Posted on 09/06/2005 7:28:34 PM PDT by RGSpincich
New Orleans is the most urban area hit by Katrina and the most likely to be cut up by land grabbing public entities. From a municipal view point, every parcel of property is blighted and is subject to eminent domain proceedings. New Orleans will sieze upon this trajedy to remove unwanted neighborhoods in favor of lucrative tourist attractions. What do you think?
"Would YOU want to live in a house that had been soaking in a toxic cesspool for two weeks?"
Ever hear of Wolmanized lumber? That is toxic and it surrounds most homes in the US
Yup. That's what I've been thinking too.
What becomes of the property? Insurance companies don't take title, they settle the claim with cash. Do you think government grant money will require the property owner deed to the government, guess that would make it a sale though. Another choice, property would be abandoned?
No, it certainly won't be highrise. Why should it? There is plenty of land. This will be a fascinating experiment in any event.
Few are insured in those zip codes for flood insurance. If they get money and run, the money won't be from insurance.
Buy stock in catapillar and Gradall Industries, these boys are going to be real busy for years. lol
Yeah, expect Democrats to repeat the Robert Taylor Homes fiasco:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taylor_Homes
No. He needs voters 6 months from now when the election is held. Most of the people who stay will rebuild their houses. The locals in N.O. are funny that way. However, many won't come back or died.
I'm not too sure that a new arrival hispanic population will replace the current construction trades people in NOLA. The pay is so low down there, most illegals can make more working almost anywhere else in the country. Looking at the pay scale down there, illegals in NJ make more than union construction workers in NOLA. It's mind boggling to this guy from NJ.
I'd expect anti-illegal rhetoric coming out of the NOLA labor unions when the large federal reconstruction programs are announced, similar to the America of a hundred years ago, or even Depression era America, with all of the racist rhetoric, marches, strikes, and unrest.
You Betcha!
most lumber is not kiln dried - its green and the water oozes out of it - it can be a bit warped if not sheetrocked quickly - but I have done these renos and it is plausible.
I wonder what the cuisine will be like? Is it even possible to mix crawdads and okra in with Tex-Mex cooking and have it come out tasty?
I was thinking more of the part that a lot of the people living in the low-income neighborhoods didn't actually own the property, and so have nothing to tie them back to New Orleans besides emotional attachments. Of course, emotional attachments can be very strong, but the New Orleans of the future will not be the New Orleans that they were attached to, and the people attachments have been scattered far and wide as well.
Again, one has to consider what motivates a low-income person to stay where they're at or to return where they left. First and foremost, economic opportunity. A lot of people don't move because they can't. They don't have the financial mobility. These people now do. People who take jobs will want to stick with them. Single mothers with kids will stay wherever they think it helps their kids - that will mostly be wherever they're relocated. People who take advantage of new education/training opportunities will stay wherever they find them. That will obviously be somewhere other than New Orleans.
A lot of them will plan to move back to New Orleans "some day" and some day will never come around, just like happens with a majority of immigrants. There kids will adapt to their new settings, or grow up in them, and they will move on. Etc, etc. Of course, a lot depends on how swiftly New Orleans gets back into swing, and my premise is that it'll take a while.
"They will be condemned for black mold instantly. "
Well they can condemn for whatever they want - we sprayed with chlorine solution and had no problem.
Granted, it's worth noting that a substantial portion of the refugees have been to date resettled in the armit of America (Houston) and if anything sends them fleeing back to New Orleans that may very well do it. ;^)
LOL. Houston reminds me of LA more than any other city in America, built about the same time, and to automobile specifications. When I walked around in downtown, the similarities to downtown LA in architecture, and everything else, were eerie man, eerie. All it lacks is mountains (or topography of any kind of any interest, and LA is all about topography), beaches and climate. Otherwise it is just about the same. :)
There were class action lawsuits last year that will make ignoring the toxic variety of black mold much more difficult for rental property owners to ignore the dangers. Anyone with deep pockets will be a target of the vultures and a financially disadvantaged populace. Think on the bright side, they're going to need to build entire subdivisions for the hordes of lawyers that are going to descend upon NOLA.
I do agree. If those left in NO feel that Nagin is responsible for bringing in new jobs , via promises from developers, he will get the votes.
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