The advocate poll.Q: Do you think Katrina has forever crippled crip·ple n. 1. A person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple. 2. A damaged or defective object or device. tr.v. New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded as a gay-friendly tourist destination A tourist destination is a city, town or other area the economy of which is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from tourism. It may contain one or more tourist attractions or visitor attractions and possibly some "tourist traps". ? yes 18% no 72% unsure 10% How readers responded to the poll question featured in the September 12 issue of The Advocate * "The French Quarter of New Orleans remains intact and unique. There are as many or more reasons to visit now as there were before Katrina." * "When was New Orleans ever 'gay-friendly'? Every time I have been there, since 1960, the cops were beating the shit out of us every chance they got." * "New Orleans is a well-loved city that has survived worse than natural disasters. She can come back from this, and she will." * "Unless you either really fix the levees or raise the city by 30 feet and build only with reinforced concrete reinforced concrete Concrete in which steel is embedded in such a manner that the two materials act together in resisting forces. The reinforcing steel—rods, bars, or mesh—absorbs the tensile, shear, and sometimes the compressive stresses in a concrete , you might as well call it a historical site. Gay anything does not want to be in that mess." * "New Orleans will always have the magic that makes it such a wonderful gay vacation destination." * "The LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community is leading the revival of the city, and gay tourism will continue to play a key role in the process." * "New Orleans is being redeveloped by big business interests, and poor people have been forced out. Who cares if LGBT tourists are encouraged to return?" * "Absolutely not!" |
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