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Posted on 1/3/17 at 10:33 pm to Mica70003504
Posted on 1/3/17 at 10:33 pm to Mica70003504
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New Orleans or Houston
Houston.
Visit New Orleans on the weekends.
Posted on 1/3/17 at 10:51 pm to Mica70003504
Nola
Posted on 1/4/17 at 1:47 am to Mica70003504
I live in Houston.
New Orleans by far
New Orleans by far
Posted on 1/4/17 at 4:11 am to Mica70003504
I've lived in both and NOLA is home.
Take Houston. Go home when you want.
Take Houston. Go home when you want.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 5:20 am to Mica70003504
I had that choice when I was your age, except I was living in NOLA at the time. Took a job in Houston for 3 years, and from pretty much the beginning could not wait to move back to NOLA. For some, the pull of home is too strong to ignore, and overrides more practical considerations. From your responses, you sound like you are also being drawn back to New Orleans. If you do not try it now, you may get settled in Houston and always wonder what could have been.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 6:00 am to Mica70003504
When I had this same option I moved back home to New Orleans. Was an easy choice with no kids.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 6:06 am to Mica70003504
Go with the city in Texas.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 6:12 am to TigerWise
New Orleans. Easily.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 6:45 am to RogerTheShrubber
All BS aside, Houston is hands down the safe, practical choice. There is zero comparison in that regard.
But, I respect heart strings and heritage. I love NOLA but the idea of raising a family in that environment day in and day out after experiencing Houston/Woodlands is frightening.
And, to be real, the indigent/hard working under belly of Houston is refreshing compared to the scumbag govt entitled trash of SOLA.
But, I respect heart strings and heritage. I love NOLA but the idea of raising a family in that environment day in and day out after experiencing Houston/Woodlands is frightening.
And, to be real, the indigent/hard working under belly of Houston is refreshing compared to the scumbag govt entitled trash of SOLA.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 7:45 am to Mica70003504
Houston is a great city to build wealth and experience in. But once you have kids, unless you live in the burbs and don't mind an hour long commute each way, education costs go through the fricking roof
Posted on 1/4/17 at 8:22 am to TigerBait225
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no Dwi checkpoints or speed traps
thats can't possibly be true
Posted on 1/4/17 at 9:08 am to Mica70003504
I lived in Katy for 6 years after Katrina. Moved back to NOLA 5 years ago. Wife is a NOLA girl and wanted to be back near her mama.
We've been pretty happy here, but it depends on how you define happiness. Being near friends and family is important to us. Being able to drop the kids off at grandmas for a last minute sleepover is valuable to us.
Money and profession wise, there is no question that Houston will generally provide more. I'd be paid more, live in a bigger house, and probably would have had more professional opportunities if we stayed in Houston. But... I think we have a very good life here in NOLA.
I think the school thing, some of the people on this board aren't being completely honest. Houston has some amazing schools. They also have some terrible, awful, not good schools.
If you live in HISD, you are not sending your kids to those schools, unless you get into a magnet. Just like if you live in Orleans Parish, you are not sending your kids to OPSB schools unless you get into Franklin or Lusher. Just like if you live in EBR, you are not sending your kids to EBR schools unless it's a magnet.
In Houston, some of the suburbs have terrible schools as well, just like Jefferson Parish has some terrible schools. And in Houston, some of the suburbs have good schools that are fine to send your kids to, just like there are suburbs in Baton Rouge and New Orleans that have schools that are fine to send your kids to.
And if you do live in HISD and send your kids to a private school... they are at least twice as expensive as the ones here. Jesuit NOLA tuition is $8,850. Strake Jesuit (Houston) tuition is $19,200.
We've been pretty happy here, but it depends on how you define happiness. Being near friends and family is important to us. Being able to drop the kids off at grandmas for a last minute sleepover is valuable to us.
Money and profession wise, there is no question that Houston will generally provide more. I'd be paid more, live in a bigger house, and probably would have had more professional opportunities if we stayed in Houston. But... I think we have a very good life here in NOLA.
I think the school thing, some of the people on this board aren't being completely honest. Houston has some amazing schools. They also have some terrible, awful, not good schools.
If you live in HISD, you are not sending your kids to those schools, unless you get into a magnet. Just like if you live in Orleans Parish, you are not sending your kids to OPSB schools unless you get into Franklin or Lusher. Just like if you live in EBR, you are not sending your kids to EBR schools unless it's a magnet.
In Houston, some of the suburbs have terrible schools as well, just like Jefferson Parish has some terrible schools. And in Houston, some of the suburbs have good schools that are fine to send your kids to, just like there are suburbs in Baton Rouge and New Orleans that have schools that are fine to send your kids to.
And if you do live in HISD and send your kids to a private school... they are at least twice as expensive as the ones here. Jesuit NOLA tuition is $8,850. Strake Jesuit (Houston) tuition is $19,200.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 9:16 am to TigerBait225
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cheaper car insurance,
Moving from Katy Texas to St Bernard Parish, my car insurance for my and my wife went up $35 for a 6 month period. Texas has terrible insurance rates.
Not to mention cable, water, and electric are all cheaper in LA. The electric really surprises me... let's just say deregulation hasn't worked.
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no Dwi checkpoints or speed traps
Yeah, I think DWI "checkpoints" are illegal in Texas, but there are tons of cops out there looking for drunks.
I've gotten 4 moving violations in my life - 2 for speeding and 2 for running a stop sign - and all four of them were during the 6 years I lived in Houston. Traffic cops out there are brutal. i think it's because of that thing where you can get one ticket a year dismissed by going to a day of traffic school... the cops know that many people will do that and not fight it.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 9:17 am to Mica70003504
Do you want to make lots of money in a cookie cutter soulless generic concrete crap factory of an 80s money keep up with the Joneses stereotype city like Houston or do you want to enjoy your life?
Money isn't everything
Money isn't everything
This post was edited on 1/4/17 at 9:19 am
Posted on 1/4/17 at 9:44 am to LSUFanHouston
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And if you do live in HISD and send your kids to a private school... they are at least twice as expensive as the ones here. Jesuit NOLA tuition is $8,850. Strake Jesuit (Houston) tuition is $19,200.
And while Strake is great, that's half the cost of Episcopal High and Kinkaid. Schools in Houston are fricking insane. Unless you're comfortable sending your kid to an HISD, Latino majority, impoverished school with low testing scores, you're paying out your arse for education.
Posted on 1/4/17 at 9:49 am to Breesus
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Do you want to make lots of money in a cookie cutter soulless generic concrete crap factory of an 80s money keep up with the Joneses stereotype city like Houston or do you want to enjoy your life?
Lol. Know how I know you've never lived anywhere besides your preplanned, bullshite comfort zone?
Posted on 1/4/17 at 10:09 am to Breesus
Woodlands =\= Houston
Posted on 1/4/17 at 10:26 am to Breesus
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Do you want to make lots of money in a cookie cutter soulless generic concrete crap factory of an 80s money keep up with the Joneses stereotype city like Houston or do you want to enjoy your life?
Money isn't everything
I agree...
Live on the edge and worry about getting killed and your wife potentially raped in a crime ridden area that condones corruption and violence.
Best thing I did was get the frick out of Uptown.
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