New Orleans It is hard to miss the markers of the precipitous slide of US citizen wealth flowing from the Great Recession. New figures from the Census Bureau indicate another dive for the 4th straight year (obviously starting in 2007 in the Bush era). We now stand a hair above $50,000 in median household …
Tag: housing
ACORN and Zombie Politics: Housing and Debt
New Orleans Treme is not the only Louisiana based hit on HBO. The bigger attraction set in Shreveport and neighboring communities is True Blood of course. I would have thought that ACORN was a natural for Treme, but the more I watch it, the more I realize this is a soundtrack not …
$300 House Might be a Disaster Solution, Not a Social Solution
New Orleans I read all of these stories about cheap, modular construction in various designs from assorted materials. I find them fascinating and quaint. Mainly, I read them to give me ideas for how to rebuild our fishing camp across Lake Pontchartrain or to plant in the mountains or woods as a retreat somewhere. It …