Metaphorically. But what a way to do it, by almost disappearing off the literal map. Will it become the Pompeii of the modern age. a byword for disaster to future generations. Will the US by then have gone the way of ancient Rome?
New Orleans was already “on the map”. We’re not talking some obscure little town like Hope, Arkansas, which was only ever heard of by the country at large because of Clinton. It’s not like New Orleans was struggling in anonymity…it’s a notorious party town, a watchword for wanton celebration. Has been for decades.
Where’ve you been?
Besides, it’s extremely unlikely that New Orleans will be our Pompeii. New Orleans was and is much more important to the US than Pompeii was to Rome. NOLA is a major industrial port. Even if the residential city weren’t rebuilt (and it will be), the port HAS to be rebuilt or reconditioned. There’s no way NOLA can be abandoned the way Pompeii was.
Your analogy fails badly.
See the location tag? 
Asia, apparently. 
In a weird way, I think this whole mess will strengthen the legend and mystique of New Orleans once things are rebuilt. And it will be rebuilt. Few are seriously disputing that.
I’ve chatted online with foreigners who have never even heard of New Orleans or Mardi Gras. Surely the death toll wasn’t worth it, but they’ve heard of it now.
I think I’d have had trouble accurately locating New Orleans on a map before all of the recent coverage.
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I still find it weird that there are people in the world who haven’t heard of New Orleans, though…
Has no-one heard of jazz? Satchmo?
I don’t find it so weird. I have spent the last three weeks studying intensly for a course I’m doing. I have not had the TV on or the radio. The people I see have not talked about Hurricane Katrina or New Orleans. If it wasn’t for visiting this website I would not have known that a hurricane had occured.
Yes but did you know New Orleans existed before all that anyway?
“Put on map” not “heard of for the first time”. Many people had heard of New Orleans before (maybe seen that film with one of the Quaid boys, maybe heard of Mardi Gras), like they may have heard of Houston, or even Biloxi (if they’ve read their John Grisham). But this has really put New Orleans on the map.
Define ‘put on the map.’
I grew up in the ass-end of nowhere and still always wanted to go to New Orleans. It’s been “on the map.” The same as any other great city of culture. I got to go nearly ten years ago now. It lived up to its reputation! NO has always been known for its food and music and cultural heritage.
Venice of the Deep South, except with more violence.
Nope, sorry. N’awlins has always BEEN on the map-it’s probably one of our most famous cities. Mardi Gras, the French Quarter, Cajun food, Emeril, “Girls Gone Wild”, etc.
It’s also a major cultural and historical center. You haven’t just heard of New Orleans, you knew of it.
I was speaking as a foreigner on behalf of and in the place of foreigners. If before we hadn’t heard of it, well - we have now.
Well, let’s put it this way-it would be like saying that 9-11 put New York on the map.
I’m a foreigner too. And my above statement stands. The ass-end of nowhere that I was refering to isn’t in the states. So I’m afraid you aren’t speaking for foreigners per se, but only the foreigners who somehow managed to miss this major center of music and other arts, not to mention fine, fine foot-long beverages that cannot go entirely unmentioned. Oh, and voodoo, and vampires, and all the rest of it
More like the Atlantis of the modern age, it would appear…
The Black guys in Utah?
The hairy guy in Canada?
Yeah, no. New York is the setting for countless movies. There’s also Broadway, Wall St., and Madison Ave. Lot’s more for a foreigner to grab onto than in New Orleans. I’d put it in the top fifteen in terms of recognizablity among foreigners, but there’s a huge drop off after your New Yorks and your Philadelphias and your L.A.'s.
I’m sorry but where’s Philadelphia? Do they make cheese there?