re: Tell me about Lake Charles, please.

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as far as equity...prolly and i dunno about people being stretched...im sure there are plenty all over. Most of my friends live in the bigger neighborhoods and are not stretched but i can imagine the smaller ones are like that

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Just keep watching the houses for sale in the neighborhood in total then look at sitting time for each.

Its brewing my brother and theres nothing to stop it.

Also, every major report coming out has Lake Charles as a city about to get shite on and it was the people of the cities doing, organically, by how their economy works.

Ive seen it for years and years and years.

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Just keep watching the houses for sale in the neighborhood in total then look at sitting time for each.

Its brewing my brother and theres nothing to stop it.

Also, every major report coming out has Lake Charles as a city about to get shite on and it was the people of the cities doing, organically, by how their economy works.

Ive seen it for years and years and years.

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1) the houses are going to sit longer there and will get worse because not a ton of people moving to the area that can afford that and most people that are going to pay that would rather built

2) yes the economy is slowing. i expect a small dip then back to baseline if the LNG projects get approved

but LC has an over abundance of housing right now and is certainly due a correction. Would be good long term for that

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it was the people of the cities doing, organically, by how their economy works.

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dotn agree with this. its more because the hurricane drove prices up, biden admin killed or slowed some projects that were in the works

shall see how it goes under new admin but nothing is happening overnight. if the Republicans hold on after trump...would help the city alot.

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This is exactly why its the best.

You have to be able to get in this neighborhood and you cant have anyone from outside build, there's nowhere to build.

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but the houses are getting to be much older. many are 20+ years now. but i do love the neighborhood. aesthetics wise...its the best with the beautiful oak trees and the pretty entrance.

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Do you think the houses on Lake Shore drive are pieces of shite?

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no nor did i say ones in the oaks are, but many of the ones that are older need to be remodeled just like some on shell beach do. not all but some

and many of the houses on shellbeach are newer or have been remodeled.

I've always been partial to The Geddings

If I had the means/desire to move south of town I'd want one of those nice neighborhoods off Sale by Weaver before the super south hoods, though

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I've always been partial to The Geddings

If I had the means/desire to move south of town I'd want one of those nice neighborhoods off Sale by Weaver before the super south hoods, though

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the geddings is really nice too and them opening those new areas certainly helped

the geddings, the country club, graywood, the oaks, walnut grove, terra saint, even the shadows, and even those neighborhoods east of town are all great places to live. The ones down lake are newer and nice. got plenty of nice places in LC.

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the geddings is really nice too and them opening those new areas certainly helped

the geddings, the country club, graywood, the oaks, walnut grove, terra saint, even the shadows, and even those neighborhoods east of town are all great places to live. The ones down lake are newer and nice. got plenty of nice places in LC.

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Geddings is very very nice and the one across from it.

Very nice.

Graywood is too, they are just different.

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Yes, buy and remodel instead of overspending on new.

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and thats fine...i never said any were pieces of shite...far from it. there and the oaks are houses that are timeless

just like many in certain neighborhoods in the graywood. just like ones in the geddings. just like country club, terra saint, walnut grove etc etc

i specifically said from a looks standpoint, the oaks is my favorite but it is getting older for sure.

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been to Lafayette many times and I know this is not the most popular take, but there’s something there I just don’t like all that much. Maybe our visits were ill timed, but it just doesn’t seem like the place for us.

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tend to agree. I prefer LC to Laffy. As someone said earlier, the white collar crowd pretends to be pretentious here in LC, but the white collar crowd IS pretentious in Laffy. like that have that old NOLA money... And driving around Laffy SUCKS worse than BR.

And as to the housing market....there are 20 year old houses in GW these days. Same with 100 year old houses on Shell Beach. IF they have been updated, then they sell for top $$$, if they haven't, they usually sit. Current problem is sellers think just because of location they can command top dollar regardless. It doesn't work that way in this market.