re: Top 3 reasons you live where you do

Posted by Packer

IE, California

Member since May 2017

8686 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 9:52 am to SuperSaint

quote:
SuperSaint

I can get to Newport or Huntington in around an hour with the express lane, which was a big selling point for me to move back here instead of staying in NOLA or moving back by my parents in WI.

Posted by MSTiger33

Member since Oct 2007

21442 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 9:52 am to EarnYourStripes

Wife’s family
Job
Schools

This post was edited on 7/20/20 at 9:53 am

Posted by Centinel

Idaho

Member since Sep 2016

44199 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 9:53 am to HerkFlyer

quote:
Montgomery

You call that living?

Posted by bamabenny

Member since Nov 2009

15419 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 9:54 am to EarnYourStripes

Fairhope, AL

Job and SO’s job
Really close to the beach
Great schools/safe area

2 ...

Posted by Box Geauxrilla

Member since Jun 2013

19206 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 9:54 am to EarnYourStripes

Austin, TX

1. Job
2. Family
3. Demographics

Posted by SuperSaint

Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'

Member since Sep 2007

148171 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 9:54 am to OysterPoBoy

quote:
Baton Rouge:

Great schools
Fantastic weather
Plenty of outdoor activities

Posted by Gaston

Dirty Coast

Member since Aug 2008

41694 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 9:56 am to bamabenny

My wife and her mom visited Fairhope last weekend. They enjoyed it.

Posted by mikelbr

Baton Rouge

Member since Apr 2008

48994 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 9:57 am to EarnYourStripes

quote:
I’m curious to hear from the OT... Where do you live and what are the top 3 reasons for choosing to live there.

1. All 8 of her 1st cousins were in attendance at my daughter's 13th birthday yesterday.
2. LSU
3. Familiarity and comfort that comes with living in my 'hometown'
3b. 1 hour from New Orleans
3c. ~4 hours from my favorite beaches in the continental US.

Posted by The Spleen

Member since Dec 2010

38865 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 9:58 am to EarnYourStripes

Birmingham

1. Wife's family
2. Our jobs
3. Kids enjoy their schools and friends from school.

We are likely moving out of state once the youngest finishes high school, depending on the health of wife's parents.

Posted by AbitaFan08

Boston, MA

Member since Apr 2008

27888 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 10:00 am to EarnYourStripes

Boston:

Job/employment opportunities
I like living in a large, clean city
Close poximity to lots of hiking, beaches, and other states

This post was edited on 7/20/20 at 10:01 am

Posted by Klark Kent

Houston via BR

Member since Jan 2008

73097 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 10:01 am to EarnYourStripes

North Houston (Spring/The Woodlands)

- O&G Economy.
- Close enough / far away - 4 hour drive (from family).
- Quality of living / price of living.

next would be: better place to raise a family than most of Louisiana. Relatively removed from what comes with living in/near inner city and thus the ghetto. (We will likely move again in the next 5 years to further remove/distance our family from that factor)

This post was edited on 7/20/20 at 10:05 am

Posted by BRgetthenet

Member since Oct 2011

118229 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 10:01 am to Gaston

I got married in Fairhope. Probably gonna move there one day.

Posted by lsufan9193969700

Madisonville

Member since Sep 2003

55843 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 10:02 am to EarnYourStripes

1. No clue
2. No clue
3. No clue

....I like where I live. I don't hate it, but I have bitched way too much about Louisiana's weather, heat, mosquitoes, lovebugs, economy, and politics for way too long to truly understand why I still live here.

Posted by KamaCausey_LSU

Member since Apr 2013

17092 posts

Posted on 7/20/20 at 10:05 am to EarnYourStripes

Like others in BR have said.

Family, Work, LSU.

Especially once we have kids, being close to the grandparents would be important for us.

We always dream about moving to Colorado or Fort Worth to be near friends and get out of LA. But committing to packing up our entire lives and careers is a very high barrier to clear.