re: Why does Louisiana continue to decline as our southern neighbors grow?

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Compare Metairie and Kenner to suburbs outside of Atlanta, Birmingham, Houston, Nashville, etc

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Metarie and Kenner are old format suburbs from the mid 20th century developed in an area with space constraints. Believe it or not, those are pretty well organized even if they are not a modern format. Those places exploded in growth in the 1940s-1970s, so it features a lot of ranch homes, smaller lots, and a street grid because that's how they developed cities back then. New Orleans was a major economic powerhouse in those days before the oil and gas hub moved to Houston.

A suburb comparable to what you'd see on the far outskirts of Atlanta, Nashville, Houston, etc. (much of them were developed since the 1970s) would be on the north shore in the newer parts of Mandeville or Covington. Maybe parts of St. George in the Baton Rouge area to some extent, but that also has a lot of areas that are purely extensions of Baton Rouge.

I understand your arguement and I 100% agree that many suburban areas in Louisiana are poorly organized. Zachary, Prarieville, most of the Florida parishes, etc. are all trying to hang on to their rural character in governance and are losing it as a consequence to developers (who apparently can build whatever they want), which means they'll have to raise taxes to develop their street network, sewers, etc.

This is a function of a heavily Catholic south Louisiana having a high degree of acceptance of private schools (and even a cultural preference) of private schools in the area. Those cities have a very competitive network of private schools as a result, which delayed the development of suburban areas (and delayed the transition of those public school districts from shitty rural schools to well funded suburban districts). Most of the highest income, wealthiest people in the Baton Rouge area or the New Orleans area still live in those cities even today.

So it's taken longer for the political organization to occur in most of those suburbs, and usually by then it's become a hodgepodge of rural development, suburban sprawl, with some higher end pockets mixed in. Livingston Parish is by far the worst suburban area by this measure.

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The racial tension is much worse and more burdensome in Louisiana's large cities than the others.

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Wow. I can always tell who has never actually lived out of state in these threads.

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Deporting illegal aliens is why the state looks like shite? Were they just about to fix everything?

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Let’s just say they cost less than many of your mayors lmfao.

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"But the food!"

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This is a major talking point for the people that defend LA. The food and culture. With the way you can ship food these days, you can whip up a damn good Cajun meal in Wyoming.

Jobs

Our priorities are way out of whack.

How much does the state spend on Saints and Pels(including venues) and that's just a start. We allow our education system to be the worst in the country, we squandered the chance and rebirth after Katrina, BP and think we got screwed.

We truly are a confederacy of dunces.

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Austin is blue, Dallas / Ft Worth are bland and elect the likes of Crockett. Houston may as well be 3rd world, and its surrounding suburbs, no better.

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you have to be kidding with this shite right?

Austin has a tons of suburbs that are awesome, access to water areas that are awesome. Sure downtown is blue but who gives a frick in a state like texas?

Metroplex....bland? huh? let me guess NOLA is awesome right? Ill take the culture of Dallas anyday over NOLA. much rather be eating at a cafe and shopping in highland park area than any place in nola. I mean southlake, preston hollow, flower mound etc are all way way way nicer than anything in LA.

as far as houston being 3rd world.....wtf are you talking about? and the suburbs being no better? wtf? so river oaks, rice village, memorial, west university etc are 3rrd world?

so league city, friendswood, clearlake, pearland on the southside look third world? the woodlands, katy, sugar land, cypress etc are 3rd world?

its like you have zero clue of any part of the 3 big cities in texas, Especially houston. the south houston suburbs alone are nicer than anything in Louisiana and they are not even considered special in terms of houston suburbs.

Poor political leadership in a nutshell. For years I thought I would go home to retire. Not anymore.

The state has so much potential. It’s a shame.

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You clearly showed you know frick all by saying Austin is nice. And if you're including Southlake, etc., as a part of Dallas, then you have to include a lot more places in Houston than you probably visited. Houston isn't just the Southside where you caught an Uber to Hobby. Typical OT poor. Texas is crowded. LOL. Take two days to drive across our state, fricknut, and report back. shite, even between Houston and Austin you'll go stretches without seeing much more than a windmill, a barn, and an empty flea market.

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Found the butthurt houston resident ^

I lived in Houston for two years and couldnt wait to get out. I’ve seen the whole city. It’s a crowded swampy shithole.

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Yeah, people like to crap on Louisiana, and it rightfully has it's merits, but NOLA is a world class city for various reasons as stated.

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Without Nola, Louisiana would just be another Mississippi with slightly more culture in the south central part.

People choosing to stay know what they’re giving up. If you are lucky enough to make a good living and can afford private school then the rest of the incompetence you deal with is manageable.