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Posted on 7/11/23 at 6:27 pm to StringedInstruments
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According to Wikipedia, Urania had an 87% increase in population between 2000 and 2010. Then a 47% decrease between 2010 and 2020.
Maybe some temporary residents displaced because of Katrina that left because there were no jobs? My best initial guess
Posted on 7/11/23 at 7:42 pm to notiger1997
LaSalle, right by Jena.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 7:50 pm to The Torch
Lake Providence is going to be pissed
Posted on 7/11/23 at 7:51 pm to Locoguan0
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I am appalled by the conditions that those people live under.
There's a really unique and dumb reason for that.
So, the tribes own all of the property on Indian reservations, and it is illegal for non-tribal members to own real-estate on a reservation. As a result, it is impossible to get financing to build permanent structures because if a bank loaned money for a mortgage, it wouldn't be able to legally seize the property as a result of non-payment. Thus, the only housing that tribal members can get financing for are mobile homes because in the event they default on their loans, the lender can haul the home away. Thus, to build a permanent structure on a reservation, the tribe must pay in cash, no financing, or the tribe itself must own the bank. The Navajo reservation is probably the only one with the population and economy to possibly support their own bank, so economies of scale work against these reservations as each one isn't large enough to support its own native-owned bank.
Since mobile homes deteriorate faster than most non-mobile homes, it creates a permanent housing problem on the reservations as the money they generate, unless there's a highly profitable casino, rarely makes enough to maintain enough quality housing for everyone on the reservation.
This post was edited on 7/11/23 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:05 pm to The Torch
My grandfather ran the plywood plant when Urania had a LP mill. Use to fly from Conroe, Tx to Winnfield, La weekly to go to Urania.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:14 pm to Locoguan0
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I am appalled by the conditions that those people live under.
People that didn't grow up white trash adjacent never get how bad it is outside city limits in WV, TN, LA, KY, OH, IN, AR, etc. I really enjoyed driving a consultant from San Fran/LA from the airport in Bentonville to the Walmart IT location we needed to go to. She exclaimed, "Is that a refrigerator box as a front door," when we drove by a particular shack.
Drive up 165 or 167 in Louisiana, then turn at the Piggly Wiggly in any random town, drive 20m. Same result, they're just not "in town." Have you drive through the shithole "towns" between Baton Rouge and Monroe along the Mississippi border? That's not fine livin.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:15 pm to winntiger
The boom and bust of population was the pellet mill being brought online closing and then reopening, as well as a new lumber facility. It does have a lot of lower income families and has dealt with poverty for several years. The town as is the parish probably over 90% white. As far as the intersection in Tullos they installed a j turn intersection so people traveling down 84 have to make a right turn cross 2 lanes of traffic immediately make a left handed u turn crossing 2 more lanes of traffic immediately and making a right to continue on 84. The town asked for an overpass.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:20 pm to Got Blaze
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5-0 is always at the X waiting
Except this time
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:29 pm to FreeState
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Here is the man who put Urania on the map. Pretty influential figure in his day. Heirs owned millions in timber. Urania Lumber Co.
Yeh the Father of Southern Forestry's family is definitely not in the poor category.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:46 pm to The Torch
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Urania is a city located in LaSalle Parish Louisiana. With a 2023 population of 696
Hardly counts as a city. More like a family enclave.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:50 pm to The Torch
Ferriday says hold my beer.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:55 pm to Mud_Bone
quote:E Carroll is still the poorest county/parish per capita baw, last I heard anyway.
Lake Providence is going to be pissed
Posted on 7/11/23 at 9:14 pm to Billy Blanks
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Tallulah?
Hometown of Carl Otis Trimble
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1974 First Black quarterback for LSU (Carl Otis Trimble) [1974-76]
Black History at LSU on LSU.edu
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During the summer of 1977, months following teammate Mike Miley’s death, Trimble downed during a tubing accident. He was just 22 years old.
findagrave.com
Posted on 7/11/23 at 9:50 pm to ozktgr
North Tallulah is like a third world country
Posted on 7/11/23 at 10:02 pm to Cosmo
quote:quote:In Urania?
tourism
Don’t they do correctional facility tours at LaSalle?
Posted on 7/11/23 at 11:32 pm to CleverUserName
quote:I drove through that area and the MS Delta just a few weeks ago on a road trip to the Ozarks. First time ever traveling through that part of the country. That was the most podunk place I’ve ever been to. I agree you’d be hard pressed to find any region poorer than that one.
If it’s poorer than the delta town of Jonestown, MS… I would be blown away. I drove through there once taking a shortcut. I’ll not do it again.
Posted on 7/12/23 at 8:24 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
Lake providence is one of the most beautiful lakes in the state. If the town wasn’t so bad, it would be an amazing weekend place.
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