re: Top states ranking- Louisiana ranked 50

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Louisiana will always be the place I was born and raised and have a special place in my heart.

It doesn’t hit you until you move away and come back to visit. Once you cross the border it’s depressing as shite. It’s the little things like litter, quality of blue collar workers at fast food and grocery stores, etc.

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This is what my friends/family don't really get. The ones that moved away stayed away. Everyone else never left. We moved back to be closer to aging family and have a nice quiet spot.

When I tell people I don't like getting out here they look at me crazy. You don't understand until you live in a thriving city for a couple years. There is a certain attitude here with everything you do where the person providing the service is acting like they are doing you a favor.

The post office? "Do as I say, I lord over the packages"
Grocery store? "How dare you ask me a question, read the signs"
Contractor/Labor? "If I find one reason to not work, I'm calling the boss, and getting the OK to leave"

I thought it was me before I left. I really felt crazy, because nobody seemed to understand why I didn't like living here, and I thought if this is happening everywhere I go it has to be me. Until we moved away, and I was able to have a conversation with a person where they don't look me up or down or ask me who my family is.

fricking weirdos man.