s real

[@Harsh-tf9he]

@@God-qh8vy makes anime piano music tho

[@TheMaestroMMA]

@@Harsh-tf9he okay?

[@cherkovision]

I've never been anywhere near Louisiana, and yet I have a weird recurring dream about being in New Orleans. There's just something about oddly fascinating about the fact that every drop of rain that falls on the middle of North America eventually passes through New Orleans.

[@Rocket_scientist_88]

Sometimes we drink those drops too, the river is the water supply for the majority of the city…

[@christopherrobinson1219]

I'm from New Orleans. It's so complicated. One thing is the oil drilling cut up the barrier islands, which protect the wetlands, which protect the levees and so on. I live in Alabama. I miss my city so bad

[@timmccarthy872]

If I started a brand-new civilization from scratch, I'd do like the Cahokians did and pick the intersection of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. It's such a fantastic city location that they founded it twice, with St Louis getting built there centuries later.

[@topspot4834]

You'd choose mid America as your brand new city? Really? That might be the last place in the country I'd start it. There's no better geographical location in the US then New York City ... Manhattan specifically.

[@assumjongkey1383]

@@topspot4834 his opinion why you sad

[@profightcompilations4764]

@@topspot4834 I think New York gets too cold to be completely ideal. I think Italy or Greece would be my picks for starting a Civ game on Earth. Specifically Italy. Very mild climate, a perfect peninsula in the middle of this large inland sea that’s essentially guaranteed to be full of other strong trading partners (and enemies, however) due to it being covered in other good spots to settle. That could definitely be an advantage or disadvantage, and I can absolutely see the argument for settling somewhere where you can be in the ONLY good location in the vicinity. However, in the long term, Italy and the Mediterranean are I think perfect for building a huge and powerful empire, given the tons of wonderful areas to settle/conquer nearby and the ease of travel around the Mediterranean.

[@cakeeatingpirate]

ironically, the US purchased half of its country just by trying to get this city

[@annatar6453]

And just for $3 million from France

[@valmal2659]

@@annatar6453 3 million back then was a log lot more then 3 mill today

[@corsacs3879]

@@valmal2659 still way less than the land is/was worth

[@LuisSierra42]

From Napoleon

[@craydussy]

@@annatar6453 15 million actually for the whole purchase

[@kbuuns]

Water: “It’s over, New Orleans. I have the high ground.”

[@willjones6660]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nathanv4320]

You underestimate my POWER!

[@its_kumar_babyyy]

@@nathanv4320 DON’T TRY IT!

[@16kashman]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@marcgw496]

“You underestimate my levees!” “Don’t try it”

[@rachelcookie321]

I clicked on this because recently I’ve been looking at cities and thinking how they’re in a really bad location. There are so many cities! I’m from New Zealand and I’ll give you an example of Wellington. It’s on a peninsula so it can’t expand east, south or west and it’s also closely surrounded by mountains so it couldn’t even expand far in those directions before it ran out of space. There’s also lots of mountains in the north so the Wellington area is actually made up of 4 different cities that are loosely connected to each other. The worst part is that Wellington was a planned city, it was only a small town that they decided to turn into a big city and make the capital. There is some farm land to the east and there’s tons more flat land there, would of been a much better place for a city. Auckland is also not in a very good location but that’s just because they have a big population now, they probably never saw it getting so big and the location was fine before.

[@artysanmobile]

The geography may suck, but it might be the happiest, kindest, most fun city in North America. The local people, the food, are truly special. I love New Orleans.

[@hgfxjnn]

Amen

[@strangeone9456]

Idk man, as much as I loved living in LA (about 30 minutes away from NO) it didn’t seem very happy to me… homeless people everywhere, city smells pretty rough and I literally saw someone get stabbed at mardi grad one year. It’s a beautiful city with even prettier architecture, but I don’t think you’ve ever been there based on this comment.

