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Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:02 pm to The Cool No 9
quote:whats funny is, you dont have to go to the gehtto to buy dope anymore.
Actual students probably don’t hang out around there in the apartments behind the bars unless they’re buying dope. (A dangerous practice)
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:09 pm to teke184
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Blame Katrina.
The area was shite before then but the turnover of tenants from any remaining students to refugees killed the area.
Eeh it's the excessive new construction of apartments.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:13 pm to Rsande63
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t actually sadded me a bit, the old University Commons had broken down cars , busted windows, and renters who didn't look like students. No joke , the back part of Tigerland looked worse than 1960/Gulf Bank in Houston. There are people sleeping on mattresses , balconies starting to collapse, and people living out of shopping carts. It was 100% shocking and sad.
I hadn’t been back there in many many years. That’s pretty shocking to hear that it’s ThAT bad. I knew it was ghetto, but I didn’t know it was sleeping on a roadside mattress kinda bad.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:15 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:a couple of times
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if LSU doesnt do something its only a matter of time before a student gets killed or assaulted back there
Before? That's happened already
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:17 pm to Epaminondas
quote:Is because of section 8
Everything you love about Tigerland . . .
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:19 pm to Jake88
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I'm starting to steer my kid away from LSU even though they have a solid program in what they want to do.
Same.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:20 pm to jbgleason
Hey, free furniture and a big visible law enforcement presence. Who wouldn’t want to live there?
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Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:20 pm to dagrippa
And a huge amount of that new construction was directly tied to the housing shortage of 2005-2006 caused by Katrina.
Every property not occupied for rent or sale got snapped up overnight, meaning a market for lots of new apartments to get built.
Every property not occupied for rent or sale got snapped up overnight, meaning a market for lots of new apartments to get built.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:20 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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While I agree, this is another casualty of Section 8. The landlords are getting free money, not doing any upkeep or vetting of tenants. As long as someone is in there, landlords getting paid. They have absolutely ZERO incentive to give that up.
I know a former marine that is a slumlord in BR. He owns 1000’s of properties that are section 8. He’s told me before that he’s made attempts to renovate and make some properties better, but the tenants run off the contractors every time.
once they go section 8 it matters not how nice they are...
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:20 pm to Jones
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Behind tigerland is a complete ghetto. It's sad that you basically have projects next to the college bar area
Serious question, who's most responsible for this happening?
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:23 pm to choupiquesushi
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once they go section 8 it matters not how nice they are...
That’s correct. I was just making the point that more often than not, it’s the tenants themselves that prevent any sort of improvement.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:31 pm to redstickrick
quote:It's nothing like that at all.
I actually do consider it my responsibility to prevent my neighborhood playground from turning into a place my kids might get shot. Thats basically what tigerland is to LSU.
You probably own some fractional interest in that playground.
Do you think a parent protecting their child is the same as a university protecting an adult student?
This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 11:24 pm
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:33 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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He’s told me before that he’s made attempts to renovate and make some properties better, but the tenants run off the contractors every time.
I believe it. I wouldn’t want to step foot anywhere close to those shitholes. Imagine how quickly all your tools would get stolen from your truck. They’d rob you blind while you’re inside giving an estimate.
And, people wonder….
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:33 pm to TigerBR1111
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What was that about?
he was an LSU fb player, right after the Nebraska game in '76(they were #1 iirc, and we tied them 6-6, he blocked a fg attempt to preserve the tie and give us a chance to win on a Mike Conway fg attempt,) he knifed a guy in the middle of Alvin Dark Dr. in what was apparently a road rage incident, traffic was stopped, horns were honked, words and birds thrown, typical drunk college shite
This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:35 pm to redstickrick
This is what you can expect all those apartments at Lee/Burbank to look like in the next 10 years. They'll be Section 8 shitholes in no time.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:36 pm to redstickrick
As much as I miss the LSU days and being in Tigerland all the time, even as an adult I would not go to Tigerland now, and I would not send my kids to LSU right now. The entire university is just a mess right now, but Tigerland needs to be torn the frick down and have it start over. That area is a war zone IMO.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:38 pm to redstickrick
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if LSU doesnt do something its only a matter of time before a student gets killed or assaulted back there and then they'll have a bigger issue.
LSU doesn’t care if that happens on campus so what makes you think they care if it happens a mile south.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:38 pm to lsusteve1
Owners and tenants. The people living there don't care if the area looks like shite and the landlords are getting paid no matter what.
The trash back there use tigerland to sell drugs, rob the kids, and maybe sleep with a white girl.
They shut down mellow mushroom. Tigerland isn't far behind
The trash back there use tigerland to sell drugs, rob the kids, and maybe sleep with a white girl.
They shut down mellow mushroom. Tigerland isn't far behind
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:39 pm to A Menace to Sobriety
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The entire university is just a mess right now, but Tigerland needs to be torn the frick down and have it start over. That area is a war zone IMO.
100% agree with all, it's ironic that as bad as the area outside of the north gate was back in the day, v. Tigerland, there were very few incidents along Highland Rd., and that was the happening strip of bars before the drinking age was upped
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