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re: Are you thinking of leaving Louisiana for good?
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:20 am to dallastiger55
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:20 am to dallastiger55
Yes, I will be leaving as soon as possible.....I have a few years left to retirement, and then I will be gone....I love the state, but hate everything that comes with it.
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Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:21 am to SlowFlowPro
I have never been a victim of a violent crime but I know that I watch where I go at night in Baton Rouge.
The thought of having my teenaged daughter driving around this city at night in a few years is downright terrifying.
The thought of having my teenaged daughter driving around this city at night in a few years is downright terrifying.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:21 am to CollegeFBRules
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Wait, so is your argument that the cities are facing impending doom?
that was specifically about Nola and the covid-related tourism and commercial RE doom that may occur
however, in addition to Nola, other urbna areas are hurting
lafayette is going to face issues b/c of the offshore drilling issue. without offshore drilling, Laf is in trouble. it can come back, though. that's how Laf works
LC was booming but isn't anymore b/c of Saudi Arabia manipulating gas prices and hurting the long term future of certain petro products at the heart of our expansion. we won't die or anything, but we're not booming anymore (Laura didn't help)
collapse is strong, but Nola and LAF are facing some major long-term issues due to oil/covid
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:22 am to CollegeFBRules
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A LOT more? Really?
we are the most violent state in the US
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:25 am to fallguy_1978
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I have never been a victim of a violent crime but I know that I watch where I go at night in Baton Rouge.
The thought of having my teenaged daughter driving around this city at night in a few years is downright terrifying.
i lived in Br for 7 years and other than gardere, it was easy to avoid bad areas. well that stuff can shift wildly. in 12-18 months Tigerland went from college housing to ghetto
all of those overbuilt apartment complexes are going to have to face a reckoning. you have the chance of Tigerlands popping up in random areas.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:27 am to SlowFlowPro
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lafayette is going to face issues b/c of the offshore drilling issue. without offshore drilling, Laf is in trouble. it can come back, though. that's how Laf works
Cyclic and will return. The world isn’t off of oil in the next twenty years.
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collapse is strong, but Nola and LAF are facing some major long-term issues due to oil/covid
Neither of which will still be wreaking havoc within a year.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:28 am to SlowFlowPro
I work in petro-chem industry, other than South of Houston.....this place pays better than any other.
I could go anywhere as a civil, but I would not make what I make. Wife's job is more important than mine and hers can not leave.
Said in another thread...for those that are upper middle class and can afford private achool....LA, specifically south LA and specifically LC and Laffy offer a great great standard of living.
Great private schools, low cost of living, great outdoors, great people and food.
Sure there are better places, but if you have a family and are upper middle, LA is pretty damn good.
I could go anywhere as a civil, but I would not make what I make. Wife's job is more important than mine and hers can not leave.
Said in another thread...for those that are upper middle class and can afford private achool....LA, specifically south LA and specifically LC and Laffy offer a great great standard of living.
Great private schools, low cost of living, great outdoors, great people and food.
Sure there are better places, but if you have a family and are upper middle, LA is pretty damn good.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:29 am to SlowFlowPro
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we are the most violent state in the US
And that’s not because of poor whites.
And that’s relegated to very specific areas minus an outlier here and there.
Crime hugs areas where everyone knows to avoid.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:29 am to CollegeFBRules
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Neither of which will still be wreaking havoc within a year.
Nola isn't going to have normal tourism for a bit
even if covid vaccines are proliferated quickly, it will be a year. then it's a question of how people can afford vacations during a worldwide depression. you're asking a LOT of good fortune to have Nola back in a year
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:30 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:and most people never go anywhere near them
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A LOT more? Really?
we are the most violent state in the US
If I move from New Orleans to Atlanta, Dallas, Memphis, or any other big city, am I really at a significantly higher risk of being a victim of violent crime? I doubt it tbh
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:31 am to fallguy_1978
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The thought of having my teenaged daughter driving around this city at night in a few years is downright terrifying.
You’ll be scared of this no matter where your daughter is. Mine drives the city now to see her boyfriend some times. Wouldn’t matter where I lived, she’d still have me checking in on her regularly.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:31 am to lsu777
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Said in another thread...for those that are upper middle class and can afford private achool....LA, specifically south LA and specifically LC and Laffy offer a great great standard of living.
i don't disagree with this
it's just that i'm saying those opportunities are not common among the entire state
LC, even though the boom didn't last as long as initially projected, still has great economic opportunities in the petro industries. i think only BR has similar opportunities on the same sort of scale. that's why i haven't really been bearish on BR in this thread. state government vampirism + Exxon will keep BR alive for sure
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:32 am to SlowFlowPro
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even if covid vaccines are proliferated quickly, it will be a year. then it's a question of how people can afford vacations during a worldwide depression. you're asking a LOT of good fortune to have Nola back in a year
Why does it have to be a year? New Orleans isn’t going to collapse within a year or two. You’re on a fringe end of being scared, SFP. Everywhere needs a rebound, not just NOLA or Louisiana.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:33 am to dallastiger55
I had to leave Louisiana for 7 years traveling all over this country. We have been to just about every state in the USA. There is no place in America better than Louisiana. We are finally back home because I work out of the office now in Lafayette. I will never leave this state because the people are second to none here.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:33 am to SlowFlowPro
XOM may be dropping in it's days as a BR economic driver.
What takes XOM's place is beyond what I can see.
What takes XOM's place is beyond what I can see.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:33 am to SlowFlowPro
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it's just that i'm saying those opportunities are not common among the entire state
Those opportunities are not common in ANY state, brother. They require work to grab that brass ring no matter where you are.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:35 am to fightin tigers
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XOM may be dropping in it's days as a BR economic driver.
What takes XOM's place is beyond what I can see.
Not yet they aren’t. The state has to plan for the day within the next twenty or thirty years where it is no longer the driver, but cyclic downturns aren’t signs that oil is on its way out.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:35 am to dallastiger55
Weather, economics, and politics make me want to leave.
My lack of job mobility, the current economic/political climate due to covid, and having a good circle of friends here make me want to stay.
My lack of job mobility, the current economic/political climate due to covid, and having a good circle of friends here make me want to stay.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:36 am to CollegeFBRules
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you came into this thread with an emotional argument, and you’re confused that anyone disagrees?
You are definitely the emotional one out of you and SFP. The entire post I'm responding to was an emotional reaction to slow linking objective data, which you've done repeatedly in this thread. It might hurt your feelings, but Louisiana has an objectively poor quality of life compared to almost every other state.
Posted on 10/7/20 at 10:40 am to CollegeFBRules
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The state has to plan for the day within the next twenty or thirty years where it is no longer the driver, but cyclic downturns aren’t signs that oil is on its way out.
That was already happening before this latest bump in the road. It's being covered by covid and whatever economic downturn.
Doesn't mean that the site won't exist.
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