What do you LIKE about Baton Rouge ? (New Orleans, Ball: where to stay, to buy)

[BRMan]

Since the idea of Baton Rouge scares so many people, I thought it'd be nice to shed some positivity on this thread:

1. LSU football and the tailgating atmosphere on Game Day
2. Lack of bitterly cold winters (In my memory, 1989, 1995/6, and 2000 were the coldest winters I remember) means you don't need to buy a lot of winter clothing
3. Fairly good variety of restaurants here
4. People are not very pretentious here
5. Our economy is doing decently right now
6. The experience of a crawfish boil
7. Cost of living is manageable
8. You have a variety of people from the Deep South, Cajun Country, New Orleans, East Asia, India brought here by the universities, government, and the petrochemical industry
9. Good growing season for many fruits/vegetables
10. The Baton Rouge water

[darylwi]

I'll second that water supply quality. The city of Baton Rouge has the second best municiple water supply in the country (last time I heard, which was recently).
The rest were positives as well. I love the weather here, except from June-early September, although we do get sea breeze showers usually that can cool things off quick, but then make things steamy. The winters make me really appreciate south Louisiana though.

[roundabout]

Originally Posted by darylwi

I'll second that water supply quality. The city of Baton Rouge has the second best municiple water supply in the country (last time I heard, which was recently).
The rest were positives as well. I love the weather here, except from June-early September, although we do get sea breeze showers usually that can cool things off quick, but then make things steamy. The winters make me really appreciate south Louisiana though.

I heard someone say that about the water, but no one can tell me where they found that information. Louisiana water quality can be found here:

LOUISIANA: Water Quality Report

and here:

EWG Investigation | U.S. Tap Water Quality Database

[roundabout]

Originally Posted by roundabout

I heard someone say that about the water, but no one can tell me where they found that information. Louisiana water quality can be found here:

LOUISIANA: Water Quality Report

and here:

EWG Investigation | U.S. Tap Water Quality Database

Uh, EBR is even worse than the state:

EAST BATON ROUGE Parish: Clean Water Act Status Report

[darylwi]

Do you even know the difference between surface water and the drinking water supply, where it comes from (ground water)? Did you recently move here?
You don't have to drink it if you don't want to. That's more for me.

Saltwater could impact Baton Rouge water supply - AOL Video

Baton Rouge boasts second cleanest water in U.S. - News (broken link)

EWG Investigation | U.S. Tap Water Quality Database

[BRMan]

Originally Posted by darylwi

Do you even know the difference between surface water and the drinking water supply, where it comes from (ground water)? Did you recently move here?
You don't have to drink it if you don't want to. That's more for me.

Saltwater could impact Baton Rouge water supply - AOL Video

Baton Rouge boasts second cleanest water in U.S. - News (broken link)

EWG Investigation | U.S. Tap Water Quality Database

One thing, too, about the water is that it's soft. Meaning you need less soap when doing the laundry, and Cokes and tea taste better.

[Caa]

Originally Posted by BRMan

Since the idea of Baton Rouge scares so many people, I thought it'd be nice to shed some positivity on this thread:

1. LSU football and the tailgating atmosphere on Game Day
2. Lack of bitterly cold winters (In my memory, 1989, 1995/6, and 2000 were the coldest winters I remember) means you don't need to buy a lot of winter clothing
3. Fairly good variety of restaurants here
4. People are not very pretentious here
5. Our economy is doing decently right now
6. The experience of a crawfish boil
7. Cost of living is manageable
8. You have a variety of people from the Deep South, Cajun Country, New Orleans, East Asia, India brought here by the universities, government, and the petrochemical industry
9. Good growing season for many fruits/vegetables
10. The Baton Rouge water

I agree with all but one. We have a HUGE variety of restaurants here...LOL!

[roundabout]

Originally Posted by darylwi

Do you even know the difference between surface water and the drinking water supply, where it comes from (ground water)? Did you recently move here?
You don't have to drink it if you don't want to. That's more for me.

Saltwater could impact Baton Rouge water supply - AOL Video

Baton Rouge boasts second cleanest water in U.S. - News (broken link)

EWG Investigation | U.S. Tap Water Quality Database

I didn't mean to seem like I was bashing. Yes, I do know the difference. Drinking water includes both groundwater and surface water. Rainfall pours into surface water and some goes through the soil into aquifers underground. 2/3 of Louisiana gets their drinking water from groundwater, 1/3 gets it from surface water.

http://deq.state.la.us/portal/Portal...rfactsheet.pdf

The study you are citing was conducted by Men's Health magazine, but it's not independent or a government source. The third link you sent specifically states that the state of Louisiana failed to report their testing data and testing information on drinking water is not available.

I am not trying to be rude or cause a conflict and I am not trying to trash Baton Rouge, I just heard it from someone, no one could tell me where they could find the data from and I was just showing what I found.

Anyway, the food here is great. When I first came here someone had me try Boudin Balls at the Chimes; they were amazing. Getting a drive thru daiquiri is kinda nice too.

[darylwi]

No problem man. I'm just saying that the city of Baton Rouge historically has some of the best drinking water in the country in turns of where we get our water from, the Southern Hills Aquifer. Hell, in terms of everything I've ever heard. Or is somebody lying out there. We do not get it out of the river as some places have to. Sure some surface water ends up in the aquifer eventually but it's also a natural filtration process. The biggest threat to our aquifer is salt water intrusion.
You seemed to be making generalizations with your posts and links that Louisiana has bad ground water and estuaries. I will admit, there are plenty of advisories out there, but there are also plenty of places more than adequate enough to swim and fish without fear of disease or mercury contamination. If it was such a polluted place, why are there thousands of sportsmen taking to the waterways every day for fishing and recreation? (They know where to stay away from. )
Also, that third link I posted was just a drawdown of your original second link and I went a little further and queried into Louisiana, middle sized city, Baton Rouge, BR Water Co. and that's what came up. So I'm not sure where you were trying to head with that original posted link.

[rabbitfish]

1. Tree-lined streets
2. Great downtown architecture
3. Great local seasonal produce
4. Easy to meet people