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What are some of the biggest "what-ifs" in the history of Lake Charles?
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:15 pm
I recently found out there was suppose to be a navy base in Lake Charles but Secretary of State Dick Cheney halted it. LINK
Any others come to mind?
Any others come to mind?
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Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:18 pm to Chastains
What if the old money people hadn't stagnated growth for the past 50+ years is the real and only question
No way should both the Beaumont area and the Lafayette region be double the size of LC. Especially considering the refining capacity and natural resources but here we are.
No way should both the Beaumont area and the Lafayette region be double the size of LC. Especially considering the refining capacity and natural resources but here we are.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:20 pm to Chastains
I can’t really blame anyone for not wanting to do something in Louisiana. Even Bucees was hesitant.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:24 pm to Chastains
What if SLO’s mamma had swallowed.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:26 pm to Chastains
What if Hurricane Laura and Delta hadn't hit back to back? Really felt like a town in the upswing till it got knocked on its arse. This was also during Covid which didn't help.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:29 pm to Chastains
what if walt had gone through with his plan to build disney world there
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:30 pm to Chastains
If SFP had never been born, we wouldn't have 477,635 posts on this board.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:32 pm to Bunk Moreland
quote:477,634 of them taking a contrary position to someone else's post
If SFP had never been born, we wouldn't have 477,635 posts on this board
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:32 pm to Chastains
Also, the great fire of 1910 displaced 1/3rd of all residents and took years to recover from
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:33 pm to Chastains
What if that I-10 bridge collapses?
This is what I think as I drive over that SOB.
I get closer to God on the drive to peak than I do in church.
This is what I think as I drive over that SOB.
I get closer to God on the drive to peak than I do in church.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:34 pm to Kafka
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what if walt had gone through with his plan to build disney world there
I get the joke but there was a 162-acre Jean Lafitte theme park that never came to fruition
quote:
In the early 1960s, one Lake Charles businessman had a big dream. Albert J. Kurtz wanted to build a giant amusement park here that would rival Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas.
The park was to be called Jean LaFitte Pirateland, and it was to be built just east of Lake Charles on 162 acres of land at the intersection of Goodman Road and I-10, at a cost of $10 million.
Kurtz formed the Pirateland Development Co. Inc.to make his dream a reality. There were detailed plans. A board of directors was organized. A prospectus was printed to lure potential investors. There were artists’ renderings of what the park would look like. Stock was sold. Excitement for the park grew.
LINK
ETA: Also, no telling how much bigger LC would be if Chennault was still an air force base and didn't close in the 60s
This post was edited on 5/31/26 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 5/31/26 at 8:59 pm to Chastains
Same as Shreveport. What if Texas legalized gambling. Both these towns would be bigger shitholes than ever.
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:02 pm to stout
quote:no worries. At least the Iowa water park is thriving.
Jean Lafitte theme park that never came to fruition
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:06 pm to sledgehammer
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no worries. At least the Iowa water park is thriving.
Yea but the slides only work on rainy days
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:08 pm to BabyTac
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Same as Shreveport. What if Texas legalized gambling. Both these towns would be bigger shitholes than ever.
LC will hurt, but not like Shreveport will. LC will still have all the refining and all of the new LNG facilities. Shreveport will only have crime and despair
Posted on 5/31/26 at 9:18 pm to Chastains
What if the hippos had been released into the Gulf?
Posted on 5/31/26 at 10:04 pm to Chastains
I remember they had signs everywhere that said “Sailors make great Neighbors “
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