re: Tell me about Franklin, LA

Couldn’t agree more with what Kracka has said. Lived my childhood here until I was 22 moved to Broussard for 10 years then to Dallas for 5 years and now I’m back in the Franklin area to be back close to our family which has been great for us and our kids. Like most small towns in south Louisiana Franklin died 20 years ago. The new Mayor is doing good job of trying to bring the town back to the rich history (believe it or not) it once had but funding is always an issue. If you are from Franklin or the surrounding areas it’s not a bad place but moving here with no connections to the area it won’t have much to offer. My kids both adjusted well to the small town bs pretty well but it helped that my wife and I were from here and had friends with kids their ages at school. Franklin high has a new principal that I went to school with that is doing a great job of cleaning that school up. Hanson is your only private school option. The reality is it’s not a bad place to live but it’s also not a great place to live. With that you’ll get more bang for your buck with a house. My spread would be $700k in Broussard and way over a million in Dallas but we bought here in the $300’s so there’s a plus.
If you hunt, fish, like outdoor stuff it’s a good location but thanks to Dugas you’ll alway over pay for gas Franklin is consistently .30-.40 cents per gallon higher then NI.