It was actually fairly a good place when it was first built, it was first built on a hill so it was protected from floods and the natural swamps and coasts to protect it from the hurricanes, but like all cities and towns they expand, and when they expanded they expanded largely which also destroyed some of the natural protection by draining swamps to build housing. So to say it is worthless to buidl there in the first place is kind of ignorant, it just got too big to stay in a stable, safe environment.