Late to this. While I have no problem with SU and wish them well, this last statement is ludicrous.

The LSU campus is surrounded by water...lakes to the east, river to the west. To the south are homes $500K+. Across the lakes the homes are in the million dollar range.

Outside of the north gates of LSU lies the Northgate Shopping area and tons of high-end condos and apartments.

To the north of that lies the historically black area you're referring to. And it's nearly gone, will certainly be gone in 10 years, if not five.

That area has the hottest properties for gentrification and redevelopment in the Baton Rouge area. Go look if you don't believe me.

While I have not kept up with the neighborhood around SU, I believe it's under gone only modest redevelopment by comparison.

The area surrounding the LSU campus will be one of the nicest and priciest in the country.

That said, good luck to Southern now, and in the future.

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Posted by crkelly91

Baton Rouge

Member since Apr 2014

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Posted on 9/21/15 at 5:53 pm to TigersOfGeauxld

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Late to this. While I have no problem with SU and wish them well, this last statement is ludicrous.

The LSU campus is surrounded by water...lakes to the east, river to the west. To the south are homes $500K+. Across the lakes the homes are in the million dollar range.

When is the last time you've been to Tigerland and Gardere?
Honestly you can say the same thing about North Baton Rouge, If you look at the Zachary & Central area. LSU is surrounded by just as much "hood" as Southern.