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re: Will Gentrification Ever Happen in Baton Rouge?

Posted on 3/19/23 at 2:08 pm to
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 3/19/23 at 2:08 pm to
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You'd need jobs that attract young professionals and we simply do not in big numbers.
That's a good point.

Did IBM or whoever it was ever finish building downtown?
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 3/19/23 at 2:11 pm to
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Did IBM or whoever it was ever finish building downtown?

Yep.
The IBM deal never lived up to the hype.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 3/19/23 at 2:14 pm to
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Did IBM or whoever it was ever finish building downtown?

It's been open for awhile.

Those deals with the state usually work like this. They promise to hire x number of people and get subsidized. They create a bunch of jobs paying below market rates, claim they can't fill them all and hire a bunch of H1B1s
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