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supatigah
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let’s play your game
does everybody get to play corners outside the corner kick quadrant?
does everybody get to hold players down and commit a handball in the box?
does every GK get to two fist punch offensive players in the face on corners?
take your 3 pts and go back to your gooner thread
let’s play your game
does everybody get to play corners outside the corner kick quadrant?
does everybody get to hold players down and commit a handball in the box?
does every GK get to two fist punch offensive players in the face on corners?
take your 3 pts and go back to your gooner thread
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You didn't answer my question. Outside of magnet programs, no one I know in Lafayette or Baton Rouge extols the merits their public school systems. If you aren't willing to send you kid to either of them, their relative merits don't matter.
For non-G&T kids Southside HS has no equivalent in EBR
one of the original draws of settling in Youngsville was GT Lindon/YMS/Comeaux system - I know this personally
that system became GTL/Gallet/YMS/Southside and is a major draw
one of the big draws of milton area is the Milton Elem/MMS/Southside system
That is why there are so many starter home neighborhoods in the Youngsville/Milton area. Schools.
For the city kids, the brand new Lafayette high school has a very good reputation for non-G&T level kids just looking to go to public high school.
One would have to leave East Baton Rouge Parish to get the same effect.
We aren’t even going close to the charter school system in Lafayette versus the charter schools in Baton Rouge.
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Fair enough. You've got a couple of days of mediocre parades as opposed to one day of mediocre parades. Point in your favor quote:
OK, you completely glossed over my entire point. There is a lot more free and accessible things to do centered in the middle of Lafayette that Baton Rouge just can’t or won’t do because of its geography or historical set up. Mardi Gras is one of several things I listed. Moncus Park, Festival International, Downtown Alive etc are free and centrally located for everyone to access.
Moncus Park is 100 acre park squarely in the middle of the city. Baton Rouge doesnt have anything like that because there is no where to put it.
MG is kind of a big deal for the people and the economy. MG is such an insignificant part of BTR they don’t even celebrate it on Mardi Gras day. The biggest parade is on the Saturday before Mardi Gras. A lot of the city goes to New Orleans or Lafayette for Mardi Gras day with good reason.
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No, I really don't. There might be some very localized traffic at major off ramps where people would stop for gas or food, but again, easy to navigate around. Where did you live in work during your five years here that the interstate caused you so much consternation?
if you want to act like an interstate running directly through a city doesn’t affect every single north south thoroughfare that intersect with it than you are either lying to yourself or being disingenuous. I lived off of Lee/college Drive for two years and Acadian for two years. the traffic coming off of I 10 on both of those was a nightmare, seven days a week, 365 days out of the year and that was over 30 years ago. it hasnt gotten any better since
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This is always one of my favorites... I'll give you one guess as to which geographic feature people who live and work in Baton Rouge never have to cross on an average day... The New Bridge is a you problem, not a me problem. I'm a little curious how you lived here for five years and somehow don't know that. Then again, you currently live in Houston with your wife's family in BR, so that's likely substantially weighing on your analysis.
this view is amazing to me. Do you honestly think that having two bridges crossing the Mississippi river only affects those that have to go across the river? What happens to traffic in Baton Rouge when one of the bridges gets shut down or heavily congested? Do you think it only affects those that have to cross the bridge? Are you serious?
Do you realize that having only two bridges in Baton Rouge severely compacts all of the traffic on a major interstate into the main route that goes directly through the middle of Baton Rouge, going east or west? It’s not just about crossing the bridges dude. It’s about the way the traffic flows on a normal day, much less an abnormal day. Very high concentrations of Tractor trailers going through the middle of the city 24 hours a day.
Austin Texas has the same problem with I35. Except the problem in Austin is far far worse. Because Austin is twice the size of Baton Rouge. if Baton Rouge continues to keep growing without some sort of alternate strategy for traffic it’s going to become like Austin in the next 10 years.
