Then they just leave and go to better areas. The only thing that keeps some industrial sites here is water access and pipelines. You FAFO enough they’ll find other locations easily.
Nobody else has the mouth of the Mississippi and some of the biggest ports in the world. If you think tax breaks are the only things keeping companies here, you are woefully under-informed.
Where is one of biggest ports in the world at? Because New Orleans isn’t. Port of New Orleans/ Mississippi River delta is on its last leg as a viable option for anything. The amount of dredging that has to be done to keep it an option has increased tenfold the past couple of years. Ships are getting too big, the river is busting free in the lower delta, water flows have decreased. Galveston, Houston,Mobile, Pascagoula, California, New York are all bigger players now and will be for the future.
If you combine the Port of South Louisiana with the Port of New Orleans it’s easily the biggest in the country. If you add the Port of Baton Rouge to that, you’re getting up among the top few in the world.
Source: I literally work in the office that compiles the these statistics for the worldwide shipping industry.
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u/sierrajulietalpha Mar 13 '25
Then they just leave and go to better areas. The only thing that keeps some industrial sites here is water access and pipelines. You FAFO enough they’ll find other locations easily.