[lbo-talk] The Vietnamese on the Gulf Coast: Like deja Vu all over again

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Sep 12 11:28:31 PDT 2005


Leigh Meyers wrote:


> "I'm back to where I started, only this time I have $1 million of debt."
>
> U.S. storm turns Vietnamese into refugees once more

Look on the bright side - this clears the coast for luxury waterfront developments! From today's NYT:


> Brent Warr, who has been the mayor of Gulfport for two months,
>has no doubt that his city will bounce back from Hurricane Katrina.
> "Property values are going to skyrocket here," Mr. Warr said in an
>interview. "All the unattractive stuff has been blown away. The
>attractive stuff has been blown away, too, but we can rebuild that."



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