- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Coaching Changes
- 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
0
Posted on 2/9/24 at 8:43 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Bogalusa
Ferriday
Colfax
Jonesville
Ferriday
Colfax
Jonesville
This post was edited on 2/9/24 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 2/9/24 at 8:51 pm to tigerfan84
Never been, but have heard some crazy stories about Bessemer Alabama.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 8:55 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Camden, Alabama. Wilcox county.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 8:56 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Baton Rouge
It’s a shell of the town I grew up in
It’s a shell of the town I grew up in
This post was edited on 2/9/24 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 2/9/24 at 8:57 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Mobile, Alabama
That place was awful.
That place was awful.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 8:59 pm to m2pro
Greenville, MS is the answer. Terrible city
Posted on 2/9/24 at 9:08 pm to SaintlyTiger88
McNary, LA. Nothing left but a couple speed trap cops.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 9:09 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Chenneyville.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 9:31 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Ferriday
Posted on 2/9/24 at 9:35 pm to SaintlyTiger88
quote:Bastrop for me. My mom grew up there. My dad has family there. Everyone I knew there worked for IP. My mom's dad worked there. The first people hired at the mill in Natchez moved there from Bastrop. My my dad and my mom's sister's husband worked at the Natchez mill. We visited our relatives in Bastrop a bunch when I was a kid. It was a nice town, with an active courthouse square/downtown area and great public parks and swimming pools. My aunt had a sewing store there for years.
Most depressing
After they shut down both mills, it's kind of a ghost town, except for Simmons Sporting Goods.
https://www.city-data.com/poverty/poverty-Bastrop-Louisiana.html
quote:
Poverty rates in Bastrop:
LA Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022: Bastrop: 46.9% Whole state: 18.6%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022: Bastrop: 16.2% Whole state: 8.5%
Poverty rate among disabled residents: Bastrop: 51.3% Louisiana: 25.0%
Disability rate in this city among poor residents (it is 11.7% among residents who are not classified as poor): Bastrop: 14.0% Louisiana: 22.6%
Renting rate in this city among poor and not poor residents: Residents below poverty level: 78.0% Residents above poverty level: 24.0% ...
quote:
Poverty in families in Bastrop:
LA Children below poverty level: Bastrop, Louisiana: 57.4% State: 24.4%
Poverty rate among high school graduates: Bastrop: 34.6% Louisiana: 13.1%
Poverty rate among people who did not graduate high school: Bastrop: 60.9% Louisiana: 33.4% ...
Saddest info from the link has to do with Bastrop's future:
quote:
Breakdown by age of poor male residents in Bastrop,LA (percentage below poverty level)
Under 5 years: 76.9%
5 years: 46.3%
6 to 11 years: 55.5%
12 to 14 years: 70.5%
15 years: 67.6%
16 and 17 years: 67.1%
18 to 24 years: 34.9%
25 to 34 years: 41.6%
35 to 44 years: 44.9%
45 to 54 years: 25.1%
55 to 64 years: 35.8%
65 to 74 years: 32.1%
75 years and over: 18.0%
This post was edited on 2/9/24 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 2/9/24 at 9:44 pm to dallastiger55
quote:
Bogalusa
That town looks like shite and smells like it too.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 9:58 pm to Buck Wylde
quote:
Woodville, Ms
I had not driven through there in years, so last week, just for shits and giggles, I turned and went through old Woodville. It was bad back 20 years ago, but that poor town is so sad now.
It looks like it died and somebody forgot to bury it.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 10:01 pm to 756
Someone's mad about it, but it's the damned truth.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 10:05 pm to Catahoula20LSU
quote:
Ferriday, Vidalia, Colfax
That stretch of 425 between Natchez and Rayville is nothing but one depressing town after another.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 10:09 pm to SaintlyTiger88
quote:
In your travels, or maybe your hometown, what is the most depressing small town you’ve seen? Where it’s pretty much dead, nothing is happening, and it’s becoming more run down every year?
Picher, OK
Picher is a ghost town and former city in Ottawa County, northeastern Oklahoma, United States. It was a major national center of lead and zinc mining for more than 100 years in the heart of the Tri-State Mining District.
The city's post office was scheduled to close in July 2009, and the city ceased operations as a municipality on September 1, 2009.[19] By June 29, 2009, all of the residents had been given federal checks to enable them to relocate from Picher permanently. The city is considered to be too toxic to be habitable. On the last day, all the final residents met at the school auditorium to say goodbye.[20] As of November 2010, it was reported that Picher still had "one business and six occupied houses.
Picher, OK
Posted on 2/9/24 at 10:18 pm to Bryno1960
quote:A kid from Wisner had his commitment announcement to Alabama Football at a cemetery where a kid he grew up with was buried.
That stretch of 425 between Natchez and Rayville is nothing but one depressing town after another.
Posted on 2/9/24 at 10:22 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Jonesville, LA
Sicily Island, LA
Ferriday, LA
Sicily Island, LA
Ferriday, LA
Posted on 2/9/24 at 10:25 pm to BayouBengel07
Has West Memphis been mentioned yet?
Posted on 2/9/24 at 10:28 pm to A Smoke Break
quote:
They got a chic fi la last month. It's already the worst one in the state.
Can’t be worse than the one at MSY. That labor pool can frick up a wet dream.
Page 8 of 13
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News