Claiborne Parish is dead.

[Rosinante]

Originally Posted by Innotech

its well worth visiting.
This is probably the best Lafayette has ever looked and been. The city has a much more modern feel to it, but still retains a lot of the charm of being in the center of cajun country.

How is this even possible?

I'd have to add that I'd take Lafayette's traffic to what we have to endure here in Baton Rouge any day.

As for the several comments on grocery stores in general and Wal-Mart Superstores in particular, my overall impression is that their inventories show how provincial their shoppers are. Beyond that, the buy-what's-cheapest mentality that pervades most has reduced choices to just a few brands. I've read that Wal-Mart will eventually offer as few national brands of common stock goods as possible, and replace them with their own "Best Value" generics to boost their margins.

Thanks to whomever it was who rated my earlier post in this thread positively. I'll add to that comment about living out in the country by citing a scene from an old movie staring Robert Redford entitled, "Jeremiah Johnson." In the scene, Redford is telling Will Geer of the hardships he has had to endure out in the mountain wilderness. Geer suggests that maybe he needs to move back to a town to which Redford replies profoundly, "I've been to a town."

Me, I'd love to see conditions similar to those the poster from South Dakota. From what I've seen of some of the areas described, driving 100 miles in Wyoming to get to a Wal-Mart seems just like the kind of serenity I'd love to have.

[Innotech]

Originally Posted by Rosinante

How is this even possible?

I'd have to add that I'd take Lafayette's traffic to what we have to endure here in Baton Rouge any day.

As for the several comments on grocery stores in general and Wal-Mart Superstores in particular, my overall impression is that their inventories show how provincial their shoppers are. Beyond that, the buy-what's-cheapest mentality that pervades most has reduced choices to just a few brands. I've read that Wal-Mart will eventually offer as few national brands of common stock goods as possible, and replace them with their own "Best Value" generics to boost their margins.

Thanks to whomever it was who rated my earlier post in this thread positively. I'll add to that comment about living out in the country by citing a scene from an old movie staring Robert Redford entitled, "Jeremiah Johnson." In the scene, Redford is telling Will Geer of the hardships he has had to endure out in the mountain wilderness. Geer suggests that maybe he needs to move back to a town to which Redford replies profoundly, "I've been to a town."

Me, I'd love to see conditions similar to those the poster from South Dakota. From what I've seen of some of the areas described, driving 100 miles in Wyoming to get to a Wal-Mart seems just like the kind of serenity I'd love to have.

its possible because for example, the river ranch is a ctting edge urban lifestyle development, yet retains the look and feel of a historic Louisiana town and the entire city still celebrates the traditional festivals and activities that it grew up with. Also Acadian Village and Vermillionville still live on inside its borders. The city has not forgotten where it came from but is taking great strides to become high tech and modern as well. Its a great balance.