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re: Would LSU be more appealing if Baton Rouge cleaned itself up?
Posted on 11/18/25 at 10:38 pm to King of New Orleans
Posted on 11/18/25 at 10:38 pm to King of New Orleans
Most SEC Schools are either college towns or have rough areas around them.
Either is just the university and the town around it to provide for that populations or it’s that plus a shitty southern city.
Either is just the university and the town around it to provide for that populations or it’s that plus a shitty southern city.
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Posted on 11/18/25 at 10:39 pm to King of New Orleans
Yes, it is a shite hole but so is a lot of LA.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:35 pm to Darth Aranda
Gainesville is a dump. They have better retirement situation though for all those millions these coaches make.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:39 am to King of New Orleans
There are really beautiful areas around BR and there are trashy run-down areas - just like most of the larger southern cities.
And there’s nothing special about Gainesville either - it too has nice areas and run down areas
And how often do millionaire coaches spend in the ghetto parts of their city on their personal time? How often do any of us?
People judge BR as if the entire city is Plank Road and Choctaw. It’s been 25 years since I’ve driven through those areas.
Yes BR can improve but so many people act like the entire BR metro area is Mogadishu.
And there’s nothing special about Gainesville either - it too has nice areas and run down areas
And how often do millionaire coaches spend in the ghetto parts of their city on their personal time? How often do any of us?
People judge BR as if the entire city is Plank Road and Choctaw. It’s been 25 years since I’ve driven through those areas.
Yes BR can improve but so many people act like the entire BR metro area is Mogadishu.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 12:40 am to King of New Orleans
The head coach of LSU will never have to deal with the undesirable parts of the City, that's just how it is
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:39 am to Mr Roboto
quote:There are a FEW AREAS of BR that are nice. The rest are shitholes. The shitholes are present because the people living there are trash and don't give a frick.
Baton Rouge is pretty nice if you have money and can live in your own bubble
Posted on 11/19/25 at 1:41 am to King of New Orleans
Pretty sure hes not living in north BR. Plenty of nice parts of town. Every city has shithole areas, especially in the south.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 3:45 am to H2O Tiger
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Find me a major city that doesn't have its problems. Not saying it doesn't have its problems, but so do places like Austin and Nashville that have been growing like crazy in recent years.
What a comparison
Posted on 11/19/25 at 4:27 am to King of New Orleans
Interesting. I said something about Baton Rouge and had a poster weigh in and explain all the great schools, the great communities, high dollar neighborhoods, etc... the virtual paradise that Baton Rouge apparently is.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:27 am to King of New Orleans
Plenty of places outside of baton rouge that are very nice. Pay me $15 million a year I'll drive 2 hours every morning to work
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:30 am to King of New Orleans
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:31 am to King of New Orleans
Yes, absolutely......and if it was safer.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:35 am to King of New Orleans
It is a shithole.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:39 am to King of New Orleans
Of course. Especially around campus
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:41 am to King of New Orleans
Yeah, not getting murdered would be an attractive option for moving to BR.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:42 am to King of New Orleans
If you’re a football coach, you don’t care about that shite
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:50 am to King of New Orleans
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Then if you take highland from downtown to campus, that’s a shitshow.
Why would you do that? Aside from game day when you go where the traffic flow is set up. And in th context of this thread, why would a prospective coach/family ever be driven through known less desirable parts of town (aside from airport drive which can’t be avoided)?
Posted on 11/19/25 at 6:54 am to King of New Orleans
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how much blame should be put on city officials?
You think that city officials have any reason or desire to clean up da clucha? Hell…that’s their base. It’s why we have St. George.
It baffles me that they didn’t have a helicopter for the Kiffins so they could fly over the distressed neighborhood that is everything between Ryan and campus at an altitude too high for them to really see anything en route.
I don’t know about his family, but the HC will basically live at the facility and be isolated from everything else, so there’s that.
Posted on 11/19/25 at 7:02 am to Mr Roboto
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Baton Rouge is pretty nice if you have money and can live in your own bubble
It has some nice neighborhoods but you still have to deal with all the negatives, and if you have kids those problems are just increased.
The cost of living with the high sales tax, insurance, state income tax and general don’t get shite for your tax money, makes it pretty untenable
Posted on 11/19/25 at 7:03 am to King of New Orleans
It’s beyond city officials. It’s a city and has all the problems of any city. I love it here, but it has its challenges. I don’t think it affects a coach’s decision though.
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