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Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:22 am to 14&Counting
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Didn’t Baton Rouge get a big influx of NOLA people after Katrina?
it did, but the population rate was already rising when it happened. Also, it never dropped (ie: enough people stayed after others moved back to New Orleans and/or enough others moved here in the following years to more than replace those who moved back, so much so that there hasn't been a drop in the annual population amount since at least 2000).
Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:32 am to SuperSaint
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without looking it up I’d bet the house that government is the biggest employer in the state
That's not a big stretch because it's the situation in every state. There's not a state in the union where a single company employs more people than the state does.
I haven't looked at other states yet, but for Louisiana the largest single group of state employees is Higher Ed (to the tune of ~30k employees, followed by LDH with ~9,300, DPS/C with ~4,300 and DOTD with ~4,100).
Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:37 am to jizzle6609
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Highest per capita hot chicks
C'mon guy.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:43 am to VooDude
Based solely on the definition of socialism, your statement is incorrect. The state leans heavily red. Corporations love red because they will get huge tax cuts and make tons of money while the state suffers.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:48 am to VooDude
The Long Machine was extensive.
There was a time when a person could drive around the state and see campaign signs nailed on willow trees for Russell, Gillis, and Speedy Long.
There was a time when a person could drive around the state and see campaign signs nailed on willow trees for Russell, Gillis, and Speedy Long.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:50 am to VooDude
Even the nicer areas of Louisiana -- go through Lafayette, the Northshore and some random suburbs -- during a work commute and lunch hour. You will see shiteloads of people wandering around in pajama bottoms and crocs.
Headed to Walmart, going home from Walmart. Talking shite to a baby daddy. Going to set some heaux straight in a McDonalds parking lot....all during the week every day.
There are a lot of unskilled people in LA with no college degree and absolutely zero desire to do retail, custodial or manual labor.
Headed to Walmart, going home from Walmart. Talking shite to a baby daddy. Going to set some heaux straight in a McDonalds parking lot....all during the week every day.
There are a lot of unskilled people in LA with no college degree and absolutely zero desire to do retail, custodial or manual labor.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:50 am to udtiger
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Been that way since Long. He convinced the voters they could get shite with other people's money.
Was this before or after Huey Long set up the "Win or Lose Corporation" that has sucked billions in oil and gas revenue from the state owned lands that the "Win or Lose Corporation" has mineral leases on?
To this day the Long family still benefits from those "illegal" leases.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:53 am to Bard
I googled the biggest employer in Lousiaana (which I'm sure excluded the government/LCTCS and university system), and it said Wal-Mart! Idk why I was expecting a non-retail answer.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 10:05 am to VooDude
Louisiana is a combination of fiscally liberal and socially conservative. An absolute cluster of a combination.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 10:22 am to Bard
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Didn’t Baton Rouge get a big influx of NOLA people after Katrina?
it did, but the population rate was already rising when it happened. Also, it never dropped (ie: enough people stayed after others moved back to New Orleans and/or enough others moved here in the following years to more than replace those who moved back, so much so that there hasn't been a drop in the annual population amount since at least 2000).
The City of BR has shown little population growth over the last 30+ years.
From Wikipedia:
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1990 219,531 -0.4% 2000 227,818 3.8%
2010 229,493 0.7%
2020 227,470 -0.9%
2025 (est.) 222,795 [65] Decrease -2.1%
Now the overall parish shows a little more growth, but the huge population increase post Katrina wasn’t permanent.
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1990 380,105 3.8% 2000 412,852 8.6%
2010 440,171 6.6%
2020 456,781 3.8%
2025 (est.) 456,180
The rate of growth in EBR shows a steady decline since 1990. Now it appears to be stagnant.
This post was edited on 10/20/26 at 10:24 am
Posted on 10/20/26 at 10:37 am to Penrod
Yep!
Posted on 10/20/26 at 10:40 am to doubleb
quote:This is really surprising when we consider the dramatic increase of TRAFFIC.
The City of BR has shown little population growth over the last 30+ years.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 10:44 am to VooDude
Welfare by government employment
Posted on 10/20/26 at 10:46 am to 4cubbies
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This is really surprising when we consider the dramatic increase of TRAFFIC.
