- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
1
Posted on 3/2/19 at 12:28 pm to Kafka
Pretty much. 
Posted on 3/2/19 at 12:35 pm to Epic Cajun
quote:
Meh, I was at a client site this week in Colorado and met people from Denver, Detroit, Dallas, and Nashville who all knew Lafayette, mostly due to college sports (I asked how they knew about it). Do you think these same people know about Lake Charles?
Again, Lafayette and Acadiana are not nearly as well-known as you locals like to believe. I’m telling you. It’s nola, br/Shreveport, then LC/Monroe. Lafayette is definitely confused with Monroe frequently due to the colleges and duck dynasty.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 12:43 pm to OKTGR580
quote:
Monroe
quote:Scruffy lived in Shreveport for 4 years and after traveling around the US and Europe, especially during that time, no one knows Shreveport.
Shreveport
And based on that, Scruffy can guarantee that Monroe is likely in the same boat.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 12:46 pm to tankyank13
quote:
Amazing how many people in Texas seem to think Lake Charles/Lafayette is New Orleans’s neighbor.
Is it? I’m willing to bet the average person in Lousiana couldn’t tell me the distance between Tupelo and Meridian.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 12:49 pm to RidiculousHype
I traveled for work for a decade to 35-40 different states. Once you get out of the South everyone knew Nola, a majority of people knew BR because of state capital/LSU. Most didn't know anything else about Louisiana unless they had some ties to the area
Posted on 3/2/19 at 12:52 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:Truth.
Most didn't know anything else about Louisiana unless they had some ties to the area
Honestly, all the people Scruffy has met who knew New Iberia and Lafayette, they knew someone or had ties there.
This idea that Shreveport and Monroe are well-known is absolutely false.
People who live in LA don’t even visit those places.
Hell, before Scruffy moved there, he had never been to Shreveport and Scruffy had lived in LA 21 years prior to that point. He may have played a HS baseball game there or something once.
This post was edited on 3/2/19 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 3/2/19 at 12:54 pm to Winston Cup
quote:
Most people know Baton Rouge because of lsu fwiw
most people know Baton Rouge, because you learn your state capitals in 4th grade
Posted on 3/2/19 at 12:54 pm to RidiculousHype
I recognize Bawcomville.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 1:00 pm to Scruffy
quote:Fans of old country music will have heard of Shreveport b/c of the Hayride. Otherwise, as the city was so memorably described in a book about Sun Records, "Shreveport Louisiana, two hundred miles from Dallas and hundreds of miles from anywhere else..."
Scruffy lived in Shreveport for 4 years and after traveling around the US and Europe, especially during that time, no one knows Shreveport.
The Hayride is probably the most significant cultural institution LA has produced outside NO, unless you count something like Cajun food as one thing.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 1:03 pm to castorinho
quote:
not being able to name more than two cities in Louisiana makes people idiots
Yes. If you can’t name at least 2 cities in any state you are hopelessly ignorant.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 1:03 pm to tankyank13
quote:
Amazing how many people in Texas seem to think Lake Charles/Lafayette is New Orleans’s neighbor.
compared to the distances between major cities i Tejas, they kinda are.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 1:17 pm to RidiculousHype
People here know New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 1:21 pm to Parmen
quote:
People here know New Orleans and Baton Rouge
Posted on 3/2/19 at 1:34 pm to OMLandshark
quote:
the average person in Lousiana couldn’t tell me the distance between Tupelo and Meridian.
I’m guessing it’s at least 1.5 hours or 2 hours plus. I know the distance from meridian to Tuscaloosa unfortunately.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 1:46 pm to RidiculousHype
Places I can name:
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Slidell
Lake Charles
Shreveport
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Slidell
Lake Charles
Shreveport
Posted on 3/2/19 at 1:50 pm to Nutriaitch
quote:
compared to the distances between major cities i Tejas, they kinda are.
What I meant was when I tell people I’m from the New Orleans area the response I usually get is, “oh, my wife/husband has family there”. And I ask where exactly, and they’ll say Lake Charles, Lafayette etc.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 2:07 pm to Rouge
This guy having more money than me is sometimes hard to deal with.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 3:08 pm to RidiculousHype
Lots of people know Monroe cause Duck Dynasty and all of Alabama knows Monroe cause ULM.
Posted on 3/2/19 at 3:58 pm to Obtuse1
quote:
How many cities/towns can you name in Wisconsin?
Off the top of my head: Milwaukee, Green Bay, Madison, and La Crosse. After looking at the map I saw a few others I had heard of.
Page 6 of 7
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News