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re: Looking to move to BR
Posted on 6/18/09 at 10:56 am to lsugradman
Posted on 6/18/09 at 10:56 am to lsugradman
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How many young couples and families live there and send their kids to nearby public schools?
No clue, but as I said earlier...I don't have a vested interest in the public school system for two reasons.
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Posted on 6/18/09 at 11:27 am to Will Cover
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am sure I may offend some here, but these 2 areas, IMO are not good places to live anymore.
Will Cover, you probably shouldn't go around talking shite about neighborhoods that you don't have a fricking clue about. I happen to live in Broadmoor and it's nothing like you perceive it to be, so it would be nice if you would just STFU. Our neighborhood is an older one, but the houses are nice and the yards are huge. Crime is very low in this area and my neighbors, for the most part are top notch. Sure, there some eyesore houses, but that is with every older neighborhood.
It's attitudes like this that bring this city down. You can stay in your shitty arse suburb and sit in traffic for an hour a day and that's fine. But before you bash a neighborhood, at least get a fricking clue about what you're talking about.
This post was edited on 6/18/09 at 11:29 am
Posted on 6/18/09 at 11:30 am to Catman88
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45 min to live in Livingston and have a place where you can raise a family in safety
Yeah suburban Baton Rouge is a regular mad max.
You do realize there are choices other than (1) Livingston Parish and (2) the abject ghetto.
Posted on 6/18/09 at 11:38 am to Loubacca
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Will Cover, you probably shouldn't go around talking shite about neighborhoods that you don't have a fricking clue about. I happen to live in Broadmoor and it's nothing like you perceive it to be, so it would be nice if you would just STFU. Our neighborhood is an older one, but the houses are nice and the yards are huge. Crime is very low in this area and my neighbors, for the most part are top notch. Sure, there some eyesore houses, but that is with every older neighborhood.
It's attitudes like this that bring this city down. You can stay in your shitty arse suburb and sit in traffic for an hour a day and that's fine. But before you bash a neighborhood, at least get a fricking clue about what you're talking about.
Good post.
I was out near that area a couple of weeks ago and drove through Broadmoor for the first time in several years. I was thinking how nice a place it could be (and in many respects actually is) now that the oak trees there are starting to mature.
It's pathetic how quickly folks in BR are willing to completely write off a neighborhood the second there is so much a perception that it might be going "downhill."
I also acknowledge that the schools have something to play in this scenario. I just don't think the automatic reaction should be to abandon entire swaths of lovely older neighborhoods en masse, the second this becomes a worry. But, that's just me.
Posted on 6/18/09 at 11:45 am to Y.A. Tittle
I think middle/upper class New Orleanians are much more comfortable with the idea that we're sending kids to Catholic schools no matter what, so the concept of moving to BFE for "better schools" is just foreign.
Posted on 6/18/09 at 11:47 am to Y.A. Tittle
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I also acknowledge that the schools have something to play in this scenario. I just don't think the automatic reaction should be to abandon entire swaths of lovely older neighborhoods en masse, the second this becomes a worry. But, that's just me.
I do understand this aspect of the argument, but a good part of the reason for shitty schools is white flight. (but that's for another 20 pg thread)
Posted on 6/18/09 at 11:51 am to Cold Cous Cous
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I think middle/upper class New Orleanians are much more comfortable with the idea that we're sending kids to Catholic schools no matter what, so the concept of moving to BFE for "better schools" is just foreign.
But the thing is, I knew tons of people who lived in Broadmoor/Sherwood Forest growing up, and virtually all of them went to Catholic schools.
I assure you, almost none of them would be willing to buy a house there now.
It's amazing how fast this reaction (over-reaction?) occurs there.
Posted on 6/18/09 at 11:57 am to Y.A. Tittle
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It's amazing how fast this reaction (over-reaction?) occurs there.
Those who are in their 30's now (the one's buying homes and raising children) are post civil rights movement and desegregation. Just an interesting thought.
