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ClassicCityAlum

The State of Louisiana
shite economy, shite educational standards, shite weather, shite zip codes, shite football ...

But at least they have bragging rights re: women's basketball on SEC Rant.

Incoming melts in 3, 2, 1...

That's rich.
Louisiana's economy is out-performing most states in this country right now. New high-tech business incubators have been moving in since before the pandemic. The Ports of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and South Louisiana provide food and products to the entire country. Offshore oil and gas are still hugely productive. Renewable energy, wind energy and carbon sequestration projects are thriving. Louisiana provides agricultural products, rice, vegetables, etc. for the entire country, and Plaquemines Parish is the largest seafood exporter on this planet. We have one of the Top 5 museums on the planet (WWII Museum), world-class hotels and restaurants, and year-round internationally-known food and music festivals.

Louisiana's private and parochial schools compare with any in this country. Graduates from Louisiana private and parochial schools are accepted at all prestigious universities in this country. Louisiana's public schools are undergoing a renaissance with new funding and programs across the state. Even with some inner city test scores lagging, Louisiana's overall public schools are maintaining the national average, and college entrance requirements have been increasing annually.

LSU has: Top 5 college publishing house (LSU Press), Top 5 School of Veterinary Medicine, Top Five Medical research institution (Pennington Biomedical Research Institute), Top 30 Research university (Carnegie Institute), Top Landscape Architecture school, Top Coastal Studies school, Top Hurricane Engineering school, Top 10 Petroleum Engineering school, highly ranked schools of Mass Communication, Music&Dramatic Arts, Geophysics, Desgin, Law, and Medicine, etc.

We enjoy better weather than 90% of the country - no mudslides, no earthquakes, no volcanoes, no blizzards, no dust storms, very few tornadoes, and very cold weather only during December - February.

As for football. Two bowl game winners, pre-season Top Ten team, Top 3 recruiting classes. Pro team re-tooling.

We aaaiiight...