I was not surprised to see anything bad about New Orleans. I have lived in north central Louisiana all my life and am familiar with the crime and filthiness in that city. Have not visited there but would like to just for the historical points and before that last great hurricane comes thru and fills that big bowl full of water, its all a matter of time. Those people down there are to busy living the life to realize its a dangerous place to live. Don't believe everything you hear from the media about how bad those people had it when the hurricane hit 3 years ago,,it ain't true. I have relatives that live down there and believe me they know the truth..
Shreveport and Baton Rouge are ok to visit but I wouldnt want to live there..I have relatives in Shreveport and they love it.
Louisiana is a beautiful place and I don't think I would want to live any other place,,The folks here are friendly and hospitible.
Its somewhat fall time and the mornings are nice and cool but by the time noon gets here it feels like we ought to be swimming at the lake. This kind of weather lasts till around the middle or end of october. Some winters we can wear shorts and short sleeves.
I've seen a couple of January/Februarys were the flowers had bloomed and we thought summer was here then all of a sudden the air turned cold and we woke up to see snow on those flowers. Of course they died and had to start over in a month or so.
Some roads are good some are terrible,, there are new ones being constructed..
This is a great place to have a family,,its safe and we know everyone....Its a little short on family oriented activities and baseball & basketball are the biggest activities we got going on here,,the big cities have more.....
Visit in the spring or fall and if you like the hot amazon weather then visit in the summer..Winters aren't bad either...hardly ever snows...