re: Looking to move from Metairie to the North shore. Any advice on specific areas to land at?

I would just stay in Metairie if that was the case. I want be able to chip around with a sand wedge in my yard and have room to build a 40x 40 shop in the back yard. I'd say the distance from things to do is the most flexible. I say all that while keeping in mind we obviously would like to slide in to the good public school area.