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re: BR rated 155 out of 200 large cities in US

Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:01 pm to
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
88009 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:01 pm to
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In 2015 the year before Kip Holden left office we were rated 21st!!!!


lol stop
Posted by jamiegla1
Member since Aug 2016
7890 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:01 pm to
even edgelord Reddit hates BR now. They blame it on the white nationalists but whatever
This post was edited on 2/6/24 at 7:04 pm
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
88009 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:06 pm to
Reddit BR is the bizzaro version of here

Both are wrong. BR is and always has been a great place to go to college, a good place to raise a family depending on certain circumstances, and a god awful place to be a young professional.

The things people complain about now are the exact same things I remember my parents and their friends complaint about in the 90’s.
Posted by justaniceguy
Member since Sep 2020
6662 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:11 pm to
How many of those jobs can you actually commute from the woodlands though?
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
40578 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:33 pm to
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Home prices up everywhere except Austin


I imagine this probably helps Austin's score as the years before and during COVID saw its rankings slip due to affordability metrics.
Posted by JasonDBlaha
Woodlands, Texas
Member since Apr 2023
3390 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:34 pm to
It’s about a 30 minute commute from woodlands to downtown Houston. Not that far
Posted by tigerpawl
Can't get there from here.
Member since Dec 2003
22628 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 7:54 pm to
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Huntsville has some serious lobby power in these polls.

Largest city in Alabama.
Posted by Boss13
Mobile
Member since Oct 2016
1830 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:40 pm to
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Lafayette being near the bottom shows me this isn’t a serious list.


Agreed, Lafayette only has two things bringing it down.

1. The traffic is absolutely horrendous
2. It's located in Louisiana

Other than that it's great. Good folk too.
Posted by TheSadvocate
North Shore
Member since Aug 2020
4638 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:42 pm to
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I wonder what happened?


Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
6092 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:48 pm to
LA has three of the bottom 5? No way Laffy and Shreveport are worse than Jxn, MS.
Posted by CrystalPreserves
Member since May 2019
4014 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 8:49 pm to
Louisiana in general is just a shithole state. We rank at the bottom of every good metric and at the top of every bad metric. Every year.
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
20107 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 9:52 pm to
Scrolling through that list tells me they had some serious methodological problems.
Posted by Hopeful Doc
Member since Sep 2010
15388 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 10:45 pm to
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If Baton Rouge is higher than Lafayette you know the list sucks arse.


I took a look. One of the measures is broadband access. Lafayette ranks 184/200 according to this list.


Wasn’t there some community fiber project there that was supposed to be pretty high end? I’m under the impression that’s actually sort of a good thing there. Maybe I’m wrong about how that project turned out, but if this ranking whiffed on that as bad as I think it did, I'm not sure I trust the rest of it too much.
Posted by The Cool No 9
70816
Member since Jan 2014
10992 posts
Posted on 2/6/24 at 10:58 pm to
Almost out of the last quarter.

Keep reachin BR
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118229 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 5:32 am to
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the experience is awful compared to 25-30 years ago.



You ain’t kiddin’. The one thing the place had going, which was unique….


F’n shame
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
11483 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 6:29 am to
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at least we're not last


Bringing up the rear is Shreveport Bossier, and New Orleans. Laffy is also at 196, just a free notches higher.
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
13282 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 7:00 am to
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Surprised to see Austin at number one. The sheer amount of property taxes ($1500-$2000 per month) on most homes is out of control.



Surely those numbers can't be accurate? An average $21,000 property tax bill on the average $425K home?
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
35785 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 7:07 am to
Lots of red state cities up top. No surprise considering what metrics informed the rankings.
Posted by winkchance
St. George, LA
Member since Jul 2016
6118 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 7:51 am to
Kip was not stealing money from St. George at a rate they were after he left. He also liked the whole parish.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
41750 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 7:53 am to
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Kip was not stealing money from St. George at a rate they were after he left. He also liked the whole parish.


Kip also worked to stop SG.
But yes he worked for the entire parish.
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