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BR Suburbs
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:47 am
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:47 am
Random convo that we had while drinking last night. Why doesn’t BR have nice suburbs like other medium sized southern cities? Birmingham has Mountain Brook, Mobile has the Eastern Shore, etc. Thoughts?
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Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:48 am to lsut2005
baw, do you even LP?
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:48 am to lsut2005
Don’t talk trash about AP baw
FAFO son
FAFO son
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:48 am to lsut2005
Jackson, MS has Madison which is very nice.
I’ve often wondered why St. Francisville hasn’t developed into a burgeoning suburb.
I’ve often wondered why St. Francisville hasn’t developed into a burgeoning suburb.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:49 am to Paul Allen
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I’ve often wondered why St. Francisville hasn’t developed into a burgeoning suburb.
A few old money families own majority of the land up there and will do whatever it takes to make sure it doesn’t happen.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:49 am to lsut2005
Because Baton Rouge is so nice to live in
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:49 am to Paul Allen
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I’ve often wondered why St. Francisville hasn’t developed into a burgeoning suburb
It's a bit far.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:51 am to lsut2005
This is an interesting topic. I guess the 2016 flood reset a lot of people's ideas on where to move outsidethe city. I've heard Gonzalez and Prairieville are nice?
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:52 am to lsut2005
It takes money to build a nice infrastructure, and this area doesn’t want to spend. We sprawl rather than plan.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:54 am to lsut2005
Shhh we’re full
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:55 am to lsut2005
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A few old money families own majority of the land up there and will do whatever it takes to make sure it doesn’t happen.
Yup. St Francisville could be similar to somewhere like Fairhope.
Also local politics play a major role.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 9:55 am to PetroBabich
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I've heard Gonzalez and Prairieville are nice
They’re full of clusters of subdivisions that don’t connect to each other, and two lane roads with no shoulders. It’s safer than BR, but I wouldn’t call them nice compared to actual nice suburbs in other states.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 10:05 am to PetroBabich
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I've heard Gonzalez and Prairieville are nice?
The AP tax structure doesn’t allow for the “nice” suburban elements like good parks and roads without ditches.
AP voters have placed an emphasis to spend their property taxes on their schools and I certainly do not blame them.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 10:08 am to lsut2005
Another thing is that the private school attendance is so high among the upper middle class and wealthy in this area. A lot of those people live in BR.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 10:19 am to lsut2005
Forced busing of kids to terrible inner city schools, and busing of inner city kids to outer areas; all in the name of desegregation.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 10:24 am to Paul Allen
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St. Francisville
Posted on 11/23/23 at 10:27 am to lsut2005
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A few old money families own majority of the land up there and will do whatever it takes to make sure it doesn’t happen.
Can’t blame them
Posted on 11/23/23 at 10:32 am to lsut2005
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Why doesn’t BR have nice suburbs like other medium sized southern cities?
Geography limits too. North BR is a wasteland, and the west side is blocked by traffic on the new bridge.
Posted on 11/23/23 at 10:40 am to lsut2005
The Mall of Louisiana was built outside the city limits. So was the BRGH, the Woman’s Hospital, Perkins Rowe, CCL, Santa Maria, Shenandoah, and the UClub.
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