In a 1984 article in Northshore Magazine, Robert Boettner offered an overview of the development of St. Tammany Parish real estate over the years. Since the late 1800's, St. Tammany had seen dozens of new subdivisions, but the growth that came in the 1960's and 1970's was unprecedented.
Here is Boettner's evaluation of the situation 34 years ago.
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Even back in 1972, they knew...