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re: How many Louisiana cities do out of state people recognize?
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:29 am to OKTGR580
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:29 am to OKTGR580
Shreveport was also known very widely for the "Bossier Strip", a series of nightclubs along Hwy 80. News got around fast with Barksdale Air Force base being essentially next door. (both are in Bossier, but Shreveport is usually referenced).
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Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:31 am to RidiculousHype
We were in the French Quarter before one of the LSU vs. Nebraska Sugar Bowls and were talking with a couple from Nebraska. They asked about where the LSU campus was - we told them Baton Rouge. They argued with us that it was in New Orleans.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:32 am to RidiculousHype
1. New Orleans only. When I lived in Baton Rouge I would tell people from out of state where I lived, and they would have no idea what I was talking about.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:32 am to RidiculousHype
Well, at least Louisiana isn’t know as a land mass...
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:33 am to Rouge
quote:not being able to name more than two cities in Louisiana makes people idiots?
People are idiots
New Orleans only
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:34 am to jeffsdad
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Shreveport was also known very widely for the "Bossier Strip", a series of nightclubs along Hwy 80.
Sin City....or Red River Babylon.
It was known nationwide and Rivaled the Vegas strip at one time.
Shreveport was also well known for it's musicians and the Louisiana Hayride.
This post was edited on 3/2/19 at 9:35 am
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:37 am to lepdagod
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Black people in Southern California know of Shreveport and Monroe... you wouldn’t believe how many people grandparents from Northern Louisiana in LA... same for Chicago with small Mississippi towns
That's true. I remember several black kids in High School from Los Angeles that were sent to live with their grandmothers.
Jrue Holiday and his family lived in Ruston back in the middle to late 90's. Aaron who plays for the Pacers now was born in Ruston. I believe his Mom had family from Grambling. They moved back to Southern Cal in the early 2000's.
This post was edited on 3/2/19 at 9:43 am
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:44 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Shreveport was also well known for it's musicians
I’m from Louisiana and can’t name a musician from Shreveport
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:47 am to RidiculousHype
Does New Orleans keep Louisiana from being a flyover state?
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:49 am to yellowfin
Hurricane Chris is from Shreveport. HALLE BERRY!
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:50 am to JETigER
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Does New Orleans keep Louisiana from being a flyover state?
It's worse than that really. New Orleans is the only thing that helps Louisiana from being literally the worst state in the country. As it is, we aren't far off.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:56 am to jeffsdad
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I'd go with 75% Shreveport
I bet more people know grande isle than Shreveport
Posted on 3/2/19 at 9:59 am to Epic Cajun
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You think more people know Shreveport than Lafayette?
Yes
Posted on 3/2/19 at 10:00 am to bee Rye
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prairie Cajuns, and people from Lafayette for that matter, are a bunch of stuck up bitches
Posted on 3/2/19 at 10:04 am to lepdagod
Once you get outside of Louisiana, Lafayette is waaay less known than Shreveport. I would venture to say Lake Charles is more familiar to outsiders than Lafayette.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 10:15 am to yellowfin
Posted on 3/2/19 at 10:15 am to LSUballs
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Once you get outside of Louisiana, Lafayette is waaay less known than Shreveport. I would venture to say Lake Charles is more familiar to outsiders than Lafayette.
It is a shame ULL started dropping the hyphenated Lafayette. Now most people recognize the University of Louisiana as being in Monroe.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 10:17 am to RidiculousHype
Most people know Baton Rouge because of lsu fwiw
Posted on 3/2/19 at 10:29 am to RidiculousHype
Just kind of depends on things...
I love college football, so I know the college towns. I grew up following baseball, milb as well. I also traveled a lot with my family. So I can rattle of plenty of cities in random states.
If you want to wonder what the average person can name, then look at it this way:
Do you consider yourself smarter than the average person? Then think of what you consider average intelligence to be. Then figure that half the population is dumber than that.
I think your average person in the US wouldn’t name more than NO, and either BR or Shreveport.
I love college football, so I know the college towns. I grew up following baseball, milb as well. I also traveled a lot with my family. So I can rattle of plenty of cities in random states.
If you want to wonder what the average person can name, then look at it this way:
Do you consider yourself smarter than the average person? Then think of what you consider average intelligence to be. Then figure that half the population is dumber than that.
I think your average person in the US wouldn’t name more than NO, and either BR or Shreveport.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 10:31 am to LSUballs
Yeah ... you can pretty much tell the people who never traveled around the country...
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