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Then it is possible he truly was just taking out the trash

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He was shot 11pm Wed and found thur morning. Trash pickup in that area is a full day later. However, he could have just been bringing a bag to the can when the car pulled up.

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Cities develop and rezone all the time to accommodate the changing nature of the area and/or new priorities/learned lessons Because something was originally zoned one thing back when Clinton was president, the city can't change course prior to development? Can't learn from the shitty city planning that everyone curses every rush hour or a missive city wide flood in 2016?


Then why did every other plot of land with the same designation as this one get a higher grade/zone?

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I'd need to see the zoning map, but I think they'd be arguing that the re-zoning was arbitrary and capricious or vindictive instead of the legitimacy of St. George - if the easier argument was there. My guess is that were zone differently based on the different characteristics of the properties.

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Because developers have the money and ear of state and especially local regulators. And any time something more stringent than the status quo is proposed they throw a fit and it gets killed.

You even see it at the federal level with some of these executive orders pushing for bypassing regulations in favor of more development.

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How do they get passed in nearly every other city?

Permeable paving should be a no brainer in Louisiana for any large concrete parking area. .

Exactly this. Well said. For the love of God, I hope St. George has better city planning and won't get pushed around like Baton Rouge. This is where change is made. Right now.

TREES
Cities like Charlotte require 40–50% canopy in new mixed-use district. New developments must plant enough trees to achieve canopy coverage at maturity, not just plant a few saplings. Tree Save Program requiring 10–15% of the site to be preserved as tree save area. Street trees required every 40 feet on both sides of the street.

Baton Rouge has no canopy target. No tree-save percentage requirement. Only requires 10% landscaped area, which can be grass, shrubs, or small trees — not canopy. Street tree spacing is recommended, not strongly enforced.

RAIN
Charlotte requires first 1-inch rainfall retention on-site. Mandatory bioretention, bioswales, tree trenches, and permeable paving in many districts. Watershed-based modeling required.

Baton Rouge requires detention but not retention. No requirement to treat the first inch of rainfall. Green infrastructure is optional, not required. No watershed-based modeling.

WTF does Charlotte have better rain requirements than Baton rouge? Baton rouge averages 62.8 inches of rain to Charlotte's 43.1 inches

SIDEWALKS

Charlotte requires: 8–12 ft sidewalks; 6–8 ft planting strips; Continuous street trees; and Pedestrian-scaled lighting.

Baton Rouge requires sidewalks only in certain districts. No minimum planting strip width. No continuous shade requirement. Streetscape cross-sections exist but are rarely enforced outside new subdivisions.


[Note: Largely provided by AI, but you can see the difference immediately whenever you travel.]

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And they’ll grow potatoes farmed in their own feces

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You know we grow food in cow feces everyday..... and we're not even in space.

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My days of changing flats on the side of an interstate with assholes doing 90+ just feet away while on their phones are over if I can at all help it. As far as cost..... one tow or unlock can almost offset it.

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This is why I pay for AAA too. Half the roads in Louisiana are bridges with almost no room to change a tire too. F that.

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architects and builders are just doing trendy shite

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I always wonder if this is just laziness because the recent floor plans are available to purchase or something.., Otherwise, I also can't understand why the default in the south isn't a southern style home.

Mostly posting this for anyone considering it in the future (as I can't check to see if passes for the 1st are sold out)
I've only seen one but I really enjoyed the experience. I went to"

Jetty Park Beach, Campground, and Fishing Pier, 100 Jetty Park Dr, Port Canaveral, FL 32920, United States, which the internet says is only 1 mile to the pad.


The park was great. Got out there early. Had some sandwiches and a few drinks. Talked to some people. As it get closer to the launch everyone begins walking to the beach or down the fishing pier. It gets pretty crowded so you may want to move onto the pier early and sit down/bring a chair.

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Ya, except that's not actually happening.

Makes for great headlines though for the gullible.

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Gullible? Everyone in this forum is pretty conservative and just wants research and prevention to ensure the aquifer doesn't collapse. Surely, you've read about historic disaster like the St. Francis Dam that we wouldn't want to repeat.

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Let’s talk about Reddit

It’s probably always leaned left

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Reddit has had a SIGNIFICANT Pro-China / Anti- USA bot farming opp for the last few years... and it seems to be working on the brain dead users on that site.

Every few days theres a ... "Look at this cool, new thing China is doing ... Meanwhile the US doesn't have healthcare" post. Obv failing to mention the giant issues in the country.

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You seriously are acting like these kids are promoting nazi ideoogy?

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SlowFlowPro


Ah, that makes sense

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As I was reading his response, I was struck by how dumb it was, but then I saw the name too...

I don't come here often so I was surprised SlowFlowPro still has the energy to post awful, poorly reasoned opinions after all these years. His consistency is actually impressive.