So far as I can recall, it wasn't there when I loaded this page. I'm glad to hear that you've reconsidered, though I still don't understand why your first impulse was to blame the victims rather than do some research.
I don't get the point about your brother. Does he always have enough ready cash that he can get out of town on a few days' notice? Are any small children or elderly relatives he's responsible for equally mobile? What would he do if he didn't happen to have relatives in Chicago?
I have no idea how well-connected the poorest residents of New Orleans are. I don't find it hard to believe that everyone they know might be in New Orleans (or, equivalently, too far to get to-- e.g. up north). My family is all over the country, but we're middle class-- I wouldn't assume that all families are like that.
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So far as I can recall, it wasn't there when I loaded this page. I'm glad to hear that you've reconsidered, though I still don't understand why your first impulse was to blame the victims rather than do some research.
I don't get the point about your brother. Does he always have enough ready cash that he can get out of town on a few days' notice? Are any small children or elderly relatives he's responsible for equally mobile? What would he do if he didn't happen to have relatives in Chicago?
I have no idea how well-connected the poorest residents of New Orleans are. I don't find it hard to believe that everyone they know might be in New Orleans (or, equivalently, too far to get to-- e.g. up north). My family is all over the country, but we're middle class-- I wouldn't assume that all families are like that.