West Lake Louisiana help

seems they have a penchant for moving 319' towers around

Good fishing in Big Lake

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I have a cousin from Pennsylvania that is interviewing for a job there and was asking me about it. I am not familiar with the Lake Charles area. Can ya'll tell me a little about it. Crime, good places to live or anything. TIA

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The entire Lake Charles metro is a fairly small city (sort of like Shreveport or Beaumont) that is growing because of all of the new engineering and plants out there.

It's not a bad region to live. It doesn't have nicer amenities that Baton Rouge or New Orleans have, but Houston is only a few hours away and it is a pretty affordable area. It's also probably going to be growing a lot over the next couple of decades.

If your cousin is from a smaller town in PA like Altoona, Wilkes-Barre, Greensburg, or Harrisburg , he'll probably like the Lake Charles area especially in winter. If he's from a posh Philly suburb he may feel a bit out of place.

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If he's from a smaller town in PA, he'll probably like it especially in winter. If he's from a posh Philly suburb he may think it sucks.

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He is from a small town in North West PA

Sulhpur or south Lake Charles is where he would want to be with young kids.

Despite what many people say there is actually plenty of stuff to do around town. Prien Lake Park is one of the nicer parks I've ever been to, and if he likes to boat, fish, or gamble, he has nothing to worry about.

ETA: tell him to look in the Moss Bluff area as well. Hopefully he can find a home thats not in a flood zone

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He is from a small town in North West PA

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South part of Lake Charles is probably where I would look personally.

A couple of posters live in Moss Bluff that may be able to be specific on neighborhoods if he's trying to find a rental in that area.

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if he's trying to find a rental in that area.

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good luck with that.

I like Hackberry. Look for places around there. Very country and quiet

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I have a cousin from Pennsylvania that is interviewing for a job there and was asking me about it.

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Where in PA?

With Sasol and all of the other megaprojects in the area, Lake Charles is certainly growing quickly especially by Pennsylvania standards.

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Thanks I am going to send him the link to this thread to look at. Time to start switching him to be an LSU fan.

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I wish him the best of luck. You should tell him that he can play golf year round if he wants. We'll break the news about the hurricane threat on the coast and the rainy, hot summers to him later.

I grew up in SoLa and now live in the Pittsburgh area. The folks I know from the Lake Charles area are good, down to earth people. Lots of LSU fans in the area. I would consider moving there if I had a good job lined up. As others have pointed out, it's a smaller city but it's definitely growing.

Always nice to see good people move to Louisiana.