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What would happen to Louisiana if it lacked the immense natural resources today?
Posted on 12/22/23 at 11:19 pm
Posted on 12/22/23 at 11:19 pm
If Louisiana had no natural resource assets (like no large river for ports or marsh/Gulf full of resources for major ports or seafood, no oil or nat gas) and assets tied to the natural resources (like major refineries due to proximity of nat resources)... basically if Louisiana had the natural assets/advantage of a South Dakota or Nebraska but the same people/population, how much would the GDP shrink?
This state already struggles immensely but can't imagine how bad it'd be if it had the assets of a Nebraska, but the same people. Maybe casinos would be only non natural resource that'd provide state taxes. Maybe corn. I hear sugar cane (which is a natural resource 95% of states don't have) is more profitable than corn or soybean.
This bare state itself is actually prime location for thriving industry if it had a successful population.
This state already struggles immensely but can't imagine how bad it'd be if it had the assets of a Nebraska, but the same people. Maybe casinos would be only non natural resource that'd provide state taxes. Maybe corn. I hear sugar cane (which is a natural resource 95% of states don't have) is more profitable than corn or soybean.
This bare state itself is actually prime location for thriving industry if it had a successful population.
This post was edited on 12/22/23 at 11:23 pm
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Posted on 12/22/23 at 11:22 pm to Saunson69
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Posted on 12/22/23 at 11:57 pm to Saunson69
We have to split that money with other states. Many lawmakers have wanted to changed that but none have gotten it done. We would be like a one of the rich oil countries if not.
Posted on 12/22/23 at 11:59 pm to Saunson69
Disappear and nobody would care? Let’s be objective here.
Posted on 12/23/23 at 6:44 am to Saunson69
Might be better off. No resource curse.
Posted on 12/23/23 at 7:01 am to Saunson69
Your answer lies east of the Mississippi River and west of the Alabama State Line.
Posted on 12/23/23 at 7:10 am to Saunson69
I don’t know. Maybe it would be like Nebraska or South Dakota?
Posted on 12/23/23 at 7:11 am to Saunson69
We'd be Wyoming.
Posted on 12/23/23 at 7:41 am to Saunson69
It would be better because there wouldn’t have been cotton grown here back in the day
Posted on 12/23/23 at 9:00 am to BeepNode
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but the end result is that we are at the bottom in terms of wealth and quality of life
I wish people would stop using terms like “quality of life” as if they weren’t completely made up, subjective terms. I mean yeah you can grade it and make a list, but does it actually matter?
Posted on 12/23/23 at 9:00 am to Saunson69
We’d be Arkansas without Walmart
Posted on 12/23/23 at 9:25 am to Saunson69
There's the "Resource Curse" theory that states that being reliant on one industry actually is a bad thing. That's why West Virginia has always been so broke down and why all the squirrels and rats can't live to old age in Venezuela.
Posted on 12/23/23 at 10:32 am to Saunson69
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What would happen to Louisiana if it lacked the immense natural resources today?
Crawfish prices would be outrageous.
Posted on 12/23/23 at 10:40 am to Saunson69
Hell, do this for any state and they would be destitute.
Posted on 12/23/23 at 10:41 am to Saunson69
if ifs and buts were candies and nuts, we'd all have a wonderful christmas
Posted on 12/23/23 at 1:57 pm to Hangover Haven
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This post was edited on 12/31/23 at 11:14 pm
Posted on 12/23/23 at 1:59 pm to OceanMan
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This post was edited on 12/31/23 at 11:14 pm
Posted on 12/23/23 at 2:09 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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There's the "Resource Curse" theory that states that being reliant on one industry actually is a bad thing.
What are you suggesting that “one industry” is?
Posted on 12/23/23 at 2:20 pm to Saunson69
“ If Louisiana had no natural resource assets”
Less corruption money would’ve been schemed over to politicians.
Less corruption money would’ve been schemed over to politicians.
Posted on 12/23/23 at 6:07 pm to Saunson69
Feeding the people on rigs creates so many jobs in various sectors.
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