baton rouge: im thinking of going to college there after i graduate but i have some concerns. the biggest was is it okay to live there now. then i wanted to know about the diversity there. if there is any outsatnding racisim there. i also wanted to know if the colleges there are worth going to or if i should just look into other places to relocate after high school. any kind of helpful comments would be helpful thank you. p.s. i am looking into going to school for the culinary arts if that helps with my college question.|||Baton Rouge is a diverse city and the mayor is Black. The population of BR grew dramatically after Katrina, but the primary lasting effect is traffic congestion. There are three main college-level educational institutions in BR: http://www.mybrcc.edu/index.php?option=c鈥?/a> http://www.lsu.edu/ https://www.southern.edu/Pages/default.a鈥?/a>|||The Louisiana Culinary Institute is a good culinary school located in Baton Rouge, LA.|||its a good place to live..just make sure that u dont live on or near any of the north streets such as N.36,35,12,etc...that part of town is bad news..lik anywhere there is always gonna b racism but its a pretty good area,it helps alot to learn your way around town cuz most of the time during evening traffic its hecktic to get on and off the interstate so know your backstreets please...we have some pretty good colleges you just have to look around,theres one on acadian i think that is relatively new and nice,just look around and good luck :)