re: Life in Louisiana - Considering moving home

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Between the two we pay about 9K. If we were still in Katy, my oldest would be in public school, and my youngest would be in pre-school at a cost of about 8K. So right now, it's only 1K more. By comparison, when we lived in Katy, we were paying about 16K for the two of them. However, in a couple of years, my youngest would be able to go to public school also, and at that time, we would be paying 0 in Katy, and we are paying 9K now.

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At least the mid-city and downtown BR area is light years better than even 5 years ago. Tons of great restaurants, new library, great neighborhoods, etc. I moved back 7 years ago and started a family and like it here for the most part. having family here helps, but really feel like the career prospects have picked up. To me this is the number one thing that brought me here and is keeping me here.

Definitely have to factor in commuting as well. 1-2hrs of traffic per day = cost of gas, maintenance, lost time with family, health, etc. This can easily amount to putting one kid into a good private school in BR. I live 5 minutes from work and my son's school. My advice to anyone moving back would be to make sure you live and work north or south of i10/i12 if you can help it. Stay off and away from the interstate system in this town if at all possible.

Also, lots of kids are opting for the magnet schools once they finish 8th grade because they are very well funded in BR (see BR high and the new LEE high) and comparable if not better than private.