re: New Orleans affordable housing crisis

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Dedrick Lebeau, a lifelong New Orleanian, recently moved to Violet, La., after his Freret neighborhood landlord raised the rent on his three-bedroom shotgun, half of a duplex in the 2600 block of Upperline Street, to $1600 a month. He bought a house for the first time in Violet and is paying about $1,300 a month, and far less in property taxes than he’d pay in New Orleans.

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What's the problem here?

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What's the problem here?

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that there's nothing in St. Bernard Parish in terms of jobs or amenities.

you get what you pay for, and in NOLA, you pay a premium to be close to your job and live in a bustling city with culture, pro sports, etc. and be able to tell people you live in New Orleans

So? The guy went from a renter paying $1600/month to a homeowner paying $300 less. That's a win in my book.

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let a certain number of low-income tenants live there for 5-10yrs, and then kick them out and jack up the prices

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That is the only good feature of these unworkable mixed income schemes.

But the flip side is those type of cities have very good public transportation.
I’m thinking a lot of people we are discussing couldn’t afford much in Metairie, at least not in the east side closer to Nola.
I would hate to have to be the ooor guy who has to rely on a crappy inconstant bus service f on Nola East, Kenner, or the West Bank

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Does that mean "Desire South" or "West Lower Ninth Ward"?

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Sort of. It means anything above St. Claude Ave from Poland to right around St. Roch. The hipsters have basically taken all of Bywater and turned it into Hipsterville (what the hipsters did to Bud Rips is criminal) Now they are making a move on the areas between Claiborne and St. Claude . Actually, St. Claude is now one of the "in" places to go out late night if you are young single and prone to hipster, b.s.

If you let LaQuishennderia move in the neighborhood with her 6 kids (by 5 different dads), you will only decrease property values and her kids will not end up any better off than before.

Same goes if you let Crystal Sue move in from her trailer park with her 7 kids (all named Jayden, Brayden, and Sayben, etc) - it will be the same pitiful outcome.

Some people make good decisions and others make bad decisions. There is enough land to let us separate ourselves. (not separate by race, but rather wisdom).

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in an area he probably doesn't really want to be in...

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When I bought my first house it was in an area I didn't want to be in plus I had to have roommates. The world isn't just handed to people.

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There is no such thing as an affordable housing crisis. You buy what you can afford. If you can't afford it, keep moving further away until you can.

I want to live on the beach with a boat slip and a 3,000 sq. ft. house. Should the owners be forced to cut their price to accommodate me?

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What color is your skin and what party do you vote for?