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Which I get; it's also why people touting living in Lafayette "for the culture" makes no sense to me. My Magnalite pot traveled with me to Baton Rouge when I moved here. Doesn't seem to cook any differently on this side of the river. What about the city itself exudes this mythical "culture"?
I honestly don’t think Lafayette is any different than it has been in my lifetime. The only difference is how many people from outside of Lafayette have moved there in the last 20 years.
When I was young, the oil and gas industry collapsed, and a lot of of my friends moved to Houston when their dad‘s got transferred. Since that era of the 80s/90s, I don’t think Lafayette has really changed at all. I think it has just gotten bigger and more outsiders have come in. I don’t know what mythical culture you’re talking about. It seems pretty much the same to me.
Maybe it seems mythical to outsiders? I honestly dont know what people are talking about.
Baton Rouge with heavy industry andbeing the capital of the state, means a lot of people from outside of the area have moved there and stayed there. LSU and Southern have also played a big part in that. I find that for the most part people from Baton Rouge seem to be reflective of people that have relocated there, or more like a South Mississippi, Florida parishes sort of culture. Baton Rouge is definitely not Cajun.
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Guilty as charged. But as we sit here in 2026, any special sauce it had in the 70s isn't particularly relevant anymore. And that's not to say that Lafayette is awful or anything; it isn't. It's just not special or interesting in any appreciable way. And there's nothing wrong with that. Most places aren't special or interesting. My issue is that people still claim that Lafayette is special and interesting, yet every reason they cite to doesn't seem to hold water. It's a standard 120k popular small city with an average, if a bit boom/busy economy, a significantly above average food scene for its size, and a somewhat interesting cultural history, but no longer an interesting live culture.
for the record, I am not criticizing you or anything you have said here at all. You have your opinion of things and your life in Baton Rouge works for you. I don’t have any issue with that whatsoever. I think the premise of the thread is which is better in general for everyone. And I would argue that Lafayette is if you were planning on raising a family. If you’re not and are just a single dude looking for a good time I’m not sure Lafayette would be the place for you. Especially if you were not from there. Different strokes, different folks.
I am also not that old. When I mentioned a different viewpoint, what I meant was growing up in the 80s. At that time in Lafayette, driving age was 15 and the drinking age was 18. We had a lot of freedom and we had a lot of fun and we didn’t worry about a lot of things that are a constant worry in today’s world. For you and your family Baton Rouge is clearly the best choice. I get it. For me and my family we moved to Houston. That was the best choice. I still love Lafayette and I don’t want to live there anymore, but I understand the attraction of Lafayette versus other cities in Louisiana
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Liu's father escaped China after Tiananmen Square and they had to deal with a fricking Chinese spy that posed as a U.S. Olympic Committee official
yeah amazing story, my wife got really into it and read a lot about Liu’s personal comeback story and her dad’s defiance and spirit
very inspiring, I think its great on so many levels
re: There’s this half Chinese half American gal
Posted by supatigah on 3/3/26 at 12:23 pm to StrongOffer
yes I do
do you?
one half chinese and half American athlete was paid by china to compete for them
one half chinese and half american athlete was also offered money by china and declined, choosing to compete for America
why should we care that one athlete took the chinese money? she made her choice
shouldnt we celebrate the athlete that declined the chinese money and skated for America based on her principles?
do you?
one half chinese and half American athlete was paid by china to compete for them
one half chinese and half american athlete was also offered money by china and declined, choosing to compete for America
why should we care that one athlete took the chinese money? she made her choice
shouldnt we celebrate the athlete that declined the chinese money and skated for America based on her principles?
and yet Alyssa Liu has the same heritage and proudly competed for the US
how we celebrate her and ignore the other girl? :lol:
how we celebrate her and ignore the other girl? :lol:
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Lafayette is very cliquey. Very welcoming to visitors but less so to other locals that don’t fit in with their “way of life”. It’s kind like a never ending high school.
definitely
it has gotten way worse through the years as more Lafayette public school grads sent their kids to STM or AES and gained access to the old lafayette money cliques by marrying into them or doing business with them
The Fatima/Cathedral crowds were actually pretty small for decades, combine them and it grew at a fast rate.
