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re: Did you leave Louisiana after graduating college?
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:26 pm to philly444
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:26 pm to philly444
I went to Atlanta because I had a job lined up. It was a nice place, but we came back to home to raise the kids near family. Even though it's got some problems, I'll probably die here.....hell, I drive through The East every day.
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Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:29 pm to philly444
Yes, but I've been back for a while. Now I absolutely am ready to leave again for good. Too many better places to raise the kids, just have to get the wife on board.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:30 pm to kingbob
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I guess you've never lived in a town where everyone knows your name and you know theirs. Where everyone knows and cares about everyone. Where you can walk out your front door and walk to your aunts and uncles houses all on the same block. Where everyone looks after one another in a time of need. Where you grow up knowing your cousins and seeing them every day. It's not just parades, go-cups, drive-through daiquiris, fried seafood on french bread, mosquitos, humidity, brown water, and a murder rate that would shame Kabul, Afghanistan. South Louisiana is the biggest small town on planet earth. The sheer volume of connection is like 7 Degrees from Kevin Bacon on steroids. It's a certain permanence and sense of belonging I have felt nowhere else.
No I haven't, and it sounds fricking awful...
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:31 pm to kingbob
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I guess you've never lived in a town where everyone knows your name and you know theirs. Where everyone knows and cares about everyone.
This isn't necessarily a positive thing for everyone. I can see why someone would like that, but I would HATE living somewhere where the entire town knows each other and are in each others' business all the time.
Again, I don't fault people for liking that kind of environment, but it's just not for me.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:31 pm to philly444
Yes. Better job opportunity and I didn't want to raise a young family in uptown NOLA. Best decision I ever made. I love Louisiana though
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:33 pm to philly444
No but nurse did
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:34 pm to Grandioso
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I feel for the people that grow up in Louisiana and never leave.
I've never had anyone tell me they regretted leaving LA, but sometimes they'll follow that up with something subjective like "but there's no place like home"
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:35 pm to philly444
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Did you leave Louisiana after graduating college?
Yes.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:38 pm to philly444
Heck yes, staright to Houston where i got paid 8-10/more per hour 2080X 10 bucks +20, k plus overtime in same industry
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wound up retiring at 130k/yr celery.lol.....
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wound up retiring at 130k/yr celery.lol..... Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:38 pm to philly444
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but sometimes they'll follow that up with something subjective like "but there's no place like home"
That's true to a certain degree. There are certain things that LA offers that nowhere else in the world can, but at a certain point those quirky idiosyncrasies just aren't worth the negatives that come with the state.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:40 pm to kingbob
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I guess you've never lived in a town where everyone knows your name and you know theirs
I have and it's definitely a love/hate relationship
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:41 pm to philly444
I'm trying to GTFO now.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:41 pm to Displaced
If I lived closer to my family, I might have to slit my wrists 
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:42 pm to nobigdeal69
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You make new friends wherever you go. Get out and try something new.
I made new friends when I lived out of state but it wasn't the same as my true friends I've had all my life. Also my new friends were all people that were originally from Louisiana
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:43 pm to philly444
Yes. Houston to L.A. to Boston and finally back to L.A.
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:44 pm to NoHoTiger
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Yes. Houston to L.A. to Boston and finally back to L.A.
I'm flying out from Boston to L.A. in a couple months for a friend's bachelor party. Looking forward to catching some standup and improv at UCB. Need to start researching restaurants soon as well. Any suggestions?
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:45 pm to S
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No but nurse did
Something must be seriously wrong for her not to have posted in this thread yet
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:46 pm to yellowfin
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Something must be seriously wrong for her not to have posted in this thread yet
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:46 pm to philly444
Yep
Moved to Houston for oil field trash work
Love the job, do miss LA
I'm only a 4 hour drive from home, not a big deal to visit when I need to
Moved to Houston for oil field trash work
Love the job, do miss LA
I'm only a 4 hour drive from home, not a big deal to visit when I need to
Posted on 6/16/17 at 1:48 pm to Displaced
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No I haven't, and it sounds fricking awful...
It has its moments, but for the most part it is kind of a nuisance
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