The question has been raised

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and I have seen an awful lot of talk about whether New orleans should rebuild....

N.O. deserves all of the attention it is getting, but I would like to bring up Biloxi/Gulfport as it has been getting less.


The question is:

Should that area be rebuilt?...should homes/businesses be built right ont he beach, just to be mowed down again inevitably?

I'm curious as to the responses.

Thanks.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. I think the question should be raised later

We have many gulf coast DU'ers that just lost everything and there's a time and a place to debate their home...now is too soon.

Furthermore, the same argument can be made for people that live in fire prone areas, earthquake regions, Florida, Texas where it flood all the damn time etc.

So...can we show a little class and not condemn their home towns so fast?

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3. They did reply constructively - they asked you to hold the conversation

for a later time, not to never discuss it. If there were people that were interested in discussing it on that other thread, why not continue the discussion there? NSMA responded in a respectful manner ... much more so than the thoughts that went through my head when I read the OP.

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4. The Number One Priority is to Rebuild the Lives

of those affected. Whether there is the will or the resources to do so is questionable given the gross ineptness of the current administration. After a dsisaster of this magnitude there's the whole basic infrastructure--roads, sewage, water systems, electrical systems--that's gone not to mention the cleanup and disposal of toxic substances, dead bodies of people and animals, and other flotsam. There is also the question of employment for survivors--I don't think anyone's figured it out if businesses and other places of employment have been wiped out what the unemployment rate is going to do to the affected states.