re: Biggest What-Ifs in Baton Rouge history...

what if they built a bridge south of the city

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What if the Indians painted the stick blue instead of red

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Then we would have Red Store Chicken.

What if Ben Wynne didn't die?

What if in 1963 I-10/I-12 was originally routed south of LSU ?

I got this - - - - WHAT IF in 1909, when Standard Oil of New Jersey decided to build a refinary in Baton Rouge City Planners began to look at how this major development over the next several decades would impact growth - - - and WHAT IF city planners recognized the WWII and post-war petroleum demands would create a potential for huge population growth - - -and WHAT IF, instead of running around annexing land willy-nilly in the 40s and 50s, there was real city planning to handle a population jump from around 88K in 1940s to around 230K in 1960s - - - and WHAT IF, as part of this city planning, infrastructure was built for decades into the future instead of the moment it was needed and therefore becoming antiquated by the time it was completed - - and WHAT IF the powers that be did not allow the longest running public school desegrigation case in the US (at the time) to destroy our public school system - - - and WHAT IF the genuises that designed I-110, did not take 30+ years to complete it and allow it to cut a economic line down the middle of the city and turn half of the city from what was originally decent middle class areas into urban blight and a financial burden on the city....and WHAT IF we elected people with vision who were real problem solvers - - - WHAT IF given its proximity on the river, its status as a capiatl city, being the home of major industry and major university - - -WHAT IF Baton Rouge had lived up to its potential? Truthfully - - - she never had a chance

What if whitey had accepted integration and stayed in EBRP public schools?

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What if Ben Wynne didn't die?

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we could have an OTGT at Murphy's on gamedays.




And it would be glorious.

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Didn't he just force the de-segregation of public schools with a ruling? Someone give me the history here.

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The force was the issue. The problem was the dismantling of neighborhood schools, which resulted in the dissolution of afterschool clubs programs and sports because of the travel time and the distance.

Neither blacks nor whites were ready for culturally mixed schools on a large scale. Some desegregation had already started naturally in some schools like Istrouma, Woodlawn, and Bellaire, but Tara and Broadmoore almost immediately began to become a shell of their former self.

It wasn’t just the students, it was the faculty and principals who were hired based on race and not competency.

No one dared to mention that the all black sacred cows like Capitol snd McKinley were allowed to stay all black. Not that the whites were complaining about that, but the hypocrisy and double standard was immediately obvious and a poisonous pill to the whole idea or “let’s learn to get along”.

Remember that “white flight” is just as much if not more about black aggression and racism against whites as it is about white racism against blacks.

What if the city and state listened to the Army CoE and didn't build I-10 and 110 through the middle of the city.

EDIT: Jesus, those typos were atrocious.

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Remember that “white flight” is just as much if not more about black aggression and racism against whites as it is about white racism against blacks.

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Oh good Lordt!??

Bruh, that might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever read on TD, which is saying a lot.