south chicago could be called wasteland. florida a hurricane zone and NYC (where I live) a terrorist zone. I guess the whole country moves to kansas.
No, we don't want you!
Ah-oh. Time for Kansas to develop a sane and ration immigration policy, put up a defensible barrier to protect it's borders, train and deploy a security force...
You might want to reconsider Kansas
http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=4767
Chicago is a police and governmental corruptio problem, not unlike New Orleans, and could be delt with under the "Guarantee of republican government" clause of the Constitution. The terrorists have been taking it in the shorts of late, but they could still cause problems. Either way it's a national security problem and covered under the Constitution. The Hurricanes aren't going to stop hitting New Orleans, even if they will rarely big as severe as Katrina. If it's cheaper to move most of NOLA than to build it up above sea level and strenghten and raise all the levees, then move it.
I rather like the notion of making it a park, with the French Quarter section rebuilt or refubished and protecte by new and better, (But much smaller) levees, with with redundent protection provided by the repaired existing levees. Less area to pump dry, and less to protect from the big storms the forecasters say are comming in the next few decades.