re: Newspaper vet folds, moves to Houston: "New Orleans has become a hard city to grow old in"

You know, before we moved out here I was worried - slightly sad even. I really thought I was going to miss New Orleans. The bars, the restaurants, the Saints and Pelicans games, seeing family often. Aside from my 4 years in the Army and living in Georgia, that place was all I'd ever known.

Fast forward 15 months and, in simple terms: frick New Orleans and Louisiana in general. I don't miss it at all. To anyone who's thinking of making the jump, just do it. Your quality of life will skyrocket when you have good public services, less crime, clean public spaces, good public schools, smooth roads. I could go on but life is really better just about anywhere else.