re: Why hasn't Lake Charles been able to keep up with the population growth of Lafayette?

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I would guess that Carlyss, Moss Bluff, other unincorporated areas have seen much more growth than LC proper.

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yep...property much cheaper in Carlyss or MB then LC. Lots of friends in Carlyss area have built very nice houses for about 1/2 the price of what it would cost in LC.

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Every dollar in the Lafayette budget needs to go toward building at least two more river crossings.. It's asinine that there are 4 choke points in a city this size It’s not a budget issue...it’s neighborhoods against through traffic. This argument has been going on since I was a kid (80s).

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Yeah... getting the camellia crossing at River Ranch was a HUGE controversy. I lived on the other side of the river, and that neighborhood was destroyed. I was in a starter home so didn’t care as much, but there were people along the river on that side with beautiful, well established properties that got screwed.