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re: Hoods that were up-and-coming 10 years ago but are still shitholes
Posted on 7/10/21 at 11:32 pm to fallguy_1978
Posted on 7/10/21 at 11:32 pm to fallguy_1978
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Gardere
My buddy and I were looking for an apartment right after college in 2007. We had a line on a place that was two bedrooms and all utilities included. It was newly remodeled. All in $580 a month. Money.
Call up my mom to tell her we found the place. It’s down Gardere and hang a left.
She told me right quick not to sign anything and come home. Come to find out the remodel was because the place got shot up.
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Posted on 7/10/21 at 11:34 pm to DiamondDog
Gardere is still a shithole but hasn't it quieted down recently?
Posted on 7/10/21 at 11:36 pm to DiamondDog
I had friends I used to hang out with that lived on GSRI and Blvd de Province in the 90s. They were on the decline then but seeing a 19 yr old white boy wasn't that usual either
This post was edited on 7/10/21 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 7/10/21 at 11:37 pm to DiamondDog
Is it once more time for my wistfully nostalgic essay on the old Gardere?
Usually, it takes a grass roots mandate to make me overcome my innate modesty and repost it. But just this once I will make an exception:
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I remember Gardere. The nice Gardere, with affordable housing for LSU students and young married couples in a well-maintained, safe neighborhood.
In the late '80s I lived near Gardere. It was perfect for students -- on the bus line to LSU, and there was a Piggly Wiggly grocery store at the corner of Gardere and Burbank. It was especially good for student couples struggling to work and attend school. I visited people there a few times -- I don't recall any complaints. And of course any time I went there I always felt perfectly SAFE.
In the early 90s I left BR and didn't return for about 10 years. When I came back I was talking with a friend and the subject of Gardere came up. Remembering it from my student days, I talked about what a nice student area it was.
"Are you kidding?", he said, and proceeded to tell me what had happened to the area, including a friend of his from church going there to minister -- and getting stabbed.
Later we were driving around and came to the intersection of Burbank and Gardere.
What had been a great place -- affordable, safe, on the LSU bus line and with a Piggly Wiggly for convenient shopping -- was now a slum. The Piggly Wiggly was gone and the shopping center deserted.
I couldn't believe my eyes. I asked my friend what the hell had happened.
He replied simply, "Section 8".
Usually, it takes a grass roots mandate to make me overcome my innate modesty and repost it. But just this once I will make an exception:
---
I remember Gardere. The nice Gardere, with affordable housing for LSU students and young married couples in a well-maintained, safe neighborhood.
In the late '80s I lived near Gardere. It was perfect for students -- on the bus line to LSU, and there was a Piggly Wiggly grocery store at the corner of Gardere and Burbank. It was especially good for student couples struggling to work and attend school. I visited people there a few times -- I don't recall any complaints. And of course any time I went there I always felt perfectly SAFE.
In the early 90s I left BR and didn't return for about 10 years. When I came back I was talking with a friend and the subject of Gardere came up. Remembering it from my student days, I talked about what a nice student area it was.
"Are you kidding?", he said, and proceeded to tell me what had happened to the area, including a friend of his from church going there to minister -- and getting stabbed.
Later we were driving around and came to the intersection of Burbank and Gardere.
What had been a great place -- affordable, safe, on the LSU bus line and with a Piggly Wiggly for convenient shopping -- was now a slum. The Piggly Wiggly was gone and the shopping center deserted.
I couldn't believe my eyes. I asked my friend what the hell had happened.
He replied simply, "Section 8".
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