re: Older Baton Rouge residents. What lead to the decline of NBR?

To the a-hole who said his parents left NBR b/c the first black family that moved in his NBR neighborhood was essentially degenerates .....

You're meaning to tell me that every white family in your neighborhood never caused any problems and were upstanding citizens especially considering how rampant alcoholism was and still is among white men in Baton Rouge. Not to mention it was very common for white men in BR (especially back then) to openly harass and verbally assault black people on a daily basis. I know a black man that was among the first black students at Istrouma High that was beat up and called the N-Word almost daily by your "perfect" white neighbors in NBR.

1) I believe you're a liar
2) You and your family are racists
3) Many black families back then were programmed to be on their "best behavior" around whites due to the long history of lynchings and police beatings for the slightest misunderstandings. Your story seems that much more made up and bogus.
4) Only college educated blacks could afford to move in mostly white neighborhoods then and the behavior you described is not indicative of a college educated black family.