Defenseiskey

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Upon the night that news of the store and town being saved broke the two embraced and kissed at the square downtown as the first snow of the season began to fall?

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You forgot the part where she cheats on her big city finance bro fiance.

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Dude was running drugs during our time at LSU together, circa 06-08 when we first met.

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I've probably crossed paths with you a few times.

Haven't been since 2013. Back then it was pretty much all grad students or post grads.

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Requiring entry level employees to supply their own expensive, specialized equipment is certainly 

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But then they wouldn't be able to complain about it on TV, newspapers, or the internet instead of actually solving the problem.

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Lafayette High

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Were you there in the mid to late 2000's?

Jock/Honors class kid

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Been here my whole life and have never heard any of these.

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I guess you don't get out much. I used to work political campaigns in this state and would hear something along the lines with at least half the people I talked to. Louisiana's problems are self inflicted, we're not victims at all. If you're smart or ambitious and not well connected, the smartest thing you can do is leave this state.

Bradley is more than likely 50 lbs heavier, makes closer to $95k, works at a plant/industrialcomtractor/offshore,and lives in Prairieville or Broussard.

Much easier to resell a concrete box than a castle with a children's playground inside of it.

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The opposite, should have tripled down. Granted it’s not anything they could have done in the last 20-30 years but Laffy could have been what Houston was but LA govt sucks

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More like 50 years ago but I doubt it given its location. Houston has a huge port for petrochemical operations, is close enough to the rigs in the GOA, and it's a shorter drive to the Permian and the shale regions of Texas and Oklahoma. They can consolidate corporate, downstream, midstream, and upstream in one centralized location.

Tulsa, OKC, Fort Worth, Shreveport, Lafayette, and New Orleans all had potential but lost out to Houston to due its location and geography.

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I know this is a running joke, but the working Louisiannian deserves better. I knew alot of great people there, but the state is so badly managed that we left at the first opportunity.

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I stayed around for 10 years thinking things would improve or I could help out but I realized it was self inflicted. Talk to an average voter for 15 minutes and you will see why.

Chances are you'll hear things like
"He's one of us"
"I know his family and they good people"
"I used to hunt with his brother in law"
"His mom taught me in the second grade"

Not their economic plans or their management experience.