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re: Monroe or Baton Rouge
Posted on 8/27/18 at 8:20 pm to TigerNAtux
Posted on 8/27/18 at 8:20 pm to TigerNAtux
Better than Kabul
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Posted on 8/27/18 at 8:21 pm to TigerNAtux
I like Monroe
It’s not a bad place
It’s not a bad place
Posted on 8/27/18 at 8:21 pm to OTIS2
quote:Monroe's muslim community hasn't complained about this yet?
Mecca, Bitches!!!
Posted on 8/27/18 at 8:22 pm to DavidTheGnome
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I enjoy my 2 min to work in Monroe
We live in BR and my wife has a 5 minute commute and mine is about 15. We live relatively close to work though and don't have to use the interstates.
It's all relative to where you live and work and which direction you are traveling. Zachary or Central to Exxon or downtown isn't bad but from Gonzales it would kind of suck. There are some commutes from the burbs that usually aren't very painful at all.
This post was edited on 8/27/18 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:23 pm to TigerNAtux
I grew up near Monroe, spent most of my life there. I've lived in Baton Rouge for the past 10 years.
Monroe could be a good area but enough businesses have left (without others coming in to fill the void) to slowly drag that area down. It's not as much of a hellhole as Alexandria but *when* CenturyTel/Link moves their HQ out of state (5 to 10 years after Post retires as CEO), expect it things to go downhill fairly quickly.
They desperately need another large company to open an office there. The area has never really recovered from State Farm and the Guide plant pulling out.
Even with the traffic problems I prefer Baton Rouge over Monroe.
Monroe could be a good area but enough businesses have left (without others coming in to fill the void) to slowly drag that area down. It's not as much of a hellhole as Alexandria but *when* CenturyTel/Link moves their HQ out of state (5 to 10 years after Post retires as CEO), expect it things to go downhill fairly quickly.
They desperately need another large company to open an office there. The area has never really recovered from State Farm and the Guide plant pulling out.
Even with the traffic problems I prefer Baton Rouge over Monroe.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:28 pm to Bard
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but *when* CenturyTel/Link moves their HQ out of state (5 to 10 years after Post retires as CEO), expect it things to go downhill fairly quickly.
This is not happening. Post made sure all bases are covered. If CL were to leave, St Francis would shut down within a year. The only hospitals in Ouachita Parish would be Conway and Glenwood. Measures have been put in place to insure this does not occur.
State Farm, Guide, and IP leaving were huge downturns for Monroe. Century Link and IBM are paving the way for the next generation, however.
Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:33 pm to kingbob
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Monroe doesn't have LSU
So BR has the advantage 6 Saturdays a year.
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nor is it an hour from New Orleans.
This is a bad thing?
Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:13 pm to Jim Rockford
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So BR has the advantage 6 Saturdays a year.
7 Saturdays, plus dozens of home baseball and basketball games and the fact that LSU's campus supports a whole host of creative activities like plays, restaurants, concerts, and art shows.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:07 am to TigerNAtux
Baton Rouge is a bigger shite hole than NELA.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 6:16 am to TigerNAtux
Lots of rumors about Centurylink leaving Monroe-if that happens, the local economy is screwed. Cost of living is cheaper there, including insurance. It was a good place to raise a family, but you may want to consider private schools if you have kids.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 6:22 am to Tiger in the Sticks
For what's it's worth Centrylink just had it's big stockholders board meeting in Colorado last week instead of Mecca... Just saying
Posted on 8/28/18 at 6:37 am to Tiger in the Sticks
I have never understood why they stay here.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 6:38 am to nevilletiger79
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For what's it's worth Centrylink just had it's big stockholders board meeting in Colorado last week instead of Mecca... Just saying
They are likely leaving Monroe for Dallas within 5 years.
If Louisiana is lucky, we can convince them to move operations to another city in the state or keep something in Monroe.
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 6:40 am
Posted on 8/28/18 at 7:02 am to member12
isn't their new chief living in Co?
Posted on 8/28/18 at 7:05 am to 4LSU2
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This is not happening. Post made sure all bases are covered.
It will happen. Brace for acceptance.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 7:48 am to dallastiger55
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whichever one doesnt have the paper factory and smells like dogshit
Well that is actually West Monroe but BR has all the plants and smells like burnt Corndogs so the smell factor for each is a wash.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 7:52 am to TigerNAtux
depending on your pay, you could live like a king in the West Monroe area compared to BR
Posted on 8/28/18 at 7:56 am to GrammarKnotsi
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depending on your pay, you could live like a king in the West Monroe area compared to BR
Housing prices are generally about the same. I know, I just bought a home in Monroe. The only way you would live like a king is if you actually bought a rundown trailer in the Bawcomville area of West Monroe.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:09 am to TigerNAtux
To each his own, but I recently moved to Mecca after living in BR for the last 9 yrs and it’s like paradise. That’s more of a nod at how big a shite hole BR has become.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:12 am to MWP
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Housing prices are generally about the same. I know, I just bought a home in Monroe
I mentioned WM for a reason..If you live in Denham or surrounding areas, you get a better deal than living in BR..Same thing for the Ouachita area..
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