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re: Shreveport is the biggest shite hole I've ever been to

Posted on 11/7/20 at 11:58 am to
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 11:58 am to
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New Orleans and Baton Rouge started declining around the same time.


Gangs, thugs, drugs. Shreveport even killed off their largest employers over the years.

The Cedar Grove riots signaled the start of the end...
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 12:12 pm to
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The Cedar Grove riots signaled the start of the end

The 80s oil bust really hurt Nola. In BR, the forced desegregation of the public schools chased much of the middle class out of the city over the next 7-8 years.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
30518 posts
Posted on 11/8/20 at 8:03 pm to
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The Cedar Grove riots signaled the start of the end...


That's the neighborhood that was on the last "Wealthiest neighborhood in Louisiana by zip code" list from a few years back.

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71106: Cedar Grove - Shreveport (Caddo Parish)

$114,358: Average 2015 reported total income
30%: Percent of returns with no tax liability
26%: Percent of returns with refundable Earned Income Credit
24%: Returns reporting over $100,000 in income
14,860: Number of tax returns


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