re: Why does south Louisiana hate North Louisiana?

I must confess
I never thought much about Louisiana north of the instep

That’s just Mississippi type/standard country folk to me

quote:

---

Hate to burst your bubble but Louisiana wouldn’t have an economy if it wasn’t for NO, BR, and the oil/gas south of I-10.

---

Imagine what Louisiana could have been without the low class populism of Huey Long that still has a hold on the State.

Different region entirely... South Louisiana is multicultural and was settled by French, Spanish, German, Irish, and African immigrants. North Louisiana (with a couple of small exceptions such as Natchitoches) were settled along folkways from the Carolinas and Virginia. Even the descendants of slaves in both regions come from very different cultures.

quote:

---

North Louisiana (with a couple of small exceptions such as Natchitoches) were settled along folkways from the

---

Most of the pioneer families in my section came from Georgia or South Carolina by way of Alabama. our settlement had more in common with the west than with S. LA., with people arriving by wagon train. There were cattle drives here up until around the 1950s.

Fun fact: The American bison inhabited parts of Louisiana until the early 1800s.

Yeah, I mean they had kids and then grandkids. But you're right, they're pretty ridiculous.

A Monroe Garden District soccer mom in yoga pants is one of God's greatest creations.

Peyton is that you?

quote:

---

I'm convinced that the only reason that North Louisiana hasn't become a part of Arkansas is because south Louisiana needs the tax money. It sure isn't going towards the roads in North Louisiana. At least not the major ones that matter. Frick south Louisiana.

---

Oh, this again.

1. I find the complaint about roads pretty funny. Have you spent much time on the roads in south LA lately?

2. The vast majority of Louisiana’s population - 3.4 million of the state’s 4.6 million people, almost 75% - live in the southern part of the state. The BR and NOLA metro areas alone account for 46% of the state’s population. Over 70% of the state’s gas/diesel tax revenue, the primary source of DOTD funding, is collected in south Louisiana. But sure, bitch about your perception that our shitty roads are better than your shitty roads.

3. I’ve made jokes to friends of mine from Monroe (among other places) about how they grew up in “south Arkansas.” Other people make jokes about tomatoes in gumbo. They’re jokes. Nobody (outside of a few trolls on the internet, maybe) hates y’all. Some of you are just so goddamned insecure about it that you take it personally.

quote:

---

This is like 2 retards duking it out over which one is smarter

---

These threads are exactly why Louisiana will always be last in almost every metric. It’s such a divided state. People act like they are all about the boot but they are actually only all about their part of the boot.

Idiots. South Louisiana is cool if you’re younger and don’t have children. North Louisiana is more family friendly. You go to college in South LA, you settle down in North LA.