[Middle Man]

"Let's forget about the gaudiness, trash and gouging. As a "tourist" city, it's one of the most dangerous."

I've vacationed in N.O. for over 30 years and when I visited it again last summer I was really shocked by how it has declined. The food is still great, but the city's run out of steam from all the corruption and thievery by local pols. There's no money left to fix anything and it shows.

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

I have to agree that New Orleans should be on the list-- I have worked offshore Louisiana, and made many trips to NO- always armed. The place is run by gangs, with the NOPD being the biggest among them. A history of corruption that is probably unrivaled in this country, and a bunch of overpriced and over-rated scuzzy bars. Not a lot to recommend it.

[Sofa King]

There's currently an exodus from Louisiana of young people with college degrees. The anti-business crap has done such a good job of preventing big business from taking root here that there are far too few career opportunities to keep productive people in the state. There are too many politicians whose first reaction to business is "how can we screw them out of as much money as possible".