re: Does this map best describe Louisiana?

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Aint no coonasses in Concordia Parish that I ever met.

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No, but in the 60's we had River Rats. They were really poor people that lived on islands in the Mississippi. They ate anything that could be killed and fried up. So they lived a little like coonasses. That area of the state being on the river makes it more unique than a lot of North Louisiana. It's flatter and wetter than most of North Louisiana. They have black mud that we called gumbo mud down there. Also had Palmettos and a lot more rattle snakes.

The soil at the top of the state, Union Parish & Lincoln Parish, is sandy and more reddish looking. I spent 10th grade thru graduating college in Farmerville & Monroe. Spent 30 years in Dallas and the last decade in Ruston.

I lived in Vidalia thru third grade, back in the 60's when Concordia Parish was one of the most corrupt areas of North Louisiana. It sometimes felt like we were living in a third world country. Maybe it was just the time period that I lived there, but Vidalia was a much wilder place than up at the top of the state.

Couyon is not like the others.

And Evangeline and St Landry should all be coonass/cajun.

Nothing west of Jennings is Cajun. Jennings is the cutoff for “Louisiana” culturally, though Lake Charles has its own worthwhile culture.

Couyons, coonasses and Cajuns are one of the same not 3 separate entities. It’s like redneck and hick.

Redneck starts at the top of the boot and goes all the way down to I-10 then west to the Texas line and east along the I-12 corridor (Florida parishes).

South of 10 is Cajun until you get to the MS River. Then it turns into River Rats and Yats. So basically remove couyons and coonasses and replace it with rednecks and a little more Cajun. DeRidder is 100% redneck.

The only north of I-10 Cajun areas are along the 190 corridor east of 165 to the MS River. That’s the exception not the rule. I’d also throw Avoyelles parish in that exception.

Gotta love Louisiana. It’s such a cultural melting pot!

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And there it is. Surprised it took that many responses in this thread before someone said it.

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And a lot of Canadians are downvoting it