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Louisiana’s Southeast Region

When you choose the Southeast Region, Greater New Orleans and the Northshore together deliver a dynamic blend of economic momentum and cultural richness. You step into a 300-year history based in global trade, energy, and tourism, with the region’s economy now accelerating through emerging industries such as technology, digital media, biosciences, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing. Here, career opportunites come with the culture, character and quality of life that make Southeast Louisiana unlike anywhere else.

While united economically, the region offers you distinct lifestyle options. In the Greater New Orleans area, you’ll find the energy of New Orleans — vibrant neighborhoods, historic architecture, world-renowned festivals, and nonstop cultural experiences. In suburbs outside the city and on the Northshore the region provides you a different pace, with master-planned communities, highly rated schools, scenic waterways, and a more suburban, family-focused atmosphere.

From the energy of the city to the quiet of the shore, the Southeast region is deep in opportunity and unmistakable balance.

Key Stats at a Glance: Southeast Region

Top 10 Most Excellent City in the World.  

#1 Best Food in the US

#1 Top Airport in North America

Things to Do in New Orleans

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Believe it or not, New Orleans, Louisiana, or NOLA as locals call it, is just like other cities with normal places to live, work and play.

NOLA and its ten-parish metropolitan area is urban and suburban. It’s a city of neighborhoods, all diverse yet tight-knit, each creating the perfect setting for socializing, raising a family, or just relaxing.

It’s about choosing what’s right for your family, whether it’s the public charter school with high performance, or one of the dozens of private or parochial schools that have taught New Orleanians for generations.

Wherever you call home in Greater New Orleans, home prices and rents are at or below the national average.

Yes, you can live normally any day of the week in New Orleans, but when you’re ready, enjoy the most unique experiences in the world right in your backyard.

Relax and read about history or experience it firsthand, walking down the street, in wonderful museums, or in some very unusual locations.

Enjoy a delicious home-cooked meal, or savor food known around the world in New Orleans. Award-winning restaurants and neighborhood eateries.

Relax in your own front yard or enjoy all the fun that goes with the great outdoors in Greater New Orleans.

Be a porch potato or put on your dancing shoes. Because New Orleanians can always find any excuse to throw a party. And we throw some whoppers.

Savor the peace and quiet, or listen for a beat that calls you and follow it wherever it leads. After all, you live in America’s premier music city.

We’re quirky. If we talk funny, too.

“Hey, baby. We’re you at?”

But we never meet a stranger. And we’ll welcome you with open arms.

After all, it’s New Orleans, darlin’. You’re gonna love it here.

Aerial view of the Superdome in New Orleans
Krewe of House Floats display
Andrew Jackson equestrian statue in front of St. Louis Cathedral at Jackson Square in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Exterior of The National WWII Museum’s Louisiana Memorial Pavilion in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Beignets covered in powdered sugar and a cup of coffee at Café du Monde in New Orleans.
Crowds walk through the French Quarter in New Orleans among historic buildings with wrought-iron balconies.

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