Almost 2 years later, many Katrina evacuees in Houston are still unemployed

Source: WCBS



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I'm not denying there's a problem with this, but articles like this just cement all the negative stereotypes about New Orleans as if this is the majority of the city.

"Many people are still unemployed...

"Many people say.....

Who is recommending this story?

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what do you think?

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"...Of that group, about 5,500 heads of households are unemployed, not counting those who are elderly and disabled..."

true, the writer obviously thinks her disability is not important enough to keep her from working but i don't think the writer of this article is a doctor

those people are never going to be able to work, it isn't an option -- yet it would be unwise to return them to new orleans, where we no longer have a public health care system and where getting in to see a doctor is a major ordeal even if you are insured

they pull out the example who has high blood pressure and uses it as an excuse not to work to make the rest look bad, but i'd like to see the writer of this article go to work as unskilled labor every day with the real handicaps we're talking about, say, being 62 years old with high blood pressure, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease

some people can't work and will never be able to work, these are the same people who can't drive, they don't need to be back in new orleans where they will be required to evacuate routinely every year or possibly multiple times a year by car for the rest of the "strong" period of the atlantic hurricane cycle -- which could go another 40 years

houston doesn't want any poor or old or disabled people, well, who does, they need to just get over it, these people need to stay where they are safe instead of being pushed back into harm's way