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Older Baton Rouge residents. What lead to the decline of NBR?
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:04 am
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:04 am
I moved to the BR metro area in 2003. By that time NBR was what we all see today. A blackhole of economic decline.
I worked in NBR for a few years and have never fully understood how an area that was so vibrant in the 1970's evaporated so quickly.
The neighborhoods look like they were well designed and could have supported a vibrant economy had they been perpetually maintained by individual property owners. Was this the issue ultimately causing residents to move to nicer areas/newer homes in SBR? What's going to happen when SBR homes get old?
I-110 is an easy connector to downtown.
Plank Road seems to be what Perkins road is now. Why didn't it continuously improve its business offerings?
What happened? Is it a simple as "white flight" caused by desegregation?
If true, then why is there a larger population of whites in SBR? If they were willing to live in BR and pay for private school...why not stay in NBR instead of moving?
I worked in NBR for a few years and have never fully understood how an area that was so vibrant in the 1970's evaporated so quickly.
The neighborhoods look like they were well designed and could have supported a vibrant economy had they been perpetually maintained by individual property owners. Was this the issue ultimately causing residents to move to nicer areas/newer homes in SBR? What's going to happen when SBR homes get old?
I-110 is an easy connector to downtown.
Plank Road seems to be what Perkins road is now. Why didn't it continuously improve its business offerings?
What happened? Is it a simple as "white flight" caused by desegregation?
If true, then why is there a larger population of whites in SBR? If they were willing to live in BR and pay for private school...why not stay in NBR instead of moving?
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Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:05 am to Tigeralum2008
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What lead to the decline of NBR
....nope. Not getting banned today. Nice try.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:05 am to Tigeralum2008
Ummmm....... Uuhhhhhhh........ Ummmmmmmm
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:05 am to Tigeralum2008
You can't be serious.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:06 am to AbitaFan08
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quote:
What lead to the decline of NBR
....nope. Not getting banned today. Nice try.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:06 am to Tigeralum2008
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blackhole of economic decline.
You are on the right track here.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:07 am to Tigeralum2008
It takes one section 8 house to ruin a neighborhood.
EBR de-seg killed a lot too
EBR de-seg killed a lot too
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:07 am to Bushmaster
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You can't be serious.
I am. I do not understand how an entire region can just decline as fast as it did.
Detroit is similar but their economy crashed leading to the loss of jobs and residents. You don't see that here.
This post was edited on 6/23/16 at 10:08 am
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:08 am to Tigeralum2008
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I moved to the BR metro area in 2003.
My condolences
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:08 am to Modern
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section 8
Usually the culprit
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:09 am to Tigeralum2008
You will get a lot of goof race innuendo posts, but it basically boils down to, people with money did not want to live literally in the shadow of one of the nation's largest refineries.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:09 am to Tigeralum2008
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:09 am to Tigeralum2008
In in the 50's/60's and 70s' you had people working at Exxon and Downtown so North BR was it, then everything starting developing towards the South in the late 60s/early 70's..what is present day Acadian, College, Perkins, all the way to Siegen, etc. People wanted to go where the new stuff was, some enjoyed taking over previous space that became less desirable. I wasn't born until the the 80s, that's all I've got.
This post was edited on 6/23/16 at 10:18 am
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:10 am to Tigeralum2008
judge parker
increase in section 8 housing
increase in section 8 housing
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:11 am to Modern
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It takes one section 8 house to ruin a neighborhood.
I could see that. If a single house in my neighborhood within reasonable distance of me became section 8 and brought along the typical section 8 renter, my house would be on the market in days.
This post was edited on 6/23/16 at 10:12 am
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:11 am to Tigeralum2008
When were those plants built? I'm betting that played a big role
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:12 am to Paul Allen
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My condolences
I concede BR is not exactly the nicest region I have ever lived in these 13 years have been pretty incredible for me and my family.
This post was edited on 6/23/16 at 10:15 am
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:12 am to Tigeralum2008
Just came her to post a COMPLETELY RANDOM Gif.....
Sorry, to interrupt. Carry on with your thread please.....
Sorry, to interrupt. Carry on with your thread please.....
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:13 am to Tigeralum2008
Before white flight, it was black flight INTO the city to work at Exxon.
Great Society program turned those workers into leeches.
Deseg order ruined the public schools triggering white flight to new developments in the south.
Plank Road was vibrant in the 40s and 50s, but by the 70s, the retail had moved out to Bar Marche and Cortana.
Crack crime wave in the late 80s/early 90s pushed out most of the last few hangers-on.
It's a shame. North Baton rpuge actually has far better infrastructure compared to the rest of town.
Great Society program turned those workers into leeches.
Deseg order ruined the public schools triggering white flight to new developments in the south.
Plank Road was vibrant in the 40s and 50s, but by the 70s, the retail had moved out to Bar Marche and Cortana.
Crack crime wave in the late 80s/early 90s pushed out most of the last few hangers-on.
It's a shame. North Baton rpuge actually has far better infrastructure compared to the rest of town.
Posted on 6/23/16 at 10:14 am to Tigeralum2008
Same reason Gardere went to shite in the early 90s. The same thing is happening to Tigerland now. Section 8 - our tax dollars subsidizing the destruction of neighborhoods
This post was edited on 6/23/16 at 10:18 am
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