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What was growing up in Lafayette like?

Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:00 pm
Posted by Cool Brigade
Member since Jan 2018
195 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:00 pm
Everyone from there loves it and hates on BR so much. Also what is growing up like in other parts of LA? Ive never been around much in NOLA, northshore, north louisana or the grand isle area.
Posted by 34venture
Buffer Zone
Member since Mar 2010
11369 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:01 pm to
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never been around much in


quote:

grand isle area


I am truly sorry.
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
39939 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:02 pm to
Like all Louisiana cities, the people that stay will never leave and couldn’t imagine living somewhere else. The people that leave see it for the shithole that it is.
This post was edited on 1/30/18 at 12:03 pm
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
40428 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:03 pm to
Are you 12 years old?
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56544 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:03 pm to
this alter brings the heat
Posted by Cool Brigade
Member since Jan 2018
195 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:03 pm to
I got my heart broken by a girl from Lafayette and 1 or 2 in NOLA. I never want to go to these places.
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:04 pm to
Kingfish
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
23849 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:04 pm to
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I got my heart broken by a girl from Lafayette and 1 or 2 in NOLA. I never want to go to these places.



Those NOLA girls will do that to you.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
41640 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:05 pm to
It was pretty cool. The Acadiana Mall was great back then. The waterfall, puppet theater, that little flipping puppet thing at the shoe store, I think it was Greenwood Shoes, and the pet store were all good memories back then.
Posted by deathvalleygrassmmmm
Lafayette
Member since Feb 2011
590 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:06 pm to
been in Lafayette since 95, good place to live and raise kids. I was born in Houston, lived in Corpus Christi and Boulder, Colorado. Colorado was the best, but it is expensive, Lafayette isn't as big of a city as it thinks it is, but it does have a lot to offer, doesn't have the traffic of BR and Nola nor the Crime. Good schools and good youth sports, and plenty of things to do.
Posted by NewIberiaHaircut
Lafayette
Member since May 2013
12320 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:06 pm to
Showbiz pizza was awesome!
Posted by Cool Brigade
Member since Jan 2018
195 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:07 pm to
What is your opinion of STM?
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
23121 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:09 pm to
Inb4 lots of memes from The Waterboy.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
41640 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:12 pm to
Its where all the rich kids went. I went to LHS.
Posted by barry
Location, Location, Location
Member since Aug 2006
51333 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:12 pm to
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doesn't have the traffic of BR


It's traffic sucks for the size of the city. No major throughways is a problem.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
40428 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:13 pm to
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Kingfish


Outer Limits
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
69331 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:13 pm to
Definitely a keeping up with the Joneses town, but home to some incredibly nice people. It’s relatively safe, and though the traffic is bad, it’s relatively confined to one area.

The oil crunch absolutely wrecked the place in the 80’s, causing it to go from boomtown to ghost town virtually over night. The oil service companies in Youngsville and Broussard which have kept the city afloat are going through a similar purge today. The downtown is small, but has some decent restaurants and bars for a town its size. There’s more to do than one might think, but still not the most fun place to be single in your 20’s.

If things don’t turn around economically, Lafayette could be in serious crisis very soon and see a similar shuttering that it and BR saw in the 80’s. However, for now, it is a great place to raise a family, and STM produces really good graduates. Not nearly as whorey as St. Joe’s or as douchy as Catholic High or Jesuit.
Posted by Cool Brigade
Member since Jan 2018
195 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:14 pm to
I have met people at LSU and Southern who grew up elsewhere. they all like their hometowns, but people from BR dont.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22281 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:16 pm to
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Outer Limits


Last Round-up
Posted by G Vice
Lafayette, LA
Member since Dec 2006
13154 posts
Posted on 1/30/18 at 12:18 pm to
That place is a flea market now
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