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re: Contemplating job offer in BR - Should I move from Covington to Prairieville?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:49 pm to La Place Mike
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:49 pm to La Place Mike
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LaPlace Mike
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I live in Covington
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Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:55 pm to teke184
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That commute will suck either way.
From Dutchtown area to industrialplex is at most 15 mins
Posted on 6/14/26 at 9:19 pm to Townedrunkard
This comment was made before he said Industriplex.
I assumed he was working in midtown or downtown BR, not off Siegen.
I assumed he was working in midtown or downtown BR, not off Siegen.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 9:44 pm to teke184
What is your area and what are the severe problems you mentioned? I’m looking for that kind of insight that internet searching may not provide.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 9:47 pm to hambones
Zachary and the area, while having high testing schools, is starting to have issues with the ghetto bullshite creeping in from surrounding areas like Baker.
There have also been problems caused by kids who don’t reside in the area but are attending the schools here.
Edit - You meant the problems with Dutchtown.
I’ve heard the school has a rougher element than it used to and that it isn’t as good a place to attend as the test scores would indicate. BUT. I’m coming at this from an outsider perspective and hearing this third hand since the people I know with kids in the system aren’t close with me anymore.
There have also been problems caused by kids who don’t reside in the area but are attending the schools here.
Edit - You meant the problems with Dutchtown.
I’ve heard the school has a rougher element than it used to and that it isn’t as good a place to attend as the test scores would indicate. BUT. I’m coming at this from an outsider perspective and hearing this third hand since the people I know with kids in the system aren’t close with me anymore.
This post was edited on 6/14/26 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 6/14/26 at 9:51 pm to teke184
Damn hoodrats creeping into Zachary like the plague.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 9:56 pm to hambones
Honestly, look around up north, around St Francisville.
Small town, good schools, easy drive to False River and Natchez (1 hour away), easy commute to BR(depending where you are going to be working in Baton Rouge, possibly easier and quicker than from Ascension), and not a "community" completely made up of strip malls and 3 floor plan houses on 3/4 acre lots.
Small town, good schools, easy drive to False River and Natchez (1 hour away), easy commute to BR(depending where you are going to be working in Baton Rouge, possibly easier and quicker than from Ascension), and not a "community" completely made up of strip malls and 3 floor plan houses on 3/4 acre lots.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:22 pm to Breauxsif
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With recent spikes in car and homeowners insurance,
You must not be responsible for paying your vehicle insurance. There has been a recent reduction in vehicle insurance. Ask anyone here. It’s been on a few threads.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 11:54 pm to teke184
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I’ve heard the school has a rougher element than it used to and that it isn’t as good a place to attend as the test scores would indicate. BUT. I’m coming at this from an outsider perspective and hearing this third hand since the people I know with kids in the system aren’t close with me anymore.
I have first hand knowledge of the school. It’s a public high school. They have fights, weed smoking in the bathroom, and such every so often but it’s from the usual suspects of course.
Unless you want to drop down thousands for one of the private schools in the BR area, Dutchtown and the P’ville High school and feeder schools to them are about the best you can get as for a public schools go.
If you move to Ascension, just stay away from the EA HS and feeder schools. Id rank the other two over St Amant also.
This post was edited on 6/14/26 at 11:58 pm
Posted on 6/15/26 at 7:45 am to hambones
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Dutchtown school district
Don't do it! Dutchtown going downhill quick
Posted on 6/15/26 at 8:40 am to hambones
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bad reviews from friends and neighbors about the middle school.
Take into account middle school is where kids tend to go off the rails, no matter where they are. It's when kids start doing bad shite that has consequences; all that passive iPad parenting comes home to roost.
My kid's close friends are two brothers in JR high, and they have a sister just starting. All three of them, living in a $600k house (meaning good, well funded schools), are on SSRIs or anti anxiety meds, and their parents decided the problem was the public school, and is sending them private next year. Yep, it sure is the school's fault.
Posted on 6/15/26 at 8:46 am to Bubb
Sent my kids to LSU, after graduation when their kids reached school age they all moved out of state
Posted on 6/15/26 at 8:53 am to hambones
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Covington Elementary is great but we’re getting a lot of bad reviews from friends and neighbors about the middle school. Junior high and high school aren’t that great, either.