Non EBR citizens work in EBR, and you have an antiquated interstate bringing in travelers, and throw in the lack of a good grid system on the south side of the parish and it spells MESS.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 10:57 am to lake chuck fan
Cities with greater than 30% black populations are destined to fail. They do not benefit society when grouped together like that, they become complete dead weight. Baton Rouge has greater than 50%. Aside from the drain they put on public services, they don't contribute to the local workforce, and cause crime and general unhappiness. People that do contribute to society pay roughly $20,000 a year just to avoid sending their kids to school with them. For wealthy people, this isn't a big problem, but for non wealthy families, it is devastating and they are typically forced to move to the surrounding parishes, and bring their tax dollars with them. Real discussions about race need to start happening, or all the white people will just leave town, and it will become worse and worse. I'm not sure what the future looks like for places like baton rouge, but they likely need a miracle to survive.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 10:58 am to VooDude
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Inside, it’s full of unions and billion-dollar chemical plants living on permanent tax exemptions while our roads look like a war zone.
full of unions? wtf are you talking about
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billion-dollar chemical plants living on permanent tax exemptions while our roads look like a war zone
again wtf are you talking about
there is no permanent exemptions
1) you either give the initial and put off immediate satisfaction or you get nothing. real simple. if you dont think that is smart to give these exemptions then you are clueless because you have never been around these types of things or you have an iq under 100 and I can not help you.
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The state literally rigs the market for Big Oil, pays for their infrastructure, and calls it 'free enterprise' while the working man gets the bill.
1) the state doesnt pay for shite when it comes to these projects, the state makes lots of money on these and this is the first time in our lifetime we have had substantial investment like this
2) the working man doesnt get any bill. how fricking stupid are you.
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roads look like a war zone
im not going to argue this but much of this is has nothing to do with the projects you are talking about
the rest of your post is just low iq bullshite typical of your kind
its ok if you do not understand the economics but you are the typical....citizen against fricking everything and think we can attract business with zero incentives and they should just come because of the location. that type of thought is why we are at the bottom of most metrics for decades, its why big oil moved to houston.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 11:00 am to doubleb
I am not saying La is near the best, but I don't think most of the people that comment here have ever been to any places other than the tourist areas of other states.
We are no more corrupt than many other states. Has anyone really looked at California misplacing several billion $$. What about New York, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota the cities in these States are shite holes and the rest of the State is held hostage by their occupants and politicians.
I am not saying we don't have issues, but do you ever go to these different places and ask, "what do these people do for a living?"
You get into rural areas of the SEC where agriculture is the main driver, and you will see a large portion of those people are living off the Government. I've been to rural Illinois and Wisconsin, family liver about an hour from WI and an hour from Chicago. They pay an exorbitant amount of taxes to go to generations of people who have never worked in Chicago. Same around Milwaukee, it isn't Happy Days in those areas.
Went to Conn this summer very nice area, but extremely expensive and the people we met were mostly tradesman, firemen, etc. They were all complaining about how they can't afford the nicer areas and how what used to be nice is really run down. They are basically paying taxes to support people from New York. Several stories about corruption in the local areas.
We are no more corrupt than many other states. Has anyone really looked at California misplacing several billion $$. What about New York, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota the cities in these States are shite holes and the rest of the State is held hostage by their occupants and politicians.
I am not saying we don't have issues, but do you ever go to these different places and ask, "what do these people do for a living?"
You get into rural areas of the SEC where agriculture is the main driver, and you will see a large portion of those people are living off the Government. I've been to rural Illinois and Wisconsin, family liver about an hour from WI and an hour from Chicago. They pay an exorbitant amount of taxes to go to generations of people who have never worked in Chicago. Same around Milwaukee, it isn't Happy Days in those areas.
Went to Conn this summer very nice area, but extremely expensive and the people we met were mostly tradesman, firemen, etc. They were all complaining about how they can't afford the nicer areas and how what used to be nice is really run down. They are basically paying taxes to support people from New York. Several stories about corruption in the local areas.
This post was edited on 10/20/26 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 10/20/26 at 11:02 am to VooDude
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Inside, it’s full of unions and billion-dollar chemical plants living on permanent tax exemptions while our roads look like a war zone. The state literally rigs the market for Big Oil, pays for their infrastructure, and calls it 'free enterprise' while the working man gets the bill.
Is giving O&G tax exemptions socialism?
Posted on 10/20/26 at 11:02 am to doubleb
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doubleb
You're looking at the city population, I'm looking at the metro area (which includes the surrounding parishes). This is an important difference because the population began moving out of the city in the 1980s and picked up after Katrina.
Prairieville, Denham Springs, the Addis/Intracoastal corridor, etc. have all had tremendous growth since 2000 and a lot of it still comes in/through Baton Rouge enough to give us near constant traffic problems.
So while so many people moved out of Baton Rouge, enough were moving into Baton Rouge and the surrounding areas to keep Baton Rouge's population approximately the same while the metro area's population has continued to steadily grow.
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