Relocating to Louisiana?

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Before you start your journey, take a minute and review what makes Louisiana a great place to work and play.

What makes Louisiana real estate worthwhile?

Louisiana owes its very existence to what has always been a dominant feature of both its history and landscape—the Mississippi River. The deposit of silt over thousands of years from the Mississippi and lesser rivers transformed what was once part of the Gulf of Mexico into the rich lowland plain that is present-day Louisiana.

The old-world architecture and cultural diversity of New Orleans not only delight its millions of visitors, but also speak to the city’s pivotal role in Louisiana history. Prior to the founding of New Orleans in 1718, what is now Louisiana was home only to a few intrepid Europeans and a number of small Native American groups, among them the Caddo and the Choctaw. Settlement of New Orleans and the surrounding bayou country escalated in the latter part of the 1700s with the arrival of thousands of French-speaking Acadians—later known as Cajuns—who had been expelled from eastern Canada by the British.

In 1803 the United States secured access to the Gulf of Mexico and virtually doubled its size by acquiring the Louisiana Purchase from France for about $15 million, arguably the best land bargain in the country’s history. The Battle of New Orleans was the most famous engagement of the War of 1812—this despite the fact that the war had officially ended two weeks earlier. Occupation of the city by Union forces throughout most of the Civil War was an important element of that conflict as well. The opening of the Panama Canal and the boom times of World War II both contributed to periods of rapid economic growth in 20th-century Louisiana.

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