I have some articles on your theory about the growth of cities and find it interesting. I have a question though, according to this theory shouldn't New Orleans be much bigger?
I have some articles on your theory about the growth of cities and find it interesting. I have a question though, according to this theory shouldn't New Orleans be much bigger?
I have some articles on your theory about the growth of cities and find it interesting. I have a question though, according to this theory shouldn't New Orleans be much bigger?
New Orleans is the biggest port in the US.
Also, if you consider New Orleans the metropolitan area that reaches to Baton Rouge, that's over 2M people, which isn't too bad.
That said, yes, there's probably other things that hinder it.
Some guesses:
Hurricanes! Remember that Galveston lost due to this, and Hurrican Katrina has had an obvious impact on the city
Marshland! It's hard and expensive to build up in the area
What else? I assume these have had a big impact, but I don't know how much, and if there are other big factors