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I do not take it personally that those from New Orleans are blamed for crime increases in locales where some of them ended up. Many of those displaced from the lower ninth ward area had been home owners who lost everything they had when the city flooded. The vast majority of these folks were hard working, decent, religious types and they should not be tarnished because someone wants to stigmatize them. The lower ninth ward is a name of their area because it is downriver from the upper ninth ward. The land of the lower ninth ward is part of the St Bernard ridge and is actually some of the highest in elevation in the New Orleans area. These folks deserve better than the reputation they've been given. That's really what I am trying to point out.

As to how many have been able to return versus remain in the cities they evacuated to, I would bet that most of them have. I will do a little research on this and get back to you. Houston metro is over five million population. The remaining evacuees from New Orleans probably are less than 100,000, maybe not even that many. See post number 28 by Deport on this thread. If it's 50,000 that's only 1 percent of the total metropolitan population. There's a good chance that the muslim population has increased in Houston greater than that as well as the illegal immigrant population over the past 14 years.

“The vast majority of these folks were hard working, decent, religious types and they should not be tarnished because someone wants to stigmatize them.”

No doubt. I think the same could be said for most cities and the nation as well. Our cities and nation are being corrupted and destroyed by many different forces aligned against us. This is the “if you can keep it” part of our founders’ warnings.

“If it’s 50,000 that’s only 1 percent of the total metropolitan population.”

Actually, New Orleans proper has around half a million, but the greater metro is about 1.5 million.

Houston greater metro is about 6.5 million. There are about 2 and a quarter million who live in the city limits. Houston metro area is very spread out.

“There’s a good chance that the muslim population has increased in Houston greater than that as well as the illegal immigrant population over the past 14 years.”

That’s a very solid argument. Would make an interesting study.