re: At what point do we (myself included) say enough of this and get the hell out this state?

My wife is pushing for us to leave. And for the first time in my life, I’ve considered it.

My problem is the field that I’m in is pretty tied into where we live. I don’t know what I would do for work because I definitely would not be getting paid what I am now anywhere we would like to go. It’s a huge leap of faith, for sure. It’s crossed my mind more than it ever has any time before in my life.

If another major hurricane hits at some point, I’m afraid that’s what’s going to push me over the edge.

You work in refineries? Or an adjacent field? There is work in TX and MS baw

I feel like this is a weekly thread here now. Sounds like now is the time to get out

Don’t move because you want to get away from weather. Almost every location has its weather challenges. If you want to get away from the gulf coast for hurricanes, completely understand though.

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Don’t move because you want to get away from weather.

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Weather is the straw that broke the camel's back

There aren't many positives to staying in LA at the moment and the future is bleaker than the present. Shitty weather is a cherry on top.

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California has a lot, for example.

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There aren't many positives to staying in LA at the moment and the future is bleaker than the present. Shitty weather is a cherry on top.

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Yes.

Sadly, one of the best reasons for staying here now might simply be that it will be safer to be where you're from when the world falls completely apart.

For a man only looking out for himself, I can't see any reason for staying in Louisiana.

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Ban single family zoning.

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what the frick?

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Make city walkable with a mix of residential, office, restaurants, groceries, etc.

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We have this stuff in America called land. Even in your ideal vision, you'd still need "car culture" to connect cities that are now the distance of 3 European countries apart

Euro-style planning will only work in the most congested areas, aka, the NE Megolopolis. It makes no sense anywhere else.

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frick blocks of homes and all that nonsense.

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This makes no sense. Even in Europe, they have this and this is preferred (if you can afford it). You're not getting rid of homes and neighborhoods, especially in a country 3000 miles across and 2000 miles high.


*ETA: and what does this have to do with LA? we are losing population and still have plenty of land to build new housing

Jake I’ll get you on our shitty city planning in a bit.

I have some YouTube talks that explain it.

I’ll link when I get to the office in a bit.

I think I've seen it, actually, but it's still only palatable in MEGA urban areas.

Efficient city planning is only needed in areas that have to efficiently manage lack of land. If you have plenty of space to use, it's not necessary. America has an incredible amount of suitable land, with major urban areas scattered all around that huge area. We've developed distinct cultures for proximities to those urban areas, that is actually our biggest current political divide.