re: Leaving Lousiana?

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is there a state that doesn’t have this?

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Very few places offer experiences even remotely resembling the Cajun Rivierra. There’s a few places around Mobile Bay/Orange Beach that sorta come close, and some spots in Florida, but it’s pretty unique. There may be some similar experiences in coastal Carolinas, but I don’t know of any. Poker runs in boats along the Petit Amite, Diversion, Tickfaw, lake Mourepas, Belle River, etc are pretty cool and not like most other places.

Have you ever summered in the Hamptons or spent any amount of time in the tri-state area?

You certainly don’t have to be a fan of the city, but to say that there aren’t any activities is a bit obtuse on your part and kind of disconcerting. Even the biggest of NYC detractors wouldn’t agree with you.

Dorothy said it best. There’s no place like home.

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I'm finally leaving south Louisiana. For anyone else who left was it tough to live somewhere else? This seems like a different planet compared to other parts of US. I know a lot of people who went to Houston, and they like it. Quality of school, healthcare is better, but there is not the LA culture. Plenty of transplants, but still if I have kids they won't get to see a lot of it.

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The hard part for me was finding a place to live. I didn't know what neighborhood to live in or even which suburb.

I also feel that landlords in Louisiana are held to a higher standard than what you see in the big city. In a city of several million people you've got a constant influx of people from the third world for whom running water and a mostly leak-free roof are pretty damned good. So landlords can slip a lot more and still get tenants, and places like Houston end up having a lot more crappy apartments than NOLA, even at much higher rent levels.

Doesn't affect you if you're buying, but renting is (otherwise) as pretty good move when you're just starting out somewhere.

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but New Orleans also offers tons of music, arts, architecture, and food found literally nowhere else on earth.

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I love New Orleans but we don't have to be overly hyperbolic about it.

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While Houston offers a competitive environment for building a business or career, it lacks anything else that many rival cities offer. Houston has similar problems to Dallas and Charlotte in that they have to make themselves uber competitive economically because they lack a lot of the other cultural advantages many other cities have that attract people.

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Let me clarify, I'm not saying Houston is as flashy as a trip destination as New Orleans. I'm saying it's a great place to live with plenty of things for locals to do. I always said that about Dallas when I was there. Great place to live, work, raise a family, etc, but not somewhere you plan a vacation around.

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A lot of people move to places like New York, New Orleans, Nashville, Ashville, Chicago, L.A., etc for reasons beyond jobs and cost of living. These cities bring other appeals to the table.

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And most leave when they decide to start a family unless they have very high paying jobs.

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Houston doesn’t. It feels soulless and lacking in identity because it, frankly, doesn’t have either one.

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I won't even begin to disagree with this. The best big cities in Texas in terms of culture or identity would be Fort Worth, Austin, and even San Antonio.

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Houston is just a giant version of Baton Rouge with more jobs and better suburbs.

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Truth BBQ in the Heights (Houston) makes a killer brisket boudin.

The corn pudding, brisket Mac n cheese and baked beans were incredible too.

The banana pudding is also v good. The grub in Houston is not a problem at all. Super diverse too.

HEB alone is a reason to leave Louisiana. The Bunker Hill location is my spot and the seafood and meat counters are exceptional.

Moved to the memorial area of Houston 20 years ago from Old Metairie. Night and day difference. Never moving back tbh.

What has that got to do with the price of tea in China?

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with plenty of things for locals to do

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The drawback is that those things that Houston has for locals to do are had by literally every other city of remotely similar size. They’re not unique to Houston, and people don’t have to come to Houston, and only Houston, to experience them.

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found literally nowhere else on earth.


I love New Orleans but we don't have to be overly hyperbolic about it.

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There’s a lot of dishes there that are not duplicated in restaurants in other places. New Orleans architecture is largely one-of-a-kind. There’s no other city that looks like it. New Orleans jazz is duplicated in some other places (largely by Louisiana ex-pats), but the frequency and variety is pretty much only found in the city. Thus, people go to New Orleans to experience these things because they cannot have a similar experience anywhere else.

That is the point I am making. There is no alternative draw to Houston beyond economics, and the government of that city needs to reverse their current trajectory or they’re going to kill the one thing they have going for them. Houston currently offers a very favorable quality of life for pay vs cost of living. It has no other experience to offer its citizens which cannot be had in dozens of other cities of remotely similar size. If it loses its economic edge, it loses nearly its entire reason for existence.

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Now thanks to China & Derek Chauvin, Dallas is a SJW dumpster fire. Unfortunately New Orleans isn’t any better right now.

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Honestly, it seems like New Orleans has been pretty stable and calm throughout this weird time of social and racial unrest.