TOP 10 reasons why I left BATON ROGUE. (New Orleans, Baton Rouge: home, job market)

[Sam I Am]

I agree with MetroBTR and am not sure why we're debating DC versus Baton Rouge. OP, you didn't like it. Okay, we're all good with that. BR is never, and lord help us, hopefully will never be another DC. Different strokes. It didn't meet your life expectations; okay, we're good with that too. You're happy where you are. Congrats! But the pros of DC probably need to go to that forum. Debating the two is quite like the apples and oranges comparison.

[staywarm2]

Originally Posted by nubianbrotha

You may have your own reasons ,disagree or agree. Please fell free to speak.

#1. Night Life: There is not much for a single person to do after college...but get married or hang with other undergrads. In D.C. I currently enojy a health single life with my peers . Being 33 it helps to know your parting with grown up.

#2. Economy : The driving force behind B.R.'s economy is the university. this city needs to diversify its economy.( petro-chemical in the middle of the city doesnt count,it pollutes the enviroment.)
I will admit,there are some ambitious folks there who may bring some diversity to the economy.

#3. Public Transportaion : (having a bus sytem is one thing. But having buses that go where you need to is another) I have lived in D.C. for 5 years ,my 2003 Honda only has 30k miles on it..I walk or take public transit most places. Saves me time,gas,parking, and parking tickets.

#4. NO True Neighborhoods: Too many spread out,disconedted subdivisions don't exactly evoke a sense of community. (think open access, cultre,shopping,walking neighborhoods like, Georgetown, Adams Morgan,Captol Hill in D.C.,The Loop, Bucktown in Chicago, Harlem,Brooklyn in NYC.
New Urbanism.

#5. Tollerence :Respect for everyone ,everywhere just doesn't happen here. I'm black and gay.so I know this from 2 perspectives.

#6. No entertainmet scene: This city is missed by every tour every year. Opps I forget Sesame Street Live and Disney on Ice make regular stops here.. The Rivercenter is just too dated to lure major adult entertainment to this city.

#7. Lack of diversity:Baton Rouge views the the world only in black and white, there is not a huge pressence of any other ethnic groups, ( I hear many and see many different cultures daily in D.C.)

#8. Morale : NO ONE and I mean NO ONE, wants to be here when done with school. A University town that looses many of its high educated work force to Houston ,Dallas,Atlanta, and everywhere else.....hmmmmm?

#9. Distance :The Drive to Houston ,Dallas, and Atlanta is too much, when you could just live there.(D.C. day trips to mountains in the winter beaches in summer, 3 amusement parks, NYC is 4 hour drive,Philly 2 hour,B-more is down the street . Plus with 3 airports, and a huge trains station,there's always a seat avaible to anywhere.

#10. The Weather : It's too damn hot and muggy too long, (I currently enjoy a 4 distinct seaons in D.C.)

Enjoy D.C. but don't try to ever buy a home there. The cost is out of this world. Plus, don't forget the terrible crime in parts of D.C.

[nubianbrotha]

Originally Posted by MetroBTR

I'm not exactly sure why this person thinks a city with a metro population of around 700,000 is supposed to compete with a city with a metro population of 5.3 million. That's like comparing a 250lb. star quarterback to a 90lb. chess club geek, so of course Washington is going to end up looking like this big awesome place compared to Baton Rouge. Yes, the city is very dependent on Exxon and the universities, but there are a ton of other cities just like that, so why single out Baton Rouge. I remember when the advocate was running that closing the gap thing about a year ago and they said that things like the Pennington Center were beginning to have more and more of an affect on the city and the state. Simply stated, Baton Rouge is a typical small, southern town that is in the process of becoming a more important, diverse, and cool place to be.

This maybe true if you want to wait a few decades to see what happens.

[nubianbrotha]

Originally Posted by Sam I Am

I agree with MetroBTR and am not sure why we're debating DC versus Baton Rouge. OP, you didn't like it. Okay, we're all good with that. BR is never, and lord help us, hopefully will never be another DC. Different strokes. It didn't meet your life expectations; okay, we're good with that too. You're happy where you are. Congrats! But the pros of DC probably need to go to that forum. Debating the two is quite like the apples and oranges comparison.

I use DC as my point of reference, because its what i live ever day i also metioned servral smaller towns that could trump B.R. in quality of life. Hell i think Birmingham is better than living in B.R.
how you loike them apples...

[MetroBTR]

Originally Posted by nubianbrotha

This maybe true if you want to wait a few decades to see what happens.

Actually I'll be dead in a few decades. Thank God for small favors. I would hate living in a place like your beloved D.C.

[nubianbrotha]

Originally Posted by staywarm2

Enjoy D.C. but don't try to ever buy a home there. The cost is out of this world. Plus, don't forget the terrible crime in parts of D.C.

Crime is Crime and it's everywhere, but my chances of being robbed, rapped, murdered, are beat down are greater in BR.
D.C. has its share of crime ,however for Baton Rouge to deal with rate of crime it has doesn't make any sense.....

[nubianbrotha]

why did you leave?

[MetroBTR]

Originally Posted by nubianbrotha

I use DC as my point of reference, because its what i live ever day i also metioned servral smaller towns that could trump B.R. in quality of life. Hell i think Birmingham is better than living in B.R.
how you loike them apples...

Birmingham!!!??! Gag! I don't know what part of Birmingham you've experienced.

[nubianbrotha]

Originally Posted by MetroBTR

Birmingham!!!??! Gag! I don't know what part of Birmingham you've experienced.

METRO BIRMINGHAM beats B.R. anyday. look at the stats. then comment,
Quality of life,wages, heath care, social scene,workforce,transportaion, popuation......etc.etc.etc.
Do the research then comment.
Hell B-ham even has a better skyline....lol

[darylwi]

Originally Posted by nubianbrotha

I use DC as my point of reference, because its what i live ever day i also metioned servral smaller towns that could trump B.R. in quality of life. Hell i think Birmingham is better than living in B.R.
how you loike them apples...

Wow. I gave you the benefit of the doubt concerning your arguement because I like D.C. as well and yes BTR has its problems. I could even see myself living in or at least around D.C., but guess what, D.C. has its share of problems as well. It's the nature of the world we live in.
Having listened to you in recent posts, it appears now that you're just being egotistical. You made your point. I hope you weren't this ugly why you were in BTR because then I can understand why you may have felt like an outsider. People don't like whiners.
I honestly do hope you like D.C. better. I don't doubt it. But if you're not contributing to anything here, then leave BTR alone. Like you said, you've been out for the past five years. (or maybe you didn't say 5 years, i thought i read it somewhere, but what difference does it make anyway.) Why the bitterness now...