[@mixiidineroo5764]

@@strangeone9456 I think your just looking at the negative which is in any city, I don’t think you have met or talked to enough locals or explored the city enough based on your comment

[@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202]

@@mixiidineroo5764 not every city. my city, given its only a smaller city, doesnt have these negatives. i dont know of any homeless people in this area, the last murder that happened in this city was in 1922 and the biggest event in recent history was a barnfire at the outskirts of a neighboring town.

[@TheHornet44]

I was followed by a homeless guy saying “shut the F*** up, tourist” “I should kick you a**”

[@WhoAmI-rr2dn]

As someone who lives in New Orleans I can confirm that we live with the natural disaster setting on very frequent

[@deliabonilla3858]

Daily worries imao, i know right

[@1x1HealthyEnergybyAndrew]

what is that like? do you have evacuation plans?

[@WhoAmI-rr2dn]

@@1x1HealthyEnergybyAndrew I hauled ass towards Houston when Ida hit so that’s my evacuation plan is just beeline towards Houston

[@topspot4834]

As someone who lives in the Northeast, I can confirm I'm sick and tired of my tax dollars CONSTANTLY going to a city that shouldn't exist. Costs this country billions. People can't be that bright down there if that's where they choose to live.

[@turnerIott]

@@1x1HealthyEnergybyAndrew If the storm is expected to be bad, we get out of there before the storm is close and head to family, usually in Birmingham. Went there a couple weeks ago for Ida and am very glad. Power was out for about 2 weeks in NOLA. No flooding because the levees held, but still glad we evacuated. We live on high ground that didn't flood during Katrina so flooding likely wouldn't have been bad for us but would have likely devastated the city. The point is, yes, living here you pretty much have to have an evacuation plan.

[@--_--IMP--_--]

I'm not sure why people keep trying to compare the Louisiana coastline with The Netherlands. Louisiana and The Netherlands are night and day scenarios. New Orleans has far too much working against it to survive intact indefinitely, regardless of human intervention. Sure, part of The Netherlands is also below sea level. But the Dutch don't live in a giant, rapidly sinking salad bowl at the mouth of the largest watershed on the planet, in the second most hurricane prone region on the planet. One would be hard pressed to find a geographically worse place to build a city than where New Orleans is currently located. Mother Nature inevitably defeats New Orleans; it is not a matter of "if", it is a matter of "when".

[@h.f6364]

fact check: the gulf of mexico isnt the most tropical cyclone prone region in the world. that title belongs to the west pacific, where the typhoon season runs all-year round

[@randlepmcmurphy6117]

Move to Holland then.

[@--_--IMP--_--]

@@h.f6364 Fair enough, although my point is no less valid. The Gulf of Mexico is a close second, with three of the ten countries with the most named cyclone landfalls located there. The west Pacific has five of the top ten.

[@christopherstefanatos7197]

How can you say the New Orleans and The Netherlands are night and day. The Netherlands had a harder time. Over 1/3 of the country was swamp/below sea level. The whole country is literally a delta. And yet after the 1956? storms (I think) they managed to secure the delta and most of their coastline from major flooding.

[@--_--IMP--_--]

@@christopherstefanatos7197 I had already answered your question in my first comment, but here is the answer again in four simple words: Mississippi River, Hurricane Alley.

[@ludicrousfunone5705]

It's fascinating to actually see Hurricane footage with actual Lightning in it. Most of what they show us in the news is never the full power of these powerful and terrifying events

[@raymelpoche9415]

I rode out Hurricane Ida almost 2 years ago. Man scariest shit ever. Ida was stronger than Katrina was at landfall. The prob was when it made landfall it just stopped but was still absorbing energy from the gulf so it didn’t really weaken. Then moved further east and eventually to the north but what was supposed to be a 3 hr storm turned into a 12 hr storm

[@haleysettembre]

Fun fact: New Orleans is often nicknamed Nola, which is also the name of the city where I live (It's a small city in Italy near Naples)

[@Fishing_Questions]

Che fatto divertente

[@haleysettembre]

@@Fishing_Questions fun fact si traduce con curiosità

[@Fishing_Questions]

@@haleysettembre 🥶

[@molohouk]

@@haleysettembre I'm Indian learning Italian I till only leraned numbers and greetings

[@Fishing_Questions]

@@molohoukwow somebody is learning italian that's handosome

[@DrMario-]

Well, at least down here, everyone got a boat. That's why we got the Cajun Navy. We live farther north, but on a hill, and pops always said that if water comes up to house, the world is ending. Back then, it got closer since the locks and dams wasn't built yet, so it flooded in '73 and '75 and you could go paddle out in the bayou to stand on camp roofs.

