But the South has a wide swathe of rural stagnation and some depressed cities: New Orleans, for example, was in trouble even before Hurricane Katrina hit it in2005.

• 但南部却存在着大批的贫困乡村和凋敝城市：比如，在遭受2005年卡特里纳飓风袭击前，新奥尔良就已经陷入困境。