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Nola writer asks why people are leaving Baton Rouge
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:36 pm
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Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:37 pm to tigerskin
She's actually based out of Baton Rouge.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:38 pm to tigerskin
In before I-10 EB is one lane in BR.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:38 pm to tigerskin
In before I-10 EB is one lane in BR.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:39 pm to tigerskin
Someone posts on here, this is from the comments 
quote:
The Times-Picayune commenter dualfnyman suggested the area's lack of culture accounted for the number of people who left: "LSU is all they got." If it wasn't for that giant phallic looking capital building and the power associated with it, Baton Rouge would dry up and blow away.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:40 pm to soccerfüt
I-10 EB is one lane in BR
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:40 pm to CuseTiger
quote:
If it wasn't for that giant phallic looking capital building and the power associated with it, Baton Rouge would dry up and blow away.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:41 pm to tigerskin
What would be the draw to EBR?
The crime?
The shitty school system?
The negligible night life?
The handful of decent restaurants?
The crime?
The shitty school system?
The negligible night life?
The handful of decent restaurants?
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:41 pm to tigerskin
people are leaving EBR for the same reasons that explain why EBR wouldn't let St. George incorporate
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:43 pm to SlowFlowPro
I wish everybody would just get the frick out anyway and leave me the frick alone.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:45 pm to Roaad
quote:
What would be the draw to EBR?
The crime?
The shitty school system?
The negligible night life?
The handful of decent restaurants?
All of the above.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:46 pm to tigerskin
The loop will never get built
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:46 pm to Kafka
quote:
I-10 EB is one lane in BR
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:47 pm to tigerskin
As someone who recently made this move I will give you my take.
The wife and I wanted to live in a more urban environment, actually looked at moving to downtown BR or even Spanishtown.
Pricewise, it didn't make that much sense. BR urban areas are lacking in a lot of ways and getting around the city requires a car to have any quality of life.
We lived in the suburbs of BR for a long time and enjoyed it, we do not require a McMansion for a house, the typical 2.5 kids are not our thing. All of our friends fit this dynamic and it works for them, they have made great lives there.
Not sure if we participate in the New Orleans "culture" or were lured here by that. Sure we have done parades, mainly with friends and because it was walkable. Had it been Miami, Charleston or Detroit the same appeal of walkable downtown with stuff to entertain us was on our list.
Unfortunately NOLA prices have been skyrocketing and the turnaround in population growth may come from simply pricing people out of the market.
The wife and I wanted to live in a more urban environment, actually looked at moving to downtown BR or even Spanishtown.
Pricewise, it didn't make that much sense. BR urban areas are lacking in a lot of ways and getting around the city requires a car to have any quality of life.
We lived in the suburbs of BR for a long time and enjoyed it, we do not require a McMansion for a house, the typical 2.5 kids are not our thing. All of our friends fit this dynamic and it works for them, they have made great lives there.
Not sure if we participate in the New Orleans "culture" or were lured here by that. Sure we have done parades, mainly with friends and because it was walkable. Had it been Miami, Charleston or Detroit the same appeal of walkable downtown with stuff to entertain us was on our list.
Unfortunately NOLA prices have been skyrocketing and the turnaround in population growth may come from simply pricing people out of the market.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:47 pm to tigerskin
Too many ******************s
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:48 pm to tigerskin
quote:
The Times-Picayune commenter dualfnyman suggested the area's lack of culture accounted for the number of people who left: "LSU is all they got," the commenter said.
Ok someone on here needs to fess the hell up...
Posted on 3/26/15 at 2:00 pm to Roaad
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What would be the draw to EBR?
Baton Rouge has 3 things going for it:
The Capital
LSU
The River
he River brings with it Exxon and the various plant jobs along its route. That's Baton Rouge's economic draw. The Capital is its political one, and LSU is its cultural draw.
Let's be honest, the number one reason people move away from Baton Rouge is the public school system. Baton Rouge culture may pale in comparison to New Orleans, a 400 year old tourism and cultural mecca with a metropolitan area 3 times BR's size, but it definitely is there (you just have to look). Baton Rouge isn't a bad city for its size, but it does have a lot of shortcomings, just not nearly as many as BR detractors often cry over.
BR and NOLA are both over/underrated in many aspects.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 2:11 pm to kingbob
I tried moving to BR in 2013 when I was leaving the military, but no company wanted to hire me. I ended up finding a great job in Texas, 
Posted on 3/26/15 at 2:13 pm to tigerskin
Property taxes are high, rent at a decent apartment is nearly double than 30 miles away
Property values are dropping as the scum of north BR migrates south without insurances
Traffic is a fricking nightmare, town comes to a complete stop if something happens on I10
Public education is an absolute joke
Cops surround downtown any time there's an event to harass citizens
Yet we're "Better Together".
Property values are dropping as the scum of north BR migrates south without insurances
Traffic is a fricking nightmare, town comes to a complete stop if something happens on I10
Public education is an absolute joke
Cops surround downtown any time there's an event to harass citizens
Yet we're "Better Together".
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