I was born in Shreveport, but was raised in Ruston and I currently live in Ruston, you could say North Louisiana is basically either an eastern extension of East Texas, a southern extension of Arkansas, a western extension of Mississippi, or even a facsimile of all three, whereas South Louisiana is pretty much its own thing, being distinct from the rest of the South. Great video and good job explaining the differences between North and South Louisiana. :)
I’m from Ruston too and often make the east Texas comparison when explaining the differences between north and south. Bible Belt is another one for the north as contrasted to the heathens that populate the south of the state😁
I’ve lived in north Louisiana all my life; 63 years. I’ve been to many other states, but there’s no place I’ve found where I’d rather live. I enjoy biding south Louisiana, but I love north Louisiana.
The reason people in Shreveport/Bossier City in North Louisiana like the Dallas Cowboys because Shreveport is only 200 miles from Dallas. Shreveport is 314 miles from New Orleans in South Louisiana. Shreveport/Bossier City is closer to Dallas, TX than New Orleans, LA both in distance and culture.
and of course Justin Wilson was not even a real cajun, having been born in Roseland, LA , north of I-10...heck, north of I-12, near the Mississippi border! 😁
@@stevenhall2408 He’d have to go north of Shreveport to find a steep hill. There probably aren’t many places south of I-20 that would qualify as a hill and definitely not a steep one. 😎
Ever hear of Thrill Hill. Check out the 4700 block of Gilbert drive. 2 miles south of I-20. Also check out the “Highlands Neighborhood “ It’s nothing but hills, located South of I-20.
The east Bank of the Mississippi River is jazz/creole, and the west Bank of the Mississippi River is Cajun French/Zydeco music, seafood, turtle, alligator, chicken and pork 😋, Frog festival in Rayne, La., Crawfish festival in Breaux Bridge, La., Rice festival in Crowley, La., Sugar cane festival in New Iberia, La., Shrimp festival in Delcambre La., just to name a few 🎉😊
@@JohnSonofSons it’s funny you say that! I never understood why those Cajuns settled so far from the other settlements. Maybe it was formed after? Or as a previous French settlement that the Cajuns felt they were amongst their own so they settled in that area?
South Louisiana is mostly farmed in sugarcane & rice while North Louisiana is cotton, soya beans, corn & wheat, not to say one can’t be in the other just not mostly.
North Louisiana is too far south for wheat growth, can't handle the heat and humidity of N LA. Other crops yes, soy cotton and corn are grown in N LA. Soybean is grown in S LA too.
@@JohnSonofSons I know just not as much as North-central east Louisiana. My daddy farmed everything but sugar cane & rice, & yes he also farmed wheat as did my husband & his friends.
Born and raised in north Louisiana but live in Southwest Louisiana for 30 years now! It’s home now for me and I enjoy living down here! I don’t like the hurricanes and the love bugs !
I'm from the bayous, swamps and cane fields (Raceland Louisiana) and to us along the bayous everything above I10 is North Louisiana. Our Cajun accent gets heavier or thicker the further south you go down the bayous. Being born and raised on the bayou (I'm 59) you can usually tell what town or city someone was raised in. Every time that I've been to Lafayette, Baton Rouge or New Orleans I get at least i person asking if I'm from Raceland, Lockport or Larose because they go to Grand Isle or they have friends or relatives along the bayou and i don't sound like I'm from Galiano or Golden Meadow. I liked your video, Thanks.
Yep! I was born in Covington La and my family moved to Grapevine Texas when I was 10. All aunts uncles and cousins still live there. I’m 42 now and I’ve lost my accent after spending the majority of my life in Texas. I was working offshore and a new member on the crew asked me “man where you from?” Trying to avoid going into great detail I just told him Texas (I normally don’t claim Texas) and went on about my business. He said “oh, you look like one of them boys from where I’m from” I then asked where he was from and he said “franklinton Enon up north of Covington” Stopped me dead in my tracks and said “damn that’s where my entire family is from, generations back” I couldn’t believe it, knew where I was from just by lookin at me.
Born and raised in Thibodaux and have only been in the Deep South of the state I enjoyed learning the difference between the 2 parts. Love to call the Boot home!
The Drive Through Daquiri is making a comeback in South Louisiana. They went away for a bit but now I see them opening back up again. I live in Mandeville.
I have lived in South Louisiana for 50 years in the "Florida parishes," which is everything east of Baton Rouge and north of New Orleans. I think every town here has at least 1 drive-through daiquiri shop and Baptist churches outnumber Catholic churches 10 to 1. I don't think I personally know anyone who is Catholic except for 2 friends that live in Baton Rouge. Every area is different and unique but you're pretty much right 😊
I would say North La is close to Texas, but I disagree with South La being France ,even though creole is a big part of the heritage, but too big of a difference to call France. Thank you for watching!
