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jadedog · 2419 days ago · link · · parent · post: The real villains in Harvey flood: urban sprawl and the politicians who allowed it
It's easy to look back and criticize, but I wonder what would have happened if they hadn't zoned those areas for housing. There might have been a lot more homeless people, and there might have been more pressure to allow people to build homes there, knowing that a catastrophe could happen but also knowing that in order to avoid one big catastrophe, a lot of people would be homeless on a daily basis for years. Affordable housing is rarely located in the most desirable locations.