re: Move to Lafayette?

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 If you’re young and single, it can get boring after a while,

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This couldnt have been any less true 20 years ago. Best looking women anywhere, and lots of them, mixed with an extremely energetic variety of nightlife.

Still lots of good looking women, but there’s just not a ton of nightlife variety. Trust me, Lafayette’s bar scene is even more shallow than BR’s, and gets old even faster.

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Lafayette’s bar scene is even more shallow than BR’s, and gets old even faster.

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I think the insta-lay apps have probably cut into bar scenes all over the country, no need to have game or go out, just tinder up and get some

777Tiger, you are mistaken about Louisiana cuisines. There are three main ones. The Southwest (Acadian culture) produced the unique Cajun cuisine. The New Orleans Southeast produced the unique Creole cuisine, and the Northern parts generally cook non-unique Southern food.

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Lafayette, and Acadiana in general are responsible for the best food La has to offer,

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This is personal preference. Half my family is Cajun cooking and half is Creole cooking. Plus we have Southern (oftentimes mislabeled Soul food) influences. All are delicious. But I would rank them Creole, Cajun, Southern. And all are superior to Yankee food.

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Nola wasn't really known for that until they hosted the World's Fair, hell they even used to serve bawl crawfish chilled

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Complete BS! I went to many crawfish, crab, and shrimp boils and ate hot boiled seafood before the World’s Fair. And yes we eat cold crawfish, crabs, and shrimp to this day. Do y’all throw your surplus boiled crawfish away?

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it's what everyone outside of La thinks they are getting when they go to Nola, "Cajun" food

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Yes outsiders are ignorant of the Cajun/Creole distinction, as perhaps are you. And the New Orleans area always adds and adapts other cuisines to its table. One can easily find Cajun, Italian, Vietnamese, etc in the Creole bastions.

Crawfish bisque, my favorite, is Creole. Crawfish etouffee, an extremely close second, is Cajun. I wouldn’t want to live without either!!!

We have Red's too, which is great. Also not far from Holly Beach.

Good people.
Not red neck.
Best food.
Small town vibe.
Govt not about equity.

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Best looking women anywhere, and lots of them, mixed with an extremely energetic variety of nightlife.

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This! Marry a good looking Cajun girl that can cook.

Lafayette is awesome. It’s a little island in the middle of South LA. It’s one of the few places I’d consider moving to if I had to live back in LA. Arguably the best place in the whole state.

Favorable demographics. Plenty of restaurants and shopping. Close to BR for LSU games (don’t need to get a hotel). Public schools aren’t awful. You don’t have to do private school but there are some good private schools too.

Lafayette has good festivals and a cool downtown area. People are for the most part nice and friendly. Doesn’t feel like a large city by any means. Most of the city is made up of people from surrounding small prairie cajun towns. It is evident on the overall culture there. Most of the ghetto is confined to the north side and Opelousas. Crime is very low and it’s a safe place.

Maurice is way worse….they dont call it little New Orleans East for nothing