re: Coonasses are bailing from Down-The-Bayou: These Louisiana parishes among top in the U.S.

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Louisiana's St. Charles Parish was ranked eighth with a population decline of 2.7%.

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Got rocked hard by the last hurricane. Only reason I can come up with, has been a pretty popular spot for folks that work in Metairie/Nola

Damn that map. Makes it look like there is nothing left of St. Bernard and Plaquemines.

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crackheads and a fishing industry

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a lot of overlap between these two groups

It’s hurricanes, loss of O&G jobs and the inability to secure home owners insurance.
WTF would Covid have to do with it?

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experts cite

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Who are these experts citing Covid?

Be careful with percentages. They can be spun negatively or positively. 200 residents at 5% is only 10 people. Between grandpaw John and mamaw Betty passing along with a gap in a baby or two being born there’s 5 right there.

I live in lower Lafourche. Insurance is my biggest worry. Seeing the rates go up with out limits is my biggest fear.

Luckily I live in a small house that doesn’t cost that much to insure at this point, 2k a year for homeowners. Flood insurance is still grandfathered in, but is rising to 3,500 a year. I would dispute that rate because if and when the new maps are implemented my house is in the orange shaded area, but parts of the yard are in the flood area of 1 foot. The maps are still pending for Lafourche.

Another fear is the shrinking population or relocation to the northern part of the parish. I can be depressing to go to the grocery store when it was packed in the 90’s and now it is a seemingly ghost town. Same on the roads, I can remember the heavy road traffic to go to Port Fourchon, now there is very little traffic even on 3235, the back road.

I was driving around on Friday and some houses look like they have not been touched since the storm. Even on the governmental side, buildings just boarded up and waiting on FEMA to tell them what they will pay for.

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Lake Charles experienced 3 major hurricanes. Audrey-53 years ago Rita- 18 years ago Laura- 3 years ago That's not a lot. Having grown up around Lake Charles, knowing we have to deal with hurricanes is accepted. I don't think enough people left this area because of hurricanes would be enough to matter. IMHO

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After Laura (and Delta), Lake Charles was behind only San Francisco in loss of population. Throw in the flood that happened a year later, destroying rebuilt homes, plenty of people reached their breaking point and hauled arse.

Over two years later, it seems the area is starting to bounce back to a reasonable sense of normalcy.

So you’re you’re just like them. Point taken.

Lack of insurance coverage will drive most away
It will be a working community only