I grew up in Lousiana and wasted no time in moving out in 1985 when I turned 18.
It was just so backwards and I never liked the racism there. For example, my parents did not want me spending time with black people because we were white. Yes, I know racism is everywhere but back in the 70's and early 80's when I was a kid it was still commonplace in rural Lousiana.
Not only that, employment jsut plain sucked. Very hard to find a decent job there.
The only thing I liked about growing up there was living in the country where I could literally walk out my back door and start hunting rabbit and squirrels. BTW, rabbit tastes good but I never liked squirrel, the meat was too tough. I also miss the deer hunting, that was cool too.