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re: Does anyone actually "love" Baton Rouge?

Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:29 pm to
Posted by thegreatboudini
Member since Oct 2008
7092 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:29 pm to
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It's my home and where I'm going to raise my kids.


You decided to live in a shithole and your poor kids will be miserable.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32986 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:30 pm to
That list is so sad it makes me laugh that you're using it as proof.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
40464 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:31 pm to
quote:

You decided to live in a shithole


this from a McNeese fan is
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134141 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:31 pm to
quote:

he's taking shots at BR??? frick that aggie douche


You're angry

I don't love BR. I don't hate it, either. Never took a shot at it. Calm yourself down.

quote:

San Antonio is easily the most boring city I've ever lived in.


Cool. IDGAF
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
23919 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:32 pm to
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thegreatboudini


So where do you and Rocket live that's so wonderful?

quote:

You decided to live in a shithole and your poor kids will be miserable.


My kids will be far from poor.
Posted by MardiGrasCajun
Dirty Coast, MS
Member since Sep 2005
5953 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:32 pm to
Born and raised....grew up in Old Goodwood. I left Baton Rouge in 2000. I missed only a few LSU games from the early 1970's till I left. I leave and they win a MNC. However, I did miss Katrina. I did miss the population explosion in Baton Rouge.

I go to Baton Rouge and NOLA quite often. Baton Rouge has changed so much and not for the better IMHO. I actually prefer NOLA over Baton Rouge now. I love Baton Rouge but would never move back there. I do want to leave Texas, however we'll be on the Northshore when that happens next year. I'll visit BR and leave just as I will NOLA.
Posted by thegreatboudini
Member since Oct 2008
7092 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:32 pm to
I have a degree from LSU, spent 5 years there, and would prefer be homeless in south Florida than be a Baton Rouge resident.
This post was edited on 7/18/16 at 1:33 pm
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
23919 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:33 pm to
Ha! he's in Florida. lulz
Posted by buffbraz
Member since Nov 2005
5729 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:34 pm to
I love the nostalgia I have about growing up there, all 25 years of my life until I moved away, all my friends and family and memories I made there. But don't think I can say at this point that I love the city, or what the city has become.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
69309 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:37 pm to
You left in 2000, some of the darkest days the in the city. I live in Old Goodwood now. My grandma lived in Broadmoor when I was growing up. Outside of Cortana and Tinseltown, Baton Rouge is light years ahead of where it used to be. Even the crime has gone down since you left. The schools are better, the nightlife is better , mid city is gentrified, ect. Baton Rouge has changed for the better.

NOLA was on the right track up until about 3 years ago. Only Mitch Landrieu and NOPD and the New Orleans City Council cronies could have derailed that train, and they have left it burning in their wake. The gentrification is still happening, but I think the crime is getting close to busting the real-estate bubble
Posted by thegreatboudini
Member since Oct 2008
7092 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:40 pm to
I've never been a resident of Florida and doubltfully ever will, but as a state it gets so much hate on this board I felt it was appropriate to use for my analogy.

I go back go Baton Rouge regularly, even after leaving many years ago, and it really never changes. It is a terrible place.

Getting a deli is the best thing to happen to your city in the last 5 years. Congrats.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
40464 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:41 pm to
Where do you live now?
Posted by hendersonshands
Univ. of Louisiana Ragin Cajuns
Member since Oct 2007
160203 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:44 pm to
quote:

That list is so sad it makes me laugh that you're using it as proof.



I didn't make the list
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29497 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:47 pm to
I do.

I always have. And after traveling all over the US, and a fair portion of asia, I can tell you Louisiana is a fine place to live.

But also would nevet live in a town/subdivsion.

Posted by Solo
Member since Aug 2008
8257 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:47 pm to
quote:

9) Private & magnet schools are among best in country


Lulz
Posted by Cole Beer
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
4800 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:49 pm to
Most people publicly say they love Baton Rouge because they don't have any other option, due to various reasons.

Have these people traveled to California, Colorado, Chicago, the Caribbean, etc.?

Given the money and opportunity they would love BR from a distance, while living on the beach or in the mountains somewhere.
Posted by Chris Warner
Perdido Bay
Member since Jan 2009
5575 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:49 pm to
Went back for a wedding last month. The growth of LSU and redevelopment on the campus outskirts surprised me, as did the gridlock. One unfortunate results of the mass construction of apartments for Tops students is the old housing decay and the infiltration of undesirables in places that were once safe.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
40464 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:51 pm to
quote:

Most people publicly say they love Baton Rouge because they don't have any other option, due to various reasons.



you got us figured out dude!
Posted by More beer please
Member since Feb 2010
46257 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:51 pm to
I thought maybe if there was a day not to have a thread that shite on BR, today might be that day.

Congrats OT
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:52 pm to
quote:

Most people publicly say they love Baton Rouge because they don't have any other option, due to various reasons.


I've turned down jobs in other areas around the country.

quote:

Have these people traveled to California, Colorado, Chicago, the Caribbean, etc.?


Yes. All of those listed. 37 states.

quote:

Given the money and opportunity they would love BR from a distance, while living on the beach or in the mountains somewhere.


I mean who the hell wouldn't? That doesn't change my love for BR...

I've got friends that live in cities that are always in the "best places to live" rankings and they still would drop everything and move to the BVI's for the right situation.


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