re: Good Riddance Baton Rouge

Dont know why people are shitting on prairieville. If you exclude donaldsonville (which you might as well because its secluded on the other side of the river) ascension is significantly whiter than east br parish with way lower crime as well. You made the right choice op

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Enjoy you lovely cookie cutter house.

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Says the fricking tard from Plack-min

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Dont know why people are shitting on prairieville.

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1. If you still work in Baton Rouge, you still have to deal with most BR shenanigans and increased traffic to and from P-ville
2. Driving on LA-42 is an absolute nightmare and 73 through Dutchtown and P-ville is no picnic either.
3. AP has its own set of problems for those living there like completely insufficient infrastructure, no sewer system, constant flooding, trailer trash neighbors, etc (may or may not be substantially different from where OP came from depending on what part of BR he moved from).

The only big difference is you now have access to much better public schools and are forced into a significantly longer and less predictable commute to and from work. Depending on how much you make (percent of income would be needed to pay for private schooling), this may or may not be a deal maker/breaker for your family.

The problem with moving to P-ville to escape Baton Rouge is that you’re not escaping Baton Rouge. It’s like telling your wife you want a divorce, but instead of moving out, you just move into your own bedroom in the same house.

I also grew up in AP, and lived there as an adult while commuting to downtown BR for work less than 2 years ago, so I have more than a little insight and experience being there.

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I don't doubt you Bob. But then you are a young musician who isn't concerned with the things a family man would be concerned with.

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In hindsight, we probably shouldn't have moved back to BR from the burbs. We had just had enough of the long commute times which was amplified by the I-12 construction going on at the time.

We decided we'd rather pay for private school than spend 1.5 or 2 hours per day in the vehicle. Our next, and hopefully final move, will most likely be out of Louisiana though.

I already said that I don’t have kids, but I know how much private catholic schools cost, how much stress that commute from downtown to St. Amant put on my life and the lives of my family members, and how much additional time I lost making that commute daily. There’s clearly an economic tipping point where the school savings aren’t worth the reduction in quality of life in most other phases that such a move would bring.

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far eastern area of Prairieville here. I'm more in St. Amant than I am in Prairieville.


I believe they call it Galvez or Lake depending on how far east you are.

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Some people just call it St Amant

Fair, but most people don’t call it St. Amant until you get south of 621 and east of Roddy Road. When most people think of St. Amant, they think of the areas around the middle school or the high school.

Ill take “trailer trash” neighbors flying trump and confederate flags never bothering me over the animals that live north of i10 in br. No kids, no opinion

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I'm in the Old Perkins area just across the parish line.

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That’s a GREAT location to be in. The traffic sucks with the Perkins/Highland/I-10 interchange shite-show, and houses out that way aren’t cheap, but it’s an excellent spot and not any longer of a commute than living in CCLA.