@@sharondallalioRealtor Well, I’ve heard that in the small towns of SW Louisiana, the old folks still speak French. However, the younger generations do not because speaking French was severely punished in the schools and English took over.
@@wackyruss We don't speak proper french basically our french is slang/ebonics to the french from france. While our language is french south lousiana was initially populated basically by people who had no where else to go or were not wanted. We are french, spanish, african, fillipino, vietnamese, Native american all kinds of kinds. You are correct the teaching of french was frowned upon starting in the 60s and 70s.
Baton Rouge is North Louisiana for the most part. I grew up in south Louisiana, but my family is all from north Louisiana so I spent a lot of time there growing up and visit there more now that my parents have retired. And the NOLA accent is slightly different than cajun as well as the words they use. You can buy alcohol in north Louisiana if you are in a larger town, but many small town stores in North Louisiana won't even carry alcohol (one store owner told us that nobody in town would buy it from him - they don't want to be seen by their fellow Pentecostals buying alcohol). There are plenty of drive through daiquiri places in towns like Houma, Thibodaux, Metarie, Layette, and the west bank. That's why I say Baton Rouge is not the same as the rest of south Louisiana if you haven't seen many there. The difference is maybe that they aren't solely a drive-thru and you can drink it in the shop or drive through. They put a piece of tape over the opening so it is considered a closed container. And to me North Louisiana is far more religious even if they have less religious holidays (since there aren't as many Catholics).
Several daiquiri shops in Livingston Parish have a drive-thru, its not an enclosed building like in the video more like a fast food drive thru but many do more business through the drive thru window than inside. I do think some parts of South Louisiana like the Felicianas, Washington Parish, and the northern parts of Livingston and Tangipahoa have similarities to North Louisiana geographically and culturally. There are even many from Lafayette and New Orleans that claim there is "nothing" Cajun or Creole about Denham Springs, Hammond or Covington though I do feel the influence is very clearly present. I think the Baton Rouge area has the best mix of various Louisiana cultures, and the Alexandria area as well is a cultural crossroads. Natchitoches is an area in North/Central Louisiana that has a South Louisiana feel.
It’s funny that you consider Baton Rouge as more North Louisiana while North Louisiana people consider Baton Rouge as part of South Louisiana. Alexandria while in the northern part of Central Louisiana but is considered Cajun now.
@@SAHcheers Truth. “Ellek” is considered Cajun now? It’s been many years since I’ve been there (my family’s spread along 167 from Winnfield to Ruston), but I don’t recall ever thinking about Cajuns when that was a stomping ground. Interesting.
@@JustBrowsing830it's not very Cajun but there is some influence. I think mostly bc Alexandria and Rapides parish in general is like the melting pot of the state. Although, there's more Cajun in Avoyelles than I think it gets credit for and with it being just south of Rapides I think it does bleed in a little.
I didn't know if you knew this but Livingston parish is one of the most populated parishes in Louisiana it sits just below Saint Helena parish which is just east of baton rouge. With about $250,000 residents 70% are from Mississippi and mostly Pentecostal in Baptist.
3:29 im from Maryland but my family is from st Charles parish and i live in Maryland but will never forget the times i saw drive thru daiquiris in both Jefferson and st charles parish so i can assure u they exist 😂
Thats the only thing i don't like about being in south Louisiana we don't get enough cold weather during the winter and winter is my favorite season. I can recall still using my central air unit over the last 4 years during the winter because our temperature stayed in the high 70s to lower 80s.
South Louisiana is Waterboy. North Louisiana is Duck Dynasty. South Louisiana (Catholics), North Louisiana (Protestants). North and South are entirely different animals.
I was driving to Pecan Island from Shreveport and stopped in Rayne off I-10 at the popeyes and saw thousands of crawfish spread all everywhere after a rain storm. I had an ice chest and picked them up off the ground and boiled them. I've never seen so many just on interstate corridor chilling. They're usually in the water.
Thanks for a great video! My work has me in Louisiana a couple times a month and I just LOVE the culture, history, sites, food and PEOPLE. I especially love Lafayette and can’t wait for my next trip there. ❤
Sounds like North Louisiana the German-Anglo Texas settlers set the culture to assimilate into while South Louisiana mostly chose not to impose themselves and are more into gradually assimilating into Dixieland. I mean, all services are in English in SLA even if people claim to speak French.
Having lived in Louisiana 26 years (20 in NLA and 6 in SLA), Texas isn't the root of the North part of the state at all really. North Louisiana is the Deep South. Very much like Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia culturally, how people act/talk. Texas wasn't even the US or settled by whites when North Louisiana came about. Texas settling came after North Louisiana settling (as for whites) as the country started East and spread west. South Louisiana is not like the deep South (in ways), it's its own thing. Distinct from other areas. Basically North Louisiana is culturally the deep south (english/irish anglo) and South Louisiana is French. As for Texas, North Louisiana came first and shares similarities with only about 80-100 miles extending into Texas. Once you get to Dallas/Houston and west, it loses similariites to North Louisiana.
