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Old 03-02-2008, 02:04 PM
 
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
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What's the first word that comes to your mind when you think of the following places:

New Orleans
St. Bernard
Metairie
West Bank
Northshore
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
New Iberia
Houma
Lake Charles
Alexandria
Natchitoches
Shreveport
Bossier City
Ruston
Monroe
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Old 03-02-2008, 02:08 PM
 
Location: New Orleans, LA
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New Orleans : historic
St. Bernard: da Parish
Metarie: Lakeside
Westbank: ew
Northshore: Republican
Baton Rouge: LSU
LaFayette: cajun
Natchitoches: St. Denis
Shreveport: rusty

Never been to the other places.
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Old 03-02-2008, 02:19 PM
 
Location: Baton Rouge
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Default tried to go quick to make it fair.

[quote=Rmaf623;3007086]What's the first word that comes to your mind when you think of the following places:

New Orleans - French Quarter
St. Bernard - Chalmette
Metairie - causeway
West Bank - accents
Northshore - conservatives
Baton Rouge - capital
Lafayette - progressive
New Iberia n/a
Houma - bayous
Lake Charles n/a
Alexandria - Red River
Natchitoches - Christmas lights
Shreveport - casino district
Bossier City n/a
Ruston - La Tech
Monroe - Bayou Desiard
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Old 03-03-2008, 11:04 AM
 
Location: Da Parish
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Hubby & I did this together his answers are in blue and some of my answers are based on the first thing that came to mind instead of one word:

New Orleans -home French Quarter
St. Bernard - yat flood
Metairie - traffic traffic
West Bank - vet (found a really cheap vet in Westwego) killings
Northshore - trees money
Baton Rouge - Red Stick Louisiana
Lafayette food Cajun
New Iberia - drew a blank fishing
Houma - Bayou Black drew a blank
Lake Charles - Bridge with guns Tex-Mex food (only he knows how he thinks)
Alexandria - movie theater near Bunkie no where
Natchitoches - meat pies meat pies
Shreveport - different industry
Bossier City - Morgan (guy who lived there) drew a blank
Ruston - aligator meat drew a blank
Monroe - far north drew a blank
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Old 03-03-2008, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Just Outside New Orleans (Gretna)
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New Orleans - culture
St. Bernard - shrimp boots
Metairie - traffic
West Bank - diverse
Northshore - commute
Baton Rouge - purple & gold
Lafayette - oil town
New Iberia - cajuns
Houma - bayou
Lake Charles - petrochemical
Alexandria - ???
Natchitoches - ???
Shreveport - casino
Bossier City - same as Shreveport
Ruston - college town
Monroe - one sport town (high school football)
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Old 08-30-2008, 06:00 PM
 
Location: Way up north :-)
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Sorry, I only know NOLA and Lafayette, so:

New Orleans: music
Lafayette: art (we were there during an arts festival, wish we could've stayed longer)
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Old 09-03-2008, 08:29 PM
 
Location: Louisiana - someday Maine
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[quote=Rmaf623;3007086]What's the first word that comes to your mind when you think of the following places:

New Orleans - devastation
St. Bernard - dog
Metairie - suburb
West Bank - ??
Northshore - ??
Baton Rouge - LSU
Lafayette - Great
New Iberia -
Houma - long
Lake Charles - boring
Alexandria - bible
Natchitoches - beautiful
Shreveport - home
Bossier City - improved
Ruston - Tech
Monroe - backwoods
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Old 03-27-2009, 12:09 PM
 
Location: New Orleans, United States
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New Orleans -> Home
St. Bernard -> Refinery
Metairie -> Traffic
Westbank -> $1
Northshore -> Ugh
Baton Rouge -> LSU
Lafayette -> Cajun
New Iberia -> Blanco
Houma -> EJGH (located at Houma and Esplanade in Metairie)
Lake Charles -> Bridge
Alexandria -> I-49
Natchitoches -> NSULA
Shreveport -> Different
Bossier City -> Shreveport
Ruston -> Who?
Monroe -> Stinks!
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Old 03-27-2009, 01:24 PM
 
Location: Haynesville, La.-Pangburn, Ar.
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St. Bernard - dog

You beat me to the punch on that one.
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Old 03-27-2009, 07:44 PM
 
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New Orleans - Big Party
St. Bernard - Chalmatians
Metairie - Kenny's Key West
Westbank - Bestbank
Northshore - Mandeville
Baton Rouge - Geaux Tigers
Lafayette - Cajun
Alexandria - CenLa
Natchitoches - Meat Pies
Shreveport - Independence Bowl
Ruston - La. Tech
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