re: How are people able to just up and move states like it’s nothing and why

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Suspect you have never lived in/near New Orleans and then outside of Louisiana?

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Grew up there. Now live in Texas. I just don’t see this massive difference in the people.

Dear People Who Don’t Care,

Nearly every oil and gas professional from Louisiana has had to leave everyone they knew for Texas or elsewhere. It sucks, but nothing heroic.

Sense of community? That’s your contrasting summary?

This…

Culture You Can’t Replicate. New Orleans isn’t just a place—it’s a living culture. Music, food, language, and traditions blend in ways found nowhere else. It represents the soul of America: diverse, creative, and deeply rooted in history.

Community Over Everything. People in New Orleans define the city more than infrastructure does. After disasters like Hurricane Katrina, residents returned not just to rebuild homes, but to restore community. There’s a strong sense of identity and belonging.

Resilience in the Face of Loss. The city endured trauma but refused to lose its spirit.
Recovery wasn’t just physical—it was emotional and cultural. The city’s persistence symbolizes hope and endurance.

Imperfection Is Part of Its Value. Corruption, poverty, and dysfunction exist—but they don’t define the city. Its flaws make it real and relatable, not manufactured or sterile.

New Orleans teaches lessons about joy, connection, and living fully. It values celebration, music, and human connection over efficiency.

Sense of community? That’s in many places.

Bland lens.

Dear Diary,

I moved to some exotic, far-off land called “Texas,” where all of my wildest dreams came true.

Ive said for a while, and now im more convinced- that i think the number of TD members who live outside of Louisiana outnumbers the members who live *in* Louisiana … obviously the vast majority of us have LA ties, or grew up there.. but i think there are more posters currently outside the state than inside of it.. i wonder if the moderators have a metric they can easily look at tell if im right or wrong about this ? And by ‘member’ i mean people who actually have an account and post at least once in a while, not necessarily just prolific posters .

I lived in Bangkok and Phuket while I was testing it out part time for a year, I have now settled in the northeast Isan region full time.

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A part of my family moved to Louisiana from Tennessee in a covered wagon. We are spoiled rotten.

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You did what?

Thanks for the tips.. even though ive seen a good bit of the Kingdom, there’s still much left for me to explore.. ‘Phuketgrad’ has the nicest beaches ive seen in Thailand, but way way too crowded and expensive for me.. next on my list to check out , in re to beaches/islands, is Koh Lanta .. and yeah you mentioned the Mekong, i want to see it and also to visit Vientiane since ive never been to Laos.. the good news is that it’s all so affordable and accessible .. glad you’re finding ways to manage the shitty air quality, for me it’s just one of those tradeoffs in life that you have to decide if it’s worth it.. if someone wants to live in Chiang Mai, then they need to bake in the cost of getting an Airbnb from Jan-April in the south of Thailand, or just suffer instead .