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Posted on 3/10/26 at 11:39 am to bhtigerfan
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I’m originally from Rayne but have been living in Lafayette for 20 years now. Like most of these small towns, it has no sustainable industry or employers. Most people work in Lafayette and live in these small towns because housing is affordable.
Yep, rural Louisiana is crumbling. The only areas that are managing are the only that are close enough to convert into commuter communities. Lumber plants shutting down. Farming jobs going away. No new industries. Brain drain. It's cooked.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 11:47 am to Chastains
Mamou is bad but considerably better than Ville Platte if that counts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 12:20 pm to Chastains
St Francisville
Ruston
That’s all I got considering the context here.
Ruston
That’s all I got considering the context here.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 1:11 pm to Chastains
St. Francisville.
Have enjoyed several visits there over the last few years. Each time we visit, I am impressed by how the town continues to improve on its assets. It is now a stop on the cruise lines that go up the MS river, and it’s not hard to see why. History, architecture, geography (with its rolling hills it feels like you’re in another state), a walkable main street, an evolving dining scene, and the many historic homes in its vicinity make it a compelling destination.
Have enjoyed several visits there over the last few years. Each time we visit, I am impressed by how the town continues to improve on its assets. It is now a stop on the cruise lines that go up the MS river, and it’s not hard to see why. History, architecture, geography (with its rolling hills it feels like you’re in another state), a walkable main street, an evolving dining scene, and the many historic homes in its vicinity make it a compelling destination.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 2:13 pm to Chastains
Ferriday is definitely improving. I mean, how could it get worse.
Posted on 3/10/26 at 2:13 pm to Chastains
Metairie is a suburb of NOLA is it not?
Posted on 3/10/26 at 6:05 pm to Epic Cajun
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Care to share? I’m genuinely curious. I feel like I have a good quality of life in my bubble, the major downsides for me are things that can’t really be changed (climate and topography).
God awful roads. Shootings or violence of any kind (we have nothing in our 30k mountain town). Car insurance was 1/3 the price just moving. hurricanes every summer. Now we have Generally competent and boring political figures. Somehow taxes are generally lower too overall in our new place.
There’s not nearly as many strip malls and warehouses down every major road. Louisiana has incredible neighborhoods but sooooo much in between those great ones is a lot is slop. I did not realized how much that bothered me before moving out that I’m constantly driving through quasi industrial areas everywhere I go rather than prettier and planned areas.
When roads get repaired where we are now it’s damn near overnight. My wife and I have been shocked to see fresh roads when we felt we drove on it just the day or so before and it’s already patched up and done. And sometimes pretty long stretches.
Idk the day to day grind is just gone compared to living in BR/NOLA.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 8:29 am to jlovel7
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Idk the day to day grind is just gone compared to living in BR/NOLA.
Ah, I live in Lafayette, most of what you are describing doesn’t affect my day to day life, outside of a few bad roads. I have zero fear of violence where I live and hangout, my car insurance is cheap, hurricanes
I do wish we had more walkable neighborhoods, which is one thing that could be changed but isn’t going to be. When I travel, outside of climate and topography, walk-ability is one thing that I envy that other places have.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 8:40 am to South Shore Cyclist
But you forget the key thing: jobs. St. Francisville (within 25 miles) has really exciting opportunities like music store retail manager, scaffold lead, dietary manager, Door Dash, and field artillery recruit.
Truly the stuff that attracts those with six figure incomes.
Truly the stuff that attracts those with six figure incomes.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 10:24 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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does adding a bunch of big box stores, fast casual restaurants, and shitty mass built neighborhoods really “doing well” though?
Need recently gentrified areas selling overpriced food and bike paths if you really want to say you're doing well.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 10:42 am to migui8618
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The potholes on Johnston street are getting huge.
I believe Johnston is a state road.
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