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re: Who here is against St George?
Posted on 2/11/14 at 12:48 pm to urinetrouble
Posted on 2/11/14 at 12:48 pm to urinetrouble
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It the living room of the city, where a lot of residents come to work and play. It's the first thing most outsiders coming into the city will visit and judge. It is important for business recruitment and economic development.
From an infrastructure standpoint, it makes a lot more sense to invest in making downtown a viable place to live, as opposed to having more growth occur in outlying areas.
The young, educated professionals that Baton Rouge so badly needs to attract prefer vibrant urban areas.
This
And why wouldn't you want to live in a place that didn't take you forever to get home screaming and yelling at people because the low density suburban sprawl demands roads that cannot keep up with the city, and so traffic is a cluster**** because of the layout and low density sprawl?
Think about this. It's Saturday. You walk out your door, walk down an actual sidewalk to get some fresh produce at the market, and a bad arse roast beef Poboy at the deli. Go home and grab lunch and put away your groceries for that big get together with your neighbors on Sunday. Then you grab your dog and hit the dog park where all the ladies are exercising their dogs. Then you walk back home, take a shower and hit up downtown for dinner and some drinks with friends, but no worries, you can walk back home on the "sidewalks" without having to worry about getting a DUI like in the old day when you used to live in Shenandoah.
Sunday, you take the streetcar and hit up the market and get some Berkshire pork for your dinner, and go back home to get prepped. Ahh, but I've got plenty of time to kill, so you walk outside to the sidewalk again and grab some coffee at the coffee house, and what's that sound? Ohhh kick arse, there's a freaking acoustic set playing right outside.
Damn, it's almost 3. shite, my fiends will be there shortly. I was having so much fun I almost forgot.
Now, clearly that beats the hell out of Walmart and big screen TV as the big to do on the weekends.
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Posted on 2/11/14 at 12:51 pm to Mike da Tigah
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And why wouldn't you want to live in a place that didn't take you forever to get home screaming and yelling at people because the low density suburban sprawl demands roads that cannot keep up with the city, and so traffic is a cluster**** because of the layout and low density sprawl?
Think about this. It's Saturday. You walk out your door, walk down an actual sidewalk to get some fresh produce at the market, and a bad arse roast beef Poboy at the deli. Go home and grab lunch and put away your groceries for that big get together with your neighbors on Sunday. Then you grab your dog and hit the dog park where all the ladies are exercising their dogs. Then you walk back home, take a shower and hit up downtown for dinner and some drinks with friends, but no worries, you can walk back home on the "sidewalks" without having to worry about getting a DUI like in the old day when you used to live in Shenandoah.
Sunday, you take the streetcar and hit up the market and get some Berkshire pork for your dinner, and go back home to get prepped. Ahh, but I've got plenty of time to kill, so you walk outside to the sidewalk again and grab some coffee at the coffee house, and what's that sound? Ohhh kick arse, there's a freaking acoustic set playing right outside.
Damn, it's almost 3. shite, my fiends will be there shortly. I was having so much fun I almost forgot.
Now, clearly that beats the hell out of Walmart and big screen TV as the big to do on the weekends.
Mike gonna Mike
Posted on 2/11/14 at 12:51 pm to PRK
quote:I think it could have been better. Whitestone. WhiteRock, Whiteville...you're not trying hard enough.
The very least y'all could have done is choose a less WASPy name for the new white city you're planning. St. George? Jesus.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 12:52 pm to PRK
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less WASPy name for the new white city you're planning. St. George? Jesus.
how is a catholic-based name that WASPy?
Posted on 2/11/14 at 12:55 pm to Mike da Tigah
Tell me what areas of the "city" you can walk down and get to your house. People are confusing downtown from the rest of the city. Baton Rouge is a large small town. If you live in the garden district there are few sidewalks and you can't walk closely to a produce stand. There's a reason why most people own a car. Most people with kids don't want to raise their kids in a downtown area.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 12:56 pm to SlowFlowPro
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how is a catholic-based name that WASPy?
Yes we have some high level thinkers on this site.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 12:56 pm to paddys pub
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Tell me what areas of the "city" you can walk down and get to your house. People are confusing downtown from the rest of the city. Baton Rouge is a large small town. If you live in the garden district there are few sidewalks and you can't walk closely to a produce stand. There's a reason why most people own a car. Most people with kids don't want to raise their kids in a downtown area.
you just walked into the Mike trap, you cultureless bum!!
Posted on 2/11/14 at 12:57 pm to urinetrouble
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That was donated to the city by the event sponsors. Hope you didn't get too upset.
The event cost was $50,000, plus $40,000 for the light stick. I don't know how much sponsorship money they brought in, but I haven't seen anything saying it was profitable.
This post was edited on 2/11/14 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 2/11/14 at 12:58 pm to SlowFlowPro
Please. I can defend my arguments.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 1:00 pm to SlowFlowPro
Slo, so who is winning the argument.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 1:00 pm to paddys pub
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Tell me what areas of the "city" you can walk down and get to your house
Where I live by City Park.
Can do everything in his example by walking or biking.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 1:00 pm to paddys pub
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Tell me what areas of the "city" you can walk down and get to your house. People are confusing downtown from the rest of the city. Baton Rouge is a large small town. If you live in the garden district there are few sidewalks and you can't walk closely to a produce stand. There's a reason why most people own a car. Most people with kids don't want to raise their kids in a downtown area.
Its not the reality. It's a vision for normal urban life. It happens in many many cities all over the globe and in this country every single day. Those are the places that everyone loves to visit, but without vision, it would never have gotten off the ground to be enjoyed by anyone.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 1:02 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Most people with kids don't want to raise their kids in a downtown area
Not true. As the older residents of Garden District and Capital Heights are dying off or moving in with their kids, younger families with young kids are moving in.
This post was edited on 2/11/14 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 2/11/14 at 1:05 pm to magildachunks
I said what areas, not area. City park is one of the few. This is not the reality for most subdivisions in BR
Posted on 2/11/14 at 1:05 pm to CarRamrod
no idea. i just saw the last post was made by mike and had to see how he fit his schtick into this thread topic
Posted on 2/11/14 at 1:05 pm to Mike da Tigah
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Its not the reality. It's a vision for normal urban life. It happens in many many cities all over the globe and in this country every single day. Those are the places that everyone loves to visit, but without vision, it would never have gotten off the ground to be enjoyed by anyone.
All of this is true and the younger generation is for making it so.
I still support making govt street a two lane and putting a tree Lind walking median down the middle.
Would also direct more traffic to North, which beds it.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 1:06 pm to magildachunks
How is the garden district a downtown area? Please explain this to me.
Posted on 2/11/14 at 1:06 pm to magildachunks
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Garden District
do garden districts count as urban areas?
they're like the closest suburban area
Posted on 2/11/14 at 1:06 pm to bigberg2000
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I mean I understand it and kind of indifferent, but how shitty would b.r. Become without st. George money? Not sure I want to live next to that.
Phase 1 - break away
Phase 2 - build wall
Posted on 2/11/14 at 1:07 pm to SlowFlowPro
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how is a catholic-based name that WASPy?
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St. George is the patron saint of England. His cross forms the national flag of England, and features within the Union Flag of the United Kingdom, and other national flags containing the Union Flag, such as those of Australia and New Zealand. Traces of the cult of Saint George in England pre-date the Norman Conquest in the eleventh century;[citation needed] by the fourteenth century the saint had been declared both the patron saint and the protector of the royal family.
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