ARGH! If only the media would actually report an entire story instead of the pieces and parts that fit the “New Orleans is coming back better than ever” mold.
This evening, WDSU news ran a story about what neighborhoods are the fastest growing in the city. Among them – Algiers Point, right here on the West Bank. From the on air segment, the impression was given that the community is one of the booming areas of the city. I’m sure that the home sellers who have been not-so-patiently waiting for buyers for their homes would beg to differ.
Click here for the report from the WDSU site
So, I dug a little deeper and found the entire report from the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. Turns out that they are basing this recovery boast on information from the US Postal Service documenting the number of households receiving mail.
It seems pretty reasonable to me that as people continue to return to the city, the number of homes getting mail will increase.
What I don’t understand is how the media manages to spin an increase in mail deliveries into Algiers Point being one of the hottest neighborhoods in the city. This type of misguided cheerleading just makes it even harder to break the news to a home owner that there is almost a 2 year supply of homes for sale in the Point and that the odds of being one of this month’s few lucky sellers are not good.
I wonder if Norman or Kriss is in the market for a great Victorian?
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