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re: Will Baton Rouge ever be the Woodlands?
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:40 pm to monsterballads
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:40 pm to monsterballads
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Less to do like what?
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What do you want to do in BR that BR doesn't have?
The Woodlands is 30-40 minutes from the biggest city in the state of Texas (top 5 biggest in the entire country) and you are trying to say that there is just as much to do in Baton Rouge as there is in the Woodlands? Come on, you can't be serious with that.
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 1:41 pm
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Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:40 pm to LSUBoo
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I'm with you though, if you don't think BR has good entertainment, dining, nightlife, etc... then you aren't looking for it.
Yep. In the past two months Weezer and Dr. John performed for free within a 10 minute walk from my house. How many cities the size of Baton Rouge have those sort of things going on?
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:41 pm to theunknownknight
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Will Baton Rouge ever be the Woodlands?
The fact that some of you think St George will become The Woodlands is some of the most delusional talk I have ever heard
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:42 pm to MillerMan
Pro baseball would be nice, but LSU baseball is the next best thing.
And driving to the superdome from BR for a Saints game isn't that much longer than driving from The Woodlands to Reliant Stadium. There are plenty people in BR with season tickets.
And driving to the superdome from BR for a Saints game isn't that much longer than driving from The Woodlands to Reliant Stadium. There are plenty people in BR with season tickets.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:43 pm to urinetrouble
BR>Woodlands
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:44 pm to monsterballads
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What do you want to do in BR that BR doesn't have?
- go to NBA games
- go to MLB games
- go to NFL games
- go to High end dining theaters
- International airport
- A safe outside area to hang around down town at night
- attend high end writing symposiums
- attend high end open mic nights and comedy clubs
- go to a really nice health club
- go to nice outdoor shooting ranges
- go to better/safer parks with scheduled activities
- ride nice bike trails
- go parasailing
- play paintball at a nice facility
- go skydiving
Just to name a few off the top of my head
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:45 pm to biglego
Yep. That's exactly what I was getting at. 
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:45 pm to Lloyd Christmas
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Lloyd Christmas
You need to request a username change. You do that name a terrible disservice as you have no sense of humor on here.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:46 pm to theunknownknight
You crazy! BR Like the woodlands. that's funny stuff right there!
Lake Charles. Laugh all you want but they are about to get 100,000 permanent new residents in the next 2-3 years because of all of the plant upgrades.
Lake Charles. Laugh all you want but they are about to get 100,000 permanent new residents in the next 2-3 years because of all of the plant upgrades.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:47 pm to theunknownknight
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Lloyd Christmas
You need to request a username change. You do that name a terrible disservice as you have no sense of humor on here.
He has to get in line behind Darth Vader.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:48 pm to urinetrouble
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Pro baseball would be nice, but LSU baseball is the next best thing.
Yeah, but the two aren't even remotely close to the same thing. Yes, LSU baseball is great. Me and my dad had season tickets for 12 years while I was growing up. But it isn't pro baseball.
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driving to the superdome from BR for a Saints game isn't that much longer than driving from The Woodlands to Reliant Stadium.
Depending on where you live in Baton Rouge the drive could be 70-75 miles. The Woodlands to Reliant is 40-45 miles. I would call that a lot longer.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:48 pm to urinetrouble
Don't be mad. I know it can't be easy being a misunderstood genius.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:49 pm to Uncs
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Lake Charles. Laugh all you want but they are about to get 100,000 permanent new residents in the next 2-3 years because of all of the plant upgrades.
Plant workers =/= corporate exxonmobil/anadarko employees
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:50 pm to urinetrouble
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Pro baseball would be nice, but LSU baseball is the next best thing.
I'd take LSU baseball over the Astros right now
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driving to the superdome from BR for a Saints game isn't that much longer than driving from The Woodlands to Reliant Stadium
Can't agree with your point here although I don't think it's a major criticism at all against BR. But, 80 miles to the Dome is double the drive from Woodlands to NRG.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:51 pm to MillerMan
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Plant workers =/= corporate exxonmobil/anadarko employees
Will take blue collar peeps any day of the week bra.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:57 pm to PurpleAndGold86
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and you are trying to say that there is just as much to do in Baton Rouge as there is in the Woodlands? Come on, you can't be serious with that.
BR has much more to offer than the woodlands does.
But I'm simply asking what he wanted to do in BR?
Go to pro baseball games? Pro football games? There's the saints an hour away. There's no pro team in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee...
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:58 pm to monsterballads
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no pro teams in...Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee
lolwut
And those other states suck too so I don't see your point.
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 5/7/14 at 1:59 pm to monsterballads
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BR has much more to offer than the woodlands does.
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There's no pro team in
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North Carolina,
Where do you think the Carolina Panthers are located?
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Tennessee...
Where do you think the Tennessee Titans are located?
And if you are saying the Saints are only an hour away, then you are basically saying that that isn't far to drive and should be included in "Baton Rouge things to do". If that's the case, you have to include Houston in "The Woodlands thing to do". The two aren't even in the same galaxy in terms of things to do. Have you ever even been to the Woodlands?
This post was edited on 5/7/14 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 5/7/14 at 2:00 pm to monsterballads
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Go to pro baseball games? Pro football games? There's the saints an hour away. There's no pro team in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee...
Dude... unless you are specifically referring to MLB. There are NBA and NFL teams in NC and TN.
Posted on 5/7/14 at 2:01 pm to PurpleAndGold86
Baton rouge has 300,000 people in its metro area. New Orleans has about one million in its and due to its status as a world class tourist destination, it bas entertainment options that far exceed other cities its size. Name a city in as close to proximity to a major entertainment hub as br is to nola that has better entertainment as a city its size (other than green bay) could never support pro teams other than minor leagues.
Baton Rouge's problems have nothing to do with a dearth of dining (bousolei, le creole, stroube's, the chimes, juban's, manseurs, ect). It has a little more to do with lack of good bars, but third street and the perkins overpass area are decent. More and better bars are certainly desired.
However, Baton Rouge's location between Lafayette and New Orleans makes it an awful music draw. Bands used to kick off their world tours at the pmac, but br city government and the lsu administration destroyed rock n roll in baton rouge through taxes on entertainment venues, dui enforcement, strict censorship of musical acts, and strict no alcohol policies. Once the cajun dome and uno lakefront arena were built, baton rouge fell off the map of the music scene.
What baton rouge lacks, and what it always will lack due to its leadership, is road infrastructure. Crime can be curtailed, the school system can be improved, but baton rouge will never be a great city without major and massive improvements to its transportation infrastructure.
Baton Rouge's problems have nothing to do with a dearth of dining (bousolei, le creole, stroube's, the chimes, juban's, manseurs, ect). It has a little more to do with lack of good bars, but third street and the perkins overpass area are decent. More and better bars are certainly desired.
However, Baton Rouge's location between Lafayette and New Orleans makes it an awful music draw. Bands used to kick off their world tours at the pmac, but br city government and the lsu administration destroyed rock n roll in baton rouge through taxes on entertainment venues, dui enforcement, strict censorship of musical acts, and strict no alcohol policies. Once the cajun dome and uno lakefront arena were built, baton rouge fell off the map of the music scene.
What baton rouge lacks, and what it always will lack due to its leadership, is road infrastructure. Crime can be curtailed, the school system can be improved, but baton rouge will never be a great city without major and massive improvements to its transportation infrastructure.
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