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re: What was your final straw or main reason you left Louisiana?
Posted on 9/23/26 at 6:12 am to nicholastiger
Posted on 9/23/26 at 6:12 am to nicholastiger
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people that whine and complain about everything in La don't understand that other places have the same problems and issues
About as untrue of a statement as I've read on this board.
The ONLY people I have heard who assert this is those who have never live for an extended period of time anywhere else.
There are issues everywhere else. But Louisiana's are really bad. Possibly the worst in the country.
To answer the OP question, I didn't have a final straw. I was 24 and was wondering why I was there. I wanted to see other places. I also had this sneaking suspicion that Louisiana was a backwards place to live. Turns out I was very correct. We left for Idaho, we spent 6 years there, I lost a ton of weight, went back to school, graduated, found a good job, learned what it was like when you could safely commute by bike everywhere you went (turns out your life improves dramatically).
We went back to Louisiana in 2023 because family was having some health issues. We thought we could stave off the bad habits from childhood. We could, turned out just everyone else there aside from a few select people had not changed even an iota for the better. Really made for a rough time. Tack on the abysmal job market and heat and it was misery.
It's why I'm so vehemently negative about Louisiana on this board. The people I grew up with made me feel crazy for thinking they were assholes even though they said bullshite about how hospitable the south was. Turns out people in Louisiana are just generally dumber and meaner than people in other places. Sorry.
This post was edited on 9/23/26 at 6:19 am
Posted on 9/23/26 at 6:31 am to Friscodog
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I left Louisiana in 1987 when I graduated from Tech. I didn't necessarily want to leave, but I could not find any jobs in IT in Louisiana. Moved to DFW
Exact same but Finance, I'm still in Texas but feeling the pull back home.
Texas isn't what it was, our area is overan with HB-1's.
Lake D'arbonne in North Central Louisiana is looking good.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 6:42 am to Alyosha
quote:Bawcomville Syndrome is being abused and thanking your abuser for the tasty food and a tasty Christmas Parade
Stockholm Syndrome is being abused and thanking your abuser for the tasty food
Posted on 9/23/26 at 6:49 am to DatGuy6967
Not the “final straw”, but a cherry on top. The last year we lived in Shreveport some ghetto shits who had mile long juvee rap sheets were blasting at each other while driving through South Highlands. A little girl from Caddo Middle Magnet was sitting in her room reading a book and a bullet came through the wall and killed her.
There was some uproar, nothing came of it. Our shitty drunk city council member LaVette Fuller held a community meeting at the middle school and it was nothing but platitudes and nonsense.
Shreveport is done. It’s overrun with ghetto bs and white liberal guilt.
There was some uproar, nothing came of it. Our shitty drunk city council member LaVette Fuller held a community meeting at the middle school and it was nothing but platitudes and nonsense.
Shreveport is done. It’s overrun with ghetto bs and white liberal guilt.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 6:54 am to DatGuy6967
I broke years ago. I just haven’t been able to secure a job offer anywhere I want to go.
Posted on 9/23/26 at 7:21 am to Sam Quint
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eta - my post was funnier before OP edited.
I still found it funny because it makes sense even with the edit as some people take LSU football way too seriously lol
Posted on 9/23/26 at 9:40 am to PGAOLDBAWNevahBroke
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Getting shot by JavonTe and DevonTae is interesting…
They exist in NC too
Posted on 9/23/26 at 9:55 am to DatGuy6967
I'd be gone already if I wasn't so close to retirement. Once I'm done, I'm out. I'd rather live poor in Colorado than comfortable here. I hate the humidity (dry western heat is fine). Most of the people suck.
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