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Originally Posted by ehanvey
Thanks Legend.
I'll take country, country country over crime anytime. As long as Bastrop has a Wal-Mart, what else would you need?
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How about decent jobs, good schools, political leaders that are not corrupt and a town that is not controlled by the churches. You'll find none of that here in Bastrop. I know I live here.
My mom, God rest her soul, grew up here and I use to come here on vacations when I was about 13 or 14. It was just a simple country town with the paper mill as its main employer. Actually there were two mills at one time and most of my uncles worked at one or the other. The mills gave off a very putrid smell which drove many people away, but for many others it was the smell of money.
When Katrina hit and I lost my house in Lakeview I came up here because I did not have a lot of options in Southeast La. at the time. I was surprised how much it had changed.
The town has a serious crime problem mostly drugs yet the landscape is dotted with churches. Several of the pastors or ministers or whatever you want to call them serve on the city council or police jury so there is a conflict of interest as far as I'm concern. I'm not saying their all bad but if your going to have separation of church and state than clergy should not be allowed in politics. Anyway back to Bastrop.
There is nothing here for young people so if you have children please reconsider. There is one theater, no skating rinks, bowling alleys, decent parks or anything where young people can go and not get in trouble. The only thing they have to do is go to Bastrop Rams football games or just walk around and get in trouble.
As for jobs well there isn't many. That Walmart everyone is talking about opened about 3 years ago from what I understand it is suppose to be the the biggest in the state. Why they built it here I don't know. People were told " Oh we're going to get an Appleby's and a Chili's and a stripmall and all of these other stores", three years later people are still waiting for all of these stores to built. The only thing that has been built, that is new, is some discount clothing store called Rue' 21 and I believe there is one of those in Kenner on Williams Blvd.
If you are lucky to find a job opening don't tel anyone you're not from Bastrop. The natives don't take too kindly to outsiders especially people from New Orleans. The people here think its the worst place on earth. Also the majority of jobs are filled by someone who knows someone.
I know you're probably asking yourself "If it's that bad than how come you're still up there?". My wife likes it for some reason. I don't know why. Lke me she was born and raised in New Orleans so I don't understand her attraction. I think it has to do with control. But I made my mind up to move back after my son graduates. She can come with me or stay here. I don't care.
One last thing I don't know how true it is but I heard that Walmart is closing at the beginning of the year. All I can say about that is good. People up here think Bastrop is all that and it isn't anything. Find somewhere else to live you'll be much happier.
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