re: Clifton Garrett commits to LSU / discuss the city of Baton Rouge here also

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lulz. BR has LSU and is close to NO with good food but other that that it is a crime ridden craphole. I can't imagine having to live there unless you were a student.



You have obviously never been to the nice portion of Baton Rouge. Sure, it has its bad part, as does any city with a population over 100,000.

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I'm sure if you try hard enough you can find a nice part, especially out in the suburbs. Detroit has some nice areas too but you couldn't pay me enough to live there.

Still, in 2011 (an average year) there were 64 murders in BR. Compare that to College Station which had 1 and rarely has more than 2 or 3. Austin (which is much larger than BR) had 28. The overall crime rate in BR is almost twice the national average.

More than that though, there isn't 1 bad area of BR. It's more like there are just a couple of decent areas in BR. The folks I know from BR advise owning and carrying a gun and avoid many public areas such as malls, especially at night. That's not good.

Oh, and nice pickup.