New Orleans is the most unique city in the United States, a 307-year-old gem of beauty, history, and culture. With so many wonderful attractions, New Orleans should have a thriving economy, a wealthy population, and excellent public services. Instead, New Orleans is in a perpetual state of crisis, with decaying infrastructure, dilapidated streets, rampant violent crime, substandard public schools, a poor economy, and public officials who are either inept or corrupt.
Today, New Orleans is in serious trouble. Sadly, between 2020 and 2024 the New Orleans area lost 39,000 people, a decline of 3.9%, the highest in the nation for “the second year in a row.” During this period, New Orleans was the “Murder Capital” of the nation in 2022, a contributing factor to the population loss.
Another reason people are fleeing from New Orleans is the devastating result of leftwing political leadership. The last Republican Mayor of New Orleans, Benjamin Flanders, left office in 1872. Democrats have enjoyed total control of the city’s most powerful position for 153 years…