re: Moving to Covington in a month. Gimme your pros, and cons

Pros - basically no petty crime, it's clean, there's a lot of stuff to do both free and otherwise.

Cons - traffic. all the time, traffic. if you're crossing the causeway for work, you are forfeiting 2-3 hours of your life every day just sitting in a car. public schools aren't as good as you'd think.

On that traffic note, one of the things the nola metro area takes for granted is the ability to get pretty much anywhere in less than an hour and usually in less than 30 minutes. No other mid-major city in the country offers that. If you're ok with giving that up just to live in Covington, why not look at actually good places to live that aren't in Louisiana?

Pros: It's not New Orleans.

Cons: It's not New Orleans.

If you have to cross the Causeway for work consider Mandeville or parts of Covington below I-12. It will save you up to 30 minutes a day. US 190, especially around I-12 and Northpark, has serious traffic issues around rush hour that are not present during the remainder of the day. I also would not live in Madisonville as the traffic back up on highway 22 is real. Outside of rush hour there is hardly any traffic and it is easy to get places.

The public schools here are excellent.

If you want a new house you may have to look a bit longer. However, there are plenty of nice older houses on the market.

The people here are great. You'll love it. If you have any specific questions post them.

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I really know very little about the NorthShore

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I work in Covington. It's nice. The stoplights on 190 suck hard. I'd move here in a heartbeat if the wife was on board.

The thing that strikes me as odd is that it feels like 3 different towns.

1.190 stretch
2.Downtown
3.Pinnacle/Hwy 21

If you come bringing liberal politics, I’m going to be your con.

The northshore is full for liberals. Go to California.

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I’m going to be your con.

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You checking voter registration cards at da Sonic or something?

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you aren't required to take the ACT though, so it's still self-selecting.

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Thats the same everywhere though

At Catholic high, a place which chooses its students, my graduating class had an average score of 27

So, like I said, an average score of 23 when you aren’t hand picking your students seems indicative of a good learning environment


ETA: and Mandeville had 438 students take it. That’s a large amount

ETA2: since 2013, Louisiana public school students are required to take the ACT. So a 23 is absolutely an impressive average

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If you have to cross the Causeway for work consider Mandeville or parts of Covington below I-12. It will save you up to 30 minutes a day. US 190, especially around I-12 and Northpark, has serious traffic issues around rush hour that are not present during the remainder of the day. I also would not live in Madisonville as the traffic back up on highway 22 is real. Outside of rush hour there is hardly any traffic and it is easy to get places.

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This. If you have to cross the causeway daily I would definitely live south of I-12 and east of the causeway.

North Meterie