[@moparmadness0180]

Louisiana accent so strong is comes out in text.

[@DrMario-]

@@moparmadness0180 Couldn't stop myself. It just felt more natural to type that. Maybe that's why I hated English class.

[@gdbarklie3692]

@@moparmadness0180 my uncle in the Cajun navy saved a bunch of people during those Baton Rouge floods a couple years back.

[@papasitodonkey9749]

Thanks for the info Melee Doc!

[@KenBruce1]

Lol I too heard this as I read it

[@ccrozz99]

Mexico City: “Finally, a worthy opponent.”

[@tonatiuhnino3711]

Our battle will be legendary!

[@sjie1874]

Well to be fair Mexico City is the richest city in Mexico, one of the Crown Jewels of 3 different civilizations , even is its sinking and has water problems , the government eventually will have to place a new method for it to keep working It has over 20 million people on its metropolitan area , Meanwhile New Orleans is just a shell of its former glory, it used to be the way of controlling trades in the past and since it was small it worked amazingly , nowadays it’s just... New Orleans , still pretty , still important in a way but , not like the good old fashioned days

[@TheLouisianan]

Really good video, also around 7:50 he explains the sprawl in the 70s. My parents told me growing up it was common to see bulldozers knocking trees and bushes over and being paved over to make neighborhoods. All those trees rot over decades and cause the ground to sink even more as well.

[@johnnysocket76]

I can't wait to tell my kids about The Lost City of New Orleans

[@paulraines9635]

New New Orleans

[@EE-sw3uh]

it’s sad AF too cause it’s so culture rich and beautiful

[@MasonGreenWeed]

Worry not we will create a new city near Órleans and call it Nouvelle Órleans

[@skyguy1236]

@@EE-sw3uh i mean its possible they'll be relocated to another city but if they all disperse then the culture will fade

[@ajm2872]

Meh... You can start now. New Orleans is a sh*thole.

[@Los150]

“It was a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.”

[@herschelwright4663]

Matthew 7:26

[@Los150]

@@herschelwright4663 💯

[@justdont2378]

The middle east:

[@jacobjones5269]

Then made billions importing goods over 300 years.. lol.. Context, people..

[@heylolp9]

well you see, that man was a pre-revolutionary french noble so yes foolish

[@someone-nu6gw]

The reason new orleans flooded is because the engineers did not sign up for skillshare

[@rieskame]

I visited Nola for a Seahawks game in 2016 and liked it enough to take a job down there last year which was a mistake. Crime is so bad that I had to leave a year later.

[@potatosbed4392]

11:19 as a Louisianan I have to say this pronunciation was traumatizing

[@sweetmcnasty]

Pontchatrain, everytime he said that. Pon-cha-train not Pont-chart-train

[@jasonreed7522]

I blame france for adding way to many silent letters to words so that when you read a word for the first time you can not phonetically pronounce it. When i learned bird is spelled oiseau but pronounced wazo i decided to never attempt to learn it. Of course the origin of this was one of the king louis's paying his printers by the letter not page/word so they just snuck in a bunch a silent letters to get more money and now the language has very questionable spelling. Alternatively it could be a native American word in which case the spellings are some European dude's best guess on hearing a pronunciation.

[@sliceknot]

@@sweetmcnasty The worst for me was Atchafalaya. Emphasis is on the second syllable not the first, and it's pronounced more like chaff.

[@musk4mars116]

And yet he claimed to have lived there in the past? I drove through once and also grimaced.

