re: Does anyone else hate living in Baton Rouge?

(raises hand)

And I was born and raised here. Can’t wait to evacuate, hoping to get my boys out as well.

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And I was born and raised here. Can’t wait to evacuate, hoping to get my boys out as well.

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I’ve been thinking about it. 1st choice would be Katy, TX. Also, thinking about MD after visiting it recently. Very nice but houses are off the chart.

yeah but you swallow

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Birmingham is a shithole’s shithole. Leaving BR completely outta the discussion Birmingham objectively sucks.


I laugh when I read comments like this. I have family in Birmingham and it is a great city. You obviously have not spent a lot of time there. I'm not talking about west Birmingham, but spend time in Mountain Brook, Homewood, Vestavia, and especially Trussville

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Yeah the suburbs of Birmingham are really nice.

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In regards to Baton Rouge, it does have more culture than a lot of southern cities.

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I hear this said so often, and I'm not calling you out personally, but can anyone be specific instead of just generalizing "culture?" What exactly does Baton Rouge offer? Mostly over-rated restaurants? An occasional merchants' festival on Government Street? Weekly Cowboy Mouth concerts?

Large parts of the city look like a third world country, and outside of LSU sports I can't think of much that you can't find plenty of other places.

Da fuq baw??

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hear this said so often, and I'm not calling you out personally, but can anyone be specific instead of just generalizing "culture?"

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Not sure if he means something else. But baton Rouge is the Capitol. It's on the river, LSU is deeply imbedded in its culture. Whether you think these things are relevant doesn't mean anything because they are to the state as a whole.

I mean you can name a shite load of cities that don't have that.

I loathe this city

I would never talk shite about my hometown or the people in it. I moved away ten years ago, and I would just say that there's a big world out there that fits with a lot of different people.

If you like family, warm weather, outdoorsy stuff like hunting and fishing, attending college events, and love eating fried and rich food, than Baton Rouge is right there with you. And I'll say this, having lived and traveled all over the world at this point-- and this goes for all of Louisiana--- Louisianians are amongst the warmest, friendliest, good-times-havingest people I've ever encountered. Southern hospitality is a real thing, and I think Louisianians have more of it than any other state. And I also think this board sometimes can be a poor representation of how actually great people are in the city-- even the biggest internet warriors are actually great when you meet them. I even miss the summer thunderstorms.

I come back often and am impressed by some of the change-- little things like restaurants popping up, yoga studios, good coffee shops like Lighthouse and Magpie, the work they did to bring outdoor facilities to the Olympia Stadium area, the little Farmer's Market at Pennington, and nature trails and bike trails down the levee. There's been a lot of good things happening there that's easier to see when you come back a few times a year.

I'd say to OP if there's a way you want to live-- go find it because it's out there. No place can be everything to everyone. And there's miserable people in the greatest cities in the world.

I'll never live in BR again. My career calls me elsewhere, and I'm going to travel the world the rest of my life. But it'll always have a special place in my heart.