BATON ROUGE - America's 8th Most Dangerous City - What I Saw In Louisiana's Capital
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We visit Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I explore the beautiful downtown and later we visit the state capitol building. A drive to the famous Mike the Tiger habitat on the LSU campus is an eye opener.
We stayed at the Drury Inn.
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It's funny how you mentioned the sudden change from a low income neighborhood to a higher income neighborhood... because it's literally that way over the entirety of Baton Rouge. It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen.
New Orleans is the exact same thing. You have million dollar garden district houses right next to slums.
yes! the most expensive house in BR ($14mil and 25k sqft) is almost directly across from trailers. it’s so crazy to see.
NOLA is like that also, big time.
Most of the ppl are at mall of La. Or a few smaller malls.
That's most of Louisiana. Same here in Alexandria.
If you would have went south of LSU and around the lakes, you would have seen million dollar houses.
The most popular and famous is Highland rd.
If he went by the lakes there is a lot more than homes to see. Some very fit people doing mourning routines 😁
Would have gone
True
Literally
I’m a firm believer as a resident of BR that it is definitely one of the most depressing cities in America. It’s like a small company town where everyone feels trapped under the local infrastructure but with 300,000 people in it.
Same here in sulphur just with only 20k residenta the whole city is becoming a big refinery
I lived there in the 1980's and someone summed it up well: It's a small town with a lot of people..
Dude I was thinking that when he kept saying "it's so nice". It's just sad. It feels like it's draining any ounce of life or happiness out of me.
I've lived in Baton Rouge and the surrounding areas here all my life. Yes the crime has increased but so has the population that started back when Katrina hit us. It's been one storm after another that brings more people to our Beautiful city. We have a very beautiful city rich is southern hospitality and creole cooking you can't find anywhere else on this earth!! We let the good times roll...... but as you have us on your list there are areas of the city that have more crime than others. I live life for Jesus so I don't fear, but use wisdom, at the same time choosing to look at the beautiful state I've grown up in. It's home and always will be. Ty for coming to our state.
I grew up in Baton Rouge and it really can be a very beautiful city, but like others have said, it's also quite dangerous. I wish that the government would put more money into more important things, like the public schools and such.
Thank you for visiting my home. ❤️
Many of these neighborhoods look worse than usual due to Hurricane Ida last year and the huge 2016 flood. Many people have not been able to get funding to rebuild and the local government management is seriously lacking.
Don't lie to yourself. It's always looked like this
I can tell you work for the mayors office. It’s ALWAYS been a 💩hole!
I live in California, and you don't hear much of what happens to these towns on the news, only a short time after these events occur. I think if more people were able to see either progress, or the lack of it, it would be easier to comprehend the kind of reality that people in these areas have to deal with on a daily basis. It will take a lot of compassion and understanding to help those most in need.
@@andrew9868 how long have you lived in Baton Rouge?
Are there any good dominatrices in Baton Rouge? Asking for a friend.
Interesting fact for ya: Huey P. Long was the governor of Louisiana, he was gunned down in the new state capitol. You can feel the bullet holes in the walls where the bullets ricocheted. Just thinking about how one of those bullets carried the fatal shot to end his life is a super creepy feeling to have. But thank you for coming to my city, I hope the food was good wherever you went to eat.
how about the pencil that's stuck in the ceiling of the senate chamber from the force of a dynamite explosion. The bomb was an apparent retaliation for the shootings of three African Americans by the police.
Well the fatal bullet was lodged inside of him, other than that, yeah you can see the holes, and he died like 2 days after he got shot from an infection.
I was just about to tell them that they forgot to mention that
Also his blood is in the grooves of the embossment on the floor. Very traumatizing information to a group of 9 year olds on a field trip...but dont think they don't tell you.
The guy that killed him, my buddy owns his old house. It was moved from downtown to central louisiana
When the weather warms up, the city hosts "Live at Five" outdoor concerts on Fridays. They are held in that area with speakers.
