re: Does anyone ever regret moving away from Louisiana?

I will say that years ago I helped my ex's dad with a car show in Vegas. We had to go to some Walmart wayyy north of Vegas.


The shoppers there all looked like they could be the weird cousins of Clark Griswold People walking around with crazy growths on their faces. They could film a horror movie there and not need a casting call for extras

I miss my memories of New Orleans from when I was a kid. It was a great place to grow up and settle into married life, even start a family. I didn't know anything else. But in 1984 we relocated for further schooling and careers. Iowa was really different; was homesick and suffered from culture shock. Left after 3 years and moved to Kentucky, which was amazing great and we lived there 14 years, raised our kids. But still missed NOLA and our family, and got home once or twice a year. But somewhere in the middle of those years we realized our kids had broader horizons outside NOLA plus they had not picked up the Yat New Orleans accent that their cousins had. Of course, they had a modified soft KY drawl instead. Trade offs.
Went from KY to GA for 5 years, Got our kids thru college and grad school while there. Moved to FL, and have been here since 2006. Two of our 3 moved here; one stayed in GA. All 3 married and started families of their own. The two who moved to FL with us now live in CA and TX. The one who stayed in GA is still there. We are alone in FL and are wrestling with impending retirement and whether to stay here or move somewhere near one of our kids, or closer to NOLA.

And so it goes.

Or you could come visit your horse sometime.

Yes, sir!

After graduation at LSU I went to the DLI with the USAF and lived in Monterey CA, several Texas bases, then between the agency at Ft Meade, the pentagon and the See eye ah. My last assignment was a contract the agency sent me to Dobbins to work for Lockheed. This was after 9-11 but b4 the economy crashed and the ATL market was so lucrative in job offers and pay I settled and never looked back.

NY for 10+ years now. I both love that I came here and regret that I had to leave Louisiana to do it.

Part of growing up in Louisiana is there is likely always somewhere else where you can earn more money and advancw further in your career. But nowhere else is home. It's just a matter of what is important to you at this stage of your life.

I had to move to Mississippi right before high school. I hated it and didn't fit in at all.

I live on the Ms Gulf Coast now and have for 20 years and I feel like it's more Louisiana than Mississippi

I miss my friends, but my parents will be moving up here soon. It was fun while it lasted. I can't see myself moving my family back down there. I'm not going to get into a pissing match, but we love Colorado. It's a great state.

Sister lived in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hawaii within the last 3 years. She was offered a job back home, she went to SF instead. She makes nearly double what she was making down here for the same position and yes, the cost of living is more out there but that's still a damn good income.