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re: For the second year in a row, U.S. News ranks Louisiana as the nation’s worst state
Posted on 5/15/24 at 10:42 am to notiger1997
Posted on 5/15/24 at 10:42 am to notiger1997
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I have some of my family that is very old and have next to no money, so I need to be here to help take care of them. I don't see how people so easily just toss family to the side to move away and expect others to care for them.
Most of my friends move their family to where they live. I live in the Houston area. Where are they living in Louisiana that their life is so great? My parents lived on an old family farm in NE La in a place that is about as rural BFE as you can get. I eventually moved them to assisted living so my mom could get help in taking care of my dad, but after he passed, moved her here. She's in a small apt near me and loves it. She has no money besides her social security.
My family acted like Dallas and then Houston was the end of the earth. I was a 4 and 5 hour drive. I am the only one that left NE La. But my life is much better and my kids drastically better. I wanted my kids to feel like they could fly and go and do whatever they wanted. Guilting people into staying put against their best interest is an awful thing to do and it's rampant in Louisiana.
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Posted on 5/15/24 at 10:57 am to LaLadyinTx
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Where are they living in Louisiana that their life is so great?
The elderly part of my family that I feel stuck taking care of lives in south La. Doesn't matter where really. They are in poor health and have no money so moving them wouldn't be an option.
It is what it is. My life is good so I can't complain. In five or 10 years we may look seriously into moving out of state though.
And screw living in Houston or Dallas.
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:01 am to LaLadyinTx
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Guilting people into staying put against their best interest is an awful thing to do and it's rampant in Louisiana
Nah
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:26 am to LaLadyinTx
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Most of my friends move their family to where they live. I live in the Houston area. Where are they living in Louisiana that their life is so great? My parents lived on an old family farm in NE La in a place that is about as rural BFE as you can get. I eventually moved them to assisted living so my mom could get help in taking care of my dad, but after he passed, moved her here. She's in a small apt near me and loves it. She has no money besides her social security.
My family acted like Dallas and then Houston was the end of the earth. I was a 4 and 5 hour drive. I am the only one that left NE La. But my life is much better and my kids drastically better. I wanted my kids to feel like they could fly and go and do whatever they wanted. Guilting people into staying put against their best interest is an awful thing to do and it's rampant in Louisiana.
Fantastic post.
And respect.
This post was edited on 5/15/24 at 11:27 am
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:33 am to LaLadyinTx
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Most of my friends move their family to where they live.
I can’t imagine hard headed old people that have lived in the same town for 80 years being open to moving. I know my dad would laugh at me
He also wouldn’t want or expect me to live close so I could take care of him
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