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Baton Rouge vs Lafayette
Posted on 7/20/23 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 7/20/23 at 9:50 pm
Born and raised in Lafayette but have job opportunity available to take in Baton Rouge. Would love to be able to commute every day but just can’t do it with time constraints. Anyone have pro and cons for each?
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Posted on 7/20/23 at 9:52 pm to CajunTiger11
Don’t commute, brutal. Especially since it’s so much bridge time, one accident and you are screwed.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 9:54 pm to CajunTiger11
That is the most cursed stretch of interstate in the country.
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 9:56 pm to CajunTiger11
I did my last year of college commuting because my wife got a job in Baton Rouge. Horrible. Just move to Baton Rouge and join the misery.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 10:01 pm to CajunTiger11
Coworker commuted from Mandeville to Baton Rouge for years. Said it was tough sometimes but he could handle it. Due to family circumstances, he had to move to Lafayette for 3 months and commute to Baton Rouge. Said it was the absolutely most miserable thing he’d ever had to do in his life and he’d never do it again for even a week.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 10:34 pm to dcrews
Sit on the basin bridge for 4-5 hours a few times and you will willingly cross some sketchy arse shite like this just to be moving. 
Posted on 7/20/23 at 10:47 pm to dcrews
With the third lane added between Lafayette and Henderson this statement is crap. The whole stretch of I-12 says hold my beer
Posted on 7/20/23 at 11:07 pm to CajunTiger11
quote:
Anyone have pro and cons for each?
Are you asking for pros/cons of working in BR and living in Lafayette vs living in BR? Or the pros/cons of living/working in BR vs living/working in Lafayette? You’ve already (rightfully so) admitted that commuting is not an option.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 11:13 pm to CajunTiger11
Laffy: 68-28
I'll let you work out the rest
I'll let you work out the rest
Posted on 7/20/23 at 11:18 pm to CajunTiger11
I went the other way commuted from Mandeville to Lafayette. I did it because no one was hiring for shite and I needed the experience. As said already that stretch of interstate is fricking cursed. Can't even tell you how many times that some retard wrecked on the bridge. 2 lanes going in only one direction and they fricking find a way to have a horrible wreck. And it's always gonna be right when you get off work too.
Anyway since you already said you couldn't commute, don't fricking move to baton rouge man. Move to the outskirts or come get a piece of the Covington/Mandeville area while it's still relatively cheap
Anyway since you already said you couldn't commute, don't fricking move to baton rouge man. Move to the outskirts or come get a piece of the Covington/Mandeville area while it's still relatively cheap
This post was edited on 7/20/23 at 11:20 pm
Posted on 7/20/23 at 11:24 pm to CajunTiger11
I grew up in Baton Rouge and now live in Lafayette. Don’t do it baw Baton Rouge is a total dump
Posted on 7/20/23 at 11:34 pm to USMCguy121
quote:you must have hated your life to make that commute every day
I went the other way commuted from Mandeville to Lafayette.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 11:37 pm to CajunTiger11
Your will also always be driving with sun in your face
Posted on 7/20/23 at 11:38 pm to killedbyindians
Looks a lot safer than the I-10 bridge in Lake Charles
Posted on 7/20/23 at 11:39 pm to killedbyindians
quote:She better be close by to suffer this
Posted on 7/21/23 at 4:34 am to CajunTiger11
I know the commute will suck. Wanted to know if Baton Rouge really is as big of a dump as everyone says it is
Posted on 7/21/23 at 4:52 am to CajunTiger11
I’ve been commuting for 25 plus years
Posted on 7/21/23 at 4:54 am to CajunTiger11
There was a reason Kris Kristofferson and Bobby McGeee were busted flat in BR and trying to get on a train...
Posted on 7/21/23 at 5:33 am to CajunTiger11
If it’s a good opportunity, go for it. You can go home on weekends if you want.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 5:38 am to CajunTiger11
when the work starts on the I-10 lane expansion commuting will not be fun...
This post was edited on 7/21/23 at 5:39 am
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