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Baton Rouge geography
Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:00 am
Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:00 am
Have anyone else notice that the streets placement and overall layout of North Baton Rouge is better than the rest of the city??? Why is this??
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Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:03 am to lepdagod
Because thats the old part of town. Baton Rouge was founded in 1699, and interestingly enough, that's the last time we had competent leaders.
This post was edited on 2/15/23 at 7:05 am
Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:04 am to lepdagod
Because that area was developed first... and used to be full of decent blue collar folk.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:05 am to lepdagod
Because they didn’t have requirements for retention ponds back then. And crime wasn’t a concern when it was laid out. People didn’t have two cars and some walking was required so blocks and neighborhood stores were common.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:06 am to lepdagod
Did you know that highland road was named because it was the high land looking over the river. Crazy isn’t it
Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:10 am to lepdagod
You do know that Airline and Florida were there way before the Interstate?
Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:19 am to TROLA
Highland road is on the Highland ridge geological feature. That’s why the Indian Mound at LSU is there, it was the highest spot in the area and didn’t flood. Pre levees of course.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:26 am to lepdagod
We used to have a planning and zoning board that looked 20 years down the road and built infrastructure prior to developments and zoned properties accordingly. Also used eminent domain as it should be used, before historical districts, NAACP, or DEI was a thing.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 7:27 am to lepdagod
Older areas tend to be easier to navigate, because they tend to be rough grids that are open on all sides. The newer the area, the more likely it was built during the obsession with dead end, single entry/exit neighborhoods that utterly frick traffic patterns.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 8:11 am to TigerSprings
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You do know that Airline and Florida were there way before the Interstate?
Before Airline and Florida, it was Old Hammond and Jefferson Hwy.
Old Hammond Highway ended in Hammond
Jefferson Hwy ended in Jefferson (New Orleans)
Posted on 2/15/23 at 8:21 am to lepdagod
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Have anyone else notice that the streets placement and overall layout of North Baton Rouge is better than the rest of the city??? Why is this??
Systematic racism against white people. 400 years of oppression. We’re still feeling the effects of James Crowe laws
Posted on 2/15/23 at 8:23 am to lepdagod
Did you know there is a fault line in Baton Rouge that crosses college drive as you go up past that little hill north of I-10 just past the auto shop
Posted on 2/15/23 at 8:24 am to zippyputt
I sometimes wonder what it looked like in the spring floods before the levees.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 8:45 am to lepdagod
NBR has a better grid system plus there was a large bond issue passed in the 60s to widen streets in NBR. A similar package for SBR failed.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 8:47 am to TROLA
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Did you know that highland road was named because it was the high land looking over the river. Crazy isn’t it
Was Highland Road there before the levee? I guess the answer is yes.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 8:58 am to lepdagod
My bit of advice is if you find yourself on a street named after a president, an Indian, or a state, you should probably be getting the frick outta there ASAP.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 9:29 am to lepdagod
Sidewalks.
Ask elderly people of Beirut Rouge why they don't want sidewalks in their neighborhoods.
Ask elderly people of Beirut Rouge why they don't want sidewalks in their neighborhoods.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 9:33 am to TROLA
Similar to St. Charles Ave. in NOLA, the road was built on a natural ridge that parallels the river. That’s why the streets in NOLA are all on a curve to match the river. And why the most expensive houses are along this road. It was the dry ground
Posted on 2/15/23 at 9:35 am to TigerSprings
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You do know that Airline and Florida were there way before the Interstate?
And where they intersected was a traffic circle, which is where Circle Bowl bowling alley got its name.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 9:37 am to lepdagod
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Have anyone else notice that the streets placement and overall layout of North Baton Rouge is better than the rest of the city??? Why is this??
A long time ago N. Baton Rouge was the rich part of town where all the movers and shakers lived.
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