* An interesting article on the rebuilding of New Orleans that prioritizes rebuilding a city not for the diversity of the population, or the betterment of the social fabric. But more a radicalisation of economic strata, moving up in the income chain by leaning on economic policies to kick the poorer out of New Orleans, and bring the core economic median up. This has led to the start of a property bubble, bringing in money and speculators, hence concentrated construction work. For this, bring in the new underlings, this time cheaper Latino workers.
* When the makeshift Latino camps coalesce into slums and low-level housing, the same social problems and poverty will again be concentrated into certain areas, and we will have completed the circle. Money and power concentrated in the government/prospectors egged on by a self-fulfilling boom market, house prices that segregate between haves and have-nots, poverty and crime concentrated in the poor areas. Hence, need police to keep them under control, rich people feel safer, those in power get richer and gain more status. Simple stuff. Anyone for a SimOrleans (17th - 21st century version)?
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