Interestingly, the north part of the state has always been Louisiana, unlike the south central/southwest part and the Florida Parishes. In the north, the French influence changed when the US aquired the Louisiana Purchase, as evidenced by the French place names that remain. What most people don't realize is that there is even a slight cultural difference even in the north part of the state. English planters from VA, NC/SC, and GA settled in the delta (Mississippi River to the Ouachita River), while many Scotch/Irish from Appalachia made the north central/northwest part of the state their home. Many small towns and villages, for instance, in the delta region, have Episcopal churches, but not so much in the north central/northwest part. This cultural difference is definitely seen in Monroe or West Monroe, as there has been for years a slight tension between the two cities. This was given a veiled reference in the play (omitted in the movie) "Steel Magnolias," with a conversation between Shelby and Clairee on which side of the river did Shelby and her new husband plan to live. Even though these differences in the north are slight, the Ouachita River seems to be the dividing line.
I don't think as far as 4 different seasons occuring that North LA is more noticeable than South LA. It's barely more noticable having lived in one for 20 years and other for 6 years. It's not like either has a robust winter. If anything, just marginal difference in the seasons being noticeably different by maybe 5 degrees. The center of each is just 100-150 miles away.
Fort Miro yes has a lot of cultural and history very old place like the towns down south they can’t break down north Louisiana because of our settlement patterns everyone up here came from the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama also south Louisiana we have a lot of creole surnames like Dupree ,Gullatt, etc and I’m from Grambling our culture would be to much to break down because we were part of westward expansion! Also we have the Cane River Creoles !!
The cultural region of North Louisiana is known as Sportsmans Paradise, just South around Alexandria The Crossroads, around Lafayette Cajun Country, BR and along the Mississippi Rover, Plantation Country and South of that is Greater New Orleans. Drive through Daquiries are prevelent in Cajun Country.
God I miss LA. Most family is around Lake Charles. I lived in the shadow of Tiger stadium as a boy while daddy attended there. I was part of the response to Hurricane Katrina as a firefighter from California. Family dates back to the early 1700s in Natchitoches. Id buy a place but hate the french codes.
Shreveport will always be known for Elvis Presley singing and being discovered at the Louisiana Hayride Country Western Show at the Municipal Auditorium.
From north LA (Shreveport). Your accent is great. Pretty blended in a good way. I catch some BR in your pronunciation, particularly your short a is like ahh where most of us up here is aah…that pronounced thaught vs that (like flat). Small stuff but I pick it up. Cool vid!
North Louisianians eat more grits, white potatoes, purplehull peas, and chicken and dumplings. Down south it red bean and rice and a bunch of other stuff in one pot called gumbo!
North Louisiana is Bible Belt through and through just like everywhere in Dixie. But south Louisiana is a bubble and not in the Bible Belt at all. Catholics are a lot more fun than the stuff baptists up north.
Spring Ridge is the best place to live in North Louisiana; by the way, just so you'll know, that's pronounced (sprangridge) by the locals! Just simple country, folk!
People in north Louisiana are like Mississippi and Arkansas people, South LOUSY ANNA ; YOU NEED A CAJUN DICTIONARY TO UNDERSTAND THAT DARK MAGIC TALK!!!
Yeah, North and South louisiana have some differences, but one thing for sure that puts us in the same boat is our poor economy in our state and how we take it, but go check out why louisiana stays poor on UA-cam and another thing to that symbolize louisiana's is our state flag if you get what i mean
I agree one state one flag rather you North Central or south we are one state and poor but Rich in resources hell at this point if the north is looking like Texas we're is the money like Texas it's lovely over there why louisianians moved to Texas the jobs & money... Ps I'm from Monroe La aka Ouachita Parish I love being from their I'm so Louisiana!!!
@@dthomas9832 It's because North Louisiana is much less like Texas and much more like the rest of the deep south in Mississippi and Alabama. Especially demographically. Lot of blacks, whites, and no hispanics where Texas has little blacks, lots of Hispanics, and whites.
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@sharondallalio4451 My roots in Louisiana go back to 1848. Having said that...I've lived in Colorado most of my life. But when I go back to visit cousins etc. I Gotta tell you....I ❤️ the False River area around New Roads.And I wad born in South Baton_rouge..your thoughts...
North Louisianians don't have accents. As to why any self-respecting North Louisianian would like the Dallas Cowboys is beyond good country boy sense. Now, me I've been a Green Bay Packers fan since 1965. And of course you'd ask why; it simple, because there could be no other team!
@sharondallalio4451 if you have an accent, you are an outlier. North Louisiana was pretty much settled by Yankees during the anti-slavery war. You'll find similar speaking folks in Missouri, Minnesota, and California. We speak with a none acented diction. We enunciate words plainly, clearly without accentuating embellishments. We speak only Americans.
