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Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:02 am to Shexter
quote:
Buckskin Bill hosted many swinger parties back in the 70's
Never knew this, but I was a young lad at that time.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:34 am to Flanders
Highland road has always been called highland road but Burbank was once called lowland rd. there's a creek that separates the two.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:41 am to John McClane
quote:
I don't speak German. Something I was told by someone who read a Germans in BR book
Well, "essen" means "to eat" in German. So there's that.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 3:59 am to delta3504
No.. 
Posted on 8/3/14 at 5:36 am to whit
quote:
Highland road has always been called highland road but Burbank was once called lowland rd. there's a creek that separates the two.
Didn't know this one. Didn't know there was a road there before Burbank was built several decades ago.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 5:49 am to Kafka
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Detroit South is Jackson MS
Great comparison. That place is a shithole.
I have nothing else to contribute.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 6:11 am to whit
When Plank Road became a poured concrete road the portion inside the city was renamed to Concrete Drive but the name did not stick.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 6:37 am to AthensTiger
In a neighborhood,If odd addresses are on your right, the numbers are decreasing. This is not true on boulevards.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 7:09 am to Flanders
Baton Rouge is the only US city where a green traffic signal means either slow down or pause for 30 secs before proceeding through the intersection.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 7:12 am to Traffic Circle
It's mostly black and high crime
Posted on 8/3/14 at 9:13 am to Flanders
Baton Rouge was once controlled by the British but during the Revolutionary War, Spain took Baton Rouge away from the British.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 9:23 am to delta3504
quote:
Detroit's little brother.
I have told people this same thing.
Which makes both of you retarded. Detroit and BR have very little in common.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 9:57 am to Antonio Moss
quote:You can watch the Tigers play baseball in both cities. That's where the comparison ends.
Which makes both of you retarded. Detroit and BR have very little in common.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 10:02 am to Flanders
quote:
highland road got its name for being a natural levee running through Baton Rouge
Nope, it runs atop the Prairie Terrace. The natural levee is next to the river.
quote:
Istroma bluff which makes LSU sits on a plateau
LSU is mostly on the prairie terrace too. Not sure where Istrouma Bluff is, prolly downtown or where the Yard is.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 10:04 am to Flanders
So many of these facts aren't facts...
Posted on 8/3/14 at 10:05 am to Pectus
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So many of these facts aren't facts...
and would you expect otherwise from this bunch?
Posted on 8/3/14 at 10:58 am to 777Tiger
Concerning the bridge in BR:
Dual purpose bridges for cars and rail throughout LA, including BR, were funded to be built by the RR companies. HP Long's requirement for the RR companies, was if they wanted to build a bridge across the rive and a RR through LA, then they would have to also build a roadway alongside for cars to cross the river. Somehow he named all of these bridges after himself and his family.
Speculation (which is fact for most people here) is that it was cheaper to build the one in BR lower than the one in NOLA and it is also cheaper to use barges to traverse the MS River than it is to take an ocean going vessel and lock it up for months going up to Memphis and all parts north. So, the height of the bridge in BR has more to do with economics and less to do with stopping vessels in BR.
There seems to be lots of facts/myths of HP Long's grip around the balls of the RR companies back in the day.
Dual purpose bridges for cars and rail throughout LA, including BR, were funded to be built by the RR companies. HP Long's requirement for the RR companies, was if they wanted to build a bridge across the rive and a RR through LA, then they would have to also build a roadway alongside for cars to cross the river. Somehow he named all of these bridges after himself and his family.
Speculation (which is fact for most people here) is that it was cheaper to build the one in BR lower than the one in NOLA and it is also cheaper to use barges to traverse the MS River than it is to take an ocean going vessel and lock it up for months going up to Memphis and all parts north. So, the height of the bridge in BR has more to do with economics and less to do with stopping vessels in BR.
There seems to be lots of facts/myths of HP Long's grip around the balls of the RR companies back in the day.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 11:09 am to Flanders
Baton rouge has the most trees per acre of any city its size or greater.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 11:12 am to T
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Baton rouge has the most trees per acre of any city its size or greater.
Link?
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