East Bossier
East Bossier is where Bossier City stopped pretending it was still a small town. The Arthur Ray Teague Parkway opened the floodgates, and now the corridor from Airline Drive out toward Benton Road is a thicket of new subdivisions, chain restaurants, and the kind of strip mall coffee shops that pass for a scene. The dating crowd here is married-with-mortgages adjacent: young professionals, Barksdale transplants who decided to stay, and the slow drift of Shreveport refugees chasing newer schools. First dates lean suburban-safe: Walk-On's, a movie at Tinseltown, then a debate about whether Margaritaville counts as a destination.
East Bossier by the numbers
East Bossier is roughly balanced, about 48% men to 52% women.
Median individual income in East Bossier is about $35,300.
Louisiana registers voters by party, and the metro’s anchor parish, Caddo (Shreveport), is about 44% Democratic to 29% Republican - though Bossier Parish across the river leans more Republican.
The median renter in East Bossier pays about $1,180 a month.
About 4,900 East Bossier residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Ralph & Kacoo's
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Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux - Bossier Restaurant
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BeauxJax Crafthouse
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The Port Seafood & Oyster Bar
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Cafe USA
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Eddie's Tavern & Social - Bossier City
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PJ's Coffee
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The Prime Rib
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Chasing Aces
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PBR Cowboy Bar Louisiana
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Bilbo Baggins Pub
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Streetcar Station
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Clyde Fant Memorial Disc Golf Course
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Walk By Faith
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Drunken Monkey Tavern