Would Louisiana and New Orleans both be better off if New Orleans was its own state?

Louisiana would be better off if New Orleans fell into the Gulf.

I found a 2019 tax revenue document and after looking at how much money BR, Jefferson, St. Tammany, and Lafayette bring in I came to the quick realization that Louisiana would probably be much better off without New Orleans and they would probably be much worse off then they are now. The only category they especially excelled in was property taxes but those stay pretty much within the parish so I can’t help but imagine they probably draw in as much in disaster relief and welfare as they generate in Sales/Income tax. I’d love to see them as their own state or even better country, I would pay to watch Latoya without any safety nets.

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Louisiana would be better if New Orleans was salt water, but then, those that found something to float on would probably just move a little north and start the whole process over again.

The levees should be blown up and let hydrodynamics do their thing.

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I live in St tammany but a huge chunk of what I do is in the city

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You can commute to another state though. At least until it completely imploded.

You'd have to give them the land all the way to the coastline because moving sand around the coastline is incredibly lucrative.

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Also, Louisiana without New Orleans would be the least-attractive state for tourism in the nation. Itd be Mississippi without Biloxi.

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false... there's a lot going on elsewhere in LA compared to some places

but if Orleans goes, they'll take Arabi, Chalmette, Belle Chasse, the lower half of St. Tammany, St. Charles, St. John until Laplace, Hammond, and Ponchatoula, and all of Jefferson minus Lafitte and Grand Isle with them. they'll get the loop that 10, 12, and 55 make

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Louisiana would be better off if New Orleans fell into the Gulf.

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It already has, but they built levees around it.

I’m happy to be gone from New Orleans but the fact of the matter is that the NO area is the economic engine that drives the rest of the state. New Orleans also has very little influence over the rest of the state so it’s not like the idiots there impact policy in Shreveport all that much.

Without New Orleans bringing in tourists, the port money, and whatever little industry is left, the state would look like Mississippi.