Hawaii

New Orleans and Hawaii have one major thing in common...seafood! The Hawaiian diet largely consists of seafood as well as locally grown foods such as coconuts, bananas, and yams. The main food source for the Hawaiian islands consists of fish such as tuna, halibut, and whitefish. Although the New Orleans seafood has a Cajun spice to it where the Hawaiian seafood contains a fishier taste, both cities thrive on a nice large platter of fish!

California

As we all know, Los Angeles is home to the world's entertainment industry, but New Orleans is not too far behind. In the recent past, New Orleans has had a large spike in the industry by becoming an ideal filming location. With so much culture and history, the city has become a huge backdrop for many Hollywood productions. New Orleans consists of the most diverse portfolio of film and telebision work in the state of Louisiana, catering to the largest studio features and to the smallest independent projects as well as to a wide range of TV and commercial productions. 

As well as being a new film capital, New Orleans also hosts an annual film festival where hundreds of applicants come from all over the world to display their work. 

Pacific Northwest

As in the Pacific Northwest, Louisiana has a high rate of density in it's cities. It was found that the density is about 104 people per square mile, ranking 24th in the list of states by population density. When divided by county, New Orleans ranked first with about 982 people per square mile. Baton Rouge, Louisiana's capital came in second with 936 people per square mile. 

Intermontane

As in the Intermontane, there was a large influence of Native American settlers in New Orleans, Louisiana.  The urban Louisiana environment consists of a multicultural background including the French, Spanish, Native American, and African cultures. New Orleans was originally settled by Native Americans prior to the European settlement by the French and Spanish. After the Civil War, the Anglo-Americans pushed for the Anglicization of New Orleans. Today, New Orleans has more Native American tribes than any other southern state. Although this is the case, the 2010 census stated that Native Americans only consisted of about 0.7% of the population of New Orleans.

The Rocky Mountains

New Orleans is one of the flattest cities in the United States-- so flat that some consider it a bowl because most of the city is lower than sea level. In 1933, the Works Progress Administration built "Monkey Hill" at the Audubon Zoo which at the time was the highest point in the city, measuring only 27.5 feet above the ground. In the year 2000, Monley Hill was remodeled to be decorated for the zoo and after 67 years, the hill had lowered by about 11 feet, making it only 16 feet high now. In comparison to the 14,439 feet of Mount Elbert in the Rocky Mountains, New Orleans is as flat as can be! 

Monkey Hill, Audubon Zoo, New Orleans

Mount Elbert, Rocky Mountains, Colorado

The Great Plains

Farming has been a very prominent source for food and resources in The Great Plains and has now become important in New Orleans. There are many organizations that support local, urban farming in hopes of providing healthier food, reducing environmental hazards and storm water runoff, as well create more jobs and attract economic activity. Although farming is not a primary food source in New Orleans, many families are beginning to grow their own fruits and vegetable to aim towards more sustainable eating habits. While reaching for these urban farming goals, New Orleans has seen a spike in corn growth, just as in the Great Plains. 

The Midwest

The Midwest, especially the Great Lakes, is known for it's prominent source of water. The Great Lakes consist of 2-% of the world's freshwater source. Conversly, New Orleans main source of water comes from the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, both of which consist of no freshwater.  

The textbook discusses the use of artificial levees in the Midwest, which we all saw fail in New Orleans in 2005. Humans build artificial levees to control floods and protect civilization. There are many levees built surrounding the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. As we witnessed in Hurricane Katrina, there is a chance of a breakage in the levee system leading to flooding of the entire surrounding areas. 

The Ozarks

According to our textbook, there is a high use of meth in The Ozarks which is correlated to the high unemployment rates and dead-end jobs. The book also states that Missouri is now considered the "meth capital of the United States."

Unfortunately New Orleans has seen a recent spike in meth abuse, particularly in the northern parts of Louisiana. It has also been reported by Louisiana police that meth has been one of the recent main causes for domestic violence and abuse. 

Gulf Coastal Plains

In New Orleans, the Cajun lifestyle is very prominent. It's a way of life that consists of amazing seafood and lively music, usually featuring the accordion and fiddle. The Cajun cuisine has become my personal favorite part of the city of New Orleans. This usually consists of foods such as lobster, crawfish, crab, gumbo, and of course, adding in some spicy peppers! The crawfish were originally fished and trapped in the Gulf of Mexico but have now become locally grown in man-made ponds. 

Cajun music has stemmed from the French-Canadians and has drastically influenced popular music in New Orleans. Even today, many say that country music is linked back to the sounds of Cajun music as they both consist of string instruments yet Cajun music usually doesn't contain much singing.