No, the majority of Katrian evacuaees aren't going all the way back to New Oreleans to try a rebuild what they had there. And who can possibly blame them..??? I wouldn't either, and even an idiot could see why.
The environmental issues alone make the prospect of returning to re-establish residency there a high risk proposition. Most of the disaster area remains toxic cesspool, with the EPA struggling to do what it can to make some sort of headway. All sorts of environmental clean-up regulations have been waived just so they clean out part of the garbage and debris. This will be biggest, most difficult and costliest undertaking in the EPA's history.
Tell me, if you were a parent that had lived in the city prior to the disaster, would you actually move back there just so your kids could grow up in an area as contaminated as it is now...? I sure as hell wouldn't risk the health of my kids.
Once more there is probably at least a one in three chance of a comparable storm hitting the area again within the next ten to fifteen years. What's the point of trying to move back to try and rebuild if another Katrian-style disaster is going to strike again?
Here's one more financial incentive not to move back: can you imagine what the new flood/disaster insurance premiums are going to be like for homes and businesses(in the post-Katrina era) that try to rebuild in N.O. ??
These former residents have obviously exercised prudent judgement in trying to establish their new live elsewhere and don't need anyone, including you, second guessing their decisions. Personally I think they have suffered enough without some imbecile trying to accuse them of "laziness".
Fine they don't have to move back, but why should the taxpayers have to pay for their staying on welfare and or new house somewhere else.