re: Official Baton Rouge vs. St. George Murder Count - Updated 02/09/2020

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28-year-old Joseph Johnson was found outside residence around 4:30 Saturday morning suffering from apparent gunshot wounds

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Any word on if he was a homeless?

What's the total BR homicides for the year?

27

That's sad. I had a lot of friends that lived in Park Forest right there. It used to be such a nice little middle class neighborhood.

Yep. Park Forrest and Monticello was a really great place in the 80’s and early 90’s.

I had several friends that lived around there until about the mid 90s.

Monticello used to have the best Christmas light displays back then. I took my daughter there about 10 years ago thinking there'd still be some and it was pathetic.

I mean... if you want to be an insular angry white dude you might as well just move to Iowa. You get the added perk of having Steve King represent you in Congress.

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What would the home prices of that neighborhood be equivalent with today’s dollars? Like $300,000? Just seeing what was considered middle class as far as price goes for the early to mid 80’s.

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Probably more like $200k. A lot of those were 1600 sq ft ranch homes. The neighborhoods just weren't dangerous.

A good friend of mine Mike and his brother Brian lived on Catalina Ave in high school. Spent tons of time in that neighborhood.

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I was thinking the same. What would middle class neighborhood homes cost these days in your opinion? Like $250,000 - $350,000?

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A new home would be in that range I guess. You can buy an older home in an area that isn't bad, but not extremely desirable now for less.

I think you can buy a house in Shenandoah for around 200k in some cases. It's not what it once was though but you aren't right in the middle of a bad area either.