re: Do you see any Cities in Louisiana with a promising future?

Thought about this topic last night, in fact I've thought about this for decades.
Louisiana has no excuse for being like it is today.

The state is blessed with natural resources such as oil, natural gas, fertile land for agriculture (rice,sugar cane,cotton, truck vegetables) with long growing seasons, millions of acres of timber. Waterways full of fish. Hundreds of miles of navigable waterways for shipping and railroads. Located on the mouth of a major river .

One would think with all of these resources the state would be in a much favorable position than it is. What the phuck happened ?

We have one of the largest state prisons in the country and it is full of some the most violent people you would not want to meet.
Our public education system is pitiful. Graduation rates are very low. Reading comprehension is low. Skills are low. College students that graduate leave and the state a couple days after graduating. Our flagship university has about a 40 % graduation rate. The largest HBCU has an even lower graduation rate.

Any logical thinking person would step back and say 'what is going on here ? ' .