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St. George didn't start anything. It's actually following in the footsteps of other cities. The only difference is BR didn't give a damn about a little small town like Central. But once someone suggested ending the BR gravy train all hell broke loose.

Correct. The real change here is that St George is comparatively huge and relatively well off already. It’s hard for the parish to ignore that.

Central was a small town when it incorporated. It’s grown a bit in population and economic prosperity since then but EBR didn’t really care about it at the time.

St George will probably grow in the future if they get their own schools. If Central can figure out how to mitigate flood risks, they are going to continue growing too.

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Posted by tommy2tone1999

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Posted on 5/18/24 at 10:12 pm to fr33manator

Man that's a cool song!

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Posted by NPComb

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Posted on 5/18/24 at 11:04 pm to TN Tygah

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Does St. George start a pattern?

I was thinking Madison, MS but that was a literal move to outskirts of Jackson.

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Posted by alajones

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 8:32 am to TN Tygah

There’s been other similar examples. In Alabama, the towns of Hoover and Homewood pulled out of Jefferson County Schools and formed their own city school systems when they began being absorbed by Birmingham.

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Posted by Spankum

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Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:23 am to TN Tygah

It will happen on occasion, but if you think about it, that’s what suburbs are as well and you don’t have to go through nearly as much trouble.