So you're considering moving because you heard the schools aren't great? I'll let you in on a little secret. None of the schools are great. They're all filled with degenerate kids who do drugs and get in fights and disrupt class. Even in the richest areas with the best scores, they still have that 30+% of complete shite birds who destroy any sort of decency. Some schools hide it better than others by only getting the smart kids to test and others don't care. But having your kid in ANY public school is a crap shoot where if you are able to get out with a decent education and alive without social problems, then it's a huge win.
You probably think that issue would go away paying over $1000/mth to a private school but it never goes away. You are always going to have bad kids doing things you don't want your kid exposed to.
In almost every case, successful educating starts at home and you get what you put into it. I wouldn't move on school rumors. You're going to hear the same thing in every district.
Posted on 6/15/26 at 8:55 am to hambones
I have not heard anything positive about Dutchtown, fwiw.
Put them in a Baton Rouge private school.
Put them in a Baton Rouge private school.
Posted on 6/15/26 at 9:05 am to OU812ME2
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So you're considering moving because you heard the schools aren't great?
No, I’m considering moving for a job opportunity.
Posted on 6/15/26 at 9:07 am to magildachunks
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Honestly, look around up north, around St Francisville.
Do NOT do this! If you were working downtown or around Exxon, sure, but commuting from St. Francisville to Industraplex would be murder, the same is true for Zachary or Denham.
Prairieville is definitely what you’ll want to do.
P.S., if you want to live the boat baw life, lower Livingston is technically an option, but I wouldn’t wish a commute down LA 42 across the Port Vincent Bridge on my worst enemy.
This post was edited on 6/15/26 at 10:02 am
Posted on 6/15/26 at 9:10 am to hambones
I've driven over an hour each way to work for 20 years so that we could live where we wanted to live and my kids could go to the schools we wanted them in. Do what you have to do. Being a dad/husband is about sacrificing yourself for the betterment of the family.
Or don't, and just move your family to make it easier on you.
Or don't, and just move your family to make it easier on you.
Posted on 6/15/26 at 9:50 am to hambones
The commute would suck the life out of you real quick. You would most certainly miss valuable time with your family and the commute life would become unsustainable.
The job offer would have to be a huge pay increase to justify the move.
You’re going to a less desirable, more highly trafficked location.
I would run the numbers of what your current mortgage is vs. what your new mortgage will be. I imagine the cost to move in today’s re market with current interest rates would be pretty unfavorable.
That being said, this job offer would have to be life changing for it to make sense.
The job offer would have to be a huge pay increase to justify the move.
You’re going to a less desirable, more highly trafficked location.
I would run the numbers of what your current mortgage is vs. what your new mortgage will be. I imagine the cost to move in today’s re market with current interest rates would be pretty unfavorable.
That being said, this job offer would have to be life changing for it to make sense.
This post was edited on 6/15/26 at 9:53 am
Posted on 6/15/26 at 9:52 am to hambones
Sugar Mill elementary brand new school 3 minutes away
Galvez Middle 8 minutes away
Prairieville HS 5 minutes away
5 minutes to 2 Rouses
5 minutes to 2 Neighborhood WMs
3-4 minutes from local Ralph's grocery
3 min to hardware store
15 minutes to I-10
Single street subdivision
4 bedrooms, 3 baths
2200 square feet
30 x 30 Shop
Pool
Home Generator
2 acres
$529,900 Listed by owner
LINK
Galvez Middle 8 minutes away
Prairieville HS 5 minutes away
5 minutes to 2 Rouses
5 minutes to 2 Neighborhood WMs
3-4 minutes from local Ralph's grocery
3 min to hardware store
15 minutes to I-10
Single street subdivision
4 bedrooms, 3 baths
2200 square feet
30 x 30 Shop
Pool
Home Generator
2 acres
$529,900 Listed by owner
LINK
Posted on 6/15/26 at 11:08 am to Tiger4life306
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The commute would suck the life out of you real quick. You would most certainly miss valuable time with your family and the commute life would become unsustainable.
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Pay increase
Money is a dissatisfier. Get some, want more (vs thirst, drink water, thirst quenched, for example). Get some, appreciation for it decays faster than Usain Bolt.
From someone who commuted too far for too long in Houston, approx same commute time as OP, DO NOT do it. And I was in a bus napping for most of it.
Your life / your family life is worth way more than money. Live near where you work or change where you live or where you work. Protect your time!
The end.
This post was edited on 6/15/26 at 11:11 am
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