re: Beaver Geography explains the NOLA East I-10 phantom interchanges

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I still don’t understand why the east declined so fast but Jefferson didn’t.

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Section 8 Housing boom hit around same time as the East was taking off. Jefferson was already heavily developed and they worked to keep Section 8 out. From the old-timers I’ve spoken too the East was a great place at one time with middle class families, fishing and hunting you could walk to, easy access to the city and the N. Shore.