I remember visiting BR on a New Orleans trip and man.. the downtown was so quiet, even on a weekend but I still enjoyed it, pretty peaceful. But crazy how split this city was in terms of one side looking clean/safe and the other side looking extremely sketchy.
Baton Rouge City Police Officer here;
Most of the crime doesn't occur too much downtown and near campus. On-campus is mostly vehicle burglaries and the like. Go just about anywhere north of Government Street and downtown and it's mostly ghettos out there, the homeless and emotionally disturbed abound. I work around and near campus (they have their own police so I never go out to campus), and it is mind-blowing to see millions of dollars sunk into the university, then have ghettos within a mile on the same stretch of highway (Highland Road, specifically). Thomas H Delpit Drive is infamous for shootings and other serious crimes, where you drove through around the mid point of the video.
On the weather, you lucked out coming early January. Come anywhere near the summer time and the heat and humidity are almost unbearable. Tigerland is also the hotspot area for crime and the mentally disturbed. We got some really good food around here though. Our community is so desensitized to the violence that most crimes don't make the news, shootings, and murders are so rampant. There are worse cities but man I wouldn't make this my first choice ahaha.
Thank you for the great comment!
Everybody getting killed
most gun free zones are dangerous. The thugs know where to go, where the sissies won't fight back
When I was a student at LSU (started Aug '87, graduated '91), Tigerland was the place to be! We would go out to the bars there. It was "The Tiger" (which later became The Stadium Club) across the street from Sports and Fred's.
The apartments around there were nice and full of LSU students. (I lived in a dorm on campus though.) I had friends who lived in the apartments. We would just walk from the bars to their apartment and back and forth all night. I never felt any type of danger.
I moved out of BR in 2013. I went back for a visit in 2018. I got an airbnb in Tigerland.... but, when we arrived, I realized that area had really gone down-hill. The condo/townhouse that we were in - we felt a little bit scared to even stay there. I think there are so many newer, nicer apartments that have been built... I think it just killed the Tigerland area.
BR is a very beautiful but very violent city. The crime tends to not be downtown, unless your downtown at night.
I've lived in Baton Rouge for a few years and like to go exploring when I can. Your video offers a decent overview of the city, and I picked up a few tidbits that I didn't know. Nicely done. If you make it back to the area, I recommend checking out Mid City. That's another distinct texture of Baton Rouge, and they've done a lot of renovations there to make it a fun area to explore.
15:03 That's where Live After 5 Takes Place! They have live music, food and drinks! Its soo much fun when it's live!! Great video and tour. I love seeing your perspective of my home town!
I live on the edge of LSU’s campus and the change from nice housing to super rough areas is literally just a walk across the street
I saw that. I went to the LSU campus, turned right and literally the next street it was bad. I was shocked, to be honest.
tbh, dats pretty much any major college/university. there is a hood area right next to it
@@Job0121 I know. The way I do videos has changed and evolved over time. I wasn’t doing those things yet when I made this video.
USC is not that much different.
It must feel weird living in a nice, clean and luxurious house when just across the street or a block away is slum housing.
Love the video tthanks for sharing 💛
Thank you, Tasos!!!!
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip 😁👍
Years ago, my little brother walked up all the steps inside the state capital. He started at the lowest basement then all the way to the top. He was the first person to do that . He was front page in the peoples section of the news paper with 3 huge colored pictures. He was recognized for months afterwards.
Wow this is amazing!
When you noted that the Capitol reminded you of the UT tower, it reminded me that it was actually used as a stand in for the UT tower in a movie called The Deadly Tower about the sniper Charles Whitman. I was working nearby and watched them film some of it.
I am really enjoying your content. It makes me better understand the rural areas.
We are living through an enormous change of all things it seems
I'm actually from Baton Rouge! I wish I could have shown you around. I love going for bike rides down the levy and downtown.
The Capital Building is so beautiful on the inside. Those doors are so heavy. My sister in law and I took my daughter there on her birthday. She loved it!
I once passed Richard Pryor on the street in downtown BR, just outside of the Chase Bank building where I worked at the time. He was in town filiming "The Toy."
