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Does anyone else hate living in Baton Rouge?

Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:28 pm
Posted by schwartzy
New Orleans
Member since May 2014
9026 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:28 pm
I love LSU as much as anyone, but the city itself is so awful. Traffic is a literal nightmare, there isn't much beauty except by the lakes, and I feel like so many people are stuck up. I'm either not living in the right part, I need to gtfo, or both. I feel like nothing changes, and anything that does change, it's for the worse. College Drive made me want to punch kittens today. Never seen a more clusterfrick street in my life than how it was today. NOLA has problems like BR with politics and crime, but there is charm and more things to do there than here.

Long story short, I'm here more due to circumstance than choice. Ready to start a new chapter somewhere else. End rant.
Posted by tlsu15
Capital of Texas
Member since Aug 2011
9996 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:30 pm to
I lived in Baton Rouge for 22 years. After college, I moved to NOLA. A little over a year later, I moved to Dallas.

Every year since I left Baton Rouge I have been happier than the one before. If you want to get out, get out. The world is a big place.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
141386 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:31 pm to
It was great in the eighties
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39123 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:31 pm to
quote:

there isn't much beauty except by the lakes,

and in the quad


The whole state sucks though.
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
36129 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:31 pm to
But I love Louisiana.

What other city would you rather live in?
BR has its issues of course, but the positives FAR FAR outweigh the negatives
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65419 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:31 pm to
If it weren’t for family here, many of us would live (or seriously consider living) somewhere else.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48267 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:34 pm to
quote:

If it weren’t for family here, many of us would live (or seriously consider living) somewhere else.

My wife won't move (unless we had to for employment reasons) while my daughter is in school. She has 6 years left. The only issue then will be that my parents will be mid to late 70s at that time.

I'd prefer to live somewhere with seasons and some terrain.
This post was edited on 10/2/18 at 10:01 pm
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:34 pm to
nb4Nurse
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
20333 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:35 pm to
My folks lived there for 40+ years and I lived there for my first 20 years. It was pretty great back in the day; particularly in the 80’s. I left in 2000 and never looked back. I started to dislike it even visiting the folks there. After Katrina, everything really went down hill. After my old man retired in 2014 my folks couldn’t sell the house and get the hell out of there fast enough.
This post was edited on 10/2/18 at 9:36 pm
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
24537 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:35 pm to
Move to St. George. It’s becoming.
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
24537 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:36 pm to
quote:

BR has its issues of course, but the positives FAR FAR outweigh the negatives


Holy shitballs you need to stop trolling boy
Posted by TheIndulger
Member since Sep 2011
19237 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:39 pm to
Yeah, in my 7 years of this board, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say that
Posted by Fourteen28
Member since Aug 2018
1156 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:39 pm to
BR has zero personality or culture. Possibly the most "meh" city in the south.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
48829 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:39 pm to
Where’d you go Fonz? And where did your folks end up?
Posted by thegambler
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
1400 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:40 pm to
I love Baton Rouge and Louisiana if people would pitch in imstead of bitch like lil sissies we'd be great.
Posted by 4LSU2
Member since Dec 2009
37307 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:40 pm to
I lived in BR from 2006 to 2010 and would not move back unless my salary at least doubled. I had business to conduct in BR today and thought to myself how glad I am that I moved an hour away at that time in my life.

I’m now 45 minutes from downtown NOLA, one hour from downtown BR, 2 1/2 hours from the beach, have excellent public schools, zero crime rate, and a nice home for my family. I’d move to Texas tomorrow if my in laws were not so close as they are now. They help a great deal with the kids.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
141386 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:41 pm to
quote:

BR has zero personality or culture. Possibly the most "meh" city in the south
jackson says hey
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
141386 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:42 pm to
quote:

I love Baton Rouge and Louisiana if people would pitch in imstead of bitch like lil sissies we'd be great
and do what?
Posted by Pintail
Member since Nov 2011
10420 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:43 pm to
quote:


I love LSU as much as anyone, but the city itself is so awful. Traffic is a literal nightmare, there isn't much beauty except by the lakes, and I feel like so many people are stuck up. I'm either not living in the right part, I need to gtfo, or both. I feel like nothing changes, and anything that does change, it's for the worse. College Drive made me want to punch kittens today. Never seen a more clusterfrick street in my life than how it was today. NOLA has problems like BR with politics and crime, but there is charm and more things to do there than here.


Well I bet that felt good!

I feel the same exact way, and my recent travels for work have exacerbated this mindset.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65419 posts
Posted on 10/2/18 at 9:44 pm to
quote:

Move to St. George. It’s becoming.

Yeah you right.
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