[@potatosbed4392]

@@musk4mars116 ima honest for someone 2 hours north of New Orleans I haven't been there much

[@Marngel]

New Orleans: tries to expand closer to the ocean, but fails miserably. The Netherlands: *Pathetic*

[@tstocker6926]

The Netherlands doesn't have to deal with hurricanes or the mighty Mississippi.

[@jordodio888]

@@tstocker6926 no but we (I’m from the Netherlands) don’t have the biggest economy of the world behind us New Orleans as a city can always rely on America’s amazing economy we as a COUNTRY have to rely on our self so if one part of the Netherlands is flooding almost the whole country is gone

[@spilledmilk4801]

@@jordodio888, you're talking about your whole country being at threat to rising sea levels, America will be affected but not as much as countries with negative sea level.

[@mariomouse8265]

@@jordodio888 Really? Because the Netherlands as I understand it has always relied on bigger countries to support the trade economy, whether that be the HRE in the medieval era, Indonesia in the colonial era or the EU today

[@Tatusiek_1]

@@tstocker6926 Also more of new orleans is below sea level than the netherlands

[@InfinteIdeas]

This video heavily missed New Orleans modern importance to shipping today, which is why it won't be abandoned by the federal government for federal government projects

[@jonnydent825]

Not only shipping, but important industry that relies on the river like refineries. People follow the industry.

[@inigobantok1579]

Its in the Mississippi of course it won't be abandoned

[@TheCarusoGroup]

The geographic and topographical issues in the video are accurate. The risks are very high. However, this guy really underestimates the continued economic and strategic importance of the city. He also failed to mention that over the past ten years the loss of land, which was in fact a football field per hour, has been reduced by quite a few innovative new programs that are utilizing natural methods of rebuilding the important marsh lands and coast line. It still may not be enough, but the city is more important than he indicates, and the state has shown some success with mitigation measures. Immediately after Katrina scientist went to Holland to study flood control systems, because that is where the best systems were. Today, it well known that scientists from around the world are beginning to come to Louisiana’s Water Institute in Baton Rouge, and throughout the southeast Louisiana region, because this is where the most innovation is being made. We who live here hope it is enough, and we recognize it may not be. The importance of this region to the rest of the nation, however, means that for the nation’s sake, we better succeed.

[@williammerkel1410]

@@TheCarusoGroup and to be fair the Netherlands got underway with its flood control systems centuries before environmentalists would have made a fuss about it, they had far longer to work on it and in an area that is significantly different than the mouth of the Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico.

[@kelvinw.1384]

Yes that may be the case but places like Biloxi and Baton Rogue can fulfill alot of that purpose. If not only the old city and port with workers would remain. But NO as a residential city is doomed. Even the bible said dont build your house on sand. Culture means nothing if your all dead.

[@nonames1139]

I visited New Orleans for the first time august and it’s really a shame it’s located where it is . There’s so much water everywhere and I pray for the people that live there. Their culture and food are top tier but sadly nature will eventually claim it 😢

[@NoName-uf6rf]

As a New Orleanian I am so thankful other people can recognize our geography sucks

[@YoungMesrine]

It sucks 4 sure

[@thunderbird1921]

Hard to believe that Union Pacific's Big Boy visited your city just days before Hurricane Ida blasted you.

[@ryangomez6694]

New Orleanians love to navel gaze, so as a transplant resident, I loved the stunning drone footage. But one vital, vital point must be corrected: during Hurricane Katrina, the levees were not overtopped, they broke. If they didn't break, then the city wouldn't have flooded, and was in fact dry for a few days after the passing of the storm. The diagram at 9:45 is not how it happened.

[@djm4854]

Preach. A lot of ppl seem to forget---even fellow New Orleaneans---the reason why Katrina was as devastating as it was. I even saw misinformation about this very subject being spread by local weather stations, as Hurricane Ida was approaching. It was not the storm itself, as it was the engineering behind our levee system. The levees broke & fractured, and that's what created the chaos we saw and remember.

[@Arlae_Nova]

So, levees rarely actually get overtopped, breaking a levee is much easier than overtopping it.