@@louiswhite805Ik ppl who are from all over LA, lots of us have accents, and some Of us have none at all. But the majority of Louisiana definitely has different accents.
@PresGarcia Well, I'm from Caddo Parish, and I know of no one with an accent. Plus, I have friends and relatives all across North Louisiana and served in the US Army for almost 6 years, with many North Louisianians, and not one of any race, had an accent. Could it be that no accent 🤔 is, in reality, 🤔 an accent?
I lived in South Louisiana until I was 29. I am glad I left after I earned my STEM doctorate. Louisiana is headed in the wrong direction in Education and the Sciences. The legislature is too concerned with culture wars to bother about infrastructure, student safety, or education. I’ll give the state a hard pass until this changes.
It's great that you were able to leave and find success elsewhere! Unfortunately, Louisiana is still facing a lot of challenges in terms of infrastructure and education. Thank you for watching!
And you forgot to mention red beans and rice that south Louisiana to LOL, although your documentary is true I just wanted to pick at you lol And I live in baton rouge also in the Shenandoah area
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North and South Louisiana are night and day! Thank you for this video.
Yes they are! You're welcome and thank you for watching.
I was born in Shreveport, but was raised in Ruston and I currently live in Ruston, you could say North Louisiana is basically either an eastern extension of East Texas, a southern extension of Arkansas, a western extension of Mississippi, or even a facsimile of all three, whereas South Louisiana is pretty much its own thing, being distinct from the rest of the South. Great video and good job explaining the differences between North and South Louisiana. :)
Correction East texas is like north Louisiana people migrated west !
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I’m from Ruston too and often make the east Texas comparison when explaining the differences between north and south. Bible Belt is another one for the north as contrasted to the heathens that populate the south of the state😁
I’ve lived in north Louisiana all my life; 63 years. I’ve been to many other states, but there’s no place I’ve found where I’d rather live. I enjoy biding south Louisiana, but I love north Louisiana.
Absolutely, I agree! Thank you for watching.
It's so beautiful there.
The reason people in Shreveport/Bossier City in North Louisiana like the Dallas Cowboys because Shreveport is only 200 miles from Dallas. Shreveport is 314 miles from New Orleans in South Louisiana. Shreveport/Bossier City is closer to Dallas, TX than New Orleans, LA both in distance and culture.
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That's right
Once upon of time the whole state was Dallas fan but they not gonna admit that , if they didn't they was Pittsburgh, 49ers , and Houston Oilers fan
@@EllionTy I'm from south Louisiana and I always followed the cowboys
In the 90s where I from in Lasalle parish you was either cowboys or 49ers
I’ll never forget that time that Justin Wilson said, “way up north, around Shreveport”. 😂
and of course Justin Wilson was not even a real cajun, having been born in Roseland, LA , north of I-10...heck, north of I-12, near the Mississippi border! 😁
Ya'll mean when the cajun scientist was lookin for a steep hill to roll a stone to see if it would develop moss?
@@stevenhall2408 He’d have to go north of Shreveport to find a steep hill. There probably aren’t many places south of I-20 that would qualify as a hill and definitely not a steep one. 😎
Ever hear of Thrill Hill. Check out the 4700 block of Gilbert drive. 2 miles south of I-20. Also check out the “Highlands Neighborhood “ It’s nothing but hills, located South of I-20.
The east Bank of the Mississippi River is jazz/creole, and the west Bank of the Mississippi River is Cajun French/Zydeco music, seafood, turtle, alligator, chicken and pork 😋, Frog festival in Rayne, La., Crawfish festival in Breaux Bridge, La., Rice festival in Crowley, La., Sugar cane festival in New Iberia, La., Shrimp festival in Delcambre La., just to name a few 🎉😊
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Anything south of I-10 is Cajun country…… anything north of that, is Red Neck Central!!!
general yea but Opelousas and that area
@@JohnSonofSons it’s funny you say that! I never understood why those Cajuns settled so far from the other settlements. Maybe it was formed after? Or as a previous French settlement that the Cajuns felt they were amongst their own so they settled in that area?
@@skeewaux4987 Natchitoches, Rapides, and Avoyelles Parish are Creole actually but there are a lot of "rednecks" there.
Liquor store is open 7 days a week in Shreveport
They got plenty of daiquiri shops in South LA
Thank you! I was about to say this same thing. There are several drive thru ones near me
South Louisiana is mostly farmed in sugarcane & rice while North Louisiana is cotton, soya beans, corn & wheat, not to say one can’t be in the other just not mostly.
Thank you for watching & adding the valuable information with farming between north & south!!
North Louisiana is too far south for wheat growth, can't handle the heat and humidity of N LA. Other crops yes, soy cotton and corn are grown in N LA. Soybean is grown in S LA too.
