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re: Why is the Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange, TX area so depressing?
Posted on 12/4/20 at 11:26 am to kingbob
Posted on 12/4/20 at 11:26 am to kingbob
I was told several times when I worked in the area that Jefferson County had the highest ratio of trial lawyers per population than any other county/parish in the country.
No idea if that was remotely true, but several residents from Nederland and Beaumont told me that.
No idea if that was remotely true, but several residents from Nederland and Beaumont told me that.
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Posted on 12/4/20 at 11:27 am to Tortious
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Right but BR doesn't exist solely or mostly to the plants
Solely? No. Baton Rouge also has LSU and state government
Mostly? Absolutely. Exxon, Dow, Honeywell, the Port of Baton Rouge, Placid, Air Products, and all of the plants downriver are the br economy.
This post was edited on 12/4/20 at 11:30 am
Posted on 12/4/20 at 11:28 am to kingbob
Honestly it’s drugs. Drug use is so rampant in port Arthur that most people can’t pass the drug screening to get the plant jobs. The jobs they can get are low level and low paying. They get more by collecting welfare.
This was out of the mouths of members of their development department a few years ago. It’s a shame
This was out of the mouths of members of their development department a few years ago. It’s a shame
Posted on 12/4/20 at 11:28 am to kingbob
That’s the salt of Texas Bruh. East Texas used to spill oil back in the day.
This post was edited on 12/4/20 at 11:30 am
Posted on 12/4/20 at 11:30 am to Dan
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The Golden Triangle area is somehow worse than the Permian Basin.
Well they have hurricanes so there's that.
Posted on 12/4/20 at 11:32 am to kingbob
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No. Baton Rouge also has LSU and state government
Now do Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange for their alsos
Posted on 12/4/20 at 11:33 am to Tortious
Lamar Cardinals tyfys
Posted on 12/4/20 at 11:33 am to kingbob
I went to Port Arthur to do some clean up after Harvey. It seemed like good people living there, but I can't imagine walking in my backyard and seeing a bunch of flare stacks all along the skyline.
Posted on 12/4/20 at 11:40 am to kingbob
Harvey and low oil prices.
Posted on 12/4/20 at 11:42 am to kingbob
Isn't Beaumont french for "butthole"?
Posted on 12/4/20 at 12:06 pm to kingbob
Proximity to Louisiana
Posted on 12/4/20 at 12:32 pm to Ed Osteen
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never ending interstate construction will really break a city's morale
God Almighty yes.
Whenever I take a weekend trip to Houston, the #1 thing I always dreaded was driving through the Beaumont area.
Posted on 12/4/20 at 12:34 pm to kingbob
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Plants employ engineers.
And they are outnumbers 10:1 by the baws running the processes, so the original point stands.
Posted on 12/4/20 at 12:39 pm to kingbob
You must not Papadeaux’s brah
This post was edited on 12/4/20 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 12/4/20 at 1:14 pm to In The Know
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You must not Papadeaux’s brah
Pricy, poor imitations of Cajun cuisine ain't something to get too excited about.
This post was edited on 12/4/20 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 12/4/20 at 1:15 pm to kingbob
the worst project I ever had was the project that forced me to stay in Port Arthur for 3 months
3 months of absolute hell
3 months of absolute hell
Posted on 12/4/20 at 1:30 pm to Salmon
Lol at the proximity to Louisiana crap. Those shite holes are Texas, and your almighty best state ever has to own up to it. Probably the best things on that side of the border are the Boudin shops and crawfish stands and the most those piles of trash look forward to is bringing their money to the Isle of Debri, Lauberge and Golden Nugget.
Posted on 12/4/20 at 1:31 pm to kingbob
Shirley Q is thriving, honey
Posted on 12/4/20 at 1:44 pm to kingbob
Because it's in the non-Austin part of Texas.
Posted on 12/4/20 at 1:45 pm to BROpaneTANK
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probably the best things on that side of the border are the Boudain shops
FIFY
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