High and Dry

How many times have I heard it?
"New Orleans is a bowl. New Orleans is sunk below sea level."
How many times have you heard it?
How many times we believed it?

Now the headline in the Times Picayune:

HIGHER GROUND

A study finds that New Orleans has plenty of real estate above sea level that is being underutilized

And:

Study bust myth that New Orleans is sunken city