Once you scatter the people, I don't know that you're going to be able to capture the past. You may come up with something new, you might be able to help the poverty and the problems that became so manifest during the hurricane, and that might be to the good. But it wouldn't be the historical New Orleans.

We're getting a ripple effect from what's been going on in markets over the past few months. People now are waking up to the fact that while they may have had a great return in the bull market, it may be ebbing. People are getting more careful, funds are moving elsewhere and we're a small beneficiary of that.

The unique culture here is a product of the people. The population has always been a rich mix that brought out the best of New Orleans -- the music, the food. I'm not sure you can re-create that. But there is an opportunity to attack the issues of poverty and race now. The slate ... has been wiped almost clean.

but it wouldn't be the historical New Orleans.

It was a cultural accident. Not conscious process.

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