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> The city and state's complete failure to engineer robust infrastructure did Specifically, the system of levée districts, wherein the rich area finances prope
by marmaduke 7y ago
> The city and state's complete failure to engineer robust infrastructure did
Specifically, the system of levée districts, wherein the rich area finances proper maintenance of its section of the levee, and the poor vote not to, on their section. As if water and gravity care (though poorer areas tend to be lower and thus floor more)
> in hurricane country
For non native English speakers, the lack of an article between 'in' and 'hurricane' here refers to a part of a country prone to hurricanes
- selimthegrim 7y agoWhile the Orleans Parish Levee District had its share of extracurricular casino shares and real estate deals, there’s not really a smoking gun here