re: Nola writer asks why people are leaving Baton Rouge

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What would be the draw to EBR?

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Baton Rouge has 3 things going for it:
The Capital
LSU
The River

he River brings with it Exxon and the various plant jobs along its route. That's Baton Rouge's economic draw. The Capital is its political one, and LSU is its cultural draw.

Let's be honest, the number one reason people move away from Baton Rouge is the public school system. Baton Rouge culture may pale in comparison to New Orleans, a 400 year old tourism and cultural mecca with a metropolitan area 3 times BR's size, but it definitely is there (you just have to look). Baton Rouge isn't a bad city for its size, but it does have a lot of shortcomings, just not nearly as many as BR detractors often cry over.

BR and NOLA are both over/underrated in many aspects.