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:00 pm to Y.A. Tittle
I understand that their are some shitty neighborhoods across florida blvd, but the neighborhoods off bluebonnet are a stone's throw away from gardere. Old Goodwood is the highest priced property in town and it's not far from some shady areas. Why would people be willing to pay such top dollar for houses in this area if it was so unsafe?
People in BR amaze me sometimes. What's worse is the people that I work with that are from the suburbs. They think people get murdered on every block in BR. Yeah, you have fun eating at your Chili's in Zachary. (which according to them is one of the things that makes their town so nice)
People in BR amaze me sometimes. What's worse is the people that I work with that are from the suburbs. They think people get murdered on every block in BR. Yeah, you have fun eating at your Chili's in Zachary. (which according to them is one of the things that makes their town so nice)
This post was edited on 6/18/09 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:01 pm to Loubacca
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People in BR amaze me sometimes. What's worse is the people that I work with that are from the suburbs. They think people get murdered on every block in BR. Yeah, you have fun eating at your Chili's in Zachary
Go read my post earlier in the thread about the new employee moving to BR and how they opted out of a hell of a house in Capital Heights to live in Ascension Parish.
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:04 pm to Loubacca
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What's worse is the people that I work with that are from the suburbs. They think people get murdered on every block in BR.
Rural Louisianians constantly overstate the danger of living in a city. This is always their first reason for why country living is better. Hell, I've heard people say things like "I won't even drive through New Orleans because you know your car will get stolen."
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:04 pm to Golfer
Yeah, that's kinda interesting. The perceived benefit is ascension parish public schools I guess.
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:05 pm to Loubacca
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The perceived benefit is ascension parish public schools I guess.
It was a single person. No kids.
The sole reason for the last minute change was an employee at her new job said that area is "VERY UNSAFE".
This post was edited on 6/18/09 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:09 pm to Golfer
wow.....i guess that's why the property value in capital heights is so high too.
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:14 pm to Loubacca
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This post was edited on 6/18/09 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:33 pm to Loubacca
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Will Cover, you probably shouldn't go around talking shite about neighborhoods that you don't have a fricking clue about.
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I happen to live in Broadmoor and it's nothing like you perceive it to be, so it would be nice if you would just STFU.
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But before you bash a neighborhood, at least get a fricking clue about what you're talking about.
Okay. You told me.
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Our neighborhood is an older one, but the houses are nice and the yards are huge.
Our definitions of "nice" must differ.
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Crime is very low in this area and my neighbors
January - April 2009: 6 homicides, 1 rape, 58 robberies, 138 aggravated assaults, 272 burglaries, 379 larcenies, 66 motor vehicle thefts, 18 arsons and 1 negligent homicide for District 4.
District 4
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It's attitudes like this that bring this city down.
It's number like this that bring the city down.
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You can stay in your shitty arse suburb
My suburb is brand new.
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sit in traffic for an hour a day and that's fine.
Quite the opposite. My commute only takes 25 minutes in each direction.
Okay. You told me.
This post was edited on 6/18/09 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:39 pm to Will Cover
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District 4
Nowhere near broadmoor...
Check out District 3 Zone C Subzone 1...that is Broadmoor.
I'd feel 100% safe living there.
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:40 pm to Will Cover
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District 4
Just for clarity's sake, Broadmoor is not in that district.
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:41 pm to BR Tiger
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Just for clarity's sake, Broadmoor is not in that district
And not even adjacent to it...
Actually about 5+ miles from Broadmoor...
Posted on 6/18/09 at 12:42 pm to Will Cover
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January - April 2009: 6 homicides, 1 rape, 58 robberies, 138 aggravated assaults, 272 burglaries, 379 larcenies, 66 motor vehicle thefts, 18 arsons and 1 negligent homicide for District 4.
District 4
When did Scotlandville and the Plank Road area become "Broadmoor"? WTF?
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