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re: Anybody move back to Baton Rouge in your late 40’s/early 50’s?
Posted on 4/26/22 at 7:42 pm to Dominate308
Posted on 4/26/22 at 7:42 pm to Dominate308
Or maybe he is homesick and misses his family? I’ve been there. We can’t all be as lucky as you to live our entire life in the bubble of Ascension Parrish.
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Posted on 4/26/22 at 7:50 pm to kciDAtaE
quote:Every time I go to Lake Charles I think of moving back. Then the job searches and salaries make me realize I’m good here.
Better to visit Louisiana than to live in Louisiana.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 7:54 pm to Im4datigers
I wouldn't come back. The BR metro area is dying a slow death that can't be turned around. What you remember is no more or will soon disappear.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 7:59 pm to Im4datigers
I moved from Reston, Va back to Baton Rouge and we love it. My Georgia wife loves it.
Has drawbacks but the people have a joy of life I don’t find anywhere else.
Has drawbacks but the people have a joy of life I don’t find anywhere else.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:03 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
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I moved from Reston, Va back to Baton Rouge and we love it. My Georgia wife loves it. Has drawbacks but the people have a joy of life I don’t find anywhere else.
I lived in Reston for a while so you appear to know exactly what I’m comparing it to. Nobody up here has any joy in life. Just a bunch of fake arse people trying to one up each other.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:05 pm to Im4datigers
Ha. I’m from nova (Arlington) but lived in BR/NOLA the past 10 years. Dude stay put. We are sprinting back to NOVA in a month. All of our bills will be going down too. Plus no crime. South Louisiana absolutely blows as far as quality of life. Even the rich people here can’t hide from the problems.
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:08 pm to jlovel7
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Ha. I’m from nova but lived in BR/NOLA the past 10 years. Dude stay put. We are sprinting back to NOVA in a month. All of our bills will be going down too. Plus no crime. South Louisiana absolutely blows as far as quality of life. Even the rich people here can’t hide from the problems.
Curious - how are your bills going to go down? Have you seen the price of real estate up here recently. Bought my house 2.5 years ago and it’s up over $350k in value since. Not being a smart arse, just generally curious
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:09 pm to Im4datigers
I moved back at 47 because my husband wanted to be near his parents who were 84 at the time, he was worried they were going to die soon. They are now 93. My husband lost his job a year after we moved home. I wish we had stayed in DFW. I hate it here, and can not wait to leave.
Do not return. You will regret it immediately.
Do not return. You will regret it immediately.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:10 pm to Im4datigers
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Ha. I’m from nova but lived in BR/NOLA the past 10 years. Dude stay put. We are sprinting back to NOVA in a month. All of our bills will be going down too. Plus no crime. South Louisiana absolutely blows as far as quality of life. Even the rich people here can’t hide from the problems. Curious - how are your bills going to go down? Have you seen the price of real estate up here recently. Bought my house 2.5 years ago and it’s up over $350k in value since. Not being a smart arse, just generally curious
Insurance, electricity, water sewage all going down. And we found a better deal on housing between the two of us than we were both paying alone here in south Louisiana. Both about to get raises too. We’re getting triple whammy of higher salary, lower expenses, and splitting those lowered expenses.
I am salivating at getting out of here. I just ran the final numbers on my budget today and I am so ready.
ETA: also your kids likely go to a better public school in NOVA than they would any Louisiana private school.
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:14 pm to Im4datigers
I don’t blame you though for not liking Reston. To me everything outside of Arlington is a soulless sprawling stale suburb. Arlington is slowly dying one McMansion at a time though and it pains me greatly.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:17 pm to Tigris
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Baton Rouge does have a lot that I miss
Baton Rouge of 30 to 40 years ago had a lot that I now miss. I know from watching my home town that I can’t go back to the same place, and what’s there now is foreign to me.
Katrina took the last of Baton Rouge that I liked.
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:18 pm to jlovel7
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And we found a better deal on housing between the two of us than we were both paying alone here in south Louisiana
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ETA: also your kids likely go to a better public school in NOVA than they would any Louisiana private school.
OP I wouldn’t move back to BR unless you have a dynamite job lined up and miss your family. I moved all over and have hung around but things are getting bleaker by the minute since Kip left office
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:19 pm to sjmabry
quote:Not to mention hurricane season. Dealing with evacuations, power outages, cleanup, insurance, etc. is a hell that you may have to go through multiple times in a year.
Every time I go to Lake Charles I think of moving back. Then the job searches and salaries make me realize I’m good here.
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:24 pm to USMCguy121
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Just keep in mind it is not the Baton Rouge you left
True and sad.
This sentiment hit me like a ton of bricks last time I went to NOLA. I’ve been in BR since Katrina and for years wanted to get back to NOLA. I’m done with both places.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:32 pm to Im4datigers
I've left twice on purpose and BR won't get a 3rd chance.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:38 pm to GreenRockTiger
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Just keep in mind it is not the Baton Rouge you left
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:39 pm to Im4datigers
I am 37, and we are moving to the Baton Rouge metro this summer. Already bought the house down there in October, and I can’t wait to sell our house up here in Chicago.
My wife will earn more in Baton Rouge for the same role in Chicago. And I can work from there and fly out of BTR or MSY now that my company is more flexible on our work locations.
I’ve lived in Memphis, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and spent numerous months in OKC, Toronto, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Tampa, Buffalo, Phoenix, Istanbul, and San Francisco. My wife grew up in DC and she went to medical school in Pittsburgh. We have seen and experienced a wider variety of cities as residents than most people. And we know that moving back to the Baton Rouge area is the right move for us right now.
Not sorry for raining on the never ending OT hate parade for Louisiana.
My wife will earn more in Baton Rouge for the same role in Chicago. And I can work from there and fly out of BTR or MSY now that my company is more flexible on our work locations.
I’ve lived in Memphis, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and spent numerous months in OKC, Toronto, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Tampa, Buffalo, Phoenix, Istanbul, and San Francisco. My wife grew up in DC and she went to medical school in Pittsburgh. We have seen and experienced a wider variety of cities as residents than most people. And we know that moving back to the Baton Rouge area is the right move for us right now.
Not sorry for raining on the never ending OT hate parade for Louisiana.
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:40 pm to Breauxsif
You know better than I do, Breaux
I’ve always hated it - now it’s just worse
I’ve always hated it - now it’s just worse
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:44 pm to kciDAtaE
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Tailgating ain’t what it used to be.
Yeah I can’t imagine 2 years of Covid having anything but a negative impact on tailgating.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:49 pm to Im4datigers
i left a few years ago, in the next few years i may get the chance to move back. I miss the friends/family/food/culture/weather/fun events/sports..... however the standard of living, public schools and other outdoor activities hold me here.
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