All of Louisiana’s major cities have so much potential. None of them practically grew at all when the rest of the South was absolutely BOOMING. “Perpetual Potential” should be Louisiana’s motto. Just wasted, unrealized, perpetual potential. Maybe one day Texas’ growth and prosperity will somehow spillover. 🙁
Downtown Shreveport went from half abandoned a decade ago, to ,well, it’s on its way back up, don’t expect top 10 downtowns in America any time soon but there’s now stuff to do, improvements, modern lofts and other places to live in, some cool entertainment, new parks, and slowly but surely people are restoring abandoned buildings to their former beauty. And plenty of interesting history! 😊
Excellent. I just wish Louisiana’s major cities would actually grow. Most haven’t grown significantly since the oil boom of 60s-80s. Only natural population growth since. The cities could be so nice with growth, new infrastructure and financial investments. An economic boom may be too much to ask for I guess.
Shreveport in the 50s and 60's was a really nice town that was really hip in many ways. I left it in 1964 when I graduated from Woodlawn and went to Kanas City before getting drafted and winding up in Saigon Vietnam. That changed my life since after getting out of the army and getting my degree at LSU, I basically never came back to America for longer than a month or two. Now retired and living in Thailand. But getting back to Shreveport, if anyone was living anywhere near Shreveport back in the late 50s and 60's will remember Stan's record shop the biggest little record shop in the South on Texas Avenue that was advertised on KEEL radio, where they played the wax to watch or the dick to click. The Rolling Stones played a concert in Shreveport in 1965. And Terry Bradshaw was playing football for my old high school Woodlawn. My dad had a XK140 Jaguar that I would drive around Shreveport. During the drive I would tune into KOKA the largest ebony radio station in the south and listen to James Brown, Bobby Blue Bland, Etta James, BB King and listen to the disk jockey talk on the microphone when he was hearing some music he liked and said "lord have mercy on my soul". On a hot summer night when I was 15 taking my girlfriend to the Strand Theater to see West Side Story and then dinner at the Bamboo Restaurant followed to a secluded parking area where in the back seat of my mom's 62 Ford galaxy I became a man. Working in the summers for a drilling company in the oilfield to make spending money before leaving for good. That was the Shreveport I remember including Southern Maid donuts on Greenwood road with the mina birds that never talked while I was there.
I was stationed at Barksdale AFB in ‘84-87/seen plenty of Shreveport and Bossier City in my time,obviously things were different then.Still my time there was pretty cool and certainly life was way different back then.
I'm from here, nothing changes. Ever. The casinos promised money for schools etc, but it went into pockets. S'port is a shythole and always will be. Charming, but shyt.
This place looks like it has a lot of potential.
All of Louisiana’s major cities have so much potential. None of them practically grew at all when the rest of the South was absolutely BOOMING.
“Perpetual Potential” should be Louisiana’s motto.
Just wasted, unrealized, perpetual potential. Maybe one day Texas’ growth and prosperity will somehow spillover. 🙁
Downtown Shreveport went from half abandoned a decade ago, to ,well, it’s on its way back up, don’t expect top 10 downtowns in America any time soon but there’s now stuff to do, improvements, modern lofts and other places to live in, some cool entertainment, new parks, and slowly but surely people are restoring abandoned buildings to their former beauty. And plenty of interesting history! 😊
Excellent. I just wish Louisiana’s major cities would actually grow. Most haven’t grown significantly since the oil boom of 60s-80s. Only natural population growth since. The cities could be so nice with growth, new infrastructure and financial investments.
An economic boom may be too much to ask for I guess.
@@JeanEDeauxYeah, Louisiana has a very poor education system.
Shreveport in the 50s and 60's was a really nice town that was really hip in many ways. I left it in 1964 when I graduated from Woodlawn and went to Kanas City before getting drafted and winding up in Saigon Vietnam. That changed my life since after getting out of the army and getting my degree at LSU,
I basically never came back to America for longer than a month or two. Now retired and living in Thailand.
But getting back to Shreveport, if anyone was living anywhere near Shreveport back in the late 50s and 60's will remember Stan's record shop the biggest little record shop in the South on Texas Avenue that was advertised on KEEL radio, where they played the wax to watch or the dick to click. The Rolling Stones played a concert in Shreveport in 1965. And Terry Bradshaw was playing football for my old high school Woodlawn. My dad had a XK140 Jaguar that I would drive around Shreveport. During the drive I would tune into KOKA the largest ebony radio station in the south and listen to James Brown, Bobby Blue Bland, Etta James, BB King and listen to the disk jockey talk on the microphone when he was hearing some music he liked and said "lord have mercy on my soul". On a hot summer night when I was 15 taking my girlfriend to the Strand Theater to see West Side Story and then dinner at the Bamboo Restaurant followed to a secluded parking area where in the back seat of my mom's 62 Ford galaxy I became a man. Working in the summers for a drilling company in the oilfield to make spending money before leaving for good. That was the Shreveport I remember including Southern Maid donuts on Greenwood road with the mina birds that never talked while I was there.
That was a great read...
I am from Shreveport and moved away 20 years ago to Seattle. It was not a bad place back in the day. Thanks for bringing back some good memories.
Nice Louisiana content. Look forward for Texas content
Places I haven’t seen in decades. And a lot of places I’ve never seen, or I’m too old to remember! Nostalgia City, Dude!!
I was stationed at Barksdale AFB in ‘84-87/seen plenty of Shreveport and Bossier City in my time,obviously things were different then.Still my time there was pretty cool and certainly life was way different back then.
Nice tour of Shreveport LA
I'm excited about your Texas (my home state) content
Feels like Shreveport is underestimated. What's your impression of it, Mike?
I'll make a video about it.
@@MileageMikeTravelsdid you do it? Can you link it?
It actually looks very similar to Baton Rouge from what I’m seeing.😧
⏪Barber ON Duty #Riverflowwcutz
Nice change of scenery without watching Cops, as this is much more pleasant 2 watch.
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Hope you get to Michigan this year.
For sure
@@MileageMikeTravels Can you do a discussion video about top 10 stretches of highway in one state please?
I'm from here, nothing changes. Ever. The casinos promised money for schools etc, but it went into pockets. S'port is a shythole and always will be. Charming, but shyt.
Make it better then. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
All depends how ya look at it...
Definitely different living...
I just can't leave because the food is so darn good...
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Shreveport LA is dying. It was more vibrant in the 60s.😮
This country is dying...
Shreve is no different than any other city in this country...
Its just about 100 years behind schedule...
I love it here...