Where does Acadiana and NOLA metro begin and end and meet (New Orleans: appointed, construction)

[NJ Brazen_3133]

Where does Acadiana and NOLA metro begin, end and meet?

Is one expanding into another, or have the lines pretty much stabilized? In other words is NOLA sprawling out like lots of major metros, and starting to take a chunk out of Acadiana, or is it the other way and Acadiana is expanding into NOLA territory?

[diablo234]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

Where does Acadiana and NOLA metro begin, end and meet?

Is one expanding into another, or have the lines pretty much stabilized? In other words is NOLA sprawling out like lots of major metros, and starting to take a chunk out of Acadiana, or is it the other way and Acadiana is expanding into NOLA territory?

If by the Acadiana area you mean Lafayette-New Iberia then no there is still alot of open space between the two so no the two metros are not even close to combining.

[Tall Tiger]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

Where does Acadiana and NOLA metro begin, end and meet?

Is one expanding into another, or have the lines pretty much stabilized? In other words is NOLA sprawling out like lots of major metros, and starting to take a chunk out of Acadiana, or is it the other way and Acadiana is expanding into NOLA territory?

I would say there's some encroachment of the suburbs west of New Orleans into cajun country. Laplace is the dividing line imo and it's become more a bedroom community. There's definitely some mixture of the 2 as many Cajuns have gone to work in both New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Battle of best food between "Cajun Food" and New Orleans unique food culture.

They say you know you're from Louisiana if no matter where you go in the world, you'll always be disappointed in their food.

[NJ Brazen_3133]

I did some reading on the wiki. Some parrishes like St John the Baptist are an overlap correct? They are both NOLA metro and cajun. And isnt Lafayette pretty darn close to NOLA? Then again does NOLA have a large sprawling suburb like SoCal does?

[aab7855]

2 1/2 hours driving I wouldn't call very close, New Orleans isn't the Northeastern Megalopolis or anything. Also if you're driving on I-10 you will pass through Baton Rouge which is an entirely different animal. As far as places like St. John and St. Charles Parishes, they have some Cajun influences and whatnot, but you have to go a good bit further west to really consider yourself deep in Acadiana.

[NJ Brazen_3133]

Le me ask, are towns like Thibodaux and Houma Cajun?

Also I have been told that NOLA is not cajun nor is it Southern. I have been told that it is almost kind of like Brooklyn NY because of the demographics. Is this true?

[Jimbo_1]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

Le me ask, are towns like Thibodaux and Houma Cajun?

Also I have been told that NOLA is not cajun nor is it Southern. I have been told that it is almost kind of like Brooklyn NY because of the demographics. Is this true?

I guess you could call Thobodaux and Houma as being Cajun. They are on the outer edges of Acadiana but I do not know how else you would define them.

New Orleans is New Orleans. You could call the city as being Creole. It does have some similar ethnic groups with Brooklyn and the New Orleans Yat accent is describe as some-what sounding Brooklyn-like. But New Orleans and Brooklyn are still two different animals with a lot of differences as well.

[Tall Tiger]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

Le me ask, are towns like Thibodaux and Houma Cajun?

Also I have been told that NOLA is not cajun nor is it Southern. I have been told that it is almost kind of like Brooklyn NY because of the demographics. Is this true?

Here's a link that shows the 22 parishes deemed by the Louisiana state legislature to be Acadiana....goes right up to New Orleans but correctly stops at Jefferson Parish. Strict constructionists would probably say Lafayette and area is more precisely "Acadiana."

Acadiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Correct that NOLA is neither cajun or southern....it's its own animal. I always cringe when I hear a movie where thay have someone from NOLA talking like a Mississippi southerner....Brooklyn would be closer accent but still not correct.

Houma is traditionally cajun but has becme more heterogenous due to the oil field economy there.

[annie_himself]

New Orleans is indeed southern. To say it is not southern is blatantly false.

[NativeSon504]

New Orleans is NOT cajun at all and although it is located in the south its not your typical southern city FACT.