Map of New Orleans – fantasy or real?

And then the placement of Lake Pontchartrain Causeway that expands for 24 miles (38km)?

Sutter elaborates on the texture of the swamps of Louisiana, pointing out that no cartographer would work on replicating it.

While admitting that the design is quite interesting, James Sutter concludes that the map is simply not believable.

He jokingly recommends the South to rework the map of New Orleans and resubmit it when it looks like a real city.