Could the area between Downtown and LSU ever turn decent?

Not without complete demo and rebuild

No

When I was at LSU (early 90s), I lived in a really crappy apartment on Azalea street. It was one block off of campus, but squarely in the hood. Since then they’ve demolished that complex and built what looks like nice apartments/housing. So, maybe block by block over the next couple of decades it’s possible, but I’d say unlikely….

As long as the current residents and their failed culture remain. No. It will continue to be a sh*t hole. I see the Biden administration is using the Fair Housing act of 1968 to move these derelicts to decent suburban neighborhoods using tax dollars. My advice if you can move to rural areas on acreage. Insulate yourselves.

They should get rid of homestead exemption so we can buy these houses at the sheriffs sale

I remember always being told to stay away from the dead president streets. It's a crappy part of Baton Rouge.

quote:

---

It’s a thriving community of rappers and pharmacists

---

Street pharmacists

Maybe with a shite ton of napalm and the non-student population being dispersed outside the area.

The element who lives there is the issue and gentrifying the area is highly unlikely to work.

quote:

---

Could the area between Downtown and LSU ever turn decenet?

---

The possibilities of becoming decenet have long been exhausted.