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re: Chauna Banks pens letter describing how to fix North BR.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:57 am to Tigahs24Seven
Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:57 am to Tigahs24Seven
I can remember the days when NBR was a vibrant, predominantly white, working class part of town with very little crime. My Dad grew up on Pocahontas Street and lived on Scenic Highway when he was drafted into WW2 after graduating from Istrouma High School, which was overwhelmingly white when I was in high school in the '70's. What has changed in the last 35 years on NBR to make it such a bad part of town?
Edit: Ben Peabody's Esso Station on Scenic was where you went to get awesome hunting stuff in the days before big box sporting goods store.
Edit: Ben Peabody's Esso Station on Scenic was where you went to get awesome hunting stuff in the days before big box sporting goods store.
This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 7:48 am
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 6:05 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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What has changed in the last 35 years on NBR to make it such a bad part of town
Venture a guess
Posted on 10/5/17 at 3:33 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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What has changed in the last 35 years on NBR to make it such a bad part of town?
I was born in ‘80 and moved away from that area in ‘87. We lived in Monticello at the time, my parents owned a daycare (thats now been torn down for a family dollar/dollar general type place) with over 60 kids, and life was great. I know what really hurt that area at the time was when Ethel shut down. Our daycare quickly lost a shite ton of kids, and people were moving out of the subdivision in droves. It wasn't long after that the Superstore shut down.
The make up of cities and towns are always changing based on where the work is, where good schools exist (hence so many people leaving BR), and where it is safe to raise a family. I guarantee that if crime were to start skyrocketing in South BR, youd see jousing prices drop and families moving faster than they are now.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 11:42 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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I can remember the days when NBR was a vibrant, predominantly white, working class part of town with very little crime. My Dad grew up on Pocahontas Street and lived on Scenic Highway when he was drafted into WW2 after graduating from Istrouma High School, which was overwhelmingly white when I was in high school in the '70's. What has changed in the last 35 years on NBR to make it such a bad part of town?
How old are most of you. I am going to assume 50+ like my parents.
I agree that the younger generation of Blacks need to build off of what their parents built. But do I honestly (a young guy) have to point out governmental segregation played a role in housing and working locations pre-1970s.
I am not saying anybody is racist, rather you (and many of the posters here) have nostalgia.
I am not originally from Baton Rouge, so I dont know how the job market is divided out between the South and Northern parts of the city. I do know that every city and town has poor areas. The difference is that poor whites tend to be in villages white minorities tend to be in cities.
"Looking at the past with rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia can sometimes be a blindfold for present problems"
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