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re: Are you bullish on the future of EBR Parish?
Posted on 11/1/15 at 3:01 pm to Wasp
Posted on 11/1/15 at 3:01 pm to Wasp
Imho, There has been no deterioration of that area bordered by bluebonnet and Siegen and I-10 and Airline that is generally called 'Jefferson Terrace". I also think Westminster has held it's value.
The new Lee High is more important than probably anything. If they can get that near BRHMS levels it will be huge for the parish.
The new Lee High is more important than probably anything. If they can get that near BRHMS levels it will be huge for the parish.
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Posted on 11/1/15 at 4:29 pm to Wasp
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The only excursion of my life outside of New Orleans took me through the vortex to the whirlpool of despair: Baton Rouge. . . . New Orleans is, on the other hand, a comfortable metropolis which has a certain apathy and stagnation which I find inoffensive.
John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
Posted on 11/1/15 at 4:39 pm to Hiawatha
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The only excursion of my life outside of New Orleans took me through the vortex to the whirlpool of despair: Baton Rouge.
Dont forget them rolling hills!
Posted on 11/1/15 at 4:40 pm to Hiawatha
Never trust a guy's opinion that has pushed a Lucky Dog cart
Posted on 11/1/15 at 4:46 pm to Hiawatha
Good old Ignatius!
Whoever mentioned Water Campus is spot on. It's going to remove a lot of blight. Soon, Nicholson from campus to downtown will be developed. This along with IBM, the new hospital, new Kids museum (Knock, Knock) Lee High, the Lakes project etc... Is going to make BR much more desirable. I'm very excited. I wish we could somehow fast forward the Lakes renovation.
I think most people who are Bearish have to deal with traffic daily or probably bought in a neighborhood that is experiencing white flight. I'm thankful to Kip and the hipsters for making 70808 desirable again.
Whoever mentioned Water Campus is spot on. It's going to remove a lot of blight. Soon, Nicholson from campus to downtown will be developed. This along with IBM, the new hospital, new Kids museum (Knock, Knock) Lee High, the Lakes project etc... Is going to make BR much more desirable. I'm very excited. I wish we could somehow fast forward the Lakes renovation.
I think most people who are Bearish have to deal with traffic daily or probably bought in a neighborhood that is experiencing white flight. I'm thankful to Kip and the hipsters for making 70808 desirable again.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 6:04 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
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It's a failed city now
Posted on 11/1/15 at 6:37 pm to lsusteve1
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Unless we focus on a large portion of mid-city and NBR, Baton Rouge is in a serious down-turn.
This statement is something that I have a problem with when I hear it, or read it. This "we" shite. I don't live in NBR or mid city, why should I have to focus on improving that area. Let the mfkers who live there focus on improving it.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 11:59 am to terriblegreen
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I'm thankful to Kip and the hipsters for making 70808 desirable again.
Kip is one of the most corrupt politicians in Louisiana, and that's saying something. His demeanor towards middle class families in the southern part of the parish who want change is downright embarrassing. BTW, hipsters can't save Baton Rouge. You need to encourage families to plant roots here to have a sustainable metropolis. Kip & co are doing the exact opposite.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 12:37 pm to The Pirate King
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-dangerous in most parts
Posted on 11/2/15 at 12:41 pm to kingbob
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Quarters os pretty much a black hangout already.
Quarters is a black-owned business. That is why black people are there to support it.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 4:35 pm to kingbob
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As for Bluebonnet, they have tons of cheap apartments with section 8 around the mall.
Which apartments accept section 8? Maybe the old Swaggert dorms? Definitely not the new construction behind the mall.
This post was edited on 11/2/15 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 11/2/15 at 4:53 pm to RidiculousHype
How about something to support these claims and what specifically has he done to middle class families in the southern part of the parish?
Posted on 11/2/15 at 5:17 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Random question out of curiosity but did the old Happy's on Coursey ever get a tenant? Is it a bar?
Posted on 11/2/15 at 5:17 pm to CoachChappy
quote:I used to think like this, but look at New Orleans. Maybe BR needs a giant flood or earthquake.
You fix the schools and you have a chance to save BR. If not, keep circling the drain until the inevitable.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 5:25 pm to Mung
New Orleans's current plight goes far beyond schools. Their issue right now is that the new class of people that they have attracted to the city over the last 10 years won't tolerate the corrupt and ineffective NOPD nor will they simply live with the infrastructure disaster that are the roads around in that town. Right now, business is actually booming in spite of this, but that boom can turn bust in an instant, especially with oil prices in the tank, if progress is not seen on those issues.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:50 am to Wasp
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How about something to support these claims and what specifically has he done to middle class families in the southern part of the parish?
I'm obviously referring to St. George. Kip treated the people of his own parish as the enemy throughout the process. Both in public and behind the scenes. It was a very sad sight to see.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 9:58 am to RidiculousHype
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I'm obviously referring to St. George. Kip treated the people of his own parish as the enemy throughout the process. Both in public and behind the scenes. It was a very sad sight to see.
To be fair, most city leaders (think Metro Council) did this as well. Remember when Delgado compared the pro-St George people to terrorists?
I can see both sides of the argument. It does nothing for all of the children of the parish as a whole to break off parts of the school district into different districts. However, I can completely identify with the frustrations that the people who live in that district feel. It seems to me that there was too many people arguing 'my way or the highway' without any goal for a resolution or compromise.
On a somewhat related note to the future of EBR, does anyone know the status on Rouzan? Based on the just the in-fill development alone, it should add connections to the street grid that should have been completed 50 years ago.
This post was edited on 11/3/15 at 10:00 am
Posted on 11/3/15 at 10:06 am to RidiculousHype
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I'm obviously referring to St. George. Kip treated the people of his own parish as the enemy throughout the process. Both in public and behind the scenes. It was a very sad sight to see.
St. George was never supposed to be a City. They went forth with a school district, the morons at the State Legislature said no. So instead of challenging that no with the same effort they went forth with the municipality plan to be "Sandy Springs, Louisiana", they saw the fight from St. Louis Street.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 10:07 am to LSUTigersVCURams
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will descend into a failed city where nobody will ever want to live again (like a Jackson, MS),
Big difference preventing that is LSU.
Posted on 11/3/15 at 10:09 am to TigerRob20
It's a Spinosa development so it's likely to be a clusterf%$k that looks nothing like the intended plan and finds a way to shaft tenets, local residents, banks, and the city/parish while Spinosa somehow weasels his way out to the next giant clusterf#@k development, aka Edinborn.
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