Thanks ❤️🫶🏼 this is my community! Most people are good people here. The truth is no matter where you go thru have bad people. I think people in our area, they good people!!

I am from Hong Kong and I went to UL and had been living in Lafayette from 1979 to 1986. It is still my best experience of my life till today. Safe , nice people, and good Cajun food…. I am planning to go back Lafayette for a visit with my wife next year.

Hahahaha! You’re kidding, right?

@@amandad.2322 according to different studies, Lafayette has been voted as the “happiest city in America”.

@@ThisIsMyKZfaqName1 okay lol😂. Maybe before the big hurricane. Right now lol😂🤣😁. That big hurricane straight put Louisiana in a sinkholes. The whole Louisiana is upside down. Place that use to be peaceful. Now is crazy.

@@TruRaidersG to be straightforward, no hurricane can damage anything as bad as our current president.

Unless you’re Native/ Hispanic looking, we aren’t all treated the same.

@@baleychampagne1792 : Howso? I encountered the most colorism and hateful comments from Creole people. They are the cream of the crop in their own minds . I believe you but just thought they would equate you as one of their own (light , bright and right. )

Thanks for describing boudin for me

It is like rice dressing but not exactly. It's also in a casing, it looks like fresh sausage. We absolutely have the best food and people! 💯

I don't really agree with the rice dressing description but that is definitely the simplest and closest to an explanation that we can give to ppl who don't knkw what it is lol

Yeah to the last 25 years

@@Direultimatum I agree, it’s a fair description, not completely accurate. But if we told the truth, no tourist would eat it, haha

I worked there for years and could still eat there daily.

Bomb!!!

I worked there for 7 years. Still could eat there daily

I used to knock out dat crawfish etoufee smothered fried catfish every Friday. Miss it dearly 😋

got to have crawfish omelet for breakfast!

Your comment was for me. I grew up in California and moved to Louisiana when I was 15. I moved away after high school, lived in Houston then ventured to Arizona. Which I love the state of Arizona and the topography, Will always be my second home. but now we’re getting too full, and I want to return to Louisiana and move to Lafayette, Louisiana.

@@kshihano And your comment was for me! I was born and raised here, but moved to San Diego in 2000 then Houston. I moved back here in 2010, moved back to Houston, then back to Lafayette in 2015. Houston treats you well professionally but there’s no place like home. Hope you make it back soon, we’ll keep your seat warm until then! 🤗

Texas here and amen on the bless ur heart. That's an epic smackdown

And when we say “Go ahead and do that “ or “I wish you would “, don’t. It’s a warning not permission. Who Dat Baby!!!!

@@aejan4 “I wish you would”, “I know not”, “bless your heart”, “I know you ain’t”…. We low key 💁🏼‍♀️😂

my favorite nickname is "Boo".

I promise you will not only feel 1 million times safer but you will actually be 1 million times safer in Lafayette. If you come at certain time of the year there’s way more to do here and around Lafayette. The people are very hospitable❤️🫶🏼

After the events that took place, I’m glad he wasn’t there. So sad

Can confirm billys is the best, in laws in lake charles is a close second

YESSS!!!!

I like in laws too

Do it!!!

Piney woods and red water vs swampy flatlands and gators. I'm a child of both. See I can tell you where Jena is in relation to Alec, Pine-vull, Pollock, Neebo and Fishville. I can tell you where all the speed traps are in Mamou, Maurice, Youngsville, New Iberia and Scott.

Yes, in Alexandria the white people in the restaurant stopped eating to stare at my family eat dinner. 😔😖😫

@@resilience4lyfe331 well I’m sorry that happened some people just never learn

@@resilience4lyfe331 Yeah we down South Louisiana don't really think of Alexandria an up as really Louisiana

@@herewegoagin4667 exactly! That is not who we are! We don’t claim them

Opinions opinions

100% agree! I’ve lived on the West Bank (Marrero) and NEVER AGAIN. Acadiana area is the best! And our food is better

Billy's is by far the best boudin. Second place is not even close but it's still good.

So no one has a Creole accent?

@@herewegoagin4667 I’m sure some would, even though I have no idea what a creole accent would sound like. But Lafayette is Cajun and New Orleans is Creole (reputation).

@@ThisIsMyKZfaqName1 Lafayette is a mixture of people. The Black or generationally mixed people around Lafayette don't call themselves Cajun, if anything they'll say they're Creole so Créoles would have Creole accents not Cajun accents. The Créoles we're there first.

@@herewegoagin4667 I’m mixed and I proudly call myself Cajun. My first 10 years, I lived on the West Bank and spoke with a YAT accent. Now that I’ve lived near Lafayette for 30 years, that bayou accent is “tic tic”, or c00nass as some say. I study history and genealogy more than most people I know. If you can find a video of people speaking Creole accents, please share!

Omg! He would never come back 😂

Fuckin A!

@@amydraughon7632 yes SR

I have to disagree. The culture is so rich, I’m proud of my heritage. I have friends all over the US and I’m always shocked at how intense their encounters are. I’m not used to people being rude, the lack of respect and how they don’t interact with others, other than screaming. I don’t live in the city, I’m closer to Breaux Bridge, but originally from New Orleans. Acadiana is so unique! But I respect your difference of opinion.

@@ThisIsMyKZfaqName1 Lafayette boring

@@MrDonny27 These days, you better have 2 jobs to afford to do fun things.

@@ThisIsMyKZfaqName1 yes I know what you from

@@MrDonny27 I am originally from Marrero but live in Arnaudville. I avoid Lafayette like the plague.