Why Lafayette is not an Oil Town

This one should be controversial, but I think my facts back up my arguments pretty well.

As always, it's the lead article on:

If i'm not mistaken Lafayette is a Health care town now. :-)

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Originally Posted by ULtimateCajun

_ If i'm not mistaken Lafayette is a Health care town now. :-) _

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As an LGMC employee involved in managed care, you are correct my friend. Lafayette is a leading area in our region for healthcare.

GEAUX UL!

I amaze myself sometimes. ;-)

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Originally Posted by rgncjn12

_ As an LGMC employee involved in managed care, you are correct my friend. Lafayette is a leading area in our region for healthcare.

GEAUX UL! _

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Every time LEDA, the Chamber, or the LCG talk about the local economy, health care is the #1 industry. All the stats show it.

And all the stats are all wrong.

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Originally Posted by CajunFun

_ Every time LEDA, the Chamber, or the LCG talk about the local economy, health care is the #1 industry. All the stats show it.

And all the stats are all wrong. _

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Explain. What do you mean all of the stats are wrong?

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Originally Posted by ULtimateCajun

_ Explain. What do you mean all of the stats are wrong? _

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Monday, ultoday.com tells all...

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Originally Posted by CajunFun

_ This one should be controversial, but I think my facts back up my arguments pretty well.

As always, it's the lead article on: _

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Nothing really controversial (I work in the oil and gas industry). It does provoke a good question, where does our growth come from, and more importantly: where WILL it come from?. It is good not to rely on one sector of the economy for growth and sustainability. The more diverse lafayette becomes, the more prosperous its future. Also interesting was the population through time. The Parish population growth basically followed that of the world, which is a double in population every 40 years. However, the city did not follow that trend, with the largest spike after the railroad came through. Maybe that is what we need. I propose a high speed rail transit system between New Orleans and Houston, with us in the middle. We've got the LAMBDA rail, lets get a SPEED rail too.

There was actually an article in USA Today about some proposed high speed rail lines. One of them was from NO to Houston. How nice would it be to have that running through Lafayette!

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Originally Posted by geo_cajun

Nothing really controversial (I work in the oil and gas industry). It does provoke a good question, where does our growth come from, and more importantly: where WILL it come from?. It is good not to rely on one sector of the economy for growth and sustainability. The more diverse lafayette becomes, the more prosperous its future. Also interesting was the population through time. The Parish population growth basically followed that of the world, which is a double in population every 40 years. However, the city did not follow that trend, with the largest spike after the railroad came through. Maybe that is what we need. I propose a high speed rail transit system between New Orleans and Houston, with us in the middle. We've got the LAMBDA rail, lets get a SPEED rail too.

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igeaux.mobi

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Originally Posted by CajunRebel

_ There was actually an article in USA Today about some proposed high speed rail lines. One of them was from NO to Houston. How nice would it be to have that running through Lafayette!

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/agree