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re: What if CenturyLink leaves Monroe?
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:27 am to offshoretrash
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:27 am to offshoretrash
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Blackie has had to fight for years now to keep them here.
Doesn't he live in Rocky Branch?
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Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:27 am to Sasquatch_Rooster
Isn't duck dynasty housed there? I assume that is most of the economy.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:28 am to Sasquatch_Rooster
State Farm bailed on Monroe and put lots of people out of work. Maybe you Monroevians can tell us how that affected the area?
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:38 am to Sasquatch_Rooster
It will hurt the economy seriously. As long as the structure stands, they still have to pay property tax. State farms reason for leaving years ago was "lack of intellectual capital". I suspect CenturyLink has 5x employees state farm had.
This post was edited on 7/24/19 at 6:39 am
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:38 am to LSUballs
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becomes as terrible as Lafayette.
We’ll all shrink and become over emotional retard Axe body spray wearing guidos? God I hope not.
Yes and it will happen within in two years.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:47 am to WeeWee
Well shite. Maybe at least we’ll get some pepper jack Boudin balls.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:50 am to yaboidarrell
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It'll turn into another Selma, Alabama.
So it will basically become New Orleans?
Posted on 7/24/19 at 6:52 am to Sasquatch_Rooster
My cousins just built a new house there. Seems like a terrible decision to invest in a town that could basically go belly up in 10 years.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 7:05 am to Sasquatch_Rooster
I think you don’t know how to spell.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 7:09 am to lsu13lsu
quote:when you look at our demographics and government, it's not amazing
Amazing how few good companies are in Louisiana.
politicians have to be careful selling jobs that are for the upper middle, educated populations b/c the lower class, uneducated populations will get upset. our 2 major cities are incredibly dangerous, expensive, and you can't send your kids to public schools. all are strikes against companies locating here.
so our politicians focus on getting chicken farms and other unskilled jobs for the lower class, incentivizing brain drain, which further perpetuates the issues above. the demographics tipped a while back and there just aren't many ways to "fix" the state due to our incredibly large underclass.
and if anyone thinks i'm using code to talk about black people, you need to travel around this state more. it ain't a race thing
Posted on 7/24/19 at 7:47 am to Chuker
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My cousins just built a new house there. Seems like a terrible decision to invest in a town that could basically go belly up in 10 years.
Egrets Landing?
Posted on 7/24/19 at 7:47 am to Sasquatch_Rooster
Then Monroe would become Alexandria.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:14 am to offshoretrash
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Nope, he doesn't want to stay here in this shite hole state. Blackie has had to fight for years now to keep them here.
I have it on good authority than I have more insight into this situation than you.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:15 am to kywildcatfanone
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Isn't duck dynasty housed there? I assume that is most of the economy.
Yeah a duck call maker is more of an economic boost than a Fortune 100 telecommunications company
Dumbass
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:20 am to kywildcatfanone
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Isn't duck dynasty housed there? I assume that is most of the economy.
While a popular show, I doubt they are top 100 employer in the area. Mojo Duck probably employs more in the area.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:36 am to offshoretrash
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Nah, he just acts like it so they can rake the state over the coals on incentives
Nope, he doesn't want to stay here in this shite hole state. Blackie has had to fight for years now to keep them here.
FIL works for CenturyLink. He says it is only a matter of time before they move. The writing is on the wall
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:38 am to Tigeralum2008
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He says it is only a matter of time before they move. The writing is on the wall
Won't be for at least a decade, and if it does it will be because they don't get their way with the state. Louisiana and Monroe is going to kiss the ring every time their incentives are expiring and they'll stay because it's so much cheaper than transition everything to the Denver are.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:38 am to hottub
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Mojo Duck probably employs more in the area.
No, but his engineering company does and for all the shite that ULM gets, it does it's part carrying the economy for Monroe. However, most Northside Monroe-ites give zero fricks about the school. St. Francis Hospital is also a big employer in the area.
For all practical purposes, CenturyLink has pulled the plug on Monroe. They did re-up for a few more years but I think everyone can see the writing on the wall since most of their upper level managers have relocated to Colorado or been let go/replaced.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:41 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Won't be for at least a decade, and if it does it will be because they don't get their way with the state. Louisiana and Monroe is going to kiss the ring every time their incentives are expiring and they'll stay because it's so much cheaper than transition everything to the Denver are.
Most of CL's important business is on the West Coast/Central Plains. Many of the Senior Executives are holdovers from Qwest which was based in Denver. There's a significant pull towards Denver
This post was edited on 7/24/19 at 8:42 am
Posted on 7/24/19 at 8:42 am to Tigeralum2008
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Most of CL's important business is on the West Coast/Central Plains. Many of the Senior Executives are holdovers from Qwest which was based in Denver. There's a significant pull towards Denver
I'm aware, but that has no impact on where their headquarters is
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