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re: What towns/cities in Louisiana should've been a lot bigger than they are?
Posted on 2/11/25 at 7:16 pm to elprez00
Posted on 2/11/25 at 7:16 pm to elprez00
Jennings should be bigger, but drugs, corrupt cops, and some infamous murders paint this interstate riviera in a bad light. I knew Jennings would never come back after they bulldozed the 5 star dining experience of Shoney’s last year.
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Posted on 2/11/25 at 7:40 pm to lsufan9193969700
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It has definitely gone downhill over the past decade+.
How so?
Posted on 2/11/25 at 10:25 pm to Texas Tea 123
New Orleans is in a swamp. Not comparable to houston. It's limited by two bodies of water.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 10:31 pm to charliemurphy69
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They were supposed to get that cargo airport built that was ultimately going to turn donaldsonville Dallas-fort worth
Been hearing about that airport for 40 years.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 10:36 pm to crewdepoo
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New Orleans is in a swamp. Not comparable to houston. It's limited by two bodies of water.
This.
How is it supposed to grow?
Posted on 2/12/25 at 12:12 pm to LSUSkip
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The whole state could have twice the population if it weren't for all of the politicians needing cash to line their pockets with.
Bingo! Winner winner.
There’s millions in Houston alone that left Louisiana.
Posted on 2/12/25 at 12:23 pm to Chastains
Delcambre
Posted on 2/12/25 at 12:43 pm to NPComb
Holly Beach
Posted on 2/12/25 at 12:49 pm to Demonbengal
100% Agree. And Chief Rogers is set to retire. The next city police chief will have big boots to fill.
Posted on 2/12/25 at 1:05 pm to Chastains
If Baton Rouge hadn't grown to be the shithole that it is, Denham Springs would be the Paris of the western hemisphere.
Posted on 2/12/25 at 2:31 pm to Kafka
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Natchez was a big deal pre-civil war. In 1840 it had more millionaires than any city in America, Not per capita -- more millionaires, period.
I found this out on a tour awhile back. The good ol days.. Cotton was king.
Posted on 2/12/25 at 2:32 pm to sledgehammer
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Jennings should be bigger, but drugs, corrupt cops, and some infamous murders paint this interstate riviera in a bad light.
Yeah Jennings has had its share of issues
Posted on 2/12/25 at 2:38 pm to charliemurphy69
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Donaldsonville
They were supposed to get that cargo airport built that was ultimately going to turn Donaldsonville Dallas-fort worth
Other reasons too.
- I-10 on the East bank of the Mississippi River diverted traffic away
- Nicholls State University was originally planned to be there because it was Francis T. Nicholls' hometown, but none of the large farming families wanted to donate the land, and the Peltier's in Thibodaux stepped up.
- Section 8 housing projects in the late 1960s started the downward trend.
This post was edited on 2/12/25 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 2/12/25 at 2:39 pm to Strannix
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Shreveport
I have to go to downtown Shreveport maybe once a year. Always blows my mind that that place looks like a ghost town.
Posted on 2/12/25 at 5:52 pm to PaperTiger
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And Chief Rogers is set to retire. The next city police chief will have big boots to fill.
True. Over the last 30 years the southern university towns have been growing like crazy. I don’t think Ruston is ever going to take off like Oxford, Auburn or Clemson, but some growth feels inevitable with the recent announcements of new businesses coming here. Keep the east end in check and the growth will follow.
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