Fourteen,months,have,passed,since,Hurricane,Katrina,,but,residents,of,the,Crescent,City,are,finding,it,harder,than,ever,to,rebuild,their,lives,,much,less,hold,on,to,their,unique,cultural,identity.,Some,have,become,expatriates,in,distant,cities.,The,insurance,checks,that,never,arrived,for,homeowners,were,followed,by,the,bureaucratic,nightmare,that,was,the,Road,Home,program,,and,a,land-grab,is,underway,as,developers,and,disaster,capitalists,press,their,advantage.,Crime,and,drug,use,are,up,,and,corruption,and,graft,are,endemic,,with,civic,institutions,unable,to,counter,any,of,it.,And,yet,the,culture,of,New,Orleans,somehow,endures.
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