Backtalk: “Horrified” but hopeful

In August, Lena Geller wrote about a Chapel Hill couple who lost nearly everything in Tropical Storm Chantal. They are stuck in an increasingly common situation, Lena wrote: Their home is vulnerable to flooding, but unable to sell, they have nowhere else to go. Readers shared their reactions. From reader Juli Bierwirt by email: Good…

Backtalk: “We are all suffering from old traffic infrastructure.”

And other things our readers told us.

Backtalk: “Durham is watching—and waiting.”

And other things our readers told us.

Backtalk: “Hurrr durr government incompetence”

And other things our readers told us.

Backtalk: “This framing is what makes families treat school lotteries like life or death situations.”

And other things our readers told us.

Backtalk: ‘Expect more youth holding feet to fire.’

And other things our readers told us.

Backtalk: ‘I’d love not to hear this.’

And other things our readers told us.

Backtalk: “I walked away feeling like she had blown a lot of hot air.”

And other things our readers told us.

Backtalk: “It’s clear who runs the city, and it’s not the council.”

And other things our readers told us.

Backtalk: “The band Spoon should sue all of the people involved.”

And other things our readers told us.

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