Louisiana has been an albatross around the neck of the United States forever its stats
and reputation are better than Mississippi but not by much after New Orleans really what does this
state have Voodoo they call it the Sportsman's Paradise which is true to a degree if you're
big into fishing and hunting absolutely after that what do they have whittling and avoiding
the dentist since the 1990s census the growth of Louisiana has gone down to single digit percentage
points prior to that they had many years where they were 50 60 70 percent growth and all of a
sudden they drop down to six five seven and it looks like it's gonna go lower so why is that
why aren't people moving to Louisiana anymore the inward migration has slowed considerably since the
1980s in a survey we asked people in the process of moving to another state if they had ever
considered Louisiana if they said no we asked them a follow-up question and gave them 32 reasons to
choose from and that's what today's video is about got it get it good let's take a look thank you
number 10 natural disasters this one came up a lot Louisiana is one of the most disaster prone
states in the country and it's been hit hard by hurricanes floods and other natural disasters
in recent years in the summer of 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans that City still hasn't
recovered and it laid waste to good portions of the state it wasn't just New Orleans the Six Flags
park they had in New Orleans still sits vacant to this day the rides are still there just no people
but with the hurricanes and the tropical storms there is always flooding in Louisiana Rivers
rise people lose homes crops get destroyed it's nasty but their disasters have caused widespread
damage and displacement they've made people less likely to want to live in Louisiana the
weather plays a big part in that too Louisiana has a humid subtropical climate like the rest
of the South so it's going to be hot and humid and you're going to have a lot of bugs here's a
little tip whenever you see a place has really hot humid Summers they're going to have lower
than average real estate prices unless they're right on the coast Louisiana's perfect example
number nine and the economy sucks the Pelican State has a weak economy and has been struggling
to attract new businesses and jobs since forever this has made it difficult for people to find good
paying jobs and scratch out a living in Louisiana without having to go down to Bayou and you know
fish for your dinner sure that sounds like fun until you have to fish for your dinner but
when people can't find decent jobs they go other places looking for a way to make a living economic
problems always lead to a higher poverty rate and Louisiana definitely has a higher poverty rate
in 2022 the poverty rate Louisiana was about 19.6 percent same time the national average was like 11
I say like 11 because it changes just about every month Louisiana stayed solid at about 19.5 19.6
number eight quality of life a lot of people picked quality of life now quality of life has
a lot of different stats that go into it and some of them you'll see later on in this list but the
definition of quality of life is the standard of Health comfort and happiness experienced
by an individual or group so it's basically a combination of all the stats where they put them
together and they figure out what your chances of living a happy healthy life are in whatever area
and in Louisiana it's not good interesting fact about that there was a documentary called happy
some years back it was like 2012. anyway they went around and they basically researched how
to be happy and who's happy and what makes people happy oddly enough Cajun people in Louisiana were
the happiest people in the United States and it had nothing to do with the money because
they didn't have a lot it had to do with how close knit their family and friends were now
that goes against what I'm saying in this video but I just thought that was interesting overall
most people think that the quality of life in Louisiana sucks let's check agent I guess
number seven education Louisiana seems to be the place where read and write and go to die
according to different studies and area Vibes which gives them an F Louisiana has some of the
worst public schools in the country this makes it difficult for children to get a
good education obviously and it can discourage families from moving to the state because of it
one of the reasons I left California is because my kids were getting a horrible education at
their High School it was overcrowded understaffed and under budgeted when I moved up here to Oregon
my oldest was a freshman in high school I knew the schools weren't great in my area which was
a upper middle class neighborhood but until he got to the high school yeah that was it for me
that plays a big part of decision making for state to state migration for families
number six crime I'm surprised crime didn't show up later on in this list like number one or two
because Louisiana's got some serious crime New Orleans has really bad crime Shreveport
has really bad crime and Baton Rouge the state capital is one of the most dangerous cities in
the United States the violent crime rate in Baton Rouge is 222 percent above the
national average their overall crime rate is 139 percent above the national average
meaning you have a 1 in 18 chance of being the victim of a crime every single year
number five the infrastructure sucks yeah it kind of does let's just start with the
