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CMV: New Orleans cant be saved and will have to be abandoned

Normally when I see news headlines saying some city will be underwater by 2050 or 2100 due to climate change or rising sea levels I take it with a grain of salt. U.S cities at risk of sea-level rise such as Charleston and New York can build sea walls and pumps to keep themselves dry but this is not the case in New Orleans. About half of the city is currently below sea level and the parts that are above sea level are barely so with the exception of some higher neighborhoods like the French Quarter. Many point to the Dutch as an example of how cities can survive well below sea level and this would work with New Orleans except they suffer from large hurricanes while the Netherlands does not. With hurricane intensity increasing due to climate change and the natural swamp barrier eroding away, New Orleans will eventually have no protection outside the levees for hurricanes. There is practically no solution for New Orleans to survive and the city will have to be abandoned in the near future with the exception of some high ground neighborhoods.
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If you've ever visited somewhere like coastal Florida and talked to people who have evacuated and rebuilt time and time again after hurricanes brought floods and destroyed their homes, you realize how attached people are to impractical build sites. It's likely this will be the case with New Orleans.