re: Thoughts from someone who left (escaped) Baton Rouge

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some people are happy in S. La. Sorry some of you are just miserable humans who need to move to be happy

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A lot of times, I want out of here. When I walk outside in the morning and it already feels like 100 degrees outside, when I'm stuck in bumper to bumper traffic on a Sunday afternoon, when I'm watching LSU lose in the stadium while listening to my dad gripe about if for 4 hours, when a dindu murders a good person in a "good" neighborhood, when elected judges let another criminal back on the street to kill again, when yet another elected official is caught stealing from the taxpayers with zero consequences, etc.

But then, I have moments like I had last night: sitting on the front porch of my friend's doublewide drinking bud-heavy and swapping stories before going back inside for a jam session with a bunch of other musicians we all grew up with. Life can be so frustrating at times here, but it can be so easy other times too. There is something special about having everyone you grew up knowing accessible within a 30 minute drive. There's something about being able to participate in a culture of making music, eating great food, and drinking. In many other places, these character traits would be seen as flaws, but here, they are virtues. Now, that may not be the most efficient, clean, or civil way to run a society, but it can definitely be fun.

If I move away, I'm not really going to miss the football games or the crawfish boils so much as I'm going to miss the great times I spent with my friends and my friends' friends that are all still here. Sure, I can do those things anywhere. I can make new friends, and those old friends will always be here waiting for me. However, it sure is easy to live here and have a good time, and that can't be said about everywhere.