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re: What would happen to Louisiana if it lacked the immense natural resources today?
Posted on 12/23/23 at 8:33 pm to Saunson69
Posted on 12/23/23 at 8:33 pm to Saunson69
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If Louisiana had no natural resource assets (like no large river for ports or marsh/Gulf full of resources for major ports
You would basically have West Monroe X5 in place of cities like Baton Rouge, NOLA, Lake Charles. It would be a pretty sleepy place. If there were no Mississippi River, you wouldn't have a 300yo port city, nor the French and Spanish possession of the area.
Basically just a sugar growing state.
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Posted on 12/27/23 at 7:56 am to Hangover Haven
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We'd be Wyoming.
Biggest coal producing state in the US.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:21 am to Saunson69
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What would happen to Louisiana if it lacked the immense natural resources today?
It would be like Mississippi. Which it mostly is anyway. So what’s really the difference?
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:22 am to Saunson69
Nothing would change. Even with those abundant natural resources and geographic advantages, Louisiana was unable to parlay it into statewide success due to political corruption and an unintelligent/simple-minded populace.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 8:30 am to Saunson69
The infrastructure can’t be much worse
Posted on 12/27/23 at 11:01 am to Saunson69
We'd probably be better off, actually.
Google the "natural resource curse."
Countries and states with limited natural resources actually do better statistically.
Google the "natural resource curse."
Countries and states with limited natural resources actually do better statistically.
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