re: Looking to move to BR

These people are exxagerating a little bit. Broadmoor area can be had for $140k, easy. Most houses do cost more, but you can still find houses in the upper end of your range in "decent" neighborhoods in Baton Rouge, especially if youre willing to fix something up.

If you have patience, you can get an apartment while you look for a gem to pop up somewhere. I'm not sure if I'd define any area in Baton Rouge as "up and coming", but MidCity has some areas that have been improving over the past 10 years. The developments in the South side of the parish (that arent around Gardere) have been getting a lot of growth, but are out of your range. If you're in a hurry, Sherwood Forest/Broadmoor are going to have tons of houses available. These areas have been on a slow decline for the past 25 years. Or you can move to the suburbs and get a pretty inexpensive house in a quiet area on the north side of Central (or south side of Pride).

Check out listings online, if you see some that youre curious about, link them on this thread and we'll tell you if the area is ok or not.

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am sure I may offend some here, but these 2 areas, IMO are not good places to live anymore.

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Will Cover, you probably shouldn't go around talking shite about neighborhoods that you don't have a fricking clue about. I happen to live in Broadmoor and it's nothing like you perceive it to be, so it would be nice if you would just STFU. Our neighborhood is an older one, but the houses are nice and the yards are huge. Crime is very low in this area and my neighbors, for the most part are top notch. Sure, there some eyesore houses, but that is with every older neighborhood.

It's attitudes like this that bring this city down. You can stay in your shitty arse suburb and sit in traffic for an hour a day and that's fine. But before you bash a neighborhood, at least get a fricking clue about what you're talking about.