[garyhope]

I can hardly wait till the novelty of the charming "victims" wears off and their welcome wears out and the crime statistics start to creep up in their adopted cities. Then what? Where do they go then? Who's gonna love em then?

[kcvl]

I vote for John Travolta & Oprah to load up their planes and pick up a few evacuees (since the "stars" are always "suggesting" ways in which we are supposed to help people)...


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[ClaireSolt]

The Texans were screening for security. Hopefully, they screened the criminals out.

[konaice]

I can hardly wait till the novelty of the charming "victims" wears off and their welcome wears out

And this will happen sooner than you think, because by and large the independent and resourceful people in N.O. got the hell out (they didn't wait for the Mandatory notice), and/or prepared to stay and be safe for more than one day.

What descended on the Dome and the Convention center were the helpless, the street punks, the stupid, and the welfare queens.

The only good thing about this is that the good people of Texas will not have to worry about their Job market being swamped by a bunch of unemployable rif-raf. Seems unlikely 1 in 1000 of these newly homeless will be seeking jobs any time soon.

My guess:
The people's republic of San Diego will find a way to ship these people to L.A. within 3 months.

[SoCal Pubbie]

I believe that there is an opportunity here to break the cycle of poverty and dependence for some of these people, though it may well be passed up. Getting them out of their old neighborhoods, in small groups, away from their old patterns of life, and showing them how to succeed might make new lives for them. The key is to break the mentality of failure. You have to expect them to do better, and put pressure on them to do so. Will it be done? That's the question.