re: What keeps you in Louisiana?

My obvious and true answer is my family.. my grandma, my parents, the in-laws, all my aunts, uncles, and cousins (with the exception of a few) live around here

I've often considered moving, but something about here just makes me want to stay. While the shithole of New Orleans is only 5-10 minutes away from where I live, I am lucky enough to live in a good, safe community that has a good public school system. When I was younger, I hated living in a small town because it seemed like everyone knew who i was. Now that I'm older and have a child, I can kind of appreciate the fact that I will have eyes and ears all over the place.. not sure how JR will feel about that though



With all that being said, I'd be lying if I told you that I haven't seriously considered taking my young family and leaving.. I just don't have the heart to go