Will New Orleans ever have a White and middle class plurality again?

New Orleans has had one of the nation's highest decline in it's Black population in the last 20 years. From 68% in 2000 to 53% in 2020. And one of the fastest growing White populations in the last 2 decades. From 27% to 32%.

I was thinking by 2035 that New Orleans would be closer to equal as far Black and White but I'm suddenly not sure. The Black population is fast declining because the growing cost of living, lack of jobs, bad public schools, and crime. But so is the White population. Also New Orleans population has significantly declined since 2020 which is never good news for a "growing city". New Orleans has lost 20K people and counting. The only positive demographic of New Orleans are HIspanics which they are growing fast everywhere including Baton Rouge so that's not a big deal per se.

I feel like New Orleans has so much potential but I think the things that make it appealing also is its downfall. For example, New Orleans is well known for being a fun party city. However, that strong party culture leads to a highly immature and aloof population. This is the same population that let the incompetent and lying LaToya Cantrell in office twice. They don't care who is in office... life is one big arse party to them ... they brain is focused on the next second line or music fest. With that said, New Orleans is just in a very gray area to me. I feel like New Orleans need to focus on a rebrand and fall a bit away from tourism to keep its middle class intact (mostly White folks) and attract better demographics to ensure the city won't go the way of a Detroit.

Also Atlanta will have a White and middle class plurality by 2030. New Orleans needs to follow the Atlanta blueprint. A city that went from mostly poor and Black to mostly White and middle class in 20 years. If Atlanta can do it, so can New Orleans. Atlanta is expensive just like New Orleans ... that's one of the biggest driver for the change. But the ATLANTA BRAND is able to attract a lot more affluent people from outside Georgia as well, that's where New Orleans fail.