Reviews & Comments
Baton Rouge, LA
Traffic, traffic , and more traffic -
8/30/2010I wholeheartedly agree with the writer about how bad it is now since so many New Orleans people came here and never left after Katrina. The city has tried upgrading the streets and highways but it's too little too late. Traffic was always a problem but now it's a nightmare, and this is 5 years after Katrina. I do my grocery shopping late at night at the allnight stores. Less traffic and shorter checkout lines.
I've got a new Honda motorcycle and the only time I get to ride is late and night when there's less traffic. This is not a motorcycle (or bike) -friendly place at all.
On the subject of population, almost overnight-literally-my neighborhood of mostly rental properties became flooded with non-english speaking latinos. Now I've nothing against them personally, but now there are only 4 people in the whole neighborhood who I can actually talk to. The rest I can only wave at and they just wave back. They are friendly, courteous, quiet, and generally keep to themselves. But, if I moved to a non-english speaking country, say France, I would make every effort to learn the language. I wouldn't expect them to accomodate me. But these people don't seem to even be trying. Their kids only speak spanish too so I have to wonder how they manage attending school here. Most drive late model cars and trucks so they are employed somewhere, maybe self-employed I don't know. But they are not poor by any means. I have no problem with them other than feeling like I've moved to Mexico and that I'm the foreigner, lol.
Baton Rouge, LA
Having lived here all my life and finally retired, -
8/30/2010I am ready to move elsewhere now that I have the freedom to do so. I have to laugh when people cry 'global warming' during the summers here. It's always been hot here, sometimes even during the winter. When I got my first bicycle Christmas of 1955 everyone was in shorts and T-shirts. That was the norm back then and about the same now. I remember only two very hard freeze winters in my lifetime where it got so cold parts of the LSU lakes iced over. The second time it happened it caused an explosion at the Exxon Refinery by the river. That was around 1990.
During my college days at LSU, students who came from all over the country couldn't believe how hot it was during the fall and winter months. Those who came from northern states seem to like it at first but got tired of it soon enough when it was too hot to show off their new sweaters, coats, and jackets they got from the mall. To be fair, there are times when we have nice fall weather and people bundle up to go to Tiger Stadium for some great LSU football. (Major event here. This IS a college town). Some years are nice, other years....not so nice.
So bottom line: It's hot and humid here. It's always been hot and humid here, and it's always going to be hot and humid here, with or without the news media blaiming everything on global warming.
I was thinking of moving to Tennessee. I read someone complaining how much they hated it because of 'hot and humid summers.' Looks like I might have to air higher up the US map, lol.