re: Charleston is a poor man’s New Orleans

Charleston also has viable public schools

And the Recovery Room

Number 1 seller of PBR in the nation. Although, that’s definitely not a plus for the city

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Charleston only has MUSC, the medical university for the state, a large VA which sees patients from Georgia to North Carolina and does Telehealth nationwide,

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Scale and scope matter when we're having these discussions. Most cities of any size have major research hospitals and healthcare systems along with VA centers. For illustration, VUMC in Nashville employs more people by itself than there are in the entire healthcare industry in Charleston. Charleston does not have an HCA or a CHS or, just as importantly, all the ancillary services surrounding what is one of the most important cities in the largest and fastest-growing industry in the country.

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and a little company called Boeing.

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Big win for Charleston, but it's neither Boeing's largest facility nor its HQ. It's a production facility (ditto for the auto companies that have opened up nearby).

The rest of the stuff mentioned - the port, military, etc. - are all relatively mature industries that won't fuel major growth.

To get the kind of growth that Austin, Nashville, Portland, Raleigh-Durham, etc. have had over the last twenty to thirty years, a region typically needs to have a major and renowned research university or two, be the home for large and influential national/international companies in high-growth industries, and be a nexus for talent surrounding those industries. Charleston is a great city, but I don't see it ticking a lot of those boxes.

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renowned research university

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But we do have a school that is older than any college south of VA and has multiple signers of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution as alumni

Charleston and the low country of SC/GA were the king of rice way before NOLA was a pimple on the a-hole of the Gulf of Mexico.

We have enough people moving here already (over 40 a day), we don’t need or want all that noise.

New Orleans is an absolute shite hole.

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Charleston also has viable public schools

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If true, that must be a recent development because as recently as 10 years ago the Charleston public school system was New Orleans/Baton Rogue tier.

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Charleston is way better than Nola. Edisto, Folly, IOP. The food is great in both cities.

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Umm I have to disagree. No comparison of food in both cities. NOLA has it beat by a mile.

Why don't you go participate in it?

Yeah. Charleston is objectively superior to Nola in most ways, but probably not much better in public school game. Probably fewer affordable private schools too. Thanks, Catholic Church!

That said, Charleston has about maintained its same status for centuries. New Orleans was once a major global commercial center. Now it is a second rate tourist attraction that is dependent on combining efforts with the other ports in the area (Fouchon, BR, Gulfport/Biloxi, etc). The state and city have chased away its true purpose- which is capitalism.

In terms of culture, New Orleans is a pathetic shadow of its former self. Some aspects of the African American culture remain deep in neighborhoods the hipsters would be terrified to venture into.Much of that has devolved into generic African American culture, though. Most of the actual traditional NO culture can only be found in St Bernard, Jefferson, and other surrounding parishes.

Mid City is really the last bastion of real NOLA culture in New Orleans proper. Uptown has become generic hipster douche with "Nola!" painted on the surface. Bywater, FQ, Marigny haven't resembled anything but hippie/hipster/weirdos from generic America who think that being "different" equates to "unique New Orleans."

The current Nolier than Thou crowd wouldn't know actual New Orleans culture if it slapped them across the face. It's why they often whine about Metairie and other places that actually still retain the real culture to some extent.