re: Why does Mobile have fewer murders than Louisiana cities?

This according to my friend ChatGPT…

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The honor of having the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States is often claimed by both Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, but the historical evidence favors Mobile as the birthplace of the tradition.

Mobile, Alabama
• Mobile, founded in 1702, held its first known Mardi Gras celebration in 1703, when it was still a French colony. • The first organized Mardi Gras society (or krewe), known as the Cowbellion de Rakin Society, was established in Mobile in 1830. This is recognized as the first formalized Mardi Gras organization in the U.S.
• Mobile still celebrates Mardi Gras annually and prides itself on being the oldest official Mardi Gras celebration in the country.

New Orleans, Louisiana
• New Orleans, founded in 1718, began celebrating Mardi Gras in the early 18th century.
• However, the first formalized Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans didn’t take place until 1857, when the Krewe of Comus was established.
• New Orleans has since become internationally synonymous with Mardi Gras, due to its elaborate parades, floats, and vibrant cultural influence.

Conclusion Mobile, Alabama, had the first Mardi Gras celebration in the U.S., but New Orleans popularized and expanded the tradition, creating the world-famous Mardi Gras festivities known today.

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Baton Rouge - 51% Black

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I'm going to start referring to myself as a minority.

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Baton Rouge - 51% Black

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Closer to 55% now

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I'm going to start referring to myself as a minority.

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The 5 largest ethnic groups in Baton Rouge, LA are Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (52.4%), White (Non-Hispanic) (35.8%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (3.81%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (3.1%), and Other (Hispanic) (1.86%).

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Because they cook the books like most every city with a violence problem

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Imagine how bad crime really is in some Louisiana cities knowing they have high rates despite cooking the books

IDK.

Mobile is doing very well as a city. They are still far behind the bigger Louisiana cities in GDP, but I could see them one day becoming a real powerhouse on the gulf coast if they can improve their infrastructure and get lucky enough to avoid natural disasters.

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Mobile metro - 411,640 (as of July 2023)
Daphne/Fairhope/Foley - 253,507 (as of July 2023)

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Oh wow...it's much smaller than I thought.

Baton Rouge's metro is pushing 900k these days. I think New Orleans is over 1 million despite losing Covington/northshore.

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So Bama blacks are better than Louisiana blacks?

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Considering some of them have Irish ancestry, yeah.

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mobile’s gdp is like a quarter of New Orleans’

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Correct.

Mobile metro's GDP less than half of the GDP of the Baton Rouge metro.

It's also smaller than the Jackson, MS metro GDP - but it's much closer to that and probably could surpass that if they continue to grow.

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Some area metros:
New Orleans metro $100.437 billion GDP
Baton Rouge metro $62.951 billion GDP
Jackson (MS) metro $34.043 billion GDP
Mobile metro $29.553 billion GDP

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Worth noting that while Louisiana ranks near the bottom in almost every QOL index, it performs very well in GDP metrics. It outranks Nevada, Alabama, Utah, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas, and about a dozen others in economic output.

We are dying of poor health, our kids can barely read because our education sucks, we are stuck in traffic because we don't invest in ourselves......but our economic output is actually not bad at all for our size. The growth is concentrated in the southern part of the state though. North Louisiana has some major hurdles still around economic growth and quality of food.