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BR natives and current residents: what's the best span of years for you?
Posted on 1/14/17 at 9:58 am
Posted on 1/14/17 at 9:58 am
We incessantly hear about the foibles of the city and how awful it has become. For those born and raised and still living in the city, what's the best span of years in your opinion for the city and why?
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Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:08 am to Paul Allen
I was born and raised in Baton Rouge and moved away in 2000. I still visit there often to see family. It's not that it's bad; it's just become too...I guess for the lack of a better word, big. In the 80's Baton Rouge still had a town feel with the conviences of a bigger city. For example, you could go to Cortana for quality shopping and still run into people you know. I don't know....it just doesn't seem as friendly as it used to be.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:17 am to Paul Allen
1980's to 2000, easily. Traffic was tolerable. Many residents had old Baton Rouge ties. People generally were nicer to each other. It was far from perfect, but we were much, much better off as a city back then.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:17 am to tonydtigr
Yeah, I would have to say 1992-1997
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:20 am to Paul Allen
I wasn't there or even alive for the most part, but for me the golden age of BR must've been the post-war era of the '50s and '60s. This is partly b/c I hate big cities -- until the '60s BR hardly went beyond Lobdell.
You had the postwar prosperity keeping the plants running, and something sometimes forgotten, you now had air conditioning to make the summers bearable.
Downtown was safe. BR was basically just a big college town.
I look back with nostalgia to BR in the '80s, but to be honest its best period was probably before that.
You had the postwar prosperity keeping the plants running, and something sometimes forgotten, you now had air conditioning to make the summers bearable.
Downtown was safe. BR was basically just a big college town.
I look back with nostalgia to BR in the '80s, but to be honest its best period was probably before that.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:22 am to Paul Allen
Don't think it's bad. I like what they've done downtown, I enjoy being able to see the Tigers play, and the food is very good. Winters are reasonable. Easy to find live music. People are very friendly (at least the white people). The Plenty of outdoor stuff to do in the region and lots of shopping. Short drive to decent beaches and weekend tourist destinations in Texas, Florida, and Memphis.
Traffic has been particularly bad for about 10-15 years now. Around that time the metro grew from about 500,000 to over 800,000. We need better highways.
Traffic has been particularly bad for about 10-15 years now. Around that time the metro grew from about 500,000 to over 800,000. We need better highways.
This post was edited on 1/14/17 at 10:26 am
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:23 am to tonydtigr
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1980's to 2000
I would argue that south Louisiana struggled a lot in the 1980s - and Baton Rouge in particular.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:26 am to member12
quote:I almost mentioned this in my post. S. LA saw some hard times in the '80s. But they didn't affect me directly, so I still look back fondly at BR in those days.
I would argue that south Louisiana struggled a lot in the 1980s - and Baton Rouge in particular
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:27 am to Paul Allen
I was at LSU during Katrina. BR changed drastically after Katrina. Really I think the root of a lot of problems is from the influx of people post Katrina.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:30 am to elprez00
You think so? I'm sure several Katrina transplants left after a while. I'm sure some are still here, but I doubt it's over 10,000 people.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:34 am to elprez00
I think there was some good brought in with Katrina along with the bad. IMO a lot of what is wrong with Baton Rouge would be fixed with some major infrastructure upgrades and a couple of ISD's.
Overall I would not mind living there.
Overall I would not mind living there.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:35 am to member12
Considering the oil glut from OPEC had an adverse effect on my career in 1982, I can understand that statement, but I went into my family business, and that was a really good stretch of time for folks insulated from the petroleum industry.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:38 am to dewster
quote:People blame "Katrina refugees" for problems when the problems are actually due to the natural evolution of a Southern city.
I think there was some good brought in with Katrina along with the bad
And I'll just leave it at that...
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:40 am to Paul Allen
The seventies were awesome, everyone was nice to each other and my parents hadn't divorced yet.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:42 am to Paul Allen
I loved BR as a kid in the 70's (I was 13 at the end of the decade). Fun Fair Park and skating rinks and low crime. Drinking beer at the LSU union when we were 12. No pc bullshite, no uptight parents everywhere, kids having freedom to roam and screw up. Muscle cars. A List concerts every month for like 8 bucks. Broadmoor theatre. Tube tops. Best era ever.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:43 am to elprez00
Katrina was definitely a watershed moment for Baton Rouge. Things never reverted to anything near what they were pre Katrina. The traffic alone is evidence of this.
Another pivotal moment was 9/11, but that moment changed the whole country, if not the world.
Another pivotal moment was 9/11, but that moment changed the whole country, if not the world.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 10:46 am to Paul Allen
Late 90s to about 2005. BR is a fricking dump now. Buddy called me Friday to tell me someone kicked in the door of his brand new home and stole everything. I still love it because it's home but I definitely wouldn't raise a family here.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 11:25 am to tonydtigr
Oil glut was rough in the 80's
Posted on 1/14/17 at 11:27 am to Paul Allen
2010-2015
BR was booming until the oil market tanked and the floods.
BR was booming until the oil market tanked and the floods.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 11:58 am to Paul Allen
The greatest era began in the year 2000 when LSU football was invented.
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