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re: Are you bullish on the future of EBR Parish?
Posted on 11/4/15 at 12:49 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Posted on 11/4/15 at 12:49 am to LSUTigersVCURams
we have some real weenies on here crying about Capital Heights and Garden District being bad areas. Lived in both for about 10 years. Never felt unsafe. Never had an incident.
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Posted on 11/4/15 at 1:18 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Wish I would have gotten in on this thread earlier. We lived in the City-Parish for almost 10 years and just relocated to The Woodlands, TX. I miss many things about home but let me tell you, the lack of infrastructure is not one of them.
The roads are completely inadequate for the amount of traffic passing through and going to/from the city. I really don't know if a loop is even the answer at this point. A bypass is almost necessary at this point to at least get traffic around the city. They are still behind the times on burying utilities and widening roads.
The schools are what did it for me (as far as sending me out of the city). There was no way in hell I was going to send my children to public school in BR, and with 3 children private school have been more than my house payment. Due to the aforementioned lack of decent roads I didn't want to make the drive to a surrounding area with slightly better, but still declining public schools.
All that being said, we bought our home the year after Katrina, and when we sold our house this year we took a loss. There is no denying that there is a significant devaluation of property in the city.
The roads are completely inadequate for the amount of traffic passing through and going to/from the city. I really don't know if a loop is even the answer at this point. A bypass is almost necessary at this point to at least get traffic around the city. They are still behind the times on burying utilities and widening roads.
The schools are what did it for me (as far as sending me out of the city). There was no way in hell I was going to send my children to public school in BR, and with 3 children private school have been more than my house payment. Due to the aforementioned lack of decent roads I didn't want to make the drive to a surrounding area with slightly better, but still declining public schools.
All that being said, we bought our home the year after Katrina, and when we sold our house this year we took a loss. There is no denying that there is a significant devaluation of property in the city.
This post was edited on 11/4/15 at 1:21 am
Posted on 11/4/15 at 6:01 am to bountyhunter
Didn't like traffic so you moved to the woodlands?
Posted on 11/4/15 at 9:42 am to bountyhunter
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All that being said, we bought our home the year after Katrina, and when we sold our house this year we took a loss. There is no denying that there is a significant devaluation of property in the city.
That was most certainly going to be the case when selling a house you bought right after Katrina. I also can't believe you moved to the woodlands to escape traffic. Do you work in that area, or do you have to drive into Houston?
Just out of curiosity, how does the additional property tax stack up to what you would have paid for private school in BR?
Posted on 11/4/15 at 9:59 am to bountyhunter
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There is no denying that there is a significant devaluation of property in the city.
Bought our first house in 2010 in Mid City BR...sold it earlier this year for 12% more than we paid in 2010.
Pretty significant.
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