TCHS is its own world of St Genevive mixed with Carencro people and add in some St Martin Parish ex-pats
then the surrounding towns with planned developments became their own cliques, Sugar mill pond etc
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Can you? You certainly couldn't when I was growing up. Which public schools in Lafayette are worth sending your kids to these days?
you must not bevpaying attention. if your kid is gifted or magnet eligible you have great choices in Lafayette or Baton Rouge. But if your kid is just a regular student, the high school Systems in Lafayette are better than Baton Rouge. Due to population numbers and demographics, the bad actors in BTR just outnumber the bad actors in Lafayette. Neither of the systems are very good however.
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Literally couldn't care less. I stopped attending parades in Lafayette years before I left, and I don't go to the ones we have in BR now. The day I decide I want to see an actual parade, I'm an hour closer to Nola than you are.
go back to your OP, you asked for things lafayette has that baton rouge doesnt. the request was not worded to cater to what you like or dont like
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Spoken like a tourist who has no idea what they're talking about. I very rarely need to get on the interstate. See: my previous posts regarding fewer one way in/one way out neighborhoods.
10/12 runs through the middle of the city. Even if you aren’t going to cross it, you are dealing with the traffic from it. Stop being disingenuous.
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Geography not your strong point?
not sure what your hangup is, Lafayette Parish has nine bridges that cross the Vermillion river. Seven of them are in the city limits. East Baton Rouge has unfortunately two bridges that cross the Mississippi river.
on your comments about food, no one I know goes to restaurants in Lafayette to eat Cajun food. What they do is go out to eat things that they don’t want to make at home, or go out to celebrate things.
We went to Don’s on Johnston Street for a post Christmas meal with some family, and the food was mediocre. We didn’t really go there to eat Cajun food, we went there to be with family.
On the flip side I think Feezo’s in Broussard is very good.
Tad’s in youngsville is ok, Tad’s in Katy TX is very mediocre.
The restaurants that are on the nicer side like ruffino’s or Charlie g’s or ruth’s chris etc have a purpose and fine dining really isnt it.
with Moncus Park and things like Downtown Alive, a much bigger Mardi Gras and Festival International the city does things for the people and specifically families that are in the middle of the city, free and accessible to everyone. Baton Rouge doesnt really have that primarily because the city is not setup for it
my bonafides are I am from southside of lafayette, lived there 36/54 years
I lived in BTR 5 years, my wife is from there, her family is still there
live in houston now, go back to laffy and BTR 10-15 times per year
I feel like you are a millenial with a different view of lafayette than my view because your view is of a lafayette post O&G industry 80s/90s collapse and brain drain. Your view of Baton Rouge is based on your friends you made at LSU and finding a life and career close to where you went to college. I completely understand that viewpoint.
that is a better lifestyle for you but not necessarily better for everyone else.
re: When did Lafayette pass Baton Rouge as the 2nd best city in LA?
Posted by supatigah on 3/3/26 at 10:53 am to Defenseiskey
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Im a Lafayette native that graduated from LSU. I know the handful of UL people who are like that but I can guarantee you nobody wants to move to BR for the quality of life, job market, or schools. Just about everyone from Lafayette that I knew at LSU either moved back home or moved to Houston. Baton Rouge is a terrible place outside of the LSU bubble.
exactly
I am an LSU alum from lafayette, living in houston and married to a woman from baton rouge
the Cajun fans shitting on lsu on talk radio are not indicative of typical Lafayette people
the Cajun fans shitting on LSU on TD.com are not representative of Lafayette either
I know of one person from lafayette that lives in BTR and he is a doctor that has worked in the state hospital system there since med school so he is pretty locked in. everyone else went to LSU and moved back to laffy or moved out of state
I love visiting BTR and I love leaving it, I lived there 4.5 years and would not live there again
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Quite the opposite. It's Laffy which has an inferiority complex and always has. Even during the oil boom days of the 70's they always complained about Lake Chuck and BR having good jobs.
that’s a weird take, in the 70s Lafayette had a lot of the O&G management jobs and BTR and LC had the plants/refineries jobs
Lafayette changed radically when all of the O&G management jobs got sent to Houston
Lafayette has played second fiddle to BTR because of the capitol being in BTR and Lafayette not having good statewide leadership. That is why LC and Shreveport have freeway bypass loops and Lafayette does not. Lafayette does have a decent history of good local leadership.