I been following yous since you started your journey. I have a drink everytime yall do. love the channel.
That's a great idea!!
Yeah, that's baton rouge,💓got love for baton rouge❗❗
I really liked it as well, much more than I thought I would.
Baton Rouge is a nice city.
Thank you for sharing this video.
Hey Guys, As a Louisianan who moved home, after exploring and living across this great country, I would have loved to show you the heartbeat 💓 of Baton Rouge.
If you guys head through South Louisiana again, touch base with me and I will show you the nicer side of Down Town Baton Rouge.❤️🔥
I miss living in BR too.
This is my town and where I graduated from! Just subscribed. Really enjoy your work. Last time I followed you in backwoods Oklahoma. Never stop exploring brother!
Thank you! I'm glad you're here. :)
I thoroughly I enjoyed your video of my hometown
14:45
You could literally just do a tour of the libraries. Our libraries are beautiful- all of them.
I was curious about the libraries in other places like Hammond, New Orleans, etc. and it surprised me that their libraries aren't as nice. I thought that was normal.
Keep up the excellent work.
Thanks, Jonathon.
It's a pity you couldn't go to the observation deck. Beautiful view of the city and the river.
That building at 16:01 is the Lafayette building. One of the oldest buildings in Baton Rouge. I worked for the company that did the HVAC install on the remodel about 10 years ago. Spent a couple weeks working in that building.
I was raised in the bottom, old south baton rouge. The lakes you drove by are where I learned to fish. Thank you for posting this.
Downtown is definitely not the busy part of town on a weekday. The main arteries besides the interstates are Airline highway and Florida Blvd., So you would have found plenty of traffic there. The downtown area is busier evenings and weekends. Baton rouge is really spread out like Houston, so if you've only seen downtown you haven't seen much.
Ngl downtown BR is more exciting than downtown houston - a native Houstonian
Yeah I was confused why he went there lol idk
I live in DFW now but you should have gone to both LSU and Southern University's campuses. Beautiful
When you were talking about the Red Stick there was that brick pyramid type structure with a fountain on it there's actually a tiny stick on top of that for baton rouge
perfect job thank you.
Yea, trying to visit Mike during midday is just going to see a sleeping big cat. He's always more active around dusk or twilight. Caught him swimming a few times that way. Even pushed his nose up against the glass, last Mike that is. Haven't really been around LSU in a few years
He was out cold when I saw him. But at least I did see him. :)
Think you got yourself a sore throat in this video . Hard work and you pushed through ! A man after my own heart . .. Bravo .
I did, lol. Thank you for that, Chris.
As a Louisiana native. I’m ready to leave the state. It’s a bitter sweet relationship but mostly bitter.
Why are you leaving
@@leob4403
2017 - was followed home from LSU/highland to my apartment in garden district, was mugged and assaulted by my front door
2022 - was threatened by Kevin wood and his gf, in September my car was stolen (st George area) , my family was friends with Allison Rae’s who was murdered.
2023 - still in therapy from SA that occurred in 2007.
Yeah I’m out asap
this is such a beautiful city i would love to visit someday
I wish someone had told you to be sure and drive Highland Road all the way to Airline, it's one of the most beautiful drives in this city. You saw only a small slice of BR in the downtown area.
“Jason Kidd” lol, great vid 🙇🏽
Great documentaries, guys. I'm reminded of Hornell, NY where my dad grew up. Once a thriving railroad town (Grandpa once said "We had THREE breweries here!"), I watched it dying during the 1960-70's as a boy visiting grandparents. At one point, it just looked gutted to me, except for the old money properties.
Same here in Eden, NC, where one small sector of old wealth, Leaksville, gets most of the tax dollars and the other parts of town have to fend for themselves. This was a batteau trade hub before the railroads, with busy fabric mills and tobacco farms generating huge wealth. Fieldcrest Mills once called this town home. I've watched several historical locations collapse in on themselves the 24 years we've lived here, including an 18c brick schoolhouse that members of Patrick Henry's family taught at on the street behind us. Neglect.
