Question on Rebuilding NO LA.

[JohnBoyToo]

My sister in Baton Rouge is saying it is a nightmare in that city as well....

the lack of planning was evident in the results...

understand that this is beyond belief,
but has been predicted for decades !!!
(I am originally from Baton Rouge and heard it all my life !)

Unfortunatly, no one has a handle on it either....
I fear a terrorist issue soon....

given that the buttocrats couldn't deal with this for 4 days,
what will happen in the case of another ?

While not all are inept, many are....
Like all generalaties, they are untrue in some cases,
but they are more true than not...
especially when it comes to gov't workers...
And I was one at one time, long ago...
but felt I could not be productive fighting the mass
and moved on....

but I am falling into the "headhunting media" blame game as well.... and need to get off that...

I fear for the implosion to come...
from riots, from overloading of the infrastructure,
from lack of effort by those that are refugees...

we're in for a long hard ride that ALL need to address and pull in one direction...
but that will never happen...

 

[95_stroker]

Honestly I can say that I think the populations will drastically decrease in these areas. Not simply as a result of the deaths. Those while a significant number are miniscule when compared with those who have evacuated and in reality are having to establish a life wherever they are now including finding jobs and housing. I believe that the population of NO will drop by at least 25% simply due to people not returning.

I completely agree with your above statement BJ. I do feel bad for the folks that have called NO home for thier entire life but I dont see the full population moving back in and rebuilding. For one, by the time they are able to rebuild (12 + months or more) they will have settled into a new lifestyle wherever it is that they relocated to, number two, even with a "federal bailout" there will still be significant costs to the individual to rebuild a home or life in NO again.

NO is a city very rich in history and culture and that is something that I think we as Americans should want to preserve. I can see the rebuilding (restoring?) of the downtown district, the French Quarter etc etc..... The commerce in NO needs to be restored as it is supremely important to our nations economic well being, but will there be 1 million people that call NO home again someday? I seriosly doubt it. JMHO.

 

[02SilverStroke]

NO is a city very rich in history and culture and that is something that I think we as Americans should want to preserve. I can see the rebuilding (restoring?) of the downtown district, the French Quarter etc etc..... The commerce in NO needs to be restored as it is supremely important to our nations economic well being, but will there be 1 million people that call NO home again someday? I seriosly doubt it. JMHO.

I agree, the history and culture has to be preserved, and the commerce has to be restored. The prediction is that Baton Rouge will be the largest city in LA, not New Orleans. Not only are lots of the evacuees that are in Dallas wanting to stay here, I think there's a bunch in Houston that want to stay there too. I also doubt that many of them had ever been out of New Orleans in their lives, so they're finally getting to see some new "territory". The hurricane could be God's way to make a better life for them.