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Any hope for North Baton Rouge with Mayor Edwards?
Posted on 4/5/25 at 6:43 am
Posted on 4/5/25 at 6:43 am
My definition of North Baton Rouge are the neighborhoods traditionally zoned to high schools such as Istrouma, Glen Oaks, Scotlandville, Belaire, and formerly Redemptorist.
Since the 2000s, there been so many promises to revitalize and grow the area but it's been the opposite. Airline on the north side has yet to make a comeback, Plank Road has less thriving businesses than 20+ years ago, 99% of the schools in NBR are much worse today than they were 20+ years ago, Southern University has yet been able to bring any new economic development to the area, the airport has been a big disappointment to me as far as revitalizing the area, on and so forth.
I really thought the airport expanding would start gentrification and increase diversity, economic development, and property values in the area but it just hasn't done that. I was thinking about buying property in NBR near the airport b/c the prices are low (for 2025 standards) but I just can't seem to close the deal. I wonder if I ever will get a ROI I desire. But I have some slight hope that Mayor Edwards may finally do something that the previous mayors simply just talked about.
Since the 2000s, there been so many promises to revitalize and grow the area but it's been the opposite. Airline on the north side has yet to make a comeback, Plank Road has less thriving businesses than 20+ years ago, 99% of the schools in NBR are much worse today than they were 20+ years ago, Southern University has yet been able to bring any new economic development to the area, the airport has been a big disappointment to me as far as revitalizing the area, on and so forth.
I really thought the airport expanding would start gentrification and increase diversity, economic development, and property values in the area but it just hasn't done that. I was thinking about buying property in NBR near the airport b/c the prices are low (for 2025 standards) but I just can't seem to close the deal. I wonder if I ever will get a ROI I desire. But I have some slight hope that Mayor Edwards may finally do something that the previous mayors simply just talked about.
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 6:47 am
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Posted on 4/5/25 at 6:44 am to PelicanState87
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My definition of North Baton Rouge
Anything north of government street
Posted on 4/5/25 at 6:48 am to PelicanState87
Belaire really isn’t near others or airport. Did you just throw them in there. They would be far more likely to be impacted by Amazon than the airport
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 6:49 am
Posted on 4/5/25 at 6:52 am to PelicanState87
The closest analogies for N Baton Rouge are Jackson, Montgomery and Little Rock.
Do you know anyone who is planning to live, relocate their business to or vacation in any of those places?
Do you know anyone who would willingly go to a restaurant in any of those places outside of a handful of streets on a Friday night without Kevlar?
Do you know anyone who is planning to live, relocate their business to or vacation in any of those places?
Do you know anyone who would willingly go to a restaurant in any of those places outside of a handful of streets on a Friday night without Kevlar?
Posted on 4/5/25 at 6:58 am to PelicanState87
Sure.
He can start by giving out Bullet Proof vests
He can start by giving out Bullet Proof vests
Posted on 4/5/25 at 6:59 am to PelicanState87
The plank rd area by Evangeline (Brookstown) has so much potential if we ever find a way to hit the reset button.
The roads are rough, but well designed and just need repair. There’s a beautiful park, (good business district if the customers were there), good food, post office, and easy access to the interstate
The roads are rough, but well designed and just need repair. There’s a beautiful park, (good business district if the customers were there), good food, post office, and easy access to the interstate
Posted on 4/5/25 at 7:03 am to PelicanState87
It’s not infrastructure, or parks, or libraries, or anything like that that’s needed. It’s nothing that local governments can do either. It’s the people on those areas that need to make a decision to change it.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 7:16 am to Tigeralum2008
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The plank rd area by Evangeline (Brookstown) has so much potential if we ever find a way to hit the reset button.
Yeah the neighborhood surrounding Redemptorist is one of the better NBR neighborhoods. It used to be so much better than what it is of course but it got some good bones and at amazing prices. If the right amount of people gentrify it, it'll be back to its glory days. Also the location is sorta ideal, next to Tony's, next to airport, close to I-10, close to downtown. I would definitely have my groceries delivered if I was to live there tho. No good grocery store options nearby
Unfortunately a lot of the good homeowners in that neighborhood are dying out. So it may reach the point of no return if gentification don't kick in soon. Section 8 baby mamas can move in and make it another place you don't wanna be at all
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 7:17 am
Posted on 4/5/25 at 7:17 am to PelicanState87
Unless the people want to change, it won't change, and I'm not sure additional generations to single moms is going to help.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 7:23 am to Boston911
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It’s the people on those areas that need to make a decision to change it.
That's never gonna happen. It's gonna take affluent White liberals (usually gay couples or dual income no kid couples) to start the change just like it has been in other cities (see New Orleans, Atlanta, Houston, DC, NYC, etc) to push out the very people they pretend to be in solidarity with. And of course the handful or so affluent Blacks can and will help but historically they have never been able to flip an area on their own ... they need to be led by the aforementioned group
Atlanta has gone from 61% Black in 2000 and is projected to be in the 35-ish percent by 2030. Mainly due to affluent White folks wanting to be centrally located and city living again and Blacks not being able to afford the growing cost of living
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 7:30 am
Posted on 4/5/25 at 7:39 am to PelicanState87
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But I have some slight hope that Mayor Edwards may finally do something that the previous misandrist matriarch simply just talked about.
