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

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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.

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I dont know one affluent person ever that talked about going to Georgia much less Atlanta LOL

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Interesting, I never heard that before. Why you say that

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detroit has several suburbs that make mandeville look like chalmette and metro detroit has about 10 fortuna 500 companies vs metro new orleans' 1 or 2

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I dont know one affluent person ever that talked about going to Georgia must less Atlanta LOL

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You should go check who's buying these 750K+ houses in Atlanta on the eastside. You'll see it's mostly highly educated affluent white and asian folks from the North and West looking for better weather and a lower cost of living. And Atlanta is very beautiful and special just like New Orleans ... it's a city within a forest and has a 1,000 ft altitude

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As for ATL, subtract Cobb and North Fulton, and the percentage of whitey drops like a rock

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What do those have to do with the Atlanta city limits?

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Just an adult amusement park housing the support staff.

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Seriously a pretty solid analogy. A lot like Gatlinburg or Panama City Beach only there is also a smallish city attached....one with a long history of dysfunction (it is said New Orleans is the best managed city in the Caribbean). Las Vegas and Nashville are similar and do not have the same issues....Las Vegas because they attract another level of tourist where New Orleans is competing against Biloxi and Orange Beach) and Nashville has some industry other than tourism.

I was in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl and once again the city did not fail to do a fantastic job hosting a sizeable event during one of the busier holidays of the year, despite the unfortunate BS on Bourbon Street. I love the culture of New Orleans. Love the fact that you can hear high quality live music at 10 AM on a Tuesday morning and can walk 500 feet and listen to a completely different genre of music on a level that is rare to fins anywhere else. I love the food. I am a native Atlantan so I ain't put off by black folks....so there is nothing about New Orleans, other than the Saints and Pelicans, that I dislike. That said it is basically another Panama City Beach, minus the beach, for adults, far too many of whom think the thing to do is get shitfaced drunk for 3 days. Its just not a serious city.

That wasn't always the case...at one time cotton in the Delta, trapping and shipping shite from the south and middle America made New Orleans wealthier than New York, Paris and London....that time has passed.

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You should go check who's buying these 750K+ houses in Atlanta on the eastside. You'll see it's mostly highly educated affluent white and asian folks from the North and West looking for better weather and a lower cost of living. And Atlanta is very beautiful and special just like New Orleans ... it's a city within a forest and has a 1,000 ft altitude

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I dont care LOL.

I live in fricking Houston. 750K is not even an elite neighborhood here.

Again, Ive never heard anyone affluent moving to ATLANTA LOL.

Atlanta, think about that. No one with serious money is moving there, no one.

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A little over half the same numbers for Atlanta in those years....Savannah has very similar numbers to those of New Orleans....

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those numbers are Orleans Parish proper....not just the suburbs...people dont go to New Orleans to stay in Kenner or Slidell or Laplace

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You're spreading more misinformation but it's all good.

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Tourism misinformation, my bad.

TBH, I dont want people visiting the city I live in often. Happy for you that its a point of pride, thats good.

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I live in fricking Houston. 750K is not even an elite neighborhood here.

Again, Ive never heard anyone affluent moving to ATLANTA LOL.

Atlanta, think about that. No one with serious money is moving there, no one.

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Comparing the wealth of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metropolitan areas involves analyzing key economic indicators for these broader regions, which include surrounding suburbs and counties.
Key Economic Indicators (Metro Areas)
Median Household Income (2023, U.S. Census Bureau estimates):
Atlanta Metro: ~$85,200.

Houston Metro: ~$74,300.

Analysis: Atlanta’s higher median household income suggests greater wealth among typical households.

Per Capita Income (2023, U.S. Census Bureau):
Atlanta Metro: ~$47,900.

Houston Metro: ~$41,100.



Cost of Living:
Atlanta Metro’s cost of living is ~10-15% higher than Houston Metro’s. Median home prices: ~$410,000 (Atlanta) vs. ~$340,000 (Houston). Average rent: ~$1,750 (Atlanta) vs. ~$1,400 (Houston).

Scale: Houston Metro’s population is ~7 million vs. Atlanta Metro’s ~5.9 million. Houston’s larger economy suggests more total wealth, but Atlanta’s higher incomes indicate wealth per person is greater.

Taxes: Houston benefits from Texas’s no state income tax, while Atlanta faces Georgia’s 1-6% income tax. Houston’s higher property taxes (~2.1% vs. ~1.1% effective rate) may offset some savings.

Conclusion
Atlanta Metro has higher median household income ($85,200 vs. $74,300) and per capita income ($47,900 vs. $41,100), suggesting greater individual wealth. Houston Metro has a larger economy (~$633 billion vs. $525 billion) and lower living costs, indicating more aggregate wealth. For per-person wealth, Atlanta Metro is wealthier; for total economic wealth, Houston Metro leads. Given the focus on metro area wealth, Atlanta Metro’s higher per capita income makes it wealthier.

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