Review of Lake Charles, Louisiana


as a single white female
Star Rating - 1/28/2016
I've lived in this area for nine years. This is a very expensive place to live if you want to live by yourself. "The Plants" (all the refineries in the nearby area) with their outrageous rates of pay have made it a very expensive place to live. Most all the single people I know live with family members or roommates. Housing is very very segregated and if you are not the correct color you had better not be in certain neighborhoods (mostly right around Interstate 10 just to the north and directly south of it) after dark. It's sad to write this in this day and age but it is very much the truth.
Celest | Lake Charles, LA
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I'm well aware of the racial divide in LC as well. As a white man, the black neighborhoods are very scary to drive into. Black people will always be outside of their homes (which is really bizarre) and they will stare at you as drives by. It's a really creepy feeling. You get worried that they're going to shoot at you, just for being white. The blacks all act like they're suspicious and want to know who is driving down their boulevard. etc
Thomas | Moss Bluff, LA | Report Abuse

I've lived here for over 20 years and nothing ever happens here. Everyone is secretly jealous of each other and the city is very stagnant and dull. There is almost no growth or progress. Plus crime and murder rates are high and comparable to a big city like Chicago. I'm glad I got out of that miserable place (Lake Charles) when I had the chance.
Thomas | Moss Bluff, LA | Report Abuse
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