The Misandrist Matriarchy of masculine women and sassy beta males is interwoven into every fabric of Louisiana culture and society. Masculinity is completely decentered at every level of our current state and local government. If Landry can appoint a dumpling from dakota to run an important agency then Syd has no chance of fixing anything.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 7:43 am to PelicanState87
The mayor can’t change NBR. It requires a culture change. Good luck.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 7:58 am to UptownJoeBrown
quote:and would take decades even w/cooperation from that demo's leadership
The mayor can’t change NBR. It requires a culture change
And they are hardly being cooperative
Posted on 4/5/25 at 8:02 am to glassart
quote:not bad, but could be improved:
The Misandrist Matriarchy of masculine women
The Misandrist Matriarchy of Masculine Mamas
Posted on 4/5/25 at 8:32 am to PelicanState87
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neighborhood surrounding Redemptorist
Grew up in that area in the 70s and early 80s one street over from Sid. Back yard backed up to Redemptorist Junior High office. Very middle class, blue collar people all around. Used to be a safe neighborhood that we were never afraid to walk or ride our bikes after dark.
Can it be turned around? As was said above, it’s all on the residents of the area to take it back. I’m afraid it’s past that point but if anyone can have an impact, it’s Sid. Would love to see it make a comeback.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 8:34 am to PelicanState87
A change in mayor isn’t going to fix broken mindsets in the area. At least not overnight.
NBR needs to fix its fricking crime problem in order to get development or keep businesses it already has.
NBR needs to fix its fricking crime problem in order to get development or keep businesses it already has.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 10:25 am to Boston911
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It’s not infrastructure, or parks, or libraries, or anything like that that’s needed. It’s nothing that local governments can do either. It’s the people on those areas that need to make a decision to change it.
This is it. Millions have been poured into those areas and it only gets worse. Airport, Amazon, the 2nd coming of Jesus has very little impact if the culture in that area doesn’t change.
Knew an older black guy that lived off Foster. Had been here his whole life. He and his wife raised 4 kids on his custodian salary and her teacher salary. He died in ‘23, but he was ashamed at what “his people did to their city”. He said he was born and raised during some tumultuous times for blacks but he felt less safe in modern BR than during the 60’s and 70’s and it was because of other blacks, not whites.
No matter what programs are instilled, no matter what investments are made, no matter what statues are torn down…change will not happen without a cultural change amongst the predominantly younger black population.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 10:35 am to PelicanState87
When you turn on the need and see stories about these large apartment buildings that serve as low income housing having all kinds of code defects and look run down and yet they remain eligible for federal funding, you have to ask yourself how?
And you see storied about decayed and run down housing with people living in them; while the prominent local property owners do nothing, you ask yourself how?
I’d bet many if not most of the homes in NBR are owned by these type slumlords who do very well collecting subsidized rents as they do little or nothing to take care of their properties.
And you see storied about decayed and run down housing with people living in them; while the prominent local property owners do nothing, you ask yourself how?
I’d bet many if not most of the homes in NBR are owned by these type slumlords who do very well collecting subsidized rents as they do little or nothing to take care of their properties.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 10:43 am to PelicanState87
No politician or amount of money can fix north Baton Rouge. This is what you get when there's no fathers in the home and a bunch of young "men" are raised by single moms that can't even take care of themselves.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 10:46 am to go_tigres
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He said he was born and raised during some tumultuous times for blacks but he felt less safe in modern BR than during the 60’s and 70’s and it was because of other blacks, not whites.
This part! Modern Baton Rouge is much more dangerous for Black people than any time during or before Jim Crow. I actually have cut people off who refuse to be honest and admit that White supremacy is not the biggest problem facing Black America ... Black America is the biggest problem facing Black America. They use White supremacy as a scapegoat for their bad decisions and laziness.
And as most people shared, it's a culture problem. Most Black people are raised in highly dsyfunctional homes and listened to highly dysfunctional music all the time. I remember going to popular Black hang out spots as a teenager in the city and they would almost always be fights and/or shoot outs. And when I would ask my White friends what they do over the weekend it was usually the opposite of what I experienced. Like the culture difference is so stark.
That's why I don't understand White kids who were not raised in Black culture that love Black culture (jigging, Boosie, aggressive rap music, ghetto slang, etc) .I know it may look cool but I also know they see the high level of dsyfunction attached to it so it's best to stay away from it as much as possible. It's much harder to separate yourself from it when you're raised in it but it's possible b/c I did it and life is better for me. I wish I was raised in White culture ... I know it's not perfect but it's absolutely less dsyfunctional than Black culture ... Black culture is the worst to me compared to everybody else
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 11:00 am
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