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From 2010-2020, downtown Baton Rouge's population grew faster than Ascension Parish.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:09 pm
Discuss.
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Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:10 pm to In The Know
From what, 800 people to 1400 or something like that?
Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:10 pm to In The Know
As a percentage, sure. When nobody lives there, percentage goes up quickly
Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:12 pm to In The Know
Now that St. George failed, I expect my Ascension Parish house to jump in value.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:13 pm to In The Know
Must be a percentage
Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:17 pm to Cosmo
I expect it to continue to grow because of office space being converted to residential. Outside of the state government and law offices I can't think of too many large businesses downtown anymore.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:18 pm to In The Know
From 2020-2022 crime in downtown Baton Rouge has grown faster than the population of downtown Baton Rouge
Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:19 pm to beerJeep
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From 2020-2022 crime in downtown Baton Rouge has grown faster than the population of downtown Baton Rouge
Link?
Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:20 pm to In The Know
Downtown Baton Rouge has always been limited by residential availability. Businesses failed because there weren’t enough people after 5pm. Developers are finally figuring that out, and residential is going up like crazy, and they are charging a fortune for it.
This post was edited on 6/1/22 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 6/1/22 at 4:44 pm to beerJeep
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From 2020-2022 crime in downtown Baton Rouge has grown faster than the population of downtown Baton Rouge
Downtown BR looks like little new orleans. Downtown library is a homeless shelter. People sitting on the streets asking for money. Deadbeats just hanging out.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 5:33 pm to fallguy_1978
IBM?
Posted on 6/1/22 at 5:33 pm to In The Know
i thought AP was growing too fast?
Posted on 6/1/22 at 5:34 pm to Langland
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Downtown BR looks like little new orleans. Downtown library is a homeless shelter. People sitting on the streets asking for money. Deadbeats just hanging out.
Downtown BR is safer than Perkins Rowe...by a LOT
If you think downtown BR is sketchy, then you have literally never visited a bad neighborhood...ever.
But yeah, this headline is dumb. It must be based on percentages because downtown had only a couple hundred people living there before and might have 1000 people living there now. It's great that there's apartments and a grocery store there now, but there's still not a ton of residents.
This post was edited on 6/1/22 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 6/1/22 at 5:46 pm to kingbob
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Downtown BR is safer than Perkins Rowe...by a LOT
If you think downtown BR is sketchy, then you have literally never visited a bad neighborhood...ever.
It's the same cliche comments that get plopped in any downtown thread always with no data to back any of it up.
I will say downtown is safer than Perkins Rowe, but it doesn't FEEL safer. It can be a little creepy late at night after the bars close or on a weeknight.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 5:49 pm to facher08
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It can be a little creepy late at night after the bars close or on a weeknight.
Because there's literally no one there. It's like walking through a ghost town
Posted on 6/1/22 at 5:52 pm to In The Know
Matherne's Doin' Work.
Excellent store, great lunch plate selection, hot/cold.
Excellent store, great lunch plate selection, hot/cold.
This post was edited on 6/1/22 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 6/1/22 at 5:53 pm to In The Know
Free syringes
Posted on 6/1/22 at 6:13 pm to LaBR4
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Matherne's Doin' Work.
Yep. Downtown had a massive chicken/egg problem. Businesses couldn't survive without overnight residents. Overnight residents couldn't live there without businesses to make it livable. No one wants to "live downtown" and then have to drive 20m to go grocery shopping. The 440 building did it perfectly: not just mixed use, but residentially driven mixed use. Put a grocery store not only downtown, but right underneath hundreds of residents.
Downtown BR still has a long way to go, but it has a tremendous amount of momentum right now, no matter what the "if you go to dinner on Government St after dark you'll die" crowd says.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 6:13 pm to In The Know
Come on, nobody believes that.
Posted on 6/1/22 at 6:26 pm to Joshjrn
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The 440 building did it perfectly: not just mixed use, but residentially driven mixed use. Put a grocery store not only downtown, but right underneath hundreds of residents.
I concur. I lived there for 4 1/2 years and I've been next door for the past 2. It is such a luxury. However....
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Downtown BR still has a long way to go, but it has a tremendous amount of momentum right now,
This just isn't the case. I lived downtown when the momentum was leaps and bounds stronger than what it is now. I bought in MidCity, on the one hand, to start building some equity, but on the other hand because downtown is a shell of what it was just 5 years ago. The homeless, while not pushy, are growing in numbers, the street racers are out of control, and the nightlife is just stale.
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