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I will never forget when USL went 0-10 so decided they were going to jump into the bigtime football.
that was in Div II in 1973, the entire Southland Conf moved up to Div I in 1975
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Then they tried to turn USL into UL, but Monroe forced them into ULL
that was in 1984, and it was the LSU lobby and other state schools that blocked it.
The compromise in 1995 was adding another UL named school and Northeast Louisiana agreed to do it. Monroe didnt force anything, there are nine schools that are part of the UL system.
The ULL and ULM names officially changed in 1997.
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Tell me what I can do in Lafayette than I can’t do in Baton Rouge twice over.
send your kid to a public school
go to more than one mardi gras parade
drive around the city without having to deal with an interstate
cross the river on multiple different bridges
work out at Red’s
looks good to me :dunno:
re: I thought Trump was an anti war president?
Posted by supatigah on 2/27/26 at 7:27 pm to LARancher1991
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What makes you think we are invading Iran? All we have are naval and air assets ready to go
he is stupid and doesnt really understand what he is saying :lol:
the US is not invading anything
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There are not many if any farms in texas...... So where does houston get the crawfish....lets see louisiana.....
negative
the golden triangle and east texas have a lot of crawfish farms
they have been growing rice here in texas since the 1850s
re: Crawfish popularity in Texas
Posted by supatigah on 2/25/26 at 10:50 pm to TexasTiger08
the O&G out migration from Louisiana to Houstonof the late 80s and 90s started it. Lafayette and Lake Charles were gutted in the early 90s by transfers.
used to be in the 80s and 90s The Ragin Cajun on Richmond was the OG cajun meeting spot in houston
katy and cypress are full of louisiana transplants due to the energy corridor on the westside, that drives demand
with Katrina that brought a lot of Louisiana Black people to Houston all at one time and they stayed. they love seafood in general, especially boiled crawfish and crabs
a lot of the golden triangle people from Beaumont and Port Arthur area moved to Houston for work and they love Crawfish too.
then crawfish and noodles restaurant in chinatown started the Viet Cajun style drowned in butter and garlic and seasoning on the outside and that took off with the Asian population
I find it very hard to find places in Houston that make Crawfish the right way. Mostly they boil everything in the same pots. They then season the outside to make it more spicy. You don’t really find places that boil the crawfish in mild seasoning water in the pot, medium seasoning water, or spicy seasoning water. Everywhere pretty muchboils the crawfish in mild seasoned water and adjust when they serve it to you.
The demand for Crawfish here has been incredible $13 a pound for smalls that are hard to peel is the norm. I think the market has come down to about $10-$11 a pound and they are medium size
when you drive between Houston and Lafayette, you see refrigeration trucks everywhere on I 10 carrying Crawfish to Houston restaurants
we went to crawfish boss in Youngsville Mardi Gras weekend and they were $10 a pound and pretty small. The Houston market puts a lot of pressure on the Crawfish farmers to sell their selects for the higher dollar amounts into the big city and you don’t have as much supply of selects for Louisiana.
