[HotHunt]

I agree. Insurance companies are risk-adverse. They insure against potential losses but have underwriters that assess their risk. Ferguson is no longer a good risk for many insurance companies to take. My guess is that many of the smaller businesses will not be able to rebuild in Ferguson because they can't get insurance, now that this mess has occurred. Or the premiums will be go sky high to cover the increased risk of being burned down again and they won't be able to afford them.

My question is, who in their right mind would rebuild a business in this community again? I will take years and years for Ferguson to reclaim its good name and remove the bad reputation this incident has created.

[kearnyirish2]

Once a municipal government serves notice that it will not protect the “makers” (to gain the votes of the “takers”), it is hard to reverse the decline. When David Dinkins let the mob run amuck in Crown Heights back in the early 90s, there was an exodus of “white wealth” from NYC; it has taken almost two decades of Giuliani/Bloomberg to restore confidence (both of whom had no use for Al “Tawana Brawley” Sharpton).

[Slambat]

“I will take years and years for Ferguson to reclaim its good name and remove the bad reputation this incident has created.”

For this community to be so ignorant to let it happen and/or
elect the politicians who allowed or assisted this to get
so out of hand I say tough sh*t. The citizens more desirous
to true American society and culture will move away and
let the least desirable to die or kill it’s self off.
Like Chitcago. No sympathy from me at all.