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Thu Sep-08-05 09:27 PM
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Since when is a 300,000 pop. city (Baton Rouge) a "sleepy town" |
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I've heard pre-Katrina BR described that way twice today (CNN and CNBC). I have lived here since 1989, and, while I admit that I myself am sometimes sleepy, the city, especially in recent years, is hardly so: we have Air America Radio, a new gigantic Whole Foods Market, a downtown architectural Renaissance, a progessive Black mayor (first ever Black mayor), etc.
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Thu Sep-08-05 09:29 PM
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1. Compared to pre-Katrina New Orleans, |
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isn't just about any town "sleepy"?
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Thu Sep-08-05 09:38 PM
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4. true, i was going to mention that.... |
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but I couldn't bring myself to think of NO in the past tense
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Thu Sep-08-05 10:16 PM
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Regardless of the best intentions of those involved in rebuilding, NO is definitely going to be a different place.
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Thu Sep-08-05 09:30 PM
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2. Keep in mind where many network anchors are located |
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Atlanta, New York City, Washington DC - any city less than one million is a sleepy town in comparison.
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Thu Sep-08-05 09:37 PM
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3. We're not very sleepy anymore, are we? |
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What part of town you live in? I cannot drive frigging anywhere now and it drives me bonkers.
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Thu Sep-08-05 09:40 PM
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5. i live near the city park lakes, and have definitely... |
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narrowed the scope of my daily driving. lots of shopping at the cormer store. how about you?
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Thu Sep-08-05 09:42 PM
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6. Over by Airline and Old Jefferson. |
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Driving back and forth from work (school) is an exercise in stop-and-go insanity. By the way, I am shocked there's another Democrat in Baton Rouge.
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Thu Sep-08-05 09:56 PM
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7. there's a few of us here....actually, i'm well surrounded (protected)... |
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by dems in my neighborhood. by the way, did you see my letter in the Advocate yesterday, calling Bush and his cronies a "greedy gang"?
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Thu Sep-08-05 09:59 PM
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8. What do you call people from Baton Rouge? |
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Baton Rougers? Baton Rougeians?
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Thu Sep-08-05 10:05 PM
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9. funny, now that you ask, i can't come up with a definitive answer... |
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it's not "Rougers"....
"Rouge-ans" is said, with a kind of "g" sound as in "judge"
i probably say "people from Baton Rouge"--but then i'm not originally from here
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Thu Sep-08-05 10:11 PM
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I was just wondering. :hi:
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Thu Sep-08-05 10:13 PM
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Huh? Is that close to Moulin Rouge?
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