re: Starting to have to bury classmates...

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Louisiana people who live elsewhere now. Have you noticed that more of your classmates from LA have died than your friends from where you live now?

To clarify: Louisiana people die young; not as much in other places.

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I see what you're getting at, but I don't think it's a Louisiana thing.

I think it has more to do with some of the people who stay home their entire lives. To be 100% clear: there is nothing wrong with staying in or near your hometown. But a lot (certainly not all, but a fairly sizable portion) of people who die young do so because of drug use, and the people who OD on drugs aren't usually ambitious enough to move somewhere else.

And now, let the downvotes rain down on me.

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To clarify: Louisiana people die young; not as much in other places.

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Mrs. Mule is from West Virginia and her class mates have dropped like flies since we met. Drug use, car wrecks, murder, you name it. I think it's a product of the drug issues that seem to be getting worse in smaller, more rural areas and states. I haven't had many of my class mates from LA die.