re: Living in Baton Rouge just seems terrible

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You've got Spanish Town Mardi Gras

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ridiculous parade and it's really not even fun.

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You've got the Red Stick Farmer's Market.

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this is not very good at all.

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You've got the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

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who the frick don't?

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You've got Baton Rouge Blues Festival.

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same weekend as Strawberry and French Quarter fest. Either of those are way better than Blues Fest

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You've got Louie's hash browns.
You've got the Chimes and its beer selection.
You've got the Louisiana Book Festival.
You've got Tony's Seafood.
You've got LSU and all that entails
You've got Southern and all that entails.
You've got neighborhoods like Spanish Town, Beauregard Town, the Garden District, Capitol Heights, Ogden Park, Poets & Philosophers, Kenilworth, Southdowns, etc.
You've got a stable economy, because of state government, the universities, the chemical plants and the hospitals.

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So you're used to things mentioned and have no clue that other, better,safer areas could possible have good eateries, festivals and traditions like you mentioned?

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Yeah....OK. I guess it all depends on how you define "bad".

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What part of New Orleans traffic is bad? I'm genuinely curious where you are driving that you consider it bad. I live uptown and can get to any part of the city in less than 20 minutes.

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Alxtgr - LOL at Ellic.......

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Best place to live on the planet pretty much. I mean, if you have to have a job and a family and shite.

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Quick name one major/mid major city that doesn't have traffic

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unless you live out in BR burbs, you can stay on surface steeets in Nola and almost never have to bother with traffic unless there is something event going on.

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Dude you live in Watson... LP Trash... GTFO of here.

You're living off the teet of BR and dont even know it....

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Even if I didn't have a dog in the fight i'd be right in my answers to SS's questions.

I was born and raised in BR and graduated BR school.
I do have a say so in this topic.

1. Traffic sucks, but if you live in the Garden District or Mid City and work around downtown, LSU, or at Exxon, it's very manageable. Live close to work and it's a breeze, whodathunkit?

2. Schools suck, but they suck in pretty much every city the same size or larger than BR. That's pretty much a given in most any city.

3. Crime is awful, especially property crime, but it's once again no better in the places most BR detractors hold up as better places to live (New Orleans, Atlanta, & Houston). I really do wish this was better.

4. There is culture here in addition to cultcha. You'd realize that if you left your cul-de-sac every once in a while. There's a lot of charm in Mid City, The Garden District, Bouregard Town, Spanish Town, etc. Nearly every weekend, there's some kind of festival. There is actually a lively original music, arts, and entertainment scene around town if you know where to look, you just have to, you know, leave your suburban cul-de-sac.

5. The government is abysmal, but outside of the reign of Kip, it always has been. I really wish this wasn't the case.

BR has a lot of problems, but people often miss that there's a lot of good there too despite those problems. Unfortunately, it's only "edgy" to bitch and moan about how everything sucks. God forbid we embrace our home and enjoy it for what it is while trying to better it.

I don't get what's so "gotcha" about what he said.

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Not from here, moved here. Yeah, cleaner city, better roads, exponentially more good looking women, better night life and a better economy and job market really sucks the big one.

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I'll co-sign this shite right here!!! Dallas4Life

5:00 traffic in Uptown is pretty bad at times, but most of that is due to construction. Most of the bad traffic is in Metairie. NOLA's problem is that the streets are impassable due to excessive potholes, not that there's not enough capacity or redundancy. BR's problem is a lack of redundancy and capacity, not impassability due to potholes. BR's bumpiest major street (Government Street) would be one of the smoother ones in New Orleans.

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5:00 traffic in Uptown is pretty bad at times, but most of that is due to construction.

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Have you been in Houston, Atlanta, Nashville's traffic around 5:00 pm? Exponentially worse than any part of New Orleans at 5:00 pm. At least you can move in New Orleans. I have never been in real stand still traffic in New Orleans outside an event.

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Most of the bad traffic is in Metairie.

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The main bottle neck is at I10 and veterans once you past that it is usually opens up due to the extra lane on the left.

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NOLA's problem is that the streets are impassable due to excessive potholes, not that there's not enough capacity or redundancy.

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This is true.