re: Will Gentrification Ever Happen in Baton Rouge?

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It's not unimportant due to the Mississippi River and the industrial activity around here but it's also not even top 15 in the US either.

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Although the United States has over 260 inland and coastal ports, roughly 76% of goods by value move through eighteen major port locations. Of the top ten, there are three in Louisiana, three in Texas, two in California and two on the eastern seaboard.

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Yep. Semantics and definitions can make the Port situation here in SELA look a lot less than it is in importance.

1. Do a google search on "largest" or "top" Ports and all they come back with are CONTAINER ports, which of course discounts bulk cargo and things like oil.

2. "Port of New Orleans" is only ONE political entity. On the lower Mississippi in Louisiana, there are multiple entities-- Port of Plaquemine, Port of St. Bernard, Port of New Orleans, Port of South Louisiana (river parishes) and Port of Greater Baton Rouge. If you threw just the Port of South Louisiana and Port of New Orleans together, it would be larger than Houston. Throw in the other three and it's the largest by far: