My wife was just offered a promotion in Dallas

If she's makes the bread and wants to go, you should go. Dallas has a lot to offer and the cost of living is probably worth 10% more.

Not sure what you're wanting to hear. Market IN Dallas is pretty hot/high similar to New Orleans, but tons safer.

Depends on what really moves your needle, but I moved from Nola to Dallas and it was a great move for me. There are TONS of Louisiana/LSU people over here.

Do you like murder? Stay in NO


Do you not like murder? Leave for big D

How old are you and your wife? Getting out of New Orleans in your 20s is the best career move you could possibly make.

My wife and I moved to Dallas a year ago and the only regret is that we didn't make the move earlier. We absolutely love it and are never bored.

Give it a shot, New Orleans will always be there, and it's a $200 round trip on Southwest if you ever get homesick.

I moved to the DFW area after graduating with my masters. Got a job offer at a firm in Plano right away and it is just amazing how much that area is growing. I live in Frisco and drive less than ten minutes to work and the area has everything you could possibly desire within 15 minutes of you. The amount of development in that area is nuts with about 20 mid and high rises going up and large developments such as Toyota's new North American headquarters nearing completion. Job opportunities abound, but this growth has come with inflating house prices that have doubled over the past ten years. In my field, businesses are desperate to find qualified employees and that is causing wages to increase. Plano has been voted one of the best places to live in the US and I would agree, so take a look at that area.

I left New Orleans a long time ago and don't regret it at all. It is always a plane ride away.

Left Louisiana for North Texas 27 years ago and have never wavered about the decision. Granted, am about two hours north, northwest of DFW but the quality of life is way beyond anything Louisiana has to offer. Is a great State which has held to her past while looking forward. Our three children were born in Louisiana but consider themselves Texans, was very easy to assimilate.

For me it really depends on your situation. Is a 30k bump a huge raise in your family's total income? My wife is about to graduate and could probably land a job making 30k more in Dallas over New Orleans, but that's not even something we're considering. We're not deadset on staying in New Orleans, as it definitely has drawbacks, but we're not ready to jump to a cookie-cutter metropolis like DFW either. (No offense to those who live there)

If you have kids or plan on having kids, go and don't look back just based on education savings alone. Otherwise, it depends on your preferences and just how significant 30k is to you. My husband and I would be miserable in Dallas, and there is no way 30k would sway us to leave. As flawed as Nola is, we love the lifestyle we currently live. For others, Dallas would be a no brainer safe choice.

Never lived in Dallas but been there a lot. I lived 6 yrs in Katy and then moved back to NOLA so I have a similar (not exact) experience.

If the most important things to you revolve around money, material items, status, etc, make the move. The ceiling for material things is much higher in Texas than it will ever be in LA. No one can deny that. The opportunity for earnings and job advancement for the average non-connected individual are higher in the big Texas cities.

Having said that, I moved back to have a good life and to be near family. I make good money, live in a nice home, and my kids go to a highly rated public school. None of them are off the charts but all are very solid.

Yes if you live in Texas you can catch a quick southwest flight at any time. But living in NOLA, My mom and my inlaws make most if not all of my kids sports games. They attend every grandparents day. They stay at grandmas house and mawmaws house at least once a month. Those would be a lot less frequent if we were in Texas.

Our life here is a very good one. We would make , easy, a combined 50k a year more if we were still in Texas. i don't care. Having my kids grow up around the extended family is worth much more than that.

Oh, and I don't feel unsafe here. The crime thing is overblown... it's gangbangers shooting each other. Don't be a gangbanger or associate with them and you are fine. Random crime here is no more random than anywhere else.

If me and my wife didn't have kids? We would still be in Texas.