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.