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Article Evaluation The “vertical migration” patterns in New Orleans, based on topographical elevation appeared to have a specific trend from 1920 to 2000. There is no evidence suggesting that race was a factor of the vertical migration pattern, but as time went on, the New Orleanians appeared to move from areas of higher elevation to lower elevation. Between the years 1920 and 1930, areas of low elevation such as Gentilly, Lakeview, and especially Gert Town experienced great increases in population while areas of high elevation such as Marigny, Treme, and Lee Circle simultaneously experienced decreases in residential populations. The above-sea-level population in New Orleans decreased from approximately 90 percent in the early 20th century to approximately 38 percent in the start of the 21st century. Post-Katrina, there was an increased percentage of the New Orleans population living at higher elevations, but it was more so due to slow re-population of more drastically affected low-elevation areas in opposed to social preference of high elevation living. Gert town is one of the points of lowest elevation in New Orleans and currently ranges from 0 to -4 meters below sea level.