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How much would I need to make per year to live comfortably in New Orleans?
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:57 am
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:57 am
Just spent a few days in New Orleans. I was born there but moved when I was 11. It's still my favorite city in the world.
I was curious though how much one would need to actually live in New Orleans. The following would be preferred:
4 bedroom, 2+ bath house with office space
Easy driving distance to the city (say no more than 30 minutes) and still in an area with fun stuff to do
Good school system (perhaps private schools?)
Safe area
What's the going salary for living in that kind of spot? Where would that spot be?
I was curious though how much one would need to actually live in New Orleans. The following would be preferred:
4 bedroom, 2+ bath house with office space
Easy driving distance to the city (say no more than 30 minutes) and still in an area with fun stuff to do
Good school system (perhaps private schools?)
Safe area
What's the going salary for living in that kind of spot? Where would that spot be?
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Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:57 am to StringedInstruments
how many kids do you have?
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:57 am to StringedInstruments
Yeah, that's going to be you living in Mandeville or Covington.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:58 am to StringedInstruments
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live in New Orleans
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Easy driving distance to the city (say no more than 30 minutes)
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Safe area
which is it?
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:58 am to tgrbaitn08
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how many kids do you have?
1. Soon to be 2. Shooting for 3.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:59 am to StringedInstruments
does your wife work?
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:59 am to The Sad Banana
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Yeah, that's going to be you living in Mandeville or Covington.
Or Lakeview which is bout 8 minutes from downtown. Or Old Metairie which is about the same.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:59 am to tgrbaitn08
The standard OT Baller has a weekend/Mardi-Gras pad on St. Charles that they stay in when not on their compound on the Diversion Canal.
Their weekend getaway from the place on St. Charles is a 2,000 SFLA little number in the French Quarter or somewhere in Faubourg Marigny so they don't have to Uber or street-car it back to their place on St. Charles.
So all in all I'd say 2-3 million (USD)/year for this type of set-up in NOLA.
Their weekend getaway from the place on St. Charles is a 2,000 SFLA little number in the French Quarter or somewhere in Faubourg Marigny so they don't have to Uber or street-car it back to their place on St. Charles.
So all in all I'd say 2-3 million (USD)/year for this type of set-up in NOLA.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:00 am to StringedInstruments
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Just spent a few days in New Orleans. I was born there but moved when I was 11. It's still my favorite city in the world.
I was curious though how much one would need to actually live in New Orleans. The following would be preferred:
4 bedroom, 2+ bath house with office space
Easy driving distance to the city (say no more than 30 minutes) and still in an area with fun stuff to do
Good school system (perhaps private schools?)
Safe area
What's the going salary for living in that kind of spot? Where would that spot be?
You can live within NOLA area, make less than $100k as a family and still live in a 2,000 sqft house and send your kids to private school (or magnets if you hit the lottery- they have lotteries for admission).
This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 10:01 am
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:00 am to StringedInstruments
The 4 bedroom house thing is going to narrow down your choices really. I guess the Northshore would check off most of your boxes. Parts of Metairie and Algiers would fit your criteria too. To live in any decent area of any of the above places and be comfortable it would probably take a household income north of $80-$90K.
eta: You said 3 kids? Better bump that income up to over $120k.
eta: You said 3 kids? Better bump that income up to over $120k.
This post was edited on 6/29/15 at 10:02 am
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:01 am to StringedInstruments
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4 bedroom, 2+ bath house with office space
This house is a solid half milion at best in Orleans Parish I'd imagine
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:01 am to tgrbaitn08
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does your wife work?
She does now. Prefers not to once our 2nd is born.
But she can work.
Honestly, this thread isn't really a "I'm moving to New Orleans, please help." More of a curiosity thing.
I doubt we'd ever make the coin to live in Uptown or anything like that.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:02 am to StringedInstruments
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4 bedroom, 2+ bath house with office space
That's a pretty large house. Would have to be Metairie, Kenner, Lakeview, Gentilly, Northshore, most likely.
A house of that size in Metairie would probably be at least 350-400 I would think. Lakeview a bit more. Gentilly less.
Good school system? Lol. They would need to go to Catholic Schools or other private schools.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:03 am to StringedInstruments
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I doubt we'd ever make the coin to live in Uptown or anything like that.
You could in a really small, needs renovating type place. The 4 bedrooms that you can afford is what is going to be hard to come up in that area.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:03 am to GFunk
3 kids in private shools in New Orleans are going to cost him anywhere between $25k-$65k a year depending on which schools
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:05 am to tgrbaitn08
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I doubt we'd ever make the coin to live in Uptown or anything like that.
Yeah. I think Jesuit is still one of the cheapest at around $8K per year but it's hard to get in these days. They just go up from there.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:06 am to StringedInstruments
aren't you a teacher?
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:06 am to StringedInstruments
Do you know how to take a bullet ? Can you fix a gunshot wound ?
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:07 am to Salmon
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aren't you a teacher?
Was. Could be again once I finish grad school next year.
Again, this is a curiosity thread. There's no plan to move to New Orleans. Yet.
Posted on 6/29/15 at 10:09 am to MightyYat
SCHOOL TUITION FEES TOTAL
Isadore Newman School $20,708 $2,019 $22,727
Metairie Park Country Day $18,830 $3,345 $22,175
St. Martin’s Episcopal School $19,400 $1,210 $20,610
Louise S. McGehee School $18,795 $1,035 $19,830
Academy of the Sacred Heart $15,300 $750 $16,050
De La Salle High School $8,100 $1,778 $9,878
Ursuline Academy $8,800 $800 $9,600
Holy Cross High School $7,650 $1,850 $9,500
Archbishop Hannan High School $7,300 $1,905 $9,205
Cabrini High School $7,900 $1,300 $9,200
Brother Martin High School $8,590 $350 $8,940
Archbishop Rummel High School $7,300 $1,605 $8,905
St. Scholastica High School $8,350 $400 $8,750
St. Mary’s Dominican High School $8,735 $0 $8,735
St. Paul’s School $7,650 $1,075 $8,725
Archbishop Shaw High School $7,500 $1,200 $8,700
JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL $8,250 $0 $8,250
Mount Carmel Academy $8,200 $0 $8,200
St. Augustine High School $6,150 $1,985 $8,135
St. Mary’s Academy $6,800 $1,225 $8,025
Chapelle High School $6,850 $1,115 $7,965
Isadore Newman School $20,708 $2,019 $22,727
Metairie Park Country Day $18,830 $3,345 $22,175
St. Martin’s Episcopal School $19,400 $1,210 $20,610
Louise S. McGehee School $18,795 $1,035 $19,830
Academy of the Sacred Heart $15,300 $750 $16,050
De La Salle High School $8,100 $1,778 $9,878
Ursuline Academy $8,800 $800 $9,600
Holy Cross High School $7,650 $1,850 $9,500
Archbishop Hannan High School $7,300 $1,905 $9,205
Cabrini High School $7,900 $1,300 $9,200
Brother Martin High School $8,590 $350 $8,940
Archbishop Rummel High School $7,300 $1,605 $8,905
St. Scholastica High School $8,350 $400 $8,750
St. Mary’s Dominican High School $8,735 $0 $8,735
St. Paul’s School $7,650 $1,075 $8,725
Archbishop Shaw High School $7,500 $1,200 $8,700
JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL $8,250 $0 $8,250
Mount Carmel Academy $8,200 $0 $8,200
St. Augustine High School $6,150 $1,985 $8,135
St. Mary’s Academy $6,800 $1,225 $8,025
Chapelle High School $6,850 $1,115 $7,965
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