Comments on: Katrina Cottages Turn Out to be a Commercial Success http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/30/katrina-cottages-turn-out-to-be-a-commercial-success/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:35:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sid Morrison http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/30/katrina-cottages-turn-out-to-be-a-commercial-success/comment-page-1/#comment-168342 Sid Morrison Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:48:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/30/katrina-cottages-turn-out-to-be-a-commercial-success/#comment-168342 Hey, if people want to buy these with their own money and build them, that is quite cool -- it's a bit akin to the thousands of Sears & Robuck kit houses built in the U.S. a hundred years ago. Maybe they would make a nice weekend cabin or something. It's an entirely different issue if the gov't (state or especially Federal) is buying them. It's bad enough that FEMA bought a zillion low-frills free trailers for hurricane victims to live in indefinitely. This would be worse because these "Katrina Cottages" are intended to be attractive and remove the stigma of being on the dole. Well, there should be stigma associated with mooching off taxpayers for years like many of the Katrina victims are *still* doing! If you are dumb enough to be uninsured and build (or rent) below sea-level housing in a hurricane/flood prone area, YOU HAVE IT COMING. Hey, if people want to buy these with their own money and build them, that is quite cool -- it's a bit akin to the thousands of Sears & Robuck kit houses built in the U.S. a hundred years ago. Maybe they would make a nice weekend cabin or something.

It's an entirely different issue if the gov't (state or especially Federal) is buying them. It's bad enough that FEMA bought a zillion low-frills free trailers for hurricane victims to live in indefinitely. This would be worse because these "Katrina Cottages" are intended to be attractive and remove the stigma of being on the dole. Well, there should be stigma associated with mooching off taxpayers for years like many of the Katrina victims are *still* doing! If you are dumb enough to be uninsured and build (or rent) below sea-level housing in a hurricane/flood prone area, YOU HAVE IT COMING.

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