New Orleans vs Detroit

[Searay215]

New Orleans vs Detroit – Lets compare

They have a dome stadium – We had a dome stadium
They have the 9th ward destruction – We have the east side depopulation
They had Katrina – We had Kilpatric
They have the Saints – We have the Lions
They are going to the super bowl – We are in the toilet bowl
They have the Kardashion’s – We have Martha Reeves

Just sayin…..

I see you smiling out there....

[Eastside]

They have Dr. John - We have Dr. Kavorkian
They have street cars - We have paved over street car tracks
They have Bourbon Street - We have Vernor Ave
They have the French Quarter - We have "can you spare a quarter?"
They have Mardi Gras- We had Marty Mornhinweg

[Searay215]

They have Dr. John - We have Dr. Kavorkian
They have street cars - We have paved over street car tracks
They have Bourbon Street - We have Vernor Ave
They have the French Quarter - We have "can you spare a quarter?"
They have Mardi Gras- We had Marty Mornhinweg

I love it....we need to laugh at ourselves once in a while.

[Detroitnerd]

They have Algiers -- We have Windsor
Founded by the French -- Founded by the French
They had Katrina -- We had urban renewal
They are 10 feet below sea level -- We are "underwater"
They have miles and miles of refineries downriver -- We have Zug Island

[unclefrank]

They have reasons to exist. Detroit does not.

[313WX]

They Have Gumbo - We Have Coneys
They Have Hurricanes - We Have Blizzards
They Have Shell - We Have Comerica
They Have Density - We Have Prairies
They Have Lake Pontchartrain - We Have An Abandoned Hotel Ponchartrain

[mikeg19]

They have reasons to exist. Detroit does not.

Yes. Lets just wait until the entire city is under water and well see how important New Orleans is. It's no secret that it's sinking and from what I've seen on programs on Discovery or History channel, within 100 years New Orleans will be no longer. So is it wise to keep spending billions of dollars on something that keeps getting destroyed by nature when it will inevitably be destroyed anyways?

[Lowell]

"They have Algiers -- We have Windsor"

............................. erratum^ -- We had the Algiers Motel Incident

[iheartthed]

They Have Density - We Have Prairies

I don't think New Orleans is more densely populated than Detroit [[city)...

[[Average density)

[Downtown Lady]

They had Katrina – We had Kilpatrick

Yes, he was a one-man hurricane, wasn't he?

[Detroitnerd]

"They have Algiers -- We have Windsor"

............................. erratum^ -- We had the Algiers Motel Incident

Oh, that's a good one, Lowell!

[313WX]

I don't think New Orleans is more densely populated than Detroit [[city)...

[[Average density)

Much of it was wiped out after Katrina. The Lower Ninth Ward alone was denser than Detroit.

None of Detroit's densest areas comparas to the French Quarters, Royal Street, Borubon St. or St. Charles Ave.

[RickBeall]

You all have very dangerous minds. ;-)

[Detroitej72]

Much of it was wiped out after Katrina. The Lower Ninth Ward alone was denser than Detroit.

How can you say that when the population of N.O. was just over 300,000 total and Detroit's around 900,000?

[Lowell]

They have leaky dykes -- We have Hines Drive.

[Detroitnerd]

They have the Famous Door.
We have Famous Hamburger.

They have Mr. Binky's.
We have Mr. Alan's.

They have the Port of Call.
We have the poor that call you names.

They have the Ursuline Convent.
We have the cursin' dude lyin' on a steam vent.

[EastsideAl]

In fact, Detroit is quite a bit more densely populated than New Orleans, whose incorporated limits include a significant amount of empty swamp and park land.

[markharrison]

Born in Detroit in '55. Living in the metro N.O. area for the last 22yrs. I'll take N.O. over Detroit any day.

To those that are under the mistaken impression that N.O. is "below sea level", only a portion of it is. Very little of the metro area is below sea level [[Jeferson, St Tammany, St. Charles, St. James, & St. Bernard parishes) where, much like Detroit, most of the population is. Downtown N.O. is still there, and not abandoned. N.O. is also the 5th largest port in the U.S. based on volume. Combined with the Port of South Louisiana [[about 25mi. upriver) form the largest port system in the world by bulk tonnage.

[markharrison]

N.O. has crawfish, Detroit has poisoned fish.

[iheartthed]

They have: www.cityofno.com

We have: www.detroityes.com

[EastsideAl]

N.O. has crawfish, Detroit has PERCH!

[exmotowner]

I don't think New Orleans is more densely populated than Detroit [[city)...

[[Average density)

I dont think it is either. It lost a HUGE population when Katrina hit.

[Dabirch]

They have leaky dykes -- We have Hines Drive.

I was sure you were going to say "we had Lilly Tomlin"

[Strathcona]

They were second, we were first.

[Patrick]

We Have Comerica

When did Comerica move back from W land?