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Is Belle Terre in LaPlace still a good place to live?

Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:26 pm
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
41366 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:26 pm
Passing a Belle Terre sign on I-10 made me think of this.

In the 90s I knew a few people who lived there. Seemed like a nice upper middle class place, with a shorter distance to downtown than Mandeville.

I do not know anyone who lives there now. Is it still a nice place or has it fallen in favor?
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
11109 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:31 pm to
LaPlace demographics don’t appear the be heading in the right direction.
Posted by Stealth Matrix
29°59'55.98"N 90°05'21.85"W
Member since Aug 2019
11890 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:32 pm to
As okay as anywhere else on the Southshore
Posted by La Place Mike
West Florida Republic
Member since Jan 2004
31663 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:36 pm to
quote:

Passing a Belle Terre sign on I-10 made me think of this.

In the 90s I knew a few people who lived there. Seemed like a nice upper middle class place, with a shorter distance to downtown than Mandeville.

I do not know anyone who lives there now. Is it still a nice place or has it fallen in favor?


I don't know because I haven't been there in quite sometime. I do know that some people that I never thought would leave LaPlace no longer live there.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
38970 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:45 pm to
It’s in LaPlazzzzz
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
79350 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:55 pm to
[quote]Is Belle Terre in LaPlace still a good place to live[/quote
Posted by TheMagicMan
Member since May 2026
141 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:58 pm to
From what I remember LaPlace got hit really hard from Ida, much more so than New Orleans. I doubt it's really ever recovered from that. Even before Ida, LaPlace never seemed to be anything special.

The only advantage over the Northshore is being a little closer to New Orleans and the Southshore.
Posted by tankyank13
NOLA
Member since Nov 2012
8314 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:59 pm to
Katrina changed Laplace, Ida finished her.
Posted by yaboidarrell
westbank
Member since Feb 2017
6492 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 6:01 pm to
Laplace has more murders than all of Jefferson Parish so far this year. It’s becoming another New Orleans East
Posted by Defenseiskey
Houston, TX
Member since Nov 2010
2264 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 6:04 pm to
I used to really like that area, seems like since they "fixed" the levees/control systems in the late 2000's, LaPlace has flooded a lot more.
Posted by La Place Mike
West Florida Republic
Member since Jan 2004
31663 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 6:23 pm to
quote:

Laplace has more murders than all of Jefferson Parish so far this year. It’s becoming another New Orleans East


It BECAME New Orleans East when New Orleans East moved to Cambridge and New Era in the 90s
Posted by RichJ
The Land of the CoonAss
Member since Nov 2016
5941 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 6:24 pm to
Used to have a really nice golf course, not sure about it now…
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
132325 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 6:26 pm to
LaPlace has been LaPoop since katrina
Posted by Bayou
Boudin, LA
Member since Feb 2005
43295 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 7:27 pm to
How has this region become so uninhabitable?
Posted by Tounces
The Place
Member since Jul 2010
2311 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 7:35 pm to
quote:

used to really like that area, seems like since they "fixed" the levees/control systems in the late 2000's, LaPlace has flooded a lot more.


They are currently building a levee system around LaPlace.
Posted by JerryTheKingBawler
South of Memphis
Member since Jan 2023
9153 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 7:36 pm to
St. John Parish sucks.
Posted by Everyday Is Saturday
Member since Dec 2025
2415 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 7:38 pm to
Belle Terre > Most of LaPlace

LaPlace > Garyville

Garyville > Gaza
Posted by ScoopAndScore
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2008
12339 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 8:23 pm to
quote:

Katrina changed Laplace, Ida finished her.

Katrina, then Isaac, then Ida
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
9252 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 8:38 pm to
quote:

How has this region become so uninhabitable?

Changing consumer habits
Posted by Phate
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
11837 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 8:55 pm to
Mt grandparents lived there for a long time before my grandfather passed away. The biggest thing I took from them living there was listening to how much he hated the annoying harpies from the HOA. My grandmother moved years ago so no clue if that has changed. Other than that it is a nice looking neighborhood,
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