With Regrets, New Orleans Is Left Behind *

Blue Fence, New Orleans, LA 7/2007

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With Regrets, New Orleans Is Left Behind

LAKE CHARLES, La. — With resignation, anger or stoicism, thousands of former New Orleanians forced out by Hurricane Katrina are settling in across the Gulf Coast, breaking their ties with the damaged city for which they still yearn.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/us/nationalspecial/18settled.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&oref=slogin

*excerpt The New York Times