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Ideological Hurricane Katrina tore the lid of a virtual Superdome of liberal illussions about how cities prosper. Are we ready to try real urban reform?
Last September's tragedy in New Orleans revealed, in the starkest manner, the soft underbelly of America's cities. After all the 1990s rhetoric insisting that "Cities are back!" we got a glimpse behind the facades of a major urban center and tourist mecca which revealed many utterly dependent and disorganized residents, looking more like Third Worlders than denizens of a modern metropolis. In the process, the urban liberalism that has dominated city administration for the last generation was unmasked.
New Orleans as paragon of a hollowed-out city
To be sure, New Orleans is a unique case. Built below sea level, it has one of the most heavily ...
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