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re: Just checking in to see if the LSU melt is still in full swing
Posted on 12/5/23 at 3:52 pm to JKChesterton
Posted on 12/5/23 at 3:52 pm to JKChesterton
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unless you are from South Louisiana, u don't get it.
Grew up in Baton Rouge, my family is from SW Louisiana. It's a bit different over that way but some of that core is still there since so much of that area was settled by the same folks that went through the same things. It may even be a bit more mixed over there other than in NOLA itself - Hwy 190 (my dividing line) swings awfully far south on that side of the state.
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Florida parishes, save Washington parish and Northern Tangipahoa
Went to school in Hammond and it was like a whole different world. People and things get squirrelly as you go north on 55 between Hammond and Memphis.
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across the rural south in GA/AL/MS/TN, you will see it immediately
I'd highly recommend this book by one of my history professors at Southeastern. I'm confident you would enjoy it - if you haven't already read it.
Pistols and Politics
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Posted on 12/5/23 at 4:24 pm to linewar
linewar:
Thanks for the post, that book looks real interesting. Yes, Hammond was kind of the dividing line although the areas between Hammond and Amite also has large numbers of Italian immigrants who settled there around 1920, those that were farmers and worked in agriculture and did not wish to work in New Orleans in Manufacturing or Port related industries, etc. But yes, Hammond was kind of the last area of what would be considered South Louisiana in the Florida parishes and everything along what is now I-10 through Saint Tammany. Today of course Saint Tammany is just an extension of New Orleans in reality in terms of the people, the accents, the culture, food, etc.
Again, thanks for the link
Thanks for the post, that book looks real interesting. Yes, Hammond was kind of the dividing line although the areas between Hammond and Amite also has large numbers of Italian immigrants who settled there around 1920, those that were farmers and worked in agriculture and did not wish to work in New Orleans in Manufacturing or Port related industries, etc. But yes, Hammond was kind of the last area of what would be considered South Louisiana in the Florida parishes and everything along what is now I-10 through Saint Tammany. Today of course Saint Tammany is just an extension of New Orleans in reality in terms of the people, the accents, the culture, food, etc.
Again, thanks for the link
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