Basically, Louisiana has been a poster child for brain drain, especially whites with college degrees.
These are two major waves in America. One is the black return to the South. The other is Hispanics going to places where everybody else is moving, following the jobs.
These were very reluctant migrants.
Economists always say there is a supply and demand equilibrium.
Back 30 or 40 years ago when people thought about where they'd move it was based on jobs. Now housing is as much of a factor.
If anyone has a desire to go back home, they do.
What you've got here is a mass movement of a whole city that is going to take a long time to revive in any kind of way, especially for a large part of the residential population. Whether they come back, nobody really knows. This is a totally new situation.
That's the kind of state that is going to have to deal with quick transition.
Immigration is good for the United States ... it's important for us to keep our doors open, but we need to keep an eye on the people coming in, ... While initially it will be a state problem, eventually it will be a national issue, and education is the best way to deal with it.
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