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re: What will baton rouge look like in 20 years?
Posted on 7/17/21 at 4:14 pm to fallguy_1978
Posted on 7/17/21 at 4:14 pm to fallguy_1978
Mobile has the nice eastern shore suburbs. That’s a good point.
Columbus, GA is around the same size and has nice suburbs too.
Columbus, GA is around the same size and has nice suburbs too.
This post was edited on 7/17/21 at 4:29 pm
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Posted on 7/17/21 at 4:23 pm to Paul Allen
Yeah, Mobile proper kind of reminds me of BR a good bit but let's be honest, Fairhope, Daphne, Spanish Fort etc are way nicer than Denham or Prairieville. I guess they kind of have a natural moat like the Northshore though 
Posted on 7/17/21 at 4:32 pm to bdavids09
In 20 years things will look completely different. More and more people working from home will cause more and more people to move out of the city. In fact, I think we see mini-cities pop up that will be a central area where people from the burbs and rural area can go to get their shite.
Cities will just be crime infested areas that people will avoid.
Cities will just be crime infested areas that people will avoid.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 4:35 pm to fallguy_1978
Fairhope and daphne are nice
Posted on 7/17/21 at 4:51 pm to Klark Kent
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who said all the rich people are leaving? the only sentiments to this conversation i’ve seen so far are “middle class”. And yes, they are leaving. Leaving to South Baton Rouge.
The person I originally replied to, unless "wealthy" is no longer a synonym for "rich":
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The issue with BR is that the people who have been leaving since the 90s are the middle class and wealthy.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 4:53 pm to bdavids09
Beyond thunderdome, except more dangerous and dilapidated.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 4:55 pm to GreenRockTiger
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I hate to say this, but it really took a turn for the worst when organizations started buying the homes and using them for group homes.
I know there are neighborhoods that have gotten absolutely wrecked with that. Doesn't even matter if there is an HOA or covenant. According to people who know more about it than I do, it's protected under federal law.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 5:22 pm to Breauxsif
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Go to Bocage where you can get burgled by the Airline hoodrats, Go to Mid-city/Garden District where you can get burgled by the NBR hoodrats, Go to Hundred Oaks where you can get burgled and caught up in a home invasion by the Bawell St hoodrats.
CCL might be one of the few low/no crime areas. Drawback is that the entire development is sinking.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 5:23 pm to Joshjrn
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know there are neighborhoods that have gotten absolutely wrecked with that. Doesn't even matter if there is an HOA or covenant. According to people who know more about it than I do, it's protected under federal law
I’m sure what y’all are talking about here are the halfway houses that have been gaining more and more popularity in the last 10 years or so. I can see the hesitation to wanting one or more of these in your neighborhood. I have more experience with these then most and benefited from one, but I was up close and personal with some of the riff raff that goes through that transitional housing. We had a very strict and very involved home owner but not all of these are ran like the tight ship I was on. Even with our strict owner, we e had some episodes of theft and typically drug addict behavior affecting others. We weren’t even in a very nice neighborhood, but it was a typical 1970’s mostly white West Monroe neighborhood. It was perfect to help me in my time of need, but I put in a lot of work to keep myself straight. Others didn’t always have the same trajectory.
This post was edited on 7/17/21 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 7/17/21 at 5:24 pm to Joshjrn
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I know there are neighborhoods that have gotten absolutely wrecked with that.
In Baton Rouge?!?
I thought the city was mostly under the radar for that. I know they are going crazy in Houston, Dallas, and Nashville now though.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 5:28 pm to Paul Allen
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Mobile has the nice eastern shore suburbs. That’s a good point.
Columbus, GA is around the same size and has nice suburbs too.
They are not around the same size. The metro area population are as follows (2020 estimates):
Mobile - 615,000
Columbus (GA) - 489,000
Baton Rouge - 848,000
Posted on 7/17/21 at 5:30 pm to bdavids09
It will be called Shitey McShiteface town
Posted on 7/17/21 at 5:31 pm to goofball
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In Baton Rouge?!?
I thought the city was mostly under the radar for that
I don’t know how many there are, but I do know that a good friend sold his house in Sherwood Forest ten years ago after one opened up on his street.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 5:57 pm to goofball
Both Sherwood and Broadmoor are heavy with them, from what I’ve been told. I imagine there are other areas as well. Anywhere on bus lines where there are solid houses that haven’t been renovated since they were built so they can be had for (relative) song.
This post was edited on 7/17/21 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 7/17/21 at 6:00 pm to supadave3
I don’t have an objection to them in a vacuum; I think they are extremely important. But from what I’ve seen, they are poorly kept up, let the yards run away, and tend to line the street with vehicles because they have 6-10 adults living in a 3br/2ba house.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 6:04 pm to Joshjrn
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I don’t have an objection to them in a vacuum; I think they are extremely important.
Kind of one of those situations where we can all agree they are providing a necessary service but none of us want it nextdoor to our house or in our neighborhoods.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 6:13 pm to fallguy_1978
Not sure what you can do to stop it.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 7:00 pm to Joshjrn
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I don’t have an objection to them in a vacuum; I think they are extremely important. But from what I’ve seen, they are poorly kept up, let the yards run away, and tend to line the street with vehicles because they have 6-10 adults living in a 3br/2ba house.
I have to admit, our house fell into that category, minus the grass. We cut our grass regularly and also cut the grass for an old man across the street.
But; we’d have cars packed in the driveway and/or street and 99% of the time, at least one grown man sitting under the carport smoking cigarettes.
In our case, our next door neighbors were a train wreck family and they called the cops on themselves about once every 3 months. Lots of domestic fights between their young adult daughters and the parents. That took some of the neighborly heat off us.
All that said, I wouldn’t have wanted us as my neighbor though.
This post was edited on 7/17/21 at 7:04 pm
Posted on 7/17/21 at 7:10 pm to fallguy_1978
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Kind of one of those situations where we can all agree they are providing a necessary service but none of us want it nextdoor to our house or in our neighborhoods.
I actually don't mind them being there (I have one fairly close by to me). I mind when they stand out.
Now, their hitting a critical mass in an area is problematic, but not fundamentally different than having an area overrun with Airbnb.
Posted on 7/17/21 at 7:23 pm to bdavids09
I was a kid then, but to me Baton Rouge hasn't changed much since 2001.
In my neck of the woods, it seems like the Gardere area is much safer than it was 20 years ago. The food and drink scene is much better than it was 20 years ago, but that's probably true for most cities. The live music scene is dead compared to 20 years ago.
Has there ever been anything around Siegan besides Walmart, Target, and Industriplex?
In my neck of the woods, it seems like the Gardere area is much safer than it was 20 years ago. The food and drink scene is much better than it was 20 years ago, but that's probably true for most cities. The live music scene is dead compared to 20 years ago.
Has there ever been anything around Siegan besides Walmart, Target, and Industriplex?
This post was edited on 7/17/21 at 7:34 pm
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