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re: Southern Economies at a glance
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:37 pm to Tornado Alley
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:37 pm to Tornado Alley
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New Orleans is the greatest city on the planet.
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Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:42 pm to CP3LSU25
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That's because not many people live in Wyoming. I love your state. I was talking about Georgia.
Not that many people live in Louisiana either.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:46 pm to GeorgeReymond
The boom is in the future but we already are seeing the forward momentum. It's an exciting time to be in Louisiana and really the gulf coast in general. We all know about Houston but places like Mobile are also joining the party. There's still work to be done but I suspect most won't recognize the Gulf Coast in 25 years.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:47 pm to PNW
What's considered "not that many"?
Louisiana has ~4.6 million
Louisiana has ~4.6 million
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:48 pm to PNW
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Not that many people live in Louisiana either.
We're up past 4.6 million now, we'll pass 5 million in 2 years, and 6 million in four.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:50 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
And we'll pass 10m any day now. 
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:53 pm to tween the hedges
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And we'll pass 10m any day now
Grats! If we keep going like we're going, we'll be in shouting distance of you one day...
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:55 pm to tween the hedges
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:56 pm to Duke
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I suspect most won't recognize the Gulf Coast in 25 years.
I don't doubt it...At the current rate of coastal erosion, L.C. will be on the gulf coast in 25 years.
Tell us, how many of those "film industry" jobs would LA have if they weren't buying them with tax incentives?
....and a question for all the hypsters about high tech jobs. If LA students can't graduate from HS, how will they be prepared?
Posted on 4/19/14 at 1:57 pm to Duke
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This isn't a Ga/La pissing contest.
It's always a Louisiana pissing contest when catbitch is involved.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:00 pm to arrakis
Gotta invest sometimes to get things going. Plus tax credits are how every state is buying off industires. This isn't different than anywhere else.
And who has said education isn't a problem and like it isn't a problem everywhere in the South. Again I don't deny our problems, I just also celebrate our successes.
And who has said education isn't a problem and like it isn't a problem everywhere in the South. Again I don't deny our problems, I just also celebrate our successes.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:01 pm to PNW
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PNW
Wyoming - 582,000
Louisiana - approaching 5 million
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:03 pm to tween the hedges
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And we'll pass 10m any day now.
10 million of no culture and terrible sports teams.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:03 pm to arrakis
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Tell us, how many of those "film industry" jobs would LA have if they weren't buying them with tax incentives?
Which is why California wants to do the same thing now...
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....and a question for all the hypsters about high tech jobs.
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TIMOTHY BOONE
Advocate business writer
March 29, 2013
IBM announced Wednesday it will establish a first-of-its-kind software development center at the former site of The Advocate, a move that will create 800 jobs and be a “transformational” project for downtown Baton Rouge.
The state will provide $14 million in funding over the next 10 years to expand higher education programs and increase the number of computer science graduates to ensure a steady pool of workers for IBM. Of that funding, at least 65 percent will go to LSU’s School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in order to expand the computer science division.
Richard Koubek, dean of the College of Engineering, said the plan is to triple the number of computer science graduates from 30 to 90 and to increase the size of computer science faculty from 13 to 25 in the next three to five years. This would put LSU among the top 15 universities in the country in terms of the number of computer science degrees awarded annually, Koubek said.
LSU’s College of Engineering will launch the “Geaux Digital Louisiana” consortium — a statewide partnership with high schools, community and technical colleges and other universities — to promote interest in computer science-related career fields and enhance student recruitment.
IBM selects BR
This post was edited on 4/19/14 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:06 pm to JuiceTerry
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Well we know Baton Rouge leads in this cultural category LINK
Sorry for gettin laid.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:06 pm to CP3LSU25
Oh yeah I forgot the rich history of Louisiana sports.
People say GA sucks outside of Atlanta but LA outside of New Orleans is the worst. Why do you think they picked it for True Detective?
People say GA sucks outside of Atlanta but LA outside of New Orleans is the worst. Why do you think they picked it for True Detective?
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:08 pm to tween the hedges
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People say GA sucks outside of Atlanta
Athens, Savannah, the North GA mountains, and the Golden Isles say otherwise....
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:09 pm to tween the hedges
The rural south is the rural south. Louisiana just does redneck with style.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 2:09 pm to tween the hedges
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Why do you think they picked it for True Detective?
Because everyone wants to film their movies/tv shows in Louisiana now.
And we're so frickin awesome.
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