Just WHAT on earth would these people do WHEN GOVERNEMNT HELP - welfare, housing, job creation was NOT here or available? In the beginning, people HAD to make it happen. Now we have cradle to grave government slaves. They're addicted to government money as an entitlement. It's compassion run amok.
And now WE'RE stuck with them!
Texan
Most of the poorest were living in old, small rundown houses that the owners had rented at a low rate - when these houses are destroyed, did people expect the owners to be able to build new houses and rent them for the same low price so they could move back in ?
Simply unrealistic to believe that these unfortunate folks will be going back to the same life they were living.
We spend too much on freeloaders here, but it's a far cry from what they were probably getting in NO. THAT is the biggest wake-up call. Texas, it's like a whole other country, compared to Ne-ew Orleens.