New Orleans and LA

In simple terms; NOLA has more history and importance, relative to this country's evolution, then L.A. could only dream about. They are a large, cookie cutter, metropolis, no different in real history, than say....Dallas, Orlando, Houston...etc.
don't know if i'm going that far - i know this thread/article is not really supposed to be deep cultural analysis - but it could effectively ( but maybe not decisively) argued that hollywood has done more to spread american values across the world than the military
and there are historical and geographic reasons hollywood landed in LA similar to bayou St John being a major reason NO happened