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From: After the Levees

We Are Not OK

By Boyd Blundell - August 29, 2006, 6:28AM

The people of New Orleans are not OK.

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From my memory -- Nightline 8/29/2006 "Terry Moran in New Orleans"

Moran: How much have real estate prices increased since Katrina?

NO Developer: (Silence)

Moran: 50%?

NO Developer: Around that. They've come down a bit since the Spring.

Not too bad, eh wot?

Posted by Ellen
August 30, 2006 11:14 AM | Reply | Permalink

Can you be a little less cryptic? You can't possibly be saying that because the 20% of houses that didn't flood are in demand (because nobody else has a place to live) that things are going well? Please tell me you're not saying that.

Posted by nolaboyd
August 30, 2006 11:48 AM | Reply | Permalink

Put it this way. Seems like a certain segment of the community is enthusiastic about the future of New Orleans. Indeed, sounds like this bunch is not just "OK" but AOK.

Posted by Ellen
August 30, 2006 12:25 PM | Reply | Permalink

Well, I now own one of those dry houses, along with a whopping mortgage and an home insurance rate well over 1%. And my utility bills (already up 50% since the flood) may go up another 150%.

Whoop-t-fucking-doo.

Yes, people with dry houses are making money if they want to sell them, but there aren't that many for sale. And you can't get insurance to buy a flooded house.

Things are definitely Not OK.

Posted by MarkFolse
September 1, 2006 1:43 PM | Reply | Permalink

We're definitely not okay. I drove around over the Labor Day weekend and filmed the city's lack of progress. I"m not much of a film maker, but if you're curious or want to send it along to people that claim New Orleans is progressing, check it out at http://katrina.frobba.com

Posted by sirgeoph
September 11, 2006 11:04 PM | Reply | Permalink

October 20-24	October 27-30
November 17-21	December 1-5

We Are Not OK

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