basics the roads in New Orleans and in Baton Rouge and pretty much everywhere else in the
state budget and weather are the enemy of the roads in Louisiana I was just in New Orleans
back in January and if you just look down at the ground you would think you're in a
third world country that's how bad the roads were the bridges and they got limited public
transportation now mid structure also plays into how many schools how many hospitals
do they have things like that they don't have a lot of either but it is definitely
hard to get around in all the major cities of Louisiana it's all because of infrastructure
number four Healthcare yes this is a concern for a lot of people on most of these videos Healthcare
always seems to pop up Louisiana has some of the worst Health Care in the country this can make it
difficult for people to get the care they need and can cause people to leave the state or not
move there in retirement especially that's a big thing if you're a retiree one of the first things
you're going to look at is cost of living cost to housing and then how's the health care because it
is cheap and if you're retired cheap is like the top of your list but the health care in
this state is so bad a lot of them avoid it just because of that now again like I always say it's
not the doctors it's not the nurses it's just the lack of hospitals and lack of funding sure
you have private hospitals and stuff like that but those are few at far between also
number three amenities yes people say they don't have enough to do in Louisiana now you have New
Orleans absolutely but like I said the beginning of this video after that what do you got there's
a lot of things going on in New Orleans but I mean that's that is it I'm sure if you live
there you know of some festivals and you know some hiking places or some camping places things like
that but nothing jumps out at you like they're closed Six Flags that was still open that might
be legit they have the Mississippi River running through there and I'm sure a lot of fun things
happen on that but now I promise you I'm gonna get a lot of grief in the comment section for
this one now I didn't choose this this was from a survey but I kind of agree with it from an
outsider's point of view there's not a lot past New Orleans to do in Louisiana now I purposely
didn't research and see if there's anything I'm missing because that's kind of my point it's the
perception of what's going on there if there's a whole bunch of things that people don't know
about then that's on the state of Louisiana for not doing enough advertising for their tourism
number two the politics the politics of Louisiana are legendary there's different organizations that
make these lists and I've done a couple of these videos but almost every single one of them says
Louisiana has a history and is probably the most corrupt political system of any of the
states Illinois being like a close second a lot of people pick this one because they don't like
the political friction that goes on in a lot of conservative States people have a bad taste
in their mouth from that stuff these days now obviously if you're a liberal you probably won't
want to move to a state that's kind of overflowing with the conservatism now that's how people are I
don't care I'll move wherever I think in my last video I said you don't move someplace and they
don't force you to be a conservative or they don't force you to be liberal but that plays a big part
these days whether someone will move someplace or not I think it's a little silly move wherever
you want all right before we get to number one if you're thinking about moving to Louisiana or any
state there is a link in the description area for home and money it's a great website that'll help
you get in touch with a local realtor for wherever you're moving to all right on to number one
and number one the culture Louisiana has a unique culture but it can be different from what people
are used to and it really is this makes it difficult for people to adjust to life in the
state and it can also lead to people moving away which has been a problem the culture in Louisiana
is probably one of the strangest in the United States it's very different not saying it's bad
it is very different I mean from their accent to the little words they use that nobody else
uses to the food to their love of Music which is wonderful don't get me wrong when there's
good music so this is something I notice when there's good music playing it kind of you know
goes before everything else you may be on your way to work or whatever but if someone's playing
music on the corner you might stop and listen for a few minutes even if you're running late
because it kind of it's it's hard to explain but I'm trying that's just their thing it's strange
now I've been to other parts of Louisiana not just New Orleans sort of reminds me of where I grew up
if there's good surf all plans kind of go out the window for a lot of people people that live there
they call it a good swell if there's a good swell then yeah you probably had to go to school and do
a final but there's a good swelling it's it's really strange life I mean other places in the
United States have little weird things like that New Orleans it's their music I mean these people
have a whole band that follows you down the road for a funeral it's not just a band it's like a
walking party with live music and one dead person all right that's today's video hope you guys
enjoyed it hope you got some information of it now go out have a great day and be nice to each other