Just compensation
New Orleans was a poorly planned city. With the destruction of large swaths of the city it would be foolish to rebuild it exactly the way it was before if the cities growth was not well planned out. In a metropolitan area you need to be able to do some redisigning etc. when stuff changes or when past government planned poorly. In a metropolitan area property is an easily priceable commodity. People's attachment to sacrosanc property rights in the city is just unrealistic. As long as there is just compensation, cities needs to be able to move stuff around to make the city liveable for everyone.
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