[@Gamedraco]

Also most of the levees that broke in Katrina were I-Walls that failed against the force of the surge and were pushed over and/or eroded from below. The older earthen levees that were pyramidal in construction held firm.

[@LSUrugby8]

It was overburdened not overtopped

[@genevievechoghari5987]

Thanks for clearing that up…..We said were still here after Katrina and you’re right the streets were dry and not near the damage had been done…it wasn’t till the levees broke that all hell fell upon us..That was a experience wasn’t it?Much love 💕 New Orleans 🎭🎷🎭

[@TonyFapioni]

It hurts watching this. My family settled in New Orleans in the 1850s and to see our history and culture being wiped away in front our eyes is heartbreaking. The only solution is see to preserving our identity is by building and replicating the New Orleans culture on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain. Still, it just wouldn’t be the same.

[@Tobunari]

In Mandeville? Ew...

[@deutschekanadische]

@@Tobunari disrespect, this is sad

[@bowens9347]

Proof or it never happened lol.

[@129das]

and waist not natural resources.

[@EmilyS1234]

Same, Katrina documentaries and stories are so emotional

[@nobodyfamousX]

Haven't heard anyone mention Katrina in a while. I don't live in Louisiana so I'm sure it is talked about more there, but it seems dangerous that areas outside Louisiana seem to be forgetting it.

[@laketrout73]

"So what you’re saying is it's indestructible?" "Oh, no, no. In fact, even a slight breeze could …" "Indestructible!"

[@frusky2404]

ReaLifeLore : "Why this place sucks : ..." French and English : " Wait ! I can explain !"

[@kevinagain0722]

When he started talking about new Orleans being hit by Ida, they were showing storm damage from DOWNTOWN HOUMA, LOUISIANA! Terrebonne and Lafourche parish is located south of New Orleans and took Ida's 155mph winds.

[@tellygiveans8688]

Ikr my husband has been bringing marsh buggies down there for entergy he said its horrible 😢

[@aweofme]

Ikr lots of misrepresenting clips here especially showing Baton Rouge at 2:17 which is far above sea level

[@fyrefaux9247]

And st charles parish, dont forget Laura

[@zivkovicable]

Virtually the whole country of the Netherlands is below sea level, it's just that they built up incredible sea defences which have been constantly strengthened for the past several centuries. This requires collective effort, investment in the future & intervention by strong central government. None of which come naturally to more individualistic, live for now, love of small government US citiizens. Infrastructure in general is neglected in the US.

[@northwing3416]

He covered this in the first 4 minutes, I’m not sure what the other 14 minutes are about

[@laurynmaree8127]

Lmfaooooo

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Just filling in the details.

[@isapiecake]

It's such a shame, the city was so gorgeous and basically doomed. I was in middle school when Katrina happened. I remember when we started getting refugee students that had to move to Kansas because that's where their closest family outside of New Orleans was. It was a lot to take in at that age, and I think about those kids to this day. I hope my city has been kind to them.

[@gladitsnotme]

*evacuee

[@chompythebeast]

@@gladitsnotme Both. Like how "ex-pat" was invented to describe white people because "immigrant" made them uncomfortable

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Had a family move into our apartment complex here Baltimore in 2008. Some of the coolest, homiest folks I have ever been neighbors to. It's home for New Orleanians but their home is coming closer to being a fairytale

[@jldstuff393]

I was one of those kids. A school in Austin took me in for free. Thank you to your city and all the other cities that took Katrina refugees in and were so kind to us.

[@pattongilbert]

Same. I remember one who joined our class in the middle of kindergarten.

[@anthonytodaro4615]

New Orleans is absolutely amazing, but it's location also gives it its iconic food. The water kinda sucks too for what you said, but the city is absolutely amazing.

[@MauMauBinghi]

You can get the same food anywhere in south Louisiana. It's arguably better in the southwestern part of the state known as the Bayou or Cajun country to outsiders.

