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re: To what extent would LSU be more prestigious if it were in a safer location?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:48 am to Limitlesstigers
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:48 am to Limitlesstigers
I don't think it has a major affect, but it has some affect.
I have always thought it was a travesty that LSU did not buy up all of the property around campus over the last 30 years, or at least encourage developers to do so.
There is no reason a flagship school in a capital city should be surrounded by a ghetto.
LSU also has failed to use its political power to cause change in Baton Rouge. There is no entity more powerful than LSU in the city of Baton Rouge. LSU could move mountains if it chose.
I have always thought it was a travesty that LSU did not buy up all of the property around campus over the last 30 years, or at least encourage developers to do so.
There is no reason a flagship school in a capital city should be surrounded by a ghetto.
LSU also has failed to use its political power to cause change in Baton Rouge. There is no entity more powerful than LSU in the city of Baton Rouge. LSU could move mountains if it chose.
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Posted on 4/17/24 at 1:54 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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There is no reason a flagship school in a capital city should be surrounded by a ghetto.
I have always thought this ^. I wonder what LSU fans that traveled to Madison, WI thought?
When I think of Baton Rouge I think of Madison, Wisconsin. Two state capitals with large public universities. One is not like the other.
I understand the demographics are different but you’re correct, there is no logical explanation for LSU not simply buying the ghetto next to it. Turn it into student housing and keep it moving and grooving.
Probably some group of communists protecting “residents housing rights” in BR if I had to guess. I can see crime getting out of hand in large metros (Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, etc) but I can’t understand how it can be that bad in a university town that is also a state capital.
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