Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, North America, Earth

I was born and raised in Baton Rouge, LA. We have much better food there than in most places. In the South, we don't screw around with food, and for the most part, everywhere else does. Overall though, it's not that interesting a place. Barring the culture of food and the curiosity that is the Cajuns, there's just not that much.

It's hot there

Posted by Jane Doe on September 25, 2006

Yeah, Baton Rouge is kind of a hot place, we have two seasons, one really long hot and humid summer, and about a month of Fall/Winter/Spring. Louisiana is a very lush green environment that is really conducive to hunting and fishing, earning it the nickname of The Sportsman's Paradise. But unfortunately some of the greatest ecological land in the state, the coastal wetlands, is dissappearing at an incredibly fast pace. If the current pace of costal wetland erosion is maintained, then Baton Rouge will be a coastal city in a little under a hundred years.

Cajuns

Posted by Jane Doe on September 25, 2006

Cajuns are an interesting bunch. Their culture is the dominant one in Southern Louisiana, and not necessarily due to heritage. Louisiana has adopted the Cajun culture and cuseine as it's own in either a move to market itself better or to keep from losing it's identity in the modern world. The Cajuns have given us such things as the Turducken, a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a turkey, crawfish boils, and boudin. Not to mention Mardi Gras.

It's a good place to have been raised, but I'm not sure that I'll go back, opportunities abound elsewhere, and quite honestly, I got tired of the heat. And hurricanes, Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Gustov were phenomenal pains in my neck, and I really like that I don't have to deal with them here in Maryland.