Did you ever wonder that? I have. Why not London, Paris, Tokyo, or Rome? Replicating a real American city, why, that's like building a California theme park in...anyway...
All of the original lands represented themes which loomed large in the midcentury imagination: the frontier, the future, etc. In the mid-60's, however, there was no surge of interest in the grand old south.
If Walt wanted to replicate one of America's great cities, why not New York, where he had just been involved w/ the 1964 World's Fair? Why not Chicago, where he was born? Why not Atlanta, which would be readily familiar from having appeared in "Gone W/ the Wind"? New Orleans isn't a big city as cities go, and it's not what people generally think of when they think of the south.
Why New Orleans? I have an idea, but I'd like to see what you think first.
All of the original lands represented themes which loomed large in the midcentury imagination: the frontier, the future, etc. In the mid-60's, however, there was no surge of interest in the grand old south.
If Walt wanted to replicate one of America's great cities, why not New York, where he had just been involved w/ the 1964 World's Fair? Why not Chicago, where he was born? Why not Atlanta, which would be readily familiar from having appeared in "Gone W/ the Wind"? New Orleans isn't a big city as cities go, and it's not what people generally think of when they think of the south.
Why New Orleans? I have an idea, but I'd like to see what you think first.
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