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re: Leaving Louisiana: These are the top destinations for people who move out

Posted on 10/22/23 at 10:41 am to
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
57873 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 10:41 am to
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Tennessee


No state income tax, good terrain (read: areas which won't flood #2016PTSD), above the frost line and lots of very sparsely populated rural lands. If the wife (nopics) and I don't retire to family land in North La, Tennessee (especially the NE area) is where I wouldn't mind going.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
69286 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 10:42 am to
It seems to me that Louisianians really love Louisiana. They’re deeply tied to the land and their families. They’re frustrated with the economic and crime situation and don’t leave unless they feel “forced” out. When they do leave, they tend to try to keep one foot there because they don’t want to have to construct a whole new identity and social network in a new place when they’re so deeply rooted to the place they grew up.

If Louisiana has a semi-functional economy, no one born here would ever leave.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77746 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 10:44 am to
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Well most people typically need a job when they move. Not sure of the corporate opportunities in the hill country.


There are plenty of remote job opportunities in today's work from home environment.
Posted by beaverfever
Arkansas
Member since Jan 2008
35398 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 10:48 am to
Something seems to be wrong with Louisiana. Obviously there are people on this board who know a lot more about that than me but the data is startling.

It's the only state among the top net domestic migration losers that doesn't fit a very specific profile. Every other "SEC state" is crushing it except for Mississippi. Even with MS, they're treading water more than they are bleeding people like Louisiana.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
69286 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 10:50 am to
Half our state is sinking, 1/3 of our population is functionally illiterate, we’ve had 8 years of a democratic governor who hates the state’s largest private employer industries, and our population tends to be the most collectivist and economically left wing in the country while having the most incompetent government services imaginable.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
19135 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 10:51 am to
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fit a very specific profile.


I don't see anyone moving to Georgia
Posted by beaverfever
Arkansas
Member since Jan 2008
35398 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 10:54 am to
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I don't see anyone moving to Georgia

They are.
Posted by Johnny Roastbeef
Somewhere in Bartow County
Member since Sep 2018
2044 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 10:59 am to
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I don't see anyone moving to Georgia


I’ll be there permanently next summer
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
12677 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:00 am to
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Something seems to be wrong with Louisiana. Obviously there are people on this board who know a lot more about that than me but the data is startling. It's the only state among the top net domestic migration losers that doesn't fit a very specific profile. Every other "SEC state" is crushing it except for Mississippi. Even with MS, they're treading water more than they are bleeding people like Louisiana.


We had a guy on the Scoreboard board last night trying to make the case that JBE has been a great governor. Just look at stats like these and see what an outlier Louisiana is compared to the rest of the south. It’s shocking.
Posted by Old Money
LSU
Member since Sep 2012
41281 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:01 am to
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There are plenty of remote job opportunities in today's work from home environment.


You should know better. This board hates remote work.
Posted by RileyTime
Gulf Breeze, FL
Member since Oct 2008
7052 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:06 am to
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Headed to panhandle, March 2024


Thanksgiving 2023, here
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
73104 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:06 am to
a tad dramatic
Posted by SalE
At the beach
Member since Jan 2020
2922 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:08 am to
OB...Foley
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
7302 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:10 am to
I plan on moving and buying a mansion with the money I save from lower insurance rates.
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
58910 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:14 am to
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The least likely destinations for Louisianans leaving the state were Delaware, New Hampshire, Utah, Vermont, and Connecticut
*takes note*
Posted by Beauw
Blanchard
Member since Sep 2007
4050 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:15 am to
Yeah, I don’t really get that one.
Posted by Antonio Moss
The South
Member since Mar 2006
49054 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:16 am to
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Something seems to be wrong with Louisiana.


It’s much more difficult to list what’s right.

Extremely high local taxes
Worst public education system in the country
Worst crime in the country
Prone to weather disasters
Horrible job diversity

It’s basically impossible to make a case for a highly educated person to move here.
Posted by sta4ever
Member since Aug 2014
17399 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:18 am to
Louisiana is like Russia, except very hot instead of very cold. The youth are leaving both in droves. So there goes all the educated people. Bunch of murderous lunatics in both. Corruption, poverty, etc. The future for both is very bleak. I prolly need to get the hell outta here soon.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98750 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:23 am to
Russia has better leaders than Louisiana
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
119756 posts
Posted on 10/22/23 at 11:29 am to
Perhaps you could go volunteer in Ukraine?
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