North Carolinians, exposed as they are to Atlantic hurricanes, can look to the experience of certain segments of New Orleans for direction. Or at least we can ask the question: why has the Vietnamese community come out so much better than other communities in the Big Easy? This study by folks at the Mercatus Center (pdf) offers some answers. I gather refusal by that community to depend on government caretakers is one reason for their phenomenal comeback. (Bottom up. Not top down.)
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