@@JohnSonofSons I know just not as much as North-central east Louisiana. My daddy farmed everything but sugar cane & rice, & yes he also farmed wheat as did my husband & his friends.
Born and raised in north Louisiana but live in Southwest Louisiana for 30 years now! It’s home now for me and I enjoy living down here! I don’t like the hurricanes and the love bugs !
Thank you for watching! I don't like the love bugs, hurricanes, or termite season either!
I'm from the bayous, swamps and cane fields (Raceland Louisiana) and to us along the bayous everything above I10 is North Louisiana. Our Cajun accent gets heavier or thicker the further south you go down the bayous. Being born and raised on the bayou (I'm 59) you can usually tell what town or city someone was raised in. Every time that I've been to Lafayette, Baton Rouge or New Orleans I get at least i person asking if I'm from Raceland, Lockport or Larose because they go to Grand Isle or they have friends or relatives along the bayou and i don't sound like I'm from Galiano or Golden Meadow. I liked your video, Thanks.
Best description.
Yep! I was born in Covington La and my family moved to Grapevine Texas when I was 10. All aunts uncles and cousins still live there. I’m 42 now and I’ve lost my accent after spending the majority of my life in Texas. I was working offshore and a new member on the crew asked me “man where you from?” Trying to avoid going into great detail I just told him Texas (I normally don’t claim Texas) and went on about my business. He said “oh, you look like one of them boys from where I’m from” I then asked where he was from and he said “franklinton Enon up north of Covington” Stopped me dead in my tracks and said “damn that’s where my entire family is from, generations back” I couldn’t believe it, knew where I was from just by lookin at me.
Born and raised in Thibodaux and have only been in the Deep South of the state I enjoyed learning the difference between the 2 parts. Love to call the Boot home!
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Both South & North Louisiana uses the catchphrase "ya heard me" 😂😂😂
Slidell la. Born on the bayou
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Lived there for 8 years and loved it!
The Drive Through Daquiri is making a comeback in South Louisiana. They went away for a bit but now I see them opening back up again. I live in Mandeville.
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They have always had them around the houma area...
This was a great fun video to watch. Thanks for making it!
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I have lived in South Louisiana for 50 years in the "Florida parishes," which is everything east of Baton Rouge and north of New Orleans. I think every town here has at least 1 drive-through daiquiri shop and Baptist churches outnumber Catholic churches 10 to 1. I don't think I personally know anyone who is Catholic except for 2 friends that live in Baton Rouge. Every area is different and unique but you're pretty much right 😊
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South Louisiana is basically France. North Louisiana is basically Texas. Go to Bed, sha! Y’all from Shreveport?!?
I would say North La is close to Texas, but I disagree with South La being France ,even though creole is a big part of the heritage, but too big of a difference to call France.
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@@sharondallalioRealtor Well, I’ve heard that in the small towns of SW Louisiana, the old folks still speak French. However, the younger generations do not because speaking French was severely punished in the schools and English took over.
@@wackyruss We don't speak proper french basically our french is slang/ebonics to the french from france. While our language is french south lousiana was initially populated basically by people who had no where else to go or were not wanted. We are french, spanish, african, fillipino, vietnamese, Native american all kinds of kinds. You are correct the teaching of french was frowned upon starting in the 60s and 70s.
North Louisiana is much more like the Deep South, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, than Texas. I've lived in all of those places.
Baton Rouge is North Louisiana for the most part. I grew up in south Louisiana, but my family is all from north Louisiana so I spent a lot of time there growing up and visit there more now that my parents have retired. And the NOLA accent is slightly different than cajun as well as the words they use. You can buy alcohol in north Louisiana if you are in a larger town, but many small town stores in North Louisiana won't even carry alcohol (one store owner told us that nobody in town would buy it from him - they don't want to be seen by their fellow Pentecostals buying alcohol). There are plenty of drive through daiquiri places in towns like Houma, Thibodaux, Metarie, Layette, and the west bank. That's why I say Baton Rouge is not the same as the rest of south Louisiana if you haven't seen many there. The difference is maybe that they aren't solely a drive-thru and you can drink it in the shop or drive through. They put a piece of tape over the opening so it is considered a closed container. And to me North Louisiana is far more religious even if they have less religious holidays (since there aren't as many Catholics).
I like in NW Louisiana. Once get north of Alexandria it's like someone pressed the suck button.
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3:34 they have those all over the place I can’t drive five minutes anywhere without seeing a sign for drive through daiquiris
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Several daiquiri shops in Livingston Parish have a drive-thru, its not an enclosed building like in the video more like a fast food drive thru but many do more business through the drive thru window than inside. I do think some parts of South Louisiana like the Felicianas, Washington Parish, and the northern parts of Livingston and Tangipahoa have similarities to North Louisiana geographically and culturally. There are even many from Lafayette and New Orleans that claim there is "nothing" Cajun or Creole about Denham Springs, Hammond or Covington though I do feel the influence is very clearly present. I think the Baton Rouge area has the best mix of various Louisiana cultures, and the Alexandria area as well is a cultural crossroads. Natchitoches is an area in North/Central Louisiana that has a South Louisiana feel.
