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re: When did Lafayette pass Baton Rouge as the 2nd best city in LA?
Posted on 3/2/26 at 3:34 pm to Defenseiskey
Posted on 3/2/26 at 3:34 pm to Defenseiskey
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Didn't know any that did except for a dude who started out in BR and eventually moved to Houston. When I graduated though, the exploration in the GULF was at it's peak. A lot of O&G companies in Lafayette and Houston were offering super high salaries for entry level engineers (this was in 2012).
That's on the exploration side. EBR has a significant downstream petrochemical industry with plants to manage, pipelines to build and maintain, etc, etc.
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 4:19 pm to Joshjrn
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EBR has a significant downstream petrochemical industry with plants to manage, pipelines to build and maintain, etc, etc
I know, I've worked in downstream before. Houston has a significantly larger downstream industry and most of it's R&D and engineering is done there. Most of the kids who went into downstream moved there. A couple of them stayed in BR but they all left after a couple of years. I know one guy who is an electrical engineer and stayed in BR but left, just wasn't his type of place.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 4:28 pm to nugget
Statically speaking, Lafayette is a pretty average medium sized city in America. But comparing that to other cities in Louisiana makes it look significantly better because you're comparing it to BR, Shreveport, Monroe, Alec, Lake Chuck, and NOLA. An average looking woman looks hot if her friend group is nothing but fat chicks. It's the only city in the state where I can move into an urban neighborhood and not have to worry that much about crime and send my kid to a public school.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 4:46 pm to Defenseiskey
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It's the only city in the state where I can move into an urban neighborhood and not have to worry that much about crime and send my kid to a public school.
I don’t know anyone that sends their kids to public if they can afford private. Surely there are some, but it doesn’t feel that way.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:24 pm to nugget
I never could get Lafayette's allure. Not saying it is bad, and maybe it's because I don't have any Acadian lineage, but I would rather live in NOLA, BR, Shreveport, or Alexandria (in that order) before Lafayette.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:28 pm to Defenseiskey
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I know, I've worked in downstream before. Houston has a significantly larger downstream industry and most of it's R&D and engineering is done there. Most of the kids who went into downstream moved there. A couple of them stayed in BR but they all left after a couple of years. I know one guy who is an electrical engineer and stayed in BR but left, just wasn't his type of place.
Point of order: I’m not saying that EBR is a better job market for engineers than Houston. I was saying that, in my experience, engineers from Lafayette are as likely or better to stay in EBR than they are to return to Lafayette.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:40 pm to Tall Tiger
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Tall Tiger
Where are you from?
Posted on 3/2/26 at 5:42 pm to Joshjrn
Why are you arguing with him, he knows it all
It’s absolutely insane that he thinks people are heading back to Lafayette
It’s absolutely insane that he thinks people are heading back to Lafayette
This post was edited on 3/2/26 at 5:47 pm
Posted on 3/2/26 at 6:33 pm to Tall Tiger
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Shreveport, or Alexandria (in that order) before Lafayette.
You're an idiot! No other way to describe you
Posted on 3/3/26 at 10:09 am to Proximo
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further from the best part of the state in st tammany
I would move to Covington area if my wife would agree. If you look around the state they have lower housing prices than anywhere even close to worth living in.
Posted on 3/3/26 at 10:15 am to Joshjrn
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Tell me what I can do in Lafayette than I can’t do in Baton Rouge twice over.
send your kid to a public school
go to more than one mardi gras parade
drive around the city without having to deal with an interstate
cross the river on multiple different bridges
work out at Red’s
Posted on 3/3/26 at 10:34 am to supatigah
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send your kid to a public school
Can you? You certainly couldn't when I was growing up. Which public schools in Lafayette are worth sending your kids to these days?
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go to more than one mardi gras parade
Literally couldn't care less. I stopped attending parades in Lafayette years before I left, and I don't go to the ones we have in BR now. The day I decide I want to see an actual parade, I'm an hour closer to Nola than you are.
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drive around the city without having to deal with an interstate
Spoken like a tourist who has no idea what they're talking about. I very rarely need to get on the interstate. See: my previous posts regarding fewer one way in/one way out neighborhoods.
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cross the river on multiple different bridges
Geography not your strong point?
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work out at Red’s
I suppose you've got me there, but again, if that's the best you've got...
Posted on 3/3/26 at 10:45 am to CitizenK
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Quite the opposite. It's Laffy which has an inferiority complex and always has. Even during the oil boom days of the 70's they always complained about Lake Chuck and BR having good jobs.
that’s a weird take, in the 70s Lafayette had a lot of the O&G management jobs and BTR and LC had the plants/refineries jobs
Lafayette changed radically when all of the O&G management jobs got sent to Houston
Lafayette has played second fiddle to BTR because of the capitol being in BTR and Lafayette not having good statewide leadership. That is why LC and Shreveport have freeway bypass loops and Lafayette does not. Lafayette does have a decent history of good local leadership.
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I will never forget when USL went 0-10 so decided they were going to jump into the bigtime football.
that was in Div II in 1973, the entire Southland Conf moved up to Div I in 1975
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Then they tried to turn USL into UL, but Monroe forced them into ULL
that was in 1984, and it was the LSU lobby and other state schools that blocked it.
