Michael Catolico wrote: when he said that when they rebuild the devastated communities and replace them with condos, hotels and other housing, he and the other displaced residents would show up to demand these places be given to them. and he didn't mean they be polite about it. you might dismiss this as hyperbole but if i were a developer greedy for a piece of the rebuilding binge, i'd be more than a little concerned about the possibility that a lot of angry folks would eventually return in force and demand retribution.
An interesting point. One need only consider who staffs hotels, parking garages, restaurants, etc. in the U.S. at the present time to recall that the modern city (_especially_ if it is a tourist and conference city) desperately needs to be embedded in a "third-world" population.
Carrol