re: New Orleans affordable housing crisis

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They need to tax the hell out of those parking lots in the center of the city and create incentives to build housing in their places. The taxes will go towards public transportation and price out the parking lots.

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There aren't too many of those left, honestly. Mostly replaced by buildings including higher-end condos and hotels, and parking garages.

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This will help people live farther out from the center but have reliable transportation to the center. They also need to coordinate the public transportation between NOLA and Jefferson Parish. It's ridiculous a metro area has two different transportation systems not working together.

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The REGIONAL Transit Authority was supposed to be this, but none of the parishes outside Orleans wanted to really participate. There has been talk of this as of late. Create some kind of new transit system under the umbrella of the Regional Planning Commission. But like usual, the local governments don't want to give up anything.