Journal entry three

It takes a Neighborhood

This article is about New Orleans, and hurricane Katrina. Because of the hurricane they have had to demolish damaged houses and abandon neighborhoods. The article also says that they wanted to shrink the city by using Planned Shrinkage.  Residents have returned and new residents have joined New Orleans. Neighborhoods would take things into their own hands and the government finally helped with additional resources. The article also talks about shotgun houses. The house is like a hall way that goes from the front door to the back door. The house so straight enough that if you fired a shot gun it would go right through, that is how it got its name.  What the inside looked like would vary from house to house. Many locals took matters into their own hands and with the help from thousands of volunteers they made houses that were damaged livable again. They also fixed up many other things like playgrounds, parks, schools, and churches. Little of this made it to the national media even though it has been five years since Hurricane Katrina and Rita.