Southern Louisiana born and raised. Don't even feel like the same state, what, north and south LA 😅
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It’s funny that you consider Baton Rouge as more North Louisiana while North Louisiana people consider Baton Rouge as part of South Louisiana. Alexandria while in the northern part of Central Louisiana but is considered Cajun now.
@@SAHcheers Truth.
“Ellek” is considered Cajun now? It’s been many years since I’ve been there (my family’s spread along 167 from Winnfield to Ruston), but I don’t recall ever thinking about Cajuns when that was a stomping ground. Interesting.
@@JustBrowsing830it's not very Cajun but there is some influence. I think mostly bc Alexandria and Rapides parish in general is like the melting pot of the state. Although, there's more Cajun in Avoyelles than I think it gets credit for and with it being just south of Rapides I think it does bleed in a little.
@@JustBrowsing830sorry but I had to add that I love you calling it Elleck lol. I know right away that you know what you're talking about now
I plan on relocating my family to Louisiana in the next 3 years. I haven’t narrowed my search yet but am looking at the Baton Rouge area.
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Being from Northeast Louisiana, I concur! Good job!
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I didn't know if you knew this but Livingston parish is one of the most populated parishes in Louisiana it sits just below Saint Helena parish which is just east of baton rouge. With about $250,000 residents 70% are from Mississippi and mostly Pentecostal in Baptist.
Any Part of Louisiana north of I -10 might as well be Canada ! Completely different !
3:29 im from Maryland but my family is from st Charles parish and i live in Maryland but will never forget the times i saw drive thru daiquiris in both Jefferson and st charles parish so i can assure u they exist 😂
Thats the only thing i don't like about being in south Louisiana we don't get enough cold weather during the winter and winter is my favorite season. I can recall still using my central air unit over the last 4 years during the winter because our temperature stayed in the high 70s to lower 80s.
It’s just the right amount of cold weather for me. I just wish the peak of summer wasn’t quite so hot and humid.
South Louisiana is Waterboy. North Louisiana is Duck Dynasty. South Louisiana (Catholics), North Louisiana (Protestants). North and South are entirely different animals.
All you really need to know is that the out of control crime and corruption is the same in both regions.
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Well done. I'm from Lafayette. I would add that Rayne has the frog festival every year. So more frogs in South Louisiana
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I was driving to Pecan Island from Shreveport and stopped in Rayne off I-10 at the popeyes and saw thousands of crawfish spread all everywhere after a rain storm. I had an ice chest and picked them up off the ground and boiled them. I've never seen so many just on interstate corridor chilling. They're usually in the water.
This content is very informative and helpful. Thank you
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There’s tons of drive thru Daqs in south La. From Lafayette, La
New Orleans is predominantly Jazz music 🎷 🎺 🎶
I live in Ruston, Louisiana and it's so boring nothing exciting ever happens here
Thank you for watching! Ruston is a nice place to raise a family as far as safety.
Sign me up for ruston
drive through daiquiri places are all over SWLA
Thanks for a great video! My work has me in Louisiana a couple times a month and I just LOVE the culture, history, sites, food and PEOPLE. I especially love Lafayette and can’t wait for my next trip there. ❤
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Spot on girl
I grew up in the swamps we are so different then y’all in Baton Rouge
I agree very differently, but both places will be there to help in a diaster. Thanks for watching.
Sounds like North Louisiana the German-Anglo Texas settlers set the culture to assimilate into while South Louisiana mostly chose not to impose themselves and are more into gradually assimilating into Dixieland. I mean, all services are in English in SLA even if people claim to speak French.
Having lived in Louisiana 26 years (20 in NLA and 6 in SLA), Texas isn't the root of the North part of the state at all really. North Louisiana is the Deep South. Very much like Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia culturally, how people act/talk. Texas wasn't even the US or settled by whites when North Louisiana came about. Texas settling came after North Louisiana settling (as for whites) as the country started East and spread west.
South Louisiana is not like the deep South (in ways), it's its own thing. Distinct from other areas.
Basically North Louisiana is culturally the deep south (english/irish anglo) and South Louisiana is French. As for Texas, North Louisiana came first and shares similarities with only about 80-100 miles extending into Texas. Once you get to Dallas/Houston and west, it loses similariites to North Louisiana.
