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Originally Posted by neorealist
exactly. These affected areas in California are some of the wealthiest places in our nation...they can afford to leave; therefore, people are not looting the streets. Ceci don't forget there were plenty of Mexicans in the affected areas in SOCAL.
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I agree. In fact, I mentioned earlier that a lot of the Latino population were affected by the fires. However, from the coverage that I have watched didn't truly focus on that as much except for a small bit.
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Also, please let me remind you that the reason why no one is in a rush to rebuild the 9th ward is b/c its UNDER sealevel. Its an accident waiting to happen, again and again and again.
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That is also true. And that the US Army Corps of Engineers were to blame for the shoddy construction and repair of the levees. This too, has to be taken into consideration.
However, one of my contentions has to be with who populated what neighborhood. That too has to be taken as part of the reason as well.
The question is then:
1)Why the population of poor to middle class folks (but mostly poor) are still in those FEMA trailers?
2)For those who have left, why haven't they come back? I think that there are two reasons for this: a)politically to make Louisiana over into a Republican state; b) to "gentrify" the state and kick out a mostly Democratic and multi-racial population that has been there for centuries before the Louisiana Purchase.