You may add a comment on Shreveport if you want. Shreveport, Louisiana, and for that matter Bossier City, just across the Red River, is about the most backward place I would ever care to visit. I was a newspaper reporter there for several years and saw a lot. The radical christian right has all but taken over the school board in Shreveport. Bossier City is doing much better but is still very conservative.
Race relations are pathetic.
There is a symphony in town, but it doesn't have enough of a presence. There also are numerous tacky casinos and even tackier christians falling all over themselves to condemn the gamblers. A couple of gay clubs do exist, but don't even think of anything like a gay pride parade. Radio, television and the local paper are all pretty lame. The biggest local passtimes are gambling, going to church and eating greasy food at any of the many, many tacky chain restaurants.