re: Louisiana vs Texas in a nutshell - why I hate my home state more and more

There is an important nugget about estate planning in the OP, especially as you grow older always have the executor of your will (assuming it is a close family member) listed on your bank accounts. This allows them immediate and full access to your accounts upon your incapacitation or death.

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Louisiana is just slightly above Mexico in terms of governance, incompetence and corruption.

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I have a relative who has never lived anywhere near Louisiana but has had the misfortune of having a position in a firm that has negotiated statewide business contracts for over three decades with The Bayou State.

He always says he tells his people to not to think of Louisiana as a shitty State but consider it an OK Caribbean country.

There's about a million other reasons but you are right

and yet here you all are, posting on a Louisiana based message board

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Other than wanting to live near family for help with the kids, why would anybody desire to live in La.?

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Because the ignorant liked to be surrounded by the ignorant. Stepping out of their little bubble and experiencing something different is their biggest fear

At least your muni water company allowed you to discuss on the phone. Mine will only take a fax, letter or in person. They completely suck.

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Since I'm on my anti-LA rant, let me add that Ocshner does not instill much confidence and I would never allow another relative to be treated there.

They have grown much too quickly and don't communicate or have the infrastructure in place to properly operate. I could go on and on about the incompetence and lack of communication between doctors there. And don't get me started on the attitude of the staff (below RN level).

Some were amazing so don't want to disparage everyone but way too many lazy arse people with attitudes that should not be in a position that requires interaction with humans.

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I agree they have grown probably too fast, but so has LCMC. HCA (which runs Tulane hospitals) sucks donkey balls, and East Jefferson is probably more incompetent than all the rest, so we don't have a lot of options.

However, my grandmother recently died after a long illness and she was Ochsner through and through. While I didn't deal with the accountants and billing people and such, I sat in on a lot of discussions between my grandfather and the doctors. I found all of the doctors, nurses, etc to be absolutely top notch. They communicated very well. And when the time came for a discussion about hospice care, the entire team over there was amazing to work with, very caring and compassionate, and took hours answering all of our questions.

I can also tell you they took over the hospital in St Bernard and it is 10,000 times better now.

Yet, I have relatives that hate Ochsner so much that they didn't even want to step foot in the place to visit grandma. I don't get it... but they definetly have some haters out there.

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I've dealt with plenty of government officials in Texas (local, county, state) on billing issues for various things, and they are just as incompetent.

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I deal with state and local governments all over the country, and if Louisiana isn't the most incompetent and generally unorganized, they're in the running.

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Because the ignorant liked to be surrounded by the ignorant. Stepping out of their little bubble and experiencing something different is their biggest fear

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I left and came back. I have a good job and my kids are in good schools.

100 percent, I came back because I wanted the kids to be able to see their family whenever, I wanted my mother to be able to attend every softball game, have the kids sleepover at cousins house at random times, etc.

I put up with the BS in order for my kids to be around their family as they grow up. A lot of people feel the same way.

If I had no kids, I'd probably be making 400K right now as a partner at a firm in Houston. Sometimes you make sacrifices for your family.