re: To what extent would LSU be more prestigious if it were in a safer location?

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LSU grad here, but actively persuaded my kid to go to college out of state. BR crime problems was one of the main reasons. He is a smart kid and got a very good scholarship out of state, but its still more expensive than it would have been had he gone to LSU. Another reason is, since he is smart, going out of state gives him a better shot of not moving back to Louisiana after school. We genuinely want him to live somewhere else besides Louisiana.

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I have a 16 year old, and we’re in the same boat. She doesn’t really want to go to LSU, but I’d encourage her to go elsewhere regardless. You get stuck in this area with family, and it’s hard to leave.

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LSU grad here, but actively persuaded my kid to go to college out of state. BR crime problems was one of the main reasons. He is a smart kid and got a very good scholarship out of state, but its still more expensive than it would have been had he gone to LSU. Another reason is, since he is smart, going out of state gives him a better shot of not moving back to Louisiana after school. We genuinely want him to live somewhere else besides Louisiana.

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This is where we are as well. Our kids are not even into middle school yet, and we're trying to figure out the chess moves to get them out of here. We have too many elderly family obligations at the moment, but that will likely not be the case when they wrap up high school.

The best plan so far is to encourage the eldest to go out of state, ideally to a state we'd consider relocating to, then retire there. That's a long ways away and a billion reasons that it might not line up that way.

I see no reason why BR or this state will ever improve. The trends are all in the wrong direction with no magic formula to fix it.