re: Is Baton Rouge redneck or Cajun?

I would say it is a little more cajun than redneck just because it is in South Louisiana. Some of the culture is cajun influenced (especially the food), but bordering Livingston Parish, which, because of it's history, it more redneck than cajun, there is the "redneck" influence as well.

With that said, I wouldn't consider it a "cajun city". Because BR is a capital city, a college town and companies like Exxon & Albemarle are located in it, it has quite a few people who come from families, who moved to BR from other parts of the country.

For example, my dad is from Georgia. He moved to Louisiana because of the opportunity his dad had at Dow (which is in the BR area and not specifically in BR, but I am just saying a lot of families in BR are here because at some point their grandparents, great grandparents, etc moved there for a certain reason).