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There are a lot of advantages to living on a cruise liner... endless party, low taxes and excises, etc.
Given that New Orleans has been flooded it would make sense to rebuild the city on cruise liners, making tourism an even more important part of The Party That Never Ends. Liners pick up "visitors"
and drop them at other, affiliated destinations. Time in transit means they are captive tourists of the floating city.
On the French Quarter of the fleet there is a distinctly Creole feel, with Cajun food available 24/7 on the Bourbon deck.
Some of the liners would have the capacity to ship oil into the port facility, from the Gulf. Others would be solely devoted to the inbound tourist market, with a sanitised, low crime version of what "N'Orlins once were".
When a hurricane threatens just up anchor and sail to Florida or Mexico or Gitmo...
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Welcome back. I assume the tourist boats can pick people up from their home ports? |
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Hey [UB]. I think a more Venice-like New Orleans might be better, because of the canals, and possibility of giant alligators begging cheese curds from canal-side bars. |
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Venice's canals smell bad enough in winter, without the advantage of summer temperatures and tropical humidity. |
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There may be some attraction, but it would be pretty dangerous in hurricane season. |
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Good to see you back [UB]. Perhaps this New Orleans could be shipped a few miles out to sea into international waters. That would make for more lively parties. |
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I know there is a plan afoot to build a ginormous ship--a floating city--as a retirement community. I suppose floating a pre-existing city really isn't all that far-fetched. |
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What do the ships do when another cat5 is headed their way? |
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Sail out of the way, I guess. |
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//What do the ships do when another cat5 is headed their way?// |
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Like it says in the last paragraph, [bris], up anchor and go somewhere else. |
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... or upgrade to cat5e :) |
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how would you put the cat5s out at night? |
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Pull their plugs out of the back of the computer. |
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Welcome back UB + for the idea, if I may... |
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I wanted to repeat what I said on desevas' crap idea. I will be raising funds for Habitat for Humanity when my packet of receipts arrives. If any h'bakers wish to contribute [and make me look oh so angelic ( : P )] You can find the Habitat address I'm working with on my profile page. Thanks. |
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I saw The World Residence anchored in Bodrum, Turkey last October, but everyone on it was pretty rich I guess - I don't think there were any steerage residents.
Welcome back [UB] - served your time? |
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I like the idea of New Orleans as a sort of "Venice of the South", although canals in the tropics might be a breeding ground for mosquitos I suppose, but what do you expect when you build a city in a swamp, below sea level? |
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//with a sanitised, low crime version of what "N'Orlins once were"// |
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kind of like if Disney recreated New Orleans in a shopping mall. Oh wait, that happened somewhere (might not have been Disney), but they put in a theme park like New Orleans exhibit, complete with wax prostitutes, you know, for atmosphere. Real prostitutes are kept out by the rent-a-cops. Wouldn't want any REAL atmosphere. |
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Interesting except for that remark. If you sanitize and reduce crime, it won't be the same. The food and music will be sanitized as well, and all the emotional expression that makes New Orleans what it is will be expunged. Like the difference between an original Fats Domino song, and the same thing translated through Muzak's de-humanizing machine. Or making gumbo with hot dogs instead of kick-ass sausage. |
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Spare me that part, and I'll be interested. |
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Dang, beat me to it. I was working on 'New-and-Improved Orleans.' |
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I kinda like the idea of a city built entirely on stilts. |
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It's certainly more practical than rock and roll. |
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Doc, didn't they do that in one downtown somewhere on the Isles for parking's sake, and the townsfolk decried it as hideous? (Wish I could remember the name of the place...) |
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After I heard that most of the people temporarily housing in the AstroDome did NOT want anything to do with being housed in a Cruise ship, I wondered. |
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My conclusion is that they did not want to give up control of where they were. As dumb as Dubya's Momma thinks those people are, They know how to play Sabaac. |
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New New Orleans as a floating Party City is a Cool Idea, though. + |
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The only drawback is that New Orleans was one of the few cities in America where you could live and not have to own a car (& still have dates). It was great sleeping for 45 min's on the way to work on the Street Car & being awoken by the turn it took around Lee Circle to come to my senses to pull the cable alarm & signal that my office was 10 feet away from the next stop. I doubt the Newer New Orleans Vision would integrate this part of the experience. |
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"There was a house in New Orleans
They called the Rising Sun" |
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Where does the Mardi-Gras occur, btw? |
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I'm pretty sure they could build a city on gigantic pontoons, that rise and fall with the tides and storm surges. |
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I think I proposed one a while back, using compacted garbage and autoclaved aerated concrete. |
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