I love all the kind things he said about my close City
All motels have regional directives. The hot tub thing may be on hold due to supply chain issue trying to get parts. I work maintenance at a motel an we are still having a hard time getting some parts.. an ya didn't even see 1/16th of Baton Rouge..
This sent chills down my spine. I haven't seen this city in 9 years now. That's how long it's been since I moved away from the area.
I have a love hate relationship with the red stick. I'll never live there again, in fact I will never return to the south- ever. But I do miss it sometimes.
Edit: The crime in BR is not generally in the downtown area... during the day. Trust me though, it IS a violent city. I dealt with that a lot living there. Just depends on where you go.
Lol. You will see this crime in any major city in the US. Not sure what’s wrong with the South?
True, there is no crime downtown. That part of BR is just a place to work and handle city affairs.
@@josephbeavers1034 Personal political differences and climatic preferences. The south was simply not for me. I am not rampantly embittered towards it or anything I just don't want to go back. haha
@@cookieskoon2028 I'm so happy I live in the south. The woke bs politics that are ruining everywhere else take longer to thrive in a place like this. The climate is probably the worst anyone can live in the states.
@@obeyreplay649 If you truly think radical wokeness has overtly saturated every state outside of the south then you really need to travel more, and you probably have some kind of bias to work on. I recommend you stop believing everything you hear on the news first.
Glad you consider my home a Major City. Only time we ever get put in the headlines is when things go bad, but when we need help, like the 2016 flood, baton Rouge is not a major city. Summer of 2016 sucked. By the way, the vid intro, you were so in downtown, not near it. The US KIDD is not a museum, that is another building near the Kidd
The ship is considered a "floating museum". Used to work there back in highschool
@@LazyDaze86 I spent the nightthere with my kid, and of course got the 'Tour", but i never thought of it as a museum. Guess in someway it can be. I really enjoyed the tour on the ship and at the Museum itself.
@@LazyDaze86 I'd consider it an exhibit but not a museum, but oh well....
@@kenbob1071 it’s a museum ship, not an exhibit.
2:45 I think people forget how safe modern times in the US are. I live in BR and I can say that it's pretty safe.
I think as long as you stay away from the bad parts of town, and even then if you just stay away from the people who chose to be violent I think it's pretty safe overall.
Of course compared to other also safe US cities it is much more dangerous.
Maybe more of the violence is domestic?
I'd probably feel differently as a woman, but as a man in BR I feel really safe
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US still isnt nearly as safe as many other parts of the world
We moved to baton rouge when I was eight ...I've lived in a few places around the south before that and since all over ...on the west coast now . The comments here are a major matter of perception. I went to Glen oaks high ...grew up just north of south of greenwell springs off Sherwood . I'll say I have lived places that were shockingly segregated in this day and age and frankly Baton Rouge was one of the most diverse and racially accepting places . It's the one thing that makes me miss it . It is dangerous . I have to laugh when people say don't go out at night up here . ha ! I grew up in Baton Rouge ,please.
Lived here for a year now. Most accurate comment I’ve seen. Great night life and super accepting of all people all over. Don’t go north of florida blvd at night and you’ll be good (that’s only if you’re walking you’re fine if you’re driving)
@@ryanzbt14078 I miss the band scene in Baton Rouge .
@@chemicalcoyote any recommendations? I only know of chelseas live but not sure where else the scene is poppin
Another great tour thank you! You deserve many more subs and viewers as your videos are excellent. I really enjoy the pace, not too fast and not too slow. To this British viewer, a deserted city centre is a bit sinister....I wonder where everyone else is.
Thank you for the kind words, la la. You made my day!
Welcome to most of America! haha Nobody occupies the streets here. It's all about cars, cars, cars, and suburb after drab suburb.
Reading Emerson's "English Traits" from 1848, he describes the English as homebodies, out in public only for business, a man's home is his castle, family oriented. Modern America is this concept on steroids imho.
