Back then, I remember extreme differences in neighborhoods from block to block. Leaning houses, on bricks aroung the corner from really, really nice mansion like homes, etc. Is it still like that.
Yes it is still like that...it is a cluster of stuff. Industry in the middle of residential and what not. There seemed to be very little rhyme or reason behind things...although they did have a nice city-wide street grid.
I heard that after Katrina, they have been flooded with displaced New Orlean's, causing high appreciation and a boom in home building. Did you see any evidence of That?
Many locals spoke of this and I did see some new activity...apparently the population has spiked somewhat as well. With that said, I was coming from Atlanta where there is new construction everywhere and Baton Rouge didn't not even come close to comparing with that. Even from a Cincinnati perspective I would consider the amount of construction going on there to be an abnormal amount...but maybe I came in a bit late to see it, or maybe this is a lot relative to what they're used to down there.
