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Posted on 11/1/26 at 2:58 pm
Posted by Jcharles
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Posted on 11/1/26 at 2:58 pm

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I would describe Baton Rouge as a racially diverse city with deeply rooted, persistent patterns of residential and social separation.

Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
11899 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 2:59 pm to
Ask it to describe 70805
Posted by prplngldtigr
just up da bayou from down
Member since Dec 2004
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Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:01 pm to
That’s what makes those Saturdays in the fall so special. That separation subsides just long enough for some cultcharal enrichment.

Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
64254 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:02 pm to
If beige carpet was a city.
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
11899 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:03 pm to
I wish you’d leave Louisiana.
Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
64254 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:04 pm to
You can pretend I live somewhere else if you want. It’s not like our paths will ever cross.
Posted by Bard
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Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:19 pm to
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I would describe Baton Rouge as a racially diverse city with deeply rooted, persistent patterns of residential and social separation.


That separation is based on behavior. That behavior is based on the culture one chooses to be a part of. I live in a racially diverse neighborhood. You know what we don't have?

Break-ins.
Shootings.
Homicides.
Open-air drug deals.
Loud-arse music thumping from cars.

The "racially diverse" folks who live here (at least the ones I've spoken to) purposely indulged in that pattern of "residential and social separation" because that's not the culture they want to be a part of.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
71749 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:21 pm to
Biff ‘s Evil 1985 from B2TF 2, except the bikers are blaring Boosie.
Posted by Jcharles
Member since Sep 2026
199 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:23 pm to
How long have you lived here? In Baton Rouge?
This post was edited on 11/1/26 at 3:26 pm
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
11899 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:24 pm to
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It’s not like our paths will ever cross.


I drive past the homeless camps under the Riverbound expressway where you live.
Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
64254 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:26 pm to
I haven’t lived in BR in a dozen years. I’ve considered Louisiana (New Orleans) home my whole life.
Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
64254 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:27 pm to
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the Riverbound expressway
I have no idea how to translate this
Posted by wfallstiger
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jun 2006
16273 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:28 pm to
Another city that Care Forgot
Posted by Jcharles
Member since Sep 2026
199 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:31 pm to
I’ve been here for 50 years. I’m 60. Went to La Belle Aire Elementary, Sherwood Junior High, Belaire High, LSU, and Southern. Worked at Mcdonalds, Piccadilly, Postlethwaite and Netterville. 1976-present. Played BREC football and been cycling LSU lakes for 40 years.

Tell me what you know about Baton Rouge?
This post was edited on 11/1/26 at 3:34 pm
Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
64254 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:32 pm to
quote:

That separation is based on behavior. That behavior is based on the culture one chooses to be a part of. I live in a racially diverse neighborhood. You know what we don't have?


The separation predates that behavior though. It used to be called segregation though.
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
11899 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:33 pm to
She’s basically Ignatius Reilly.
Posted by Jcharles
Member since Sep 2026
199 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:35 pm to
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She’s basically Ignatius Reilly.

Fun fact: John Kennedy Toole mom wrote the book.
Posted by OchoDedos
Republic of Texas
Member since Oct 2014
40656 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:41 pm to
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deeply rooted, persistent patterns of residential and social separation.

Is that why John Parker was the most hated man alive in Baton Rouge. John Parker and the EBR Council are the very reason why The City of Central exists. Busing Minority Students from Glen Oaks, Scotlandville, and Baker into Central really went a long way in solving residential and social separation. Social Welfare at it's absolute worst, and it bit EBR Parish in the arse. God bless the Comite River
This post was edited on 11/1/26 at 3:42 pm
Posted by Jcharles
Member since Sep 2026
199 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:43 pm to
Belaire was 65/35 in my day. What is it now and why?
Posted by Riverside
Member since Jul 2022
11899 posts
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:44 pm to
The communists destroyed the public schools throughout Louisiana with forced busing while their own children got to attend private schools.
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