It's not a town center. Downtown baton rouge isn't where all the people are. It's more of a business district and he was there at 6 am
Imax is right there and a bike path along the levee. Sometimes they have Live at Five local bands on Fridays downtown.
I just visited my city for the 4th of July weekend I had so much fun came back to Houston now I'm home sick
This is comforting
You were down off the bad side highland road by lsu. When I was a student we used to call in the forbidden zone. The crime is just bad. We also avoid walking around that side of campus at night. The other side of campus has beautiful million dollar homes. There are pockets of poverty one street over from pockets of wealth. It was a great chapter in my life, but not a city I would choose to settle down.
Yeah, it was a crazy thing. I literally saw million dollar properties to abject poverty one street away from each other.
Unfortunately, There are still predominately black and predominately white parts of Baton Rouge. LSU is a major university which has areas of wealth, near areas of poverty. There are abandoned houses in the predominately African American communitees which is actually a good sign (I'll tell you why in a minute) because that idea stemmed A LONG TIME AGO where they afforded African Americans houses near wealthier communities, to create a way to keep African Americans close enough in proximity to work for the wealthier. Keeping them maids, or babysitters, or landscape technicians etc. They could walk to work. The reason abandoned houses in the area are a good sign, is because God made a way for them not to be servants and generationally stuck in that situation like they were for so long. They may want to tear them down. Its like that all over the south.
That courthouse you saw in Oberlin, Louisiana was the Parish courthouse for Allen Parish.
Loved this video. Brings back sweet memories. I got married in St. Joseph's cathedral over 28 yrs ago. It is not a big cathedral as compared to many but it was simple yet stately. I use to bike around the LSU campus & the lakes when I lived there . The area was/is still so gorgeous and peaceful. I really loved that campus. Over the last few yrs when I visited my relatives in BR, Mike the Tiger was Never out of his Grand Castle..His habitat is very impressive for a mascot.lol. When I was in 6 th grade, my Mom drove upto the "old" governor's mansion & made me & my brother ring the doorbell. It was a huge door. We introduced ourselves and the maid? actually let us in to meet Edwin Edwards. I remember him being so friendly and charming and he was wearing tennis attire holding his racket wiping his sweaty face. The one thing I can say about him at an early age was that he was a "people" person very friendly and outgoing. Now if you would have walked further on the Ms levee to the Ferry, you would have noticed that area becomes a lil more busier bc of social venues and an art? complex with several cool restaurants.
i went to lsu and and lived in baton rouge/ zachary, la for 2 years its a weird city tbh but a lot of the people are amazing and have great stories. in the first part thats where i had grad and also where i would come sit with friends lol
I haven’t watched far enough into the video yet but they will let you go to the top of the state capitol and it’s cool asf when you get to the top. I went during drivers Ed and you could see a storm that was south of BR over the river and you could watch it roll in over Br
Just a little FYI, 6 months before your visit there was hurricane Ida in which may explain some of the damage you saw but like any other town you will find lower income and poverty-stricken neighborhoods. You were not even in the dangerous area in BR but I don't recommend driving through them. BR is full of amazing sights, museums, music, food and culture, it's a shame you didn't get to visit the Shaw building in which you were right beside to see the art displays from LSU students.
Kurt Russell was in “The Deadly Tower” about Charles Whitman and it was filmed at the La Capitol. That bad area outside of LSU went bad when the Interstate system came through. We enjoyed watching your video. We live in a historic building next to the USS Kidd.
Thank you my frind
24:50, That capitol building is very phallic. Wonder if Hewey Pierce Long was over compensating...
Yeahhh that’s barín rouge…. gotta love Baton Rouge for Baton Rouge ❤️ it has its ups and downs like every other place
There in front of the Capital building where the statue is, that is where he is buried. He was shot inside the capital building and the marble wall behind of where he was killed, still has the damage where the bullets hit the wall.
I worked in Houston in the 1980's at KUHT-TV which was on the campus of The University of Houston. It was also surrounded by the ghetto. Many nights I'd work until 2-3am and then have to drive out of there. Not fun. I don't know if it's changed now. That Capitol Building reminded me of the one in Lincoln, NE.