[@avishaitaylor2815]

What people don't know is that the reason so many people died during Katrina is because the people who were in charge of the pumps left and new orleans and the surrounding area was doomed to flood. Even the mayor fled the city leaving the civilians alone and the US military did not really put effort into helping the civilians.

[@Whis__]

Living in New Orleans is like living in a bowl under a sprinkler system hoping they don’t turn on with water on each side blocked off with a wall built out of clay.

[@MyUsersDark]

That's what he said Like, i mean RealLifeLore

[@nch8]

You live in New Orleans?

[@amibeingdetained3417]

It’s more like a bowl of nuts. You’d know if you lived here.

[@otanakugaming3357]

“God please not US or France” “Hello Doctor, where am I?”

[@figtree_video_archive]

"Louisiana"

[@currypenguin]

*Intense crying*

[@Official_mrb]

Florida - peninsula Wyoming-“nothing” Louisiana- water

[@ortherner]

yes

[@alangeerts9124]

as a former wyoming resident i can tell you there are like 3 things in wyoming

[@CliffCardi]

And only 2 escalators

[@richardgladle7571]

Well I'll be, there's mention of Florida. Someone says there's a foul herd a' butt awful ohs running around near "The Ole Faiful Geyser" of Wyoming Land. You lousy na na butt awful ohs, why you mingling around Yellowstone and ruinin' the country. You butt awful ohs should go to Louisiana and Florida, Those crocagators and allidiles sure will love you....

[@notabelincoln5501]

@@alangeerts9124 nice you are the one guy over there👍

[@leomarshall4059]

I remember a standup comic describing New Orleans as "a bowl surrounded by soup, and the soup always wants to get into the bowl."

[@la7era1u54]

I live about 15 miles outside NOLA to the south-west. I'm glad you talk about man changing the natural course of the river. Even here not many people know that fact, but they should because it's the main reason why Louisiana loses over a football field worth of land every hour to the ocean. There is no sediment from the natural flooding and course change to replenish the land like there once was

[@Rozegolden]

Shout out to the West Bank

[@newtfigton8795]

So Louisiana is literally shrinking

[@kamikazehound3243]

@@newtfigton8795 yep because of dumbasses but I tell ya what we not going anywhere ya heard me💯 no place in the U.S. could replicate what we give the country

[@yearbyguy4470]

@@kamikazehound3243 what exactly do y’all give??

[@newtfigton8795]

@@kamikazehound3243 Good luck to you guys down there, you certainly have plenty of culture :)

[@MusicIsLegal]

Sounds like a mini Netherlands except they dont do much against the water or think ahead about its problems

[@richardgladle7571]

Another Dutch anthill hey.... There's the Dutch Antilles. There's Dutch South Africa There was Dutch Indonesia....

[@RogerKeulen]

Uhhm, they ask dutch companies for help. We made a drawing for them. They said: "It's to expensive". Conclusion: If you make enough money, you can live under sea level. When the party stops, you will need to start swimming.

[@Dutchman451]

New Orleans adopted the ideas of building levees from the Dutch who came to live in the area; its how the city was built in the first place. The main problem is that most of the people in charge came from areas that didn't have the same 'below sea level' problem, but the engineering solution is roughly the same

[@zacharysteinkoenig9629]

Yeah Category 4 hurricanes hit Amsterdam all the time

[@Dutchman451]

@@zacharysteinkoenig9629 That's interesting, I didn't think the Netherlands were in range of anything close to tropical cyclones

[@deathsquad8891]

Someday, the Water Empire's conquests would be bigger in size than even the Mongol and British ones combined. Not even the Galactic Empire would then be able to stop it.

[@ElfHostage]

Darth Vader will be disappointed hear about not being able to do anything about the ocean’s SAND.

[@Annexation_]

The sun empire will when it decides "aight imma head out" after a couple billion yrs

[@theplayasclub5948]

@@Annexation_ Don’t forget to mention the Void empire . Which encompasses both the Water and Sun empires .

[@Boofus]

nice to see someone that actually cares about new orleans and with family by new orleans making a video about it, and especially the fact that he actually pronounces new orleans correctly throughout the entire video