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Originally Posted by meembo
What would you do with tens of thousands of people who essentially can't afford to live elsewhere? The only thing that will keep people from moving back is to not pump out the water from the flooded areas, and that's never going to happen. The residentail neighborhood is home to thousands of people, and will be again to those who can't afford to live elsewhere.
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This is the thing that I do not understand at all. New Orleans, even the worst part of it, is not CHEAPER living than many places in the country in the North. Why DON'T they move? Why do they throw themselves back into the same predicament? It's senseless to me.
If it were me, if I HAD been a resident there, you can BET that I would be moving OUT of the floodplain if not OUT of town. The only thing that would bring me back is if I OWNED land. Even then I would do my utmost to sell it though I'm sure the value would be less at this point.
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