Many beautiful house👍
Love from Louisiana 💕
Be glad you traveled South of Downtown. Next time, try North for an eye-opener.
We just stayed in this same Drury this past Thursday and the gym is back open with new equipment and the jets in the hot tub were working. Just be glad you didn't go to Quality Suites in Baton Rouge, that was the most disgusting hotel I have ever walked into. We were there Friday and after only 4 hrs we left. They also charged our card twice. That hotel made the Drury look like the Marriott!!!
That's good news. We really like Drury. You get a lot for the money.
I love I. Port allen across the Mississippi River and see all that everyday I work for aaa so I drive all around baton rouge and suburbs and would have given him a great tour and took him to the most dangerous areas like off of plank road or just in between where he is and lsu
The areas you were in that were just outside of baton rouge that look rough is a historically black neighborhood called "south baton rouge" or "old south baton rouge." It literally only looks like that because of gentrification, red-lining, and hurricanes like Katrina and Gustav.
Grew up in the bottom. Joe Delpit used to be Texas Street
Downtown before you get to the River center on the left side there are actual cobble stone roads that have been kept in tact. A piece of the past.
If you would go around Winbourne Ave and Plank road area and you will find some sketchy stuff. You were here during a work week. I hope you were able to stay a while and find some of our culture! I’mo born and raised here and lived my whole life in Baton Rouge! We have a rich and unique history! Thanks for visiting!How can I get in contact with y’all to give y’all a tour or something!
😭I stay off winbourne
@@armylove6993 my church has a Dream Center on Winbourne. And we do a ton for that community!!
😂😂😂I’m literally three blocks away from that intersection in the heart of Dixie
I don’t leave my house other than to go to work and come home
Oh Lord plank road ...lol
The capital building did used to have big beautiful wooden doors, I wish they were still there.
U must mean The,"Old Capitol" which has giant wooden doors like a castle...The main entrance was a construction zone in this vid. The polished brass doors were off being restored on the new capitol I guess. They were original from the 30's. U would never see a cable/padlock like what was there temporarily in this vid...
I think I spotted my car!!!! LOL
The license plate was too blurry for me to make out though. I love driving over there (not going to say where in case someone recognizes the license plate/car. Don't really care, but I hear that's good practice.)
That capital building in Baton Rouge looks identity to the Los Angeles city hall!
seeing as what happened in the news the other day, if you want to stay somewhere higher end just use code 'EYC' for a...~certain~ company's corporate code lol at marriott...you can stay at Moxy/Courtyard/etc. that are
So just put in EYC ? Does it ask for company name?
I remember I went on a field trip to the USS Kidd just a day before it turned 100 years old. We had to leave early because someone blew their arm off with the cannon. I was in second grade when this happened. By the time I was in middle school, we had a field trip to some event in LSU and saw the same man there.
Bro you’re lying so badly like why would you even make this up😂
@@ryanzbt14078 fr
I love Baton Rouge…I miss it sometimes
Idk y I'm watching this video rn I literally have to drive to BR which is an hour away for work😹
Intro music is pretty kick ass lol
Fun fact under the old state capital is a jail. Said to be haunted too
I love my city Baton Rouge to death!! but we lagging behind other capital cities in America Beautiful City with ample potential!!!!
Missin mentorship academy😩
If you knew where to look. On the other side of the elevators there is the bullet hole in the marble that took Huey Long down. Another fun fact is that H Long built the old Mississippi River bridge just low enough that no trade ships could get through thus forcing a port here in Baton Rouge
The USS Kidd is one of the most successful class of destroyer in history the Fletcher class. More were constructed than any other destroyer in history that being 175.
Hey thanks for the blast from the past! I grew up in Baton Rouge and worked downtown many years in the 70’s and 80’s. I never saw any crime at all. I haven’t lived there for 15 years and went back recently. Yuk. They torn down blocks of historic buildings downtown to put in parking garages and several blocks to put the interstate through in the 1970’s. It lost so much of its charm. Traffic is an absolute nightmare. It’s a rude awaking coming from where I live now in Las Vegas. The roads are a heavenly and traffic flows like a well oiled machine compared to the sad shape of Baton Rouge. It used to be beautiful and safe -but not the roads 😁.
