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re: Question for Monroe peeps.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 9:28 am to lsucoonass
Posted on 5/5/17 at 9:28 am to lsucoonass
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Frenchmans bend
Did that development actually come to pass? It was the real estate project that took down Ouachita National Bank years ago.
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Posted on 5/5/17 at 9:31 am to Buck Magnum
I live in North Monroe. Everything you will ever need in this town just became a 3.5 mile bubble. You're welcome.
You don't need to deal with bridge traffic (West Monroe), take the interstate (anywhere other than Monroe), or deal with white trash (Bawcomville/West Monroe).
You don't need to deal with bridge traffic (West Monroe), take the interstate (anywhere other than Monroe), or deal with white trash (Bawcomville/West Monroe).
Posted on 5/5/17 at 9:32 am to Jim Rockford
Frenchmen's is chocked full of cribs. You're probably thinking of North Pointe right off of 165, which has now taken off.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 9:32 am to Jim Rockford
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Frenchmans bend
Did that development actually come to pass?
About 20 years ago
Posted on 5/5/17 at 10:13 am to FalseProphet
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I live in North Monroe. Everything you will ever need in this town just became a 3.5 mile bubble. You're welcome.
You don't need to deal with bridge traffic (West Monroe), take the interstate (anywhere other than Monroe), or deal with white trash (Bawcomville/West Monroe).
Exactly. The convenience of living so close to everything makes it worth it. I'm at most a 5 minute drive to anything I want to do.
If you want plenty of land I get moving somewhere outside of the city and commuting, but what I don't get are the people who want to live in WM or somewhere like that just for the sake of it being WM and add at least an hour onto their day sitting in the car only to live in a house in a subdivision.
This post was edited on 5/5/17 at 10:14 am
Posted on 5/5/17 at 10:38 am to Buck Magnum
Property on the southside of town is dirt cheap. Of course there are problems to go along with the cheap dirt.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 10:52 am to DavidTheGnome
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Exactly. The convenience of living so close to everything makes it worth it. I'm at most a 5-minute drive to anything I want to do.
I actually get upset when it takes me ten minutes to get to Taco Bell, and that's just because I hit every light on Tower on the way over.
I complained the other day about how far away the mall was until someone pointed out it was only 4 miles away.
This post was edited on 5/5/17 at 10:54 am
Posted on 5/5/17 at 11:13 am to FalseProphet
One item to take in consideration is topography. Monroe, Sterlington and points east of the Ouachita are flat as an ironing board and many areas are prone to flooding. If you choose Monroe you also choose their city government and the insane divisiveness that comes with it. High crime areas and the city school board is just as buffoonish as the city government. Research thoroughly when it comes to property values, public education, crime and quality of life.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 11:16 am to Buck Magnum
Posted on 5/5/17 at 11:18 am to WMTigerFAN
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One item to take in consideration is topography. Monroe, Sterlington and points east of the Ouachita are flat as an ironing board and many areas are prone to flooding
Stay out of the Garden District or close to the river in River Oaks and all is well.
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If you choose Monroe you also choose their city government and the insane divisiveness that comes with it.
Eh, they keep away from us in North Monroe. We have to deal with the money-generator DWI checkpoints more often than not (but everyone knows when and where they are) but Mayo knows who he has to appeal to to keep his job.
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High crime areas
Yep. That happens.
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city school board is just as buffoonish as the city government.
Who said anything about public schools? There's a reason the private schools are super-popular. There are some really good public schools if you live in North Monroe, though.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 11:25 am to FalseProphet
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I live in North Monroe
You call that living?
Posted on 5/5/17 at 11:29 am to Paul Allen
River Oaks neighborhood
Sterlington area
Sterlington area
Posted on 5/5/17 at 11:29 am to Buck Magnum
If you have children and schools are a consideration I would say Sterlington or West Monroe. The schools are very good in both places. If you choose to live in Monroe then you might want to check out the private schools. You can find the scores for all schools online.
The commute across the bridge isn't a big deal. Nothing like Baton Rouge or Dallas traffic. I do it every day and it takes 20 minutes to get to work.
The commute across the bridge isn't a big deal. Nothing like Baton Rouge or Dallas traffic. I do it every day and it takes 20 minutes to get to work.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 11:39 am to West Monroe
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I do it every day and it takes 20 minutes to get to work.
It takes me 5 minutes and I put less than 10k miles on my car a year.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 12:10 pm to Buck Magnum
Sterlington or Calhoun
Posted on 5/5/17 at 12:28 pm to CheniereTiger108
If you're looking to rent you definitely want to start your search in the Garden District and on around the levee on the backside of Forsythe Park.
If you're looking to buy Frenchman's Bend is nice. Its a very young demographic for a golf community but as someone mentioned earlier its a nightmare trying to get out of there in the mornings. One way in, one way out.
The whole Sterlington area is nice. Bartholomew Woods, east of the bayou, especially.
Since the paper mill closed in Bastrop there have been what seem to be some incredible bargains on real estate. Don't let the low prices fool you, it's a rotting corpse of a town. Nothing but drugs and crime. I grew up in Mer Rouge so I know Bastrop well. Everyone worth a frick got out years ago.
If you're looking to buy Frenchman's Bend is nice. Its a very young demographic for a golf community but as someone mentioned earlier its a nightmare trying to get out of there in the mornings. One way in, one way out.
The whole Sterlington area is nice. Bartholomew Woods, east of the bayou, especially.
Since the paper mill closed in Bastrop there have been what seem to be some incredible bargains on real estate. Don't let the low prices fool you, it's a rotting corpse of a town. Nothing but drugs and crime. I grew up in Mer Rouge so I know Bastrop well. Everyone worth a frick got out years ago.
This post was edited on 5/5/17 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 5/5/17 at 1:13 pm to FalseProphet
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deal with white trash (Bawcomville/West Monroe).
Because we all know Monroe is void of white trash.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 1:17 pm to Dale Murphy
I don't know shite about Monroe, but always said if I had to move there, I'd buy this pink house. WTF is it for?
This post was edited on 5/5/17 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 5/5/17 at 1:22 pm to Bourre
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Live in/around Ruston and commute
God no.
waste of gas. time lost. 5 or 6 times a year when driving will be dangerous, ice on bridges & T-storm pelting rain, maybe a snow one morning.
worst post of all time.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 1:24 pm to White Bear
When I was in college at ULM I dated a chick who's family was from Wisner.
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