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re: Monroe vs Alexandria
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:14 pm to BorrisMart
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:14 pm to BorrisMart
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Weirdly, Delta Airlines was started there so there is some unsuspecting very old money.
And CenturyLink/Lumen (sorta)
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Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:15 pm to samson73103
I have read that they have some potent fentanyl in Alexandra
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:16 pm to DavidTheGnome
Monroe - 1st Coca Cola bottler
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:19 pm to AlxTgr
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Lemme guess... you live in Ellick? Yup.
My dude… it’s okay that people think Monroe is better than Alexandria. There’s good people in both cities though
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:36 pm to samson73103
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Ruston has always had much stricter alcohol regs than Monroe so it must have an even stronger Baptist influence.
Yea the delta towns are way more Methodist/with some Episcopalian/Catholic influences
Alex and all the piney wood towns way more Baptist/non- denominational
Posted on 6/5/24 at 8:37 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Monroe vs Alexandria
I have lived in both and enjoyed them both.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:15 pm to Choot em Tiger
Ruston is the worst place in LA. Such a close-minded, hostile place from my short times I've been in that place
Posted on 6/5/24 at 9:20 pm to dallastiger55
You're thinking of the papermill up in Springhill. That was some serious stench coming from there to Shreveport on fall evenings during a passing cold front
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:01 pm to tarzana
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Ruston is the worst place in LA. Such a close-minded, hostile place from my short times I've been in that place
Somewhat true, but I saw some good shows at Rabb's back in the day. Willie, Dwight, Cross Canadian Ragweed, REK...Great steak, too.
RIP Rabb's in Ruston
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:06 pm to Spankum
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have lived in both and enjoyed them both.
Had a crew of friends in Alec back in the day and we had some relatively epic times there, combo of the small town party in a field vibe and/or then bar hopping the rando arse bars.
Posted on 6/5/24 at 10:22 pm to DavidTheGnome
Monroe is a Super shite Hole because of Jamie Mayo. Alexandria isn't quite as bad, but it is weird.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 12:57 am to nealnan8
How else you gonna get to visit Bunkie?
—-Ahhh, Bernice’s and Whip Dip for the win
—-Ahhh, Bernice’s and Whip Dip for the win
Posted on 6/6/24 at 2:07 am to jcaz
quote:None of my responses were to that assertion.
My dude… it’s okay that people think Monroe is better than Alexandria.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 3:31 am to TigerDeacon
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people who I know went to tech loved Ruston and called it a classic college town
Perhaps you need to research Ruston's liquor laws.
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It is illegal to sell or serve alcohol from Midnight to 6 AM Monday – Saturday and from Midnight on Saturday – 6 AM Monday.
Nothing like that pile in a vehicle midnight drive down I-20 to “keep going till 2.”
Posted on 6/6/24 at 8:04 am to BigD45
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Monroe is a Super shite Hole because of Jamie Mayo.
For most of his reign Jamie Mayo was a pretty good to very good mayor. He eventually succumbed to the ego and arrogance of the longtime incumbent but look right down the road at Jackson, MS. Monroe is a flawed city but it ain't Jackson.
Posted on 6/6/24 at 8:08 am to DavidTheGnome
This is like East St. Louis vs. Peoria
Posted on 6/6/24 at 8:16 am to chinhoyang
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East St. Louis vs. Peoria
now there’s a tough choice
Posted on 6/6/24 at 8:27 am to shinerfan
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For most of his reign Jamie Mayo was a pretty good to very good mayor.
I'm gonna have to agree to disagree. I don't place everything on the shoulders of JM, but it's hard to look at all of the resources and locally born businesses that Monroe + surrounding had available to it (first Coke bottling, Delta Airlines, CenturyLumenLink, Skyjacker, StateFarm center, Chennault war resources, etc) and not seem like it was a 20 year spoiling of momentum. Downtown all but died under Mayo. The civic center went from hosting Garth Brooks, Reba, Prince, Bon Jovi, Rush level concerts to being a parking lot for a two week gypsy fair.
That said - Alec makes Monroe look like the shining jewel queen of hwy 165
Experience: all 30+ years of my life
This post was edited on 6/6/24 at 9:04 am
Posted on 6/6/24 at 8:50 am to jorconalx
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Not really
Where else?
Posted on 6/6/24 at 8:56 am to shinerfan
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For most of his reign Jamie Mayo was a pretty good to very good mayor. He eventually succumbed to the ego and arrogance of the
The loss of every major employer, collapse of downtown and sky rocketing crime rate says otherwise. Some of that may not have been entirely his fault, but it happened on his watch.
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