Hello, From Mc Cobb down in New Orleans. Been working here doing electrical work and rehab for over a year. It has been a real eye opener as far as how things down here are. It seems that investment opportunities exist, but that locals don’t seem to be the ones taking advantage of it. I have seen more Asain and Mexican people from all over the country desend down on this area in large numbers.
I can only say that you are not being told the whole story by major media. I don’t trust the police and have heard some terrible stories about how corrupt they are. In the world of commercial fishing, those guys will shoot you if you take their location, they will cut each others lines. In crab fishing New Orleans is the only place that 100% loss is recorded for traps (at $25 per trap x 500 traps ave) Thats alot of dollars. This place is going to change but I am not sure what it will become, maybe we will look back in 20yrs and say its the new melting pot for those born outside the USA borders.
I still think its such an adventure I could never walk away from all the opportunities I see. Think of it, it all needs to be rebuilt, even the social structure. Especially the social structure. Think about it. A place to start over, this time hopefully we make better choices.