By most objective measures, it's Mississippi. Highest poverty rate, lowest life expectancy, poor infrastructure, some of the worst education, poor health care access and quality...
At least Louisiana has a distinct cultural and linguistic heritage. Like if you’re just a culture/anthro nerd you would have a blast in Louisiana. What culture does Mississippi have?
Not sure how it currently is but its culture and heritage are at least rooted there. Lots of fleur de lis iconography and they dont’t have counties, they’re parishes instead.
There's a huge difference between southern Louisiana and Northeast Louisiana, where I live.
When Katrina hit, it drove the bad element from their homes in New Orleans to seek shelter further north. It's why the crime rate in cities like Shreveport and Monroe have skyrocketed over the past decade.
New Orleans has culture, along with a few other cities down south that are near New Orleans. The majority of Louisiana is one grade point average away from being Mississippi. This state has more racists than any state I've ever lived in or visited.
Ohhhh wow you must live in Monroe. North Louisiana blows. Cannot think of a single redeeming quality. You might as well be Arkansas or West Mississippi. I’d rather live in Mississippi than any part of North Louisiana. North Louisiana is probably the most racist place/people I’ve ever been around, and I used to live in Mississippi, so I feel your view is potentially skewed. Lafayette was recently voted as the happiest city in America to live. Who knows what the hell that means but it’s a fun place. I don’t live there but I would. I lived in Houston for three years but I still prefer Baton Rouge/New Orleans. Come down south if you want to start living.
I moved from Illinois to Louisiana (the Land of Lincoln) in 1998. I live in South Louisiana outside B.R. toward N.O. They are racist fucks here but they are nowhere, anywhere, no way, as racist as Central and Southern Illinois where I grew up at. I have three adult children that still live there and my oldest son is one of the biggest Trump-loving KKK-loving racists I have ever met in my life. I haven't spoken to him in 10 years. He is nowhere an isolated individual racist there.
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u/mahoujosei100 29d ago
By most objective measures, it's Mississippi. Highest poverty rate, lowest life expectancy, poor infrastructure, some of the worst education, poor health care access and quality...