{"id":2289,"date":"2005-09-24T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-25T01:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2005-09-24T21:09:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-25T01:09:00","slug":"simple-geography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2005\/09\/24\/21\/09\/simple-geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Geography"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Orleans is already displaying signs of a demographic shift so dramatic that some evacuees describe it as “ethnic cleansing.” Before Mayor Ray Nagin called for a second evacuation, the people streaming back into dry areas were mostly white, while those with no homes to return to are overwhelmingly black. This, we are assured, is not a conspiracy; it’s simple geography–a reflection of the fact that wealth in New Orleans buys altitude.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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