Pros and Cons: Zachary & Prairieville

Zachary has good schools, as mentioned, plus a good community. It is also a less stressful drive to and from BR by going north as opposed to east, south, or across the river.

The down side is that some retail (Sams / Costco, etc) isn’t out in that direction thanks to the shutdown of Sam’s at Cortana so you may have to plan ahead unless you want to do your shopping at Walmart or Rouse’s.

When they finish the I-10 expansion, it's going to make getting to Baton Rouge from Prairieville much easier but you'll still have to deal with not just the annoyance of the 12-110 corridor now, but the utter shitshow it's going to be when they start widening it (which will take a few years to complete).

Zachary is your better bet. 110 North after work and 110 South before work (at least to downtown) are cakewalks compared to going to/from Prairieville. Zachary has a good community, good schools and is set to really explode as populations working in Baton Rouge but living in Prairieville and Denham Springs begin to reach a point where even the expanded interstates aren't enough to handle the daily commute traffic (we already see this daily on 12).

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The 2 are at our top of the list.

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Zachary & Prairieville

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I can't even imagine how I would feel if these were on my list, let alone at the top.

I'd choose St Francisville over Zachary

The market in Zachary is great for buyers this year with new construction and other listings.

I am on the short end of that as a seller. House has been on the market since March with no formal offers. I have lowered the price several times and am a little under the market value for that size and location previously sold.

Go buy my house man. Please.

Ever heard of St George

Both trashy and think they are more than what they are..