I've been looking for a Texan to ask this question: how is it going down there with the evacuees?
I live in the North Texas (Dallas) area and while I understand the are some evacuees living in these parts I have personally noticed no difference. My daughter knows of two kids from NO in her middle school and they seem to have adjusted well. I do recall hearing of an assault, I believe it was, in Ft. Worth committed by a Katrina evacuee. Other than that all seems to be quiet in this neck of the woods. I know initially most were placed in the San Antonio area but I believe a fair number of them have been dispersed throughout our state and other states in this region.
My company is an IT service provider and I know both Katrina and Rita put a strain on local as well as national IT disaster recovery facilities for awhile but that was to be expected and seemed to have pretty much abated by early to mid November.
So all in all, not too bad. I just hope that if they choose to stay in Texas it doesn't shift the political demographic back to the left. Those were not good days.
Those evacuees with the entitlement mentality are welcome take it right back to Louisiana. I'll even chip in on the bus ride.