re: Why does south Louisiana hate North Louisiana?

It's more Urban/Rural divide in the rest of the U.S, that is often coastal/inland, but now always; ATL/BHM etc.

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It's more Urban/Rural divide in the rest of the U.S, that is often coastal/inland, but now always; ATL/BHM etc.

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This. Few U.S. states have anything like the cultural diversity of Louisiana outside its highly populated urban centers. Seriously, what state has more distinct cultures living within its rural communities than does Louisiana? When I was in HS, Katrina displaced a large population of Chalmations to my community. Despite both being from the same state, and allegedly speaking the same language, we could not understand a lot of the Chalmette kids when they talked. While that's an extreme example, there's tons of distinct micro-regional accents all over the place. Baton Rouge folks don't sound like Walker folks don't sound like Maurepas who don't sound like Gonzales who don't sound like Lutcher, etc. That's a really tiny area to have so many different accents!

Another factor that drives regional animosity in Louisiana is the structure of its state government. In Louisiana, all power in the state is centralized under the Governor. The Parishes have very little authority and little ability to tax their populations, so they must all go to Baton Rouge to beg for money. As such, the different regions of the state are constantly competing with one-another for tax money from the state, and thus see each other as obstacles to what they each want to accomplish.

If Baton Rouge wants a bridge, they must convince Lake Charles to give up the bridge that they want, New Orleans to give up the bridge that they want, and Shreveport to give up the improvements to the loop that they want. There's never enough money to go around, so each region has to form coalitions to get what they want and stop their rival areas from getting what they want.

In Texas, the state government is highly decentralized. Most taxes are collected and spent at the local level, and the state government is relatively hands-off. As such, the regions of Texas operate with a lot more autonomy and thus with significantly less animosity for one-another because they don't have to fight each other in Austin for critical resources. They may compete for outside investment, but most of their basic government functions are handled in-house at the local level.

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Then why are so many south Louisiana neck beards hunting in North Louisiana

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This right here, most NWLA deer leases I know of will not even let them on the lease

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Which are all better then the Cancer stacks spewing out shite that yall live next to.

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not going to argue with that.
I know the refineries boost the economy down here, but damn if it doesn't look like Chernobyl along the river.

I visited outside of Monroe a few weeks ago for a work, and one of the nicest things was not one refinery in sight, no flatbills and white oakleys weaving in an out of traffic.

Just rolling hills and pine trees

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Which are all better then the Cancer stacks spewing out shite that yall live next to.

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Paper mills smell a lot worse than chemical plants, but that's like comparing shite vs skunk and arguing over who smells better.

Even within South Louisiana, there's several different distinct areas. In Southeast Louisiana along the Mississippi River (and in Southwest Louisiana around Lake Charles) is all of the chem plants and refineries.

In much of the rest of south Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, it's mostly swamp, sugarcane fields, rice fields, or crawfish farms.

The north shore is predominantly pine forests and subdivision sprawl yielding to pine plantations once you get away from the lake.

South of New Orleans is essentially marshland to the gulf.

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This. Few U.S. states have anything like the cultural diversity of Louisiana outside its highly populated urban centers

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Alaska is worse, the only one I can think of worse than LA.

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it's the old money people in Shreveport that can be that way

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Are there any left?

That contingent was pretty ridiculous.

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Alaska is worse, the only one I can think of worse than LA.

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I could see how that would be the case due to its massive size and few population centers. I can't imagine folks living in Barrow to have anything in common with those in Juneau.

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to shoot Bambi

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Are you complaining about hunters hunting on a HUNTING LEASE!?

Cause yall make thin arse gravies and season them with Lipton Soup mix packets...

Yankee shite if you ask me.