re: Tell me about Lake Charles, please.

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I forgot about one other thing I learned over there....and maybe my opinion of this is biased because most of the people I polled were from Allen Parish. But they had never heard of pastalaya and were appalled that someone had the audacity to replace the rice I like both for what it's worth, but it just furthered my formation of the opinion that they are closed minded.

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Allen Parish is a big rice area, but I don’t think I know a single person in SWLA that doesn’t know what pastalayla is

Every crawfish boil I've been to there involved boiling in clear water, seasoning the outside after cooked and tubs of mustard. That's just an abomination.


Jokes aside, I grew up in BR and live here now. When younger I LOVED it here. Once I had kids my opinion has changed. It's not the worst in BR but it's far from good too. It is almost certainly related to not hanging out with friends nearly as often and focusing on kid activities.

I could live just about anywhere now and I'm indifferent. If it were reasonably possible I would probably move but everywhere is imperfect.

You will be just fine in Lake Charles the same way we all live in imperfect cities. Make the best of it. Find a bubble of like-minded people, raise a family and do your best to ignore the bullshite.

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Just wanted to add another good school for pre-K to 8th grade is St.Margaret's Catholic school. On Enterprise Blvd. Not far from Lake Charles Memorial, where I work. Several of my coworkers send their children there.

I went there. It is not as big as ICCS, OLQH, so class sizes are smaller, which is a positive to me. Students score high on testing. Parents are very involved in the school.

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yea st margarets is ok, scores are lower than the others and less sports and activities due to the size.

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I forgot about one other thing I learned over there....and maybe my opinion of this is biased because most of the people I polled were from Allen Parish.

But they had never heard of pastalaya and were appalled that someone had the audacity to replace the rice

I like both for what it's worth, but it just furthered my formation of the opinion that they are closed minded

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allen parish is north LA,

and sulphur people are weird and never leave sulphur, if you lived somewhere else...wouldnt have been like that

i know a couple that lived in sulphur and finally moved to LC...night and day difference for them since they arent from here.

We had one rule growing up....you can frick sulphur girls but never ever ever try dating them cause they are crazy AF and will drag you into their little cult they have over there.

I don't look down on Sulphur, but they do have the whole weird insular culture with their "elites" of the area.

What he said doesn't really make sense with LC but 100% is on brand for those people in Sulphur.

I'm not moving there anytime soon, but I know if I did I wouldn't be welcomed into that weird culture.

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I don't look down on Sulphur, but they do have the whole weird insular culture with their "elites" of the area.

What he said doesn't really make sense with LC but 100% is on brand for those people in Sulphur.

I'm not moving there anytime soon, but I know if I did I wouldn't be welcomed into that weird culture.

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yea its a weird thing over there with the "sulphur royality" shite

Live by the country club and send kids to OLQH. Join the country club. Gin and bourre daily.

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that they are closed minded.

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This has been and still is the biggest problem with the area.

They are still governed by boomers and people who want to protect family interests over parish improvement.

Its bullshite and its true about that area.

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Spent a year in Sulphur and then bought a house in Holmwood. We did enjoy Holmwood, but it was further away from things then I'd prefer.

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Did you know the mayor out there?