The compromise in 1995 was adding another UL named school and Northeast Louisiana agreed to do it. Monroe didnt force anything, there are nine schools that are part of the UL system.
The ULL and ULM names officially changed in 1997.
Posted on 3/3/26 at 10:53 am to Defenseiskey
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Im a Lafayette native that graduated from LSU. I know the handful of UL people who are like that but I can guarantee you nobody wants to move to BR for the quality of life, job market, or schools. Just about everyone from Lafayette that I knew at LSU either moved back home or moved to Houston. Baton Rouge is a terrible place outside of the LSU bubble.
exactly
I am an LSU alum from lafayette, living in houston and married to a woman from baton rouge
the Cajun fans shitting on lsu on talk radio are not indicative of typical Lafayette people
the Cajun fans shitting on LSU on TD.com are not representative of Lafayette either
I know of one person from lafayette that lives in BTR and he is a doctor that has worked in the state hospital system there since med school so he is pretty locked in. everyone else went to LSU and moved back to laffy or moved out of state
I love visiting BTR and I love leaving it, I lived there 4.5 years and would not live there again
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:29 am to nugget
I grew up and lived in Lafayette until I was 20. Been in BR ever since and I’m 35. I like BR and have lived in 70808 and 70820 so the nicer zip codes. I loved Lafayette and wouldn’t hate moving back but my job is tied to BR.
Lafayette definitely has a small town feel for mid size city.
It’s also much cheaper than BR as far as child care, and education. Plus if you live in brousssrd, youngsville area you can utilize public school. In EBR, private school is almost a must unless your child can get into gifted. The local BR private schools are a lot more expensive than TCH and STM.
Lafayette definitely has a small town feel for mid size city.
It’s also much cheaper than BR as far as child care, and education. Plus if you live in brousssrd, youngsville area you can utilize public school. In EBR, private school is almost a must unless your child can get into gifted. The local BR private schools are a lot more expensive than TCH and STM.
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:34 am to djrunner
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If you are talking about Uptown New Orleans I might take NO over BR but ALL of JP and most of NO suck to live in (a couple exceptions).
Where have you lived in these areas? Curious to how you've formed this opinion.
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:45 am to supatigah
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Lafayette has played second fiddle to BTR because of the capitol being in BTR and Lafayette not having good statewide leadership. That is why LC and Shreveport have freeway bypass loops and Lafayette does not. Lafayette does have a decent history of good local leadership.
And when I use the bypass/ loop here in BR oh wait s second……..
So we are first fiddle and we get stuff and Lafayette can’t????
BR has always gotten screwed by the highway dept.
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:49 am to Joshjrn
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Can you? You certainly couldn't when I was growing up. Which public schools in Lafayette are worth sending your kids to these days?
you must not bevpaying attention. if your kid is gifted or magnet eligible you have great choices in Lafayette or Baton Rouge. But if your kid is just a regular student, the high school Systems in Lafayette are better than Baton Rouge. Due to population numbers and demographics, the bad actors in BTR just outnumber the bad actors in Lafayette. Neither of the systems are very good however.
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Literally couldn't care less. I stopped attending parades in Lafayette years before I left, and I don't go to the ones we have in BR now. The day I decide I want to see an actual parade, I'm an hour closer to Nola than you are.
go back to your OP, you asked for things lafayette has that baton rouge doesnt. the request was not worded to cater to what you like or dont like
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Spoken like a tourist who has no idea what they're talking about. I very rarely need to get on the interstate. See: my previous posts regarding fewer one way in/one way out neighborhoods.
10/12 runs through the middle of the city. Even if you aren’t going to cross it, you are dealing with the traffic from it. Stop being disingenuous.
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Geography not your strong point?
not sure what your hangup is, Lafayette Parish has nine bridges that cross the Vermillion river. Seven of them are in the city limits. East Baton Rouge has unfortunately two bridges that cross the Mississippi river.
on your comments about food, no one I know goes to restaurants in Lafayette to eat Cajun food. What they do is go out to eat things that they don’t want to make at home, or go out to celebrate things.
We went to Don’s on Johnston Street for a post Christmas meal with some family, and the food was mediocre. We didn’t really go there to eat Cajun food, we went there to be with family.
On the flip side I think Feezo’s in Broussard is very good.
Tad’s in youngsville is ok, Tad’s in Katy TX is very mediocre.
The restaurants that are on the nicer side like ruffino’s or Charlie g’s or ruth’s chris etc have a purpose and fine dining really isnt it.
with Moncus Park and things like Downtown Alive, a much bigger Mardi Gras and Festival International the city does things for the people and specifically families that are in the middle of the city, free and accessible to everyone. Baton Rouge doesnt really have that primarily because the city is not setup for it
my bonafides are I am from southside of lafayette, lived there 36/54 years
I lived in BTR 5 years, my wife is from there, her family is still there
live in houston now, go back to laffy and BTR 10-15 times per year
I feel like you are a millenial with a different view of lafayette than my view because your view is of a lafayette post O&G industry 80s/90s collapse and brain drain. Your view of Baton Rouge is based on your friends you made at LSU and finding a life and career close to where you went to college. I completely understand that viewpoint.
that is a better lifestyle for you but not necessarily better for everyone else.
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