re: From a real estate persepctive, have you ever imagined BR if Standard oil never came?

I posted about this in another thread recently.

Should have always kept LSU adjacent to downtown on the northside there and it could have expanded northward toward where the refineries are.

The refinery could have (should have?) been built south of the city -- hell, even around where LSU is now, or definitely down along the area where LSU has all those ag fields.

Baton Rouge would look somewhat like Austin, with a vibrant relevant downtown adjacent to the university. The "new" State Capitol could have been built in the area of the city hall complex.

Baton Rouge is a much different place in this context and I suspect the neighborhoods surrounding this area might have fared a lot better.

Oh well.