The intense cold Snap stunted the Crawfish development cycle a couple of weeks as well.
used to be in the 80s and 90s The Ragin Cajun on Richmond was the OG cajun meeting spot in houston
katy and cypress are full of louisiana transplants due to the energy corridor on the westside, that drives demand
with Katrina that brought a lot of Louisiana Black people to Houston all at one time and they stayed. they love seafood in general, especially boiled crawfish and crabs
a lot of the golden triangle people from Beaumont and Port Arthur area moved to Houston for work and they love Crawfish too.
then crawfish and noodles restaurant in chinatown started the Viet Cajun style drowned in butter and garlic and seasoning on the outside and that took off with the Asian population
I find it very hard to find places in Houston that make Crawfish the right way. Mostly they boil everything in the same pots. They then season the outside to make it more spicy. You don’t really find places that boil the crawfish in mild seasoning water in the pot, medium seasoning water, or spicy seasoning water. Everywhere pretty muchboils the crawfish in mild seasoned water and adjust when they serve it to you.
The demand for Crawfish here has been incredible $13 a pound for smalls that are hard to peel is the norm. I think the market has come down to about $10-$11 a pound and they are medium size
when you drive between Houston and Lafayette, you see refrigeration trucks everywhere on I 10 carrying Crawfish to Houston restaurants
we went to crawfish boss in Youngsville Mardi Gras weekend and they were $10 a pound and pretty small. The Houston market puts a lot of pressure on the Crawfish farmers to sell their selects for the higher dollar amounts into the big city and you don’t have as much supply of selects for Louisiana.
The intense cold Snap stunted the Crawfish development cycle a couple of weeks as well.
I know a few guys from laffy taffy that ride Endymion. I rode as a sub in Endymion about 15 years ago. I considered joining but it was just too expensive at the time. About 5K as a sub back then all in
We chose to ride Bonaparte in Laffy Taffy because we could spend roughly the same amount and ride together as a couple. So Mrs Supa got to ride in the parade too. About 5K all in for both of us for bonaparte
We chose to ride Bonaparte in Laffy Taffy because we could spend roughly the same amount and ride together as a couple. So Mrs Supa got to ride in the parade too. About 5K all in for both of us for bonaparte
re: Tucker vs Huckabee debate has posted
Posted by supatigah on 2/21/26 at 12:48 pm to Bourbon Bebe
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Clay Higgins has an Israel flag hanging in his office. He has an "I stand with Israel" sign next to his office door. He is far from the only one. They don't even hide it.
the Congress men and women with the least amount of personal financial means when they go to DC are the most vulnerable and easily acquired by AIPAC
Clay Higgins is a perfect example. When he replaced Charles Boustany AIPAC put on a fullcourt press of Higgins because Boustany was a very public Pro-Palestine Republican. Higgins was a SLPS officer with a following as cajun john wayne, he was also pretty broke
re: Tucker vs Huckabee debate has posted
Posted by supatigah on 2/21/26 at 12:39 pm to wfallstiger
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Just passing thru....Revelation 21:15-17
Revelation 21:15-17
New International Version
15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia[a] in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17 The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits[b] thick.[c]
Revelation 21:16 That is, about 1,400 miles or about 2,200 kilometers
Revelation 21:17 That is, about 200 feet or about 65 meters
Revelation 21:17 Or high
re: Up the Blues 2025/26 Chelsea FC Season Long Thread - The Ageing Men Era Begins
Posted by supatigah on 2/21/26 at 11:41 am to bulletprooftiger
delap had a perfect late goal setup and he booted it into the stands
you can get jumped in or fricked in
your choice
your choice
re: Up the Blues 2025/26 Chelsea FC Season Long Thread - The Ageing Men Era Begins
Posted by supatigah on 2/21/26 at 11:03 am to bulletprooftiger
this sucks so bad
perfect opportunity to pick up 9 points in three league matches
instead end up with 5 points and a bitter taste of what should have been
perfect opportunity to pick up 9 points in three league matches
instead end up with 5 points and a bitter taste of what should have been
re: Pizza ain’t the only thing Hot n Ready at Little Caesar’s
Posted by supatigah on 2/19/26 at 6:06 pm to LegendInMyMind
jose got underneath him and went straight up the chest into the bottom of the jaw, not even the chin
I bet that brother shattered some teeth when his bottom teeth clacked his top row of teeth :lol:
I bet that brother shattered some teeth when his bottom teeth clacked his top row of teeth :lol:
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