Interestingly, the north part of the state has always been Louisiana, unlike the south central/southwest part and the Florida Parishes. In the north, the French influence changed when the US aquired the Louisiana Purchase, as evidenced by the French place names that remain. What most people don't realize is that there is even a slight cultural difference even in the north part of the state. English planters from VA, NC/SC, and GA settled in the delta (Mississippi River to the Ouachita River), while many Scotch/Irish from Appalachia made the north central/northwest part of the state their home. Many small towns and villages, for instance, in the delta region, have Episcopal churches, but not so much in the north central/northwest part. This cultural difference is definitely seen in Monroe or West Monroe, as there has been for years a slight tension between the two cities. This was given a veiled reference in the play (omitted in the movie) "Steel Magnolias," with a conversation between Shelby and Clairee on which side of the river did Shelby and her new husband plan to live. Even though these differences in the north are slight, the Ouachita River seems to be the dividing line.
I don't think as far as 4 different seasons occuring that North LA is more noticeable than South LA. It's barely more noticable having lived in one for 20 years and other for 6 years. It's not like either has a robust winter. If anything, just marginal difference in the seasons being noticeably different by maybe 5 degrees. The center of each is just 100-150 miles away.
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Natchitoches here. One thing I noticed is that North Louisiana roots for Dallas Cowboys. South Louisiana all about the Saints.
I tried to move to Shreveport. When they found out my parents were married to each other when I was born, they didn’t allow me in.
It’s fun over here…. Not much else
Owen Notth What would they've done if you hadn't obeyed?
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They don't call it Ratchet City fo' nothin'. 😆
🎉 greetings from coastal Mississippi. I have a Cajun accent. Some of my friends live in Alexandria and Lake Charles. Love living in the South😂
Great video Sharon, but small update. We can buy alcohol on Sunday's. Not sure when it changed
It's been a while, but in Shreveport you can buy beer, wine and spirits on sunday. Beer only in Bossier City. Larger chunk of Baptists in Bossier.
Maybe each town is different, I grew up in Caldwell Parish. Maybe it has changed.
There is a third distinct region, the Florida Parishes……kinda mixture of North and South
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Louisiana….where freezer tape is the difference between open and closed container
At least you're southern by birth pretty lady. I was born in Lafayette and lived in NO for 10 years. I'm now in Wyoming and it's just as free.
Fort Miro yes has a lot of cultural and history very old place like the towns down south they can’t break down north Louisiana because of our settlement patterns everyone up here came from the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama also south Louisiana we have a lot of creole surnames like Dupree ,Gullatt, etc and I’m from Grambling our culture would be to much to break down because we were part of westward expansion! Also we have the Cane River Creoles !!
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Yes we have PLENTY of drive through daiquiri shops in Lake Charles-AKA SouthBEST Louisiana ❤❤
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I’m from the village of Collinston Louisiana in Northeast Louisiana ❤.
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Folks who dont live in Louisiana ..thinks we all the same and GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY... mention that school
I live in Jena which would be in Lasalle parish where would u classify that ?
Thank you for watching! I grew up in Columbia! I consider it in the north.
@@sharondallalioRealtor so would we be saints or Cowboys lol
Saints all the way!
@@sharondallalioRealtor I thought so lol
As a southern Mississippi native, I love your video!
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The cultural region of North Louisiana is known as Sportsmans Paradise, just South around Alexandria The Crossroads, around Lafayette Cajun Country, BR and along the Mississippi Rover, Plantation Country and South of that is Greater New Orleans. Drive through Daquiries are prevelent in Cajun Country.
Banks of the tangipahoa river Amite city Louisiana south east but north of I-10
God I miss LA. Most family is around Lake Charles. I lived in the shadow of Tiger stadium as a boy while daddy attended there. I was part of the response to Hurricane Katrina as a firefighter from California. Family dates back to the early 1700s in Natchitoches. Id buy a place but hate the french codes.
The eastern part of Kentucky and the western part is completely different.
You can’t group all of south Louisiana food together New Orleans doesn’t know the difference between gumbo and stew 😂
Shreveport will always be known for Elvis Presley singing and being discovered at the Louisiana Hayride Country Western Show at the Municipal Auditorium.
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From north LA (Shreveport). Your accent is great. Pretty blended in a good way. I catch some BR in your pronunciation, particularly your short a is like ahh where most of us up here is aah…that pronounced thaught vs that (like flat). Small stuff but I pick it up. Cool vid!
Cool, thanks!
North Louisianians eat more grits, white potatoes, purplehull peas, and chicken and dumplings. Down south it red bean and rice and a bunch of other stuff in one pot called gumbo!
Merci pour Voutre video . Coo Yah ! heritage de Louisiane . Beaucoups enfants de un grand famile ! Bonjour de Nouvelle Orleans amis partout !
I got a week left before i move to new orleans, im so fucking excited. But at the same time scared as fuck
Best state in the south! Pearl River/ Slidell Louisiana!
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I lived in Slidell for 8 years and loved it!
North Louisiana is Bible Belt through and through just like everywhere in Dixie. But south Louisiana is a bubble and not in the Bible Belt at all. Catholics are a lot more fun than the stuff baptists up north.
I’m from NOLA, and I’d also say there’s a lot more fishing in south la, and hunting in north la
Hi, thank you for watching! I agree with you especially having the salt water in the south.
