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--- Quote from: Hemi on September 03, 2008, 06:39:07 pm ---I can see now I'm going to have to ignore YOU so I do not have to look at these "funny" posts any longer. I guess you can continue on with this but with me not being able to see it, it will be worthless. :applaud:
Now, deal with being the only guy on the forum the guy with the most users ignoring him chooses to ignore.
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--- Quote from: tommy on September 25, 2005, 05:28:18 pm ---I would like to ignore everyone on this forum and just post in response to my posts, is that possible? :D
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It'll still be fun for me ...
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in accordance with our nations alliance i feel it necessary to quote your every post in retaliation to any censorship attempts
:D
CheffoJeffo:
It's nice to have a good foreign policy.
:cheers:
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on September 01, 2008, 10:59:49 pm ---But not everyone you're talking about is living in a ---smurfing--- bowl, waiting to be drowned over and over again. The term "gluttons for punishment" comes to mind.
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Agreed. You want to live there? Knock yourself out. No insurance for you. No federal aid for you. I rank this up with the people that live under volcanoes, the people that live on beaches, and the people that live anywhere else there is inherent danger.
You choose to live there, you deal with the consequences.
On the other hand, if they just backfill the entire citym it won't be under sealevel any more.
SithMaster:
--- Quote from: Jdurg on September 03, 2008, 09:55:19 am ---Well, NO is the city at the mouth of the Mississippi River, and that is why it became a city. If you look at all of the major cities in the US, they are all based near a body of water. This is because water was, and still is to this day, one of the best ways to transport goods. Look at Boston, New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, etc. They are all right on the coast and as a result are some of the more important cities we have.
NO is also a checkpoint for a lot of goods coming into the US. Any large cargo that has to go up the Mississippi river to any of the cities along it has to go through New Orleans. There are still many cargo loads that just can't be shipped any way except by boat.
As for why there are no big cities in Tornado Alley, that's really just a consequence of the terrain out there and not because of tornados. Again, water sources are the key aspect of a thriving city and there aren't too many major waterways in the middle of the plains. The only real big one is the Mississippi River and there are PLENTY of major cities right along it. Cities in the middle of Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Montana, etc. generally don't exist because there really aren't any reasons for them to be big cities. A big city develops when the terrain around it is useful, or there is a resource near there that makes it an attractive place to live. Most of the cities out in the southwest grew rapidly thanks to the discovery of gold and silver and the need for the mining industry.
To say that New Orleans doesn't need to exist is really not something that any of us here on this board can say. None of us are urban planners and playing SimCity doesn't count. ;) ;D
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I've heard that most of the port cities on the east coast aren't as active in the water transport industry as they used to be specifically New York City. Anyway I'd like a clarification of your floating city idea. Will this be the houses that can float if needed or do you want everything to rest on the water constantly? I only ask because it could make traveling by road difficult.
A good idea might be to limit personal dwellings at the mouth of the river or even prevent them from being built at all. If that area is so important to maritime activities then just allow commercial, ie shipping related industry, to be near there. If its business related prevention of asset damage will be more forthcoming.
Hemi:
N.O has too much history and culture to start to mess with it and destroy it all now. The city has been like this and fine for how many decades now? Just because they get unlucky with a few storms is no reason to start talking about floating cities.
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