State by state, speak your mind about: Louisiana [View all]

[Honeycombe8]

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I was born and raised in Louisiana. A hunter's paradise, they say (yuk), but the natural landscape in large part is beautiful, because there aren't a lot of big cities, so there is less concrete. Lush green. Rains a lot. Subtropical climate. Huge mosquitos. Fields of rice and sugar cane. Lots of tiny towns and rural residents. Great food, but you gotta limit the dishes with high fat.

Fresh figs galore. Pecan trees galore. Citrus. Fresh fish. Crabs. Shrimp. Fried chicken. Fried catfish. Gumbo, and more gumbo (yum). Cracklings. Sausage. Boudin. Crawfish. Azaleas, magnolia trees, satsuma bushes.

Politically dark red. Bad economy. I wouldn't move there, if I were a minority. A lot of people spend their entire lives there, never leaving. The southwest section is cajun country (where I'm from). New Orleans is totally different from anywhere else. Baton Rouge is a more cosmopolitan city, and more like one you'd find in other states.