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re: Does anyone ever regret moving away from Louisiana?
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:40 pm to mpar98
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:40 pm to mpar98
I lived in southeast Asia for a while. Missed home every single day.
Living like a king means jack shite. Good people in the south. When my buddy committed suicide over there, it was clear it was time to go.
He was old southern money and a goddamned gentleman. Just couldn't take being away from his wife and kid.
If there aren't liveoaks and cypress trees coated in Spanish moss, and café-au-lait women who blush when you smile at them and say "ma'am", I don't want to live there.
Living like a king means jack shite. Good people in the south. When my buddy committed suicide over there, it was clear it was time to go.
He was old southern money and a goddamned gentleman. Just couldn't take being away from his wife and kid.
If there aren't liveoaks and cypress trees coated in Spanish moss, and café-au-lait women who blush when you smile at them and say "ma'am", I don't want to live there.
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Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:41 pm to mpar98
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Does anyone ever regret moving away from Louisiana?
Is this a trick question?
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:42 pm to mpar98
No, I can't imagine living in LA.
I never fit in and leaving was a great move on my part. Seems like most people that i know there are sorta misreable, or at least complain a lot.
I never fit in and leaving was a great move on my part. Seems like most people that i know there are sorta misreable, or at least complain a lot.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:45 pm to mpar98
One of my best friends moved to Seattle from LA.
They moved back 2 years later.
Loved Seattle and the area, but they were using all of their vacation to come back home to visit family and not to mention how expensive Seattle was
They eventually decided it would be better to be closer to family and be able to afford and have more time to travel while living in LA
So yes...some people have regretted moving away from LA
They moved back 2 years later.
Loved Seattle and the area, but they were using all of their vacation to come back home to visit family and not to mention how expensive Seattle was
They eventually decided it would be better to be closer to family and be able to afford and have more time to travel while living in LA
So yes...some people have regretted moving away from LA
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:47 pm to X123F45
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When my buddy committed suicide over there, it was clear it was time to go.
Man, that is terrible....
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:48 pm to lsunurse
Honestly im flying back home to NOLA for two weeks and im sure after the first week im going to be ready to come back to Dallas.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:49 pm to mpar98
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Does anyone ever regret moving away from Louisiana?
does this state rank in the top half of any quality of life metric? srs
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:49 pm to mpar98
I miss Louisiana, but the choice I made was 100% the right one when it came to the much better economic opportunities outside of Louisiana.
Hope to move back someday and enjoy the fishing and food again though! Probably a long time from now but who knows.
Hope to move back someday and enjoy the fishing and food again though! Probably a long time from now but who knows.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:49 pm to Salmon
Very good friend of mine and her husband and children just left LA this past summer for a job for her husband in Vegas. It was a job opportunity for her husband that was too good to pass up.
She was always all about staying in LA to be near family. She was the one most vocal to me that I would regret leaving LA when I moved away in 2005 ("But how can you bear to be soo far away from your family???!!")
She absolutely LOVES Vegas and tells me she never wants to move back to LA.
She was always all about staying in LA to be near family. She was the one most vocal to me that I would regret leaving LA when I moved away in 2005 ("But how can you bear to be soo far away from your family???!!")
She absolutely LOVES Vegas and tells me she never wants to move back to LA.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:50 pm to mpar98
Nope. Haven't regretted it once. Moved to SW Colorado 5 years ago
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:50 pm to PairofDucks
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I miss Louisiana on occasion, especially at the holidays, but I don't regret moving.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:51 pm to mpar98
<----this guy
ill take BR and nola being OOC if it means no more cold weather, first snow fall of the year up here and i'm ready to snowbird back to S. La
ill take BR and nola being OOC if it means no more cold weather, first snow fall of the year up here and i'm ready to snowbird back to S. La
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:51 pm to mpar98
At first. After i graduated college(2004) i began applying for jobs in programming type jobs in lafayette and baton rouge. I came to realize fairly quickly that, in louisiana, if you turned on a computer or you program or you are in networking that most people thought they were all the same. Went for an interview and ended up setting up a network for person. Guy offers me the job and wants to pay me like 9 bucks an hour. I made the decision to leave the state and have never looked back. I do miss my mom,relatives/friends and dam sure miss the fishing but i believe i made the right decision. I have a family out here now so i will probably never return full-time.I dont miss the traffic from the job i had for a short time in baton rouge.Figured you guys would enjoy that last one. I still pull for my tigers though 
This post was edited on 12/9/16 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:52 pm to rocket31
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does this state rank in the top half of any quality of life metric? srs
i have no idea, but what I think people would regret is being away from friends / family. and that can be hard.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:52 pm to AbitaFan08
Not every story is like yours pal
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:52 pm to mpar98
Nope, one of the best decisions I've made
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:53 pm to X123F45
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Just couldn't take being away from his wife and kid.
Damn. Why didn't he just go home?
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:53 pm to X123F45
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Good people in the south
i mean, not really.
its largely filled with dumbasses on one spectrum, leaches on another, and then "i got mine go frick yurself good ol boys" in the final piece.
throw in the overweight population and acceptance of mediocrity across the region.
its pretty much the opposite of "good people"
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:53 pm to Mr. Hangover
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Not every story is like yours pal
I never said every story was. I was just speaking from my own personal experience. But your implication was that there was a chance I'm lying because my ego won't let me admit I made a mistake in leaving, which is just dead wrong.
This post was edited on 12/9/16 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 12/9/16 at 12:54 pm to mpar98
quote:
Question is do you know someone who has regretted leaving?
Yes.
I know plenty of people in my age range that moved away after college and came back within 5 or so years. For various reasons, but mostly involving family/friends.
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