Stay in Alexandria la and you will have the best of both worlds ,,, Alexandria should be the mecca of Louisiana with its location
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I live in Lake Charles since I was born
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Spring Ridge is the best place to live in North Louisiana; by the way, just so you'll know, that's pronounced (sprangridge) by the locals! Just simple country, folk!
Guess where I'm from? Where I'm from there is no north south east or west it's either up the bayou or down to buy you.😅😅😅
People in north Louisiana are like Mississippi and Arkansas people, South LOUSY ANNA ; YOU NEED A CAJUN DICTIONARY TO UNDERSTAND THAT DARK MAGIC TALK!!!
Louisiana ? Is Sherriff J. W. Pepper still there ? Is he still pissed off at Bond ? Do they still drive those chicken coupes around on the road ?
What you can buy alcohol in Alexandria on sunday's she chasing cloth 😂😂😂
Even the people from West Monroe aren't like the people on Duck Dynasty. They were *so* acting on that show.
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This was very informative.
I live in south Louisiana and we always say north is a whole other state
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Yeah, North and South louisiana have some differences, but one thing for sure that puts us in the same boat is our poor economy in our state and how we take it, but go check out why louisiana stays poor on UA-cam and another thing to that symbolize louisiana's is our state flag if you get what i mean
I agree one state one flag rather you North Central or south we are one state and poor but Rich in resources hell at this point if the north is looking like Texas we're is the money like Texas it's lovely over there why louisianians moved to Texas the jobs & money... Ps I'm from Monroe La aka Ouachita Parish I love being from their I'm so Louisiana!!!
@@dthomas9832 It's because North Louisiana is much less like Texas and much more like the rest of the deep south in Mississippi and Alabama. Especially demographically. Lot of blacks, whites, and no hispanics where Texas has little blacks, lots of Hispanics, and whites.
@@JohnSonofSonsnawl it’s an extension of Texas
Dallalio, sounds Italian. If so, probably in origin Dall'aglio.
Thank you for watching! Dallalio is italian, but it was my married name.
@@sharondallalioRealtor ok. In Italy women maintain their maiden name even after marriage. Only their children will take the father's surname, even if lately a new law is being approved to allow children to take both parents' surname. 👍
You can buy alcohol on Sunday !
Born in Houma
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Justin Wilson used to say, anyone born north of I-10...was a Yankee. LoL.
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North Louisiana are just simply Yankees lol..some are kinda country -fied but Yankees none the less..cool little video.i like it.
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Alexandria is Baptist and Pentecostal dominated city New Orleans is Catholic dominated
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North is southern Baptist...
South predominantly catholic..
Very True
@sharondallalio4451 My roots in Louisiana go back to 1848. Having said that...I've lived in Colorado most of my life. But when I go back to visit cousins etc. I Gotta tell you....I ❤️ the False River area around New Roads.And I wad born in South Baton_rouge..your thoughts...
North Louisianians don't have accents. As to why any self-respecting North Louisianian would like the Dallas Cowboys is beyond good country boy sense. Now, me I've been a Green Bay Packers fan since 1965. And of course you'd ask why; it simple, because there could be no other team!
North La are definitely more drawn out, maybe not country, but definitely southern
100%, you can hear my North LA accent in the video...drawn out more than the South.
@sharondallalio4451 if you have an accent, you are an outlier. North Louisiana was pretty much settled by Yankees during the anti-slavery war. You'll find similar speaking folks in Missouri, Minnesota, and California. We speak with a none acented diction. We enunciate words plainly, clearly without accentuating embellishments. We speak only Americans.
@@louiswhite805Ik ppl who are from all over LA, lots of us have accents, and some
Of us have none at all. But the majority of Louisiana definitely has different accents.
@PresGarcia Well, I'm from Caddo Parish, and I know of no one with an accent. Plus, I have friends and relatives all across North Louisiana and served in the US Army for almost 6 years, with many North Louisianians, and not one of any race, had an accent. Could it be that no accent 🤔 is, in reality, 🤔 an accent?
You sound California to me
Thank you, most people comment on my country draw. Thanks for watching the video.
This woman is SOOO wrong about so much!!
like what ?
I lived in South Louisiana until I was 29. I am glad I left after I earned my STEM doctorate. Louisiana is headed in the wrong direction in Education and the Sciences. The legislature is too concerned with culture wars to bother about infrastructure, student safety, or education. I’ll give the state a hard pass until this changes.
It's great that you were able to leave and find success elsewhere! Unfortunately, Louisiana is still facing a lot of challenges in terms of infrastructure and education.
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It's just Green or brown, I died when I heard that lol...but it's true 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
And you forgot to mention red beans and rice that south Louisiana to LOL, although your documentary is true I just wanted to pick at you lol
And I live in baton rouge also in the Shenandoah area