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Posted on 1/5/26 at 10:27 am to Kreg Jennings
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I don’t know to that extent they did or didn’t diversify….however, a few years ago I found myself sitting in a meeting at a publicly traded medical company HQ in Lafayette. Didn’t even know it existed prior to. Was really happy for them.
LHC Group
Stuller Settings
First Solar of Louisiana
Oschner
LGMC and Lourdes
WHC
are some of the major players in Lafayette
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Key Industries
Healthcare is the largest single employing industry in Lafayette.
Oil & Gas provides numerous jobs, making Lafayette a regional hub.
Manufacturing, Construction, and Information are also key wealth-creating sectors.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 10:34 am to SantaFe
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Baton Rouge - failing to route I-10 / I-12 south of LSU .
BR had little say in that
Posted on 1/5/26 at 10:37 am to REB BEER
What is the name of this company y’all are alluding to?
Posted on 1/5/26 at 10:37 am to Pfft
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The circle of housing around downtown Shreveport is a death zone.
most of the neighborhoods you're probably referring to really just need to be razed
Posted on 1/5/26 at 10:45 am to Chastains
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Baton Rouge
Telling the people of unincorporated BR that if they want a school, to form their own city...
This post was edited on 1/5/26 at 10:47 am
Posted on 1/5/26 at 10:50 am to barry
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Laffy could have been what Houston was but LA govt sucks
Sorry but this is a laughable statement
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:11 am to bones71
VieMed
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:15 am to Chastains
Lafayette is very diversified now from about 15-20 years ago. oil dump in 2014 and the politics in our state forced it.
we are now pretty healthcare and tech heavy.
sitting on the crossroads of two interstates doesn't hurt
we are now pretty healthcare and tech heavy.
sitting on the crossroads of two interstates doesn't hurt
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:19 am to Chastains
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What was the biggest mistake of each of Louisiana's 5 biggest cities?
Long term vision.
In general, Louisiana politics do a terrible job at that, always have, always will.
It's somewhat cultural as well. Breeds ideas like NIMBYs, chaotic political swings, and a more friendly welfare culture.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:19 am to Chastains
Double
This post was edited on 1/5/26 at 11:20 am
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:28 am to SantaFe
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Baton Rouge - failing to route I-10 / I-12 south of LSU .
I would assert Baton Rouge was the decision to move LSU from directly adjacent to and north of downtown to its current location.
It was previously set up very similar to how Austin and UT are.
I'm not saying BR would have grown and developed similarly, but I can't help but think that the campus's distance from downtown was ultimately a big part of its demise.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:48 am to Y.A. Tittle
I've always heard and read (Rising Tide mentioned it), that one issue with New Orleans was how insular society was there. Very much a you need to have been born here to get into the right clubs/krewes. Hard to attract large corporates if you tell the CEO he's not welcome in your club.
Of course, state and local political grifters probably played a much more significant role.
Houston on the other hand is a place that welcomes everyone and doesn't really care about your background or where you went to college/high school. Only what you've achieved.
Of course, state and local political grifters probably played a much more significant role.
Houston on the other hand is a place that welcomes everyone and doesn't really care about your background or where you went to college/high school. Only what you've achieved.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:56 am to LaLadyinTx
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left out Nashville
I had Nashville first, but when I realized that Sun ended up building in Memphis, I changed it. But yeah- could have been either or both.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 12:02 pm to soccerfüt
I49 route did more to kill ellicks growth than anything.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 12:36 pm to barry
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but Laffy could have been what Houston was but LA govt sucks
Houston = major port city
Laffayette = never could be a major port city
Laffayette could never be what Houston is.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 12:42 pm to Kafka
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busing
They did it at gunpoint. A better option would have been not fighting integration tooth and nail and sticking with the public system instead of white flighting to Central, Livingston and Ascension.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 12:45 pm to Mung
Racial segregation and Jim Crow laws that (i) largely sidelined half the human capital of each city from economic participation and (ii) cause each city to build and maintain two parallel sets of schools, universities, parks, hospitals, etc.
Like that’s clearly the answer.
Like that’s clearly the answer.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 1:20 pm to MAROON
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Very much a you need to have been born here to get into the right clubs/krewes. Hard to attract large corporates if you tell the CEO he's not welcome in your club.
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Houston on the other hand is a place that welcomes everyone and doesn't really care about your background or where you went to college/high school. Only what you've achieved.
Louisiana is friendly, but you're not one of us unless you grew up there or lived there a really long time.
It all goes along with what I see every time I go home to N. La or to BR...I feel like I'm going back in time at least 20 years...probably more like 30. It's lifestyle, attitudes, everything. It's not just leadership. Hardly anyone in the state wants to go forward. Many people who live there still wish for the past and have a hard time with change. Look at Houston, Atlanta, Nashville...constantly changing and looking at new things. That reflects the attitudes of the people who live there, not just the govt officials.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 1:46 pm to chalmetteowl
quote:good question
Yeah and now whites are flighting to the Northshore. Would they have done so without the Causeway?
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