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Old 03-29-2007, 08:16 PM   #203
xoxoxoBruce
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How many feet below sea level are these houses? Neighborhoods that cannot relive and are below sea level should be rescued? This is time for a city to consolidate on safer land. Only then can parklands be cleared and created. Those pictures are symptoms when a town (at its highest levels) cannot make hard decisions.

New Orleans will be a smaller town. Many sections - especially the ninth ward - should never be rebuilt. The town should consolidate on safer and higher lands. Those pictures are imply indecision exists. It’s the indecision that is so demoralizing. Trash is only a symptom of a far greater disaster – indecision.
I'll bet Clodfobble's pictures are neither New Orleans nor below sea level. It's the 'burbs, who's most powerful and best organized sector of government was the volunteer fire department, or the ladies auxiliary.
They have no money, no expertise, no more tax base and it would probably take a month to raise a quorum for a meeting. They are screwed.
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