One more thing. There’s no cohesiveness in the architecture of downtown. Hodge podge and ugly modern that has no place being there. They were on the way to do that in New Orleans and had already torn down many historic buildings before they put a stop to it in the 1970’s.
I’m not sure why Baton Rouge get such a terrible reputation. As far as crime it’s just as bad as other cities as well as poverty. Most of the crimes here are with people who know each other it’s not random crimes. It’s really NOT a bad place to live. However, it’s not a “growing city” like Houston, Dallas, Atlanta etc. Sure we lack development and opportunities but it’s not horrible. If you want to live a slower city lifestyle it’s a good place to live. It’s full of southern hospitality & culture.
I’m glad you covered Baton Rouge, LA ❤️
Baton rouge sucks in everyway. I live here so I know.
Southern hospitality seems kinda shitty.
I used to live about 40 miles east of BR. It was an alright city until 2005…and in my opinion that’s when crime got worse. O’Neal Lane and Sherwood Forest went downhill.
20:02 the amount of inequality in BR is absolutely disgusting. it's getting better, but it's really bad.
I lived in the City of Central Louisiana which is the first city north of Baton Rouge. I lost my home and everything I owned in the floods of 2016. I got screwed by my insurance company, which for those who don't know is controlled by FEMA. Such an evil part of the government. After living with a friend a couple years they needed the room so I had to leave. I couldn't afford to buy a new home and even rent a place I was forced to move up to Dyer Indiana where I rent a room. I hate it here. People are rude and not very friendly. I'm surrounded by crime from every direction. The climate is absolutely horrible. I miss Louisiana so much and my heart aches for home. Thank's for this video. It really perked me up. My heart belongs in Louisiana. I'm lost without her.
Private insurance companies are private businesses, not the federal government.
@@CorettaJG if you have flood insurance then FEMA controls it. I know. I lived it. There's a law suit in Louisiana over this. Do not tell me what I experienced. Do tell me what Bankers insurance told me and what was done.
Very interesting to see the city from a tourists perspective! Thank you !
I got stuck for days in Baton Rouge riding fright trains back home to college. I missed all my midterms because of it. Possibly the same train lol. PS Capitol looks like LA city hall, also Nebraska capitol. PPS Pay phones in New Orleans were a nickel while they were a dime everywhere else.
The inspiration to reject the traditional "rotunda-dome-and-wing" capitol when designing Louisiana's came from Nebraska. At the time, the Nebraska State Capitol, designed by Bertram Goodhue, was under construction and was the first that was a modern skyscraper instead of traditionally being modeled on the United States Capitol. Despite the inefficiencies of floor space in early skyscrapers due to the presence of elevator shafts, Huey Long insisted that his capitol be a tower. The Louisiana State Capitol has 34 stories and is 450 feet (140 m) tall, making it the tallest capitol in the United States
Robin Russell. I knew a guy back in the early 70's who wrote a song called, "New Orleans is a Nickel Town."
I once knew the man who did allot of the art work you see downtown and each has its own meaning to you. For our city crys for justice for the lives lost needlessly and the system needs to be more to the law, but what city don't need improvement. As I said before we are a beautiful city and rich with great people and great food and fun.
Right say that again what city dont need improvement somewhere
BR IS ONLY CITY I KNEAUX DAT HAS 2 CAPITAL BUILDINGS IN SAME CITY AND RIGHT DOWM ROAD FROM EACH
& I LOVE IT ANS CHERISH DA AWSOMENESS
Depending on what day and what time if you will see alot of people
You should have stayed at the Cook Hotel at LSU.
Awesome legacy, hold tight
If you ever return, and need better accomodations, there's a pretty decent hotel on the lsu lakes. Better than the Drury.
That old building is the old state capital and the one that’s behind it the tall one is the new state capital my hometown