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re: What Louisiana Cities are shells of themselves?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:03 am to Tigre85
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:03 am to Tigre85
Opelousas and Lafayette.
Great towns with solid growth until the mid 90's.
I could share more but I'd get banned.
Now BR, and NOLA.
Give John Bell some time. We are dead last in everything now, and we aren't improving. You would think there was only one way to go, but nope.
LA is losing thousands of producers a year for a reason.
Great towns with solid growth until the mid 90's.
I could share more but I'd get banned.
Now BR, and NOLA.
Give John Bell some time. We are dead last in everything now, and we aren't improving. You would think there was only one way to go, but nope.
LA is losing thousands of producers a year for a reason.
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Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:04 am to yaboidarrell
quote:
Today
Estimated at $216,500
Jun 6, 2018
Relisted for $1,499,000
Feb 26, 2018
Listed for $1,499,000
Jan 29, 2018
Listed for $1,499,000
Jul 10, 2017
Price Changed to $1,800,000
Jan 6, 2017
Listed for $3,250,000
I'm guessing someone died and the estate is still trying to offload it.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:16 am to EZE Tiger Fan
You people that keep saying Nola aren’t really being honest. Of course it was a much better place 100 years ago, but the fact is it’s ether now that it’s been in at least 40 years
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:24 am to EZE Tiger Fan
What? Lafayette grew a ton from the mid 90s until 2014.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:28 am to Grindlewald
Morgan shitty
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:47 am to Grindlewald
All of them, lack of leadership, and the rise of skimmers
Posted on 1/26/20 at 10:52 am to NIH
I’ve been in New Orleans for over 60 years and it’s better than anytime in my lifetime. Many areas have already changed for the better and the new south market area is expanding with all new high end condos. As we speak a new 31 story condo going up near the standard.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:04 am to MikeD
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Donaldsonville
Massive apartment complexes and Sec 8 housing allowed for poor folks to move in
FIFY
I am afraid that this is the future for St. Tammany. The eastern side is already being transformed by this. Brister and company seemed to be targeting the western side at the end of her tenure. Hopefully the new leadership (both at the parish AND municipal level) will recognize how quickly things can head south if this continues. In short, they need to do something to stop (limit) it imho.
FWIW - I love living in Covington and feel that the city is currently better off in some aspects as compared to my childhood.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:05 am to jimmy the leg
quote:mandeville definitely seems more poor and trashy than just ten years ago, about when a lot of these developments started
I am afraid that this is the future for St. Tammany. The eastern side is already being transformed by this. Brister and company seemed to be targeting the western side at the end of her tenure. Hopefully the new leadership (both at the parish AND municipal level) will recognize how quickly things can head south if this continues. In short, they need to do something to stop (limit) it imho.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:17 am to Puffoluffagus
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Not that Bastrop was ever great, but when the paper mill shutdown, it basically took away any chance it had at being a decent city.
My wife grew up there. From the stories that she told, it sounded like a pretty decent place to grow up. Now that the mill has closed, all that Bastrop is known for is Simmons Sporting Goods and meth....
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:19 am to CitizenK
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Shreveport used to be an process engineering and oil hub.
New Orleans got a whammy when Fidel took out Cuba, shiitpiles of NOLA money was invested there, Miami wasn't shiit. Oil bust in the 80's was second and killer blow to NOLA tax base. They didn't need tourists to keep hotels, bars and restaurants full, they had business folks on expense accounts from all over the world, either staying full time.
50 years of Landrieu rule on top of Louisiana corruption helped with New Orleans demise as Atlanta and then Houston ate our lunch for decades in attracting business.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:20 am to Manlaw35
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Sterlington
Can't even balance their budget on a consistent basis.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:25 am to supadave3
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A few good restaurants
Ate at 2Dudes the other night. Fantastic BBQ.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:41 am to MikeD
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Donaldsonville
Only thing good in Donaldsonville is The Grape Vine.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:49 am to bayoumuscle21
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The Grape Vine.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:49 am to SirWinston
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I think Alexandria is the saddest of them all
Alexandria has always been sad.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 11:55 am to ATrillionaire
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Saint Martinville
A mill that provided nearly a 1000 jobs and produced for Fruit of the Loom was closed years ago. Following that, Walmart packed up and left. These places were replaced by a Dollar General and a dusty casino.
Come on man, it’s not that bad, you conveniently left out the Auto Zone
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:05 pm to RougeDawg
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Alexandria has always been sad.
Once upon a time Alexandria was a bigger and more important city than Lafayette. Those days are long gone however and they are never coming back.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:05 pm to Grindlewald
It’s pretty simple if you just look at population trends. Most of the cities are shrinking, and anybody with money is moving out where the crime is low. That leaves the city to continue to eat itself. From my time as a student at LSU to now, it’s gone downhill.
Apartment complexes that were new and filled with students are now crime ridden shitholes. It’s sad when you a continued population decline, and once vibrant neighborhoods are full of For Sale signs, overgrown yards, and sprawling houses in desperate needs of paint, new roofs, etc.
I can’t help but assume this is the same in any other metro area in Louisiana: Shreveport, Alexandria, Monroe, Lake Charles, etc.
New Orleans will always be different because of its economic reliance upon tourism.
Apartment complexes that were new and filled with students are now crime ridden shitholes. It’s sad when you a continued population decline, and once vibrant neighborhoods are full of For Sale signs, overgrown yards, and sprawling houses in desperate needs of paint, new roofs, etc.
I can’t help but assume this is the same in any other metro area in Louisiana: Shreveport, Alexandria, Monroe, Lake Charles, etc.
New Orleans will always be different because of its economic reliance upon tourism.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 12:06 pm to NIH
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What? Lafayette grew a ton from the mid 90s until 2014.
They did. The former mayor did a great job.
I moved to Lafayette for several years and recently left again. All those businesses from out of state are now regretting coming to Lafayette, but it has nothing to do with the groups that got them there...
Give it time.
North Lafayette is trash. That trash will seep into downtown. We all know how this ends.
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