re: What keeps you in Louisiana?

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All the things you listed don't bother me as much as the terrible weather. Let's be honest we have some of the shittiest weather in the country. I mean, I'd take it over Alaska and Maine and all the northern states that get cold as shite

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So you're saying the worst thing about LA is the weather, and you'd still choose LA weather over that of at least a third of the country?

Way to take a strong stance.

I moved away for 6 years and wife convinced me to move back home. Biggest regret. Now wife is ready to move back out of state. Hopefully soon. This state is in disrepair.

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AbitaFan08

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What keeps you in Louisiana?

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I shocked to see you in a thread about Louisiana...just move back here already.

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So you're saying the worst thing about LA is the weather,

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I love the weather in Louisiana. How you not?

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LSU games,

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If there was anything that keeps me in Louisiana it's not a bunch of 17 and 18 year old college football players

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I love where I'm from, but the best thing I ever did was to get out years ago.

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Born and raised generations deep in NOLA. Grew up in the 50s/60s there and love what it was. Married a NOLA girl there; we had our 3 kids there. But in 1984, because of work commitments, we left LA and family. It was culture shock for my wife and me; our kids were too young to really know. But homesick became a way of life for us inbetween our visits back home once or twice a year.
But time heals all things and our family is grown; we have 5 grandkids - none live in LA. They have an appreciation for NOLA but are horrified by the shabbiness, litter, crime, etc. they see when they do visit their place of birth. Most of our LA family moved out of NOLA years ago and have built new lives in other cities and parishes in and out of the metro area. Our kids did not grow up to be "Yats" and all have grad and post-grad degrees, unlike about half of their grown cousins, aunts and uncles.
We are at retirement time; we won't move back home. We see what it is and has become. We treasure our memories of growing up there. But those times -- they ain't dere no more. And they (like we) just ain't coming back.

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I am fortunate enough to have an employer who doesn't care where I live. My job isn't dependent on the Louisiana economy, my income isn't based on my Louisiana residency & I can move anywhere I want. The ONLY reason I am in Louisiana is because of family. I have young kids & I have parents & inlaws who are getting old. My priority is for my kids to know their grandparents (and by extension their aunts/uncles/cousins/etc) before it's too late.

Having said all that. I choose not to sit back and bitch about how shitty Louisiana is. I choose to live in a nice, safe neighborhood and send my kids to a great 'non-mediocre' private school. I choose to travel with my family to other parts of the country so my kids can see there's more out there than just Louisiana & they'll be better prepared to decide where to go to college and/or live when they get older.

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You sound like "future me"

I have a job that allows me to work/live anywhere, but my wife and I are going to start a family in the next few years and we want to be close to family. We will send our kids to private schools, and we are well aware that there are places outside of Louisiana that can offer a higher quality of life than what we have here. We travel often, to see those areas (both in the country and abroad). If we moved away from Louisiana we both feel like our travel time would be spent coming back home to visit family and friends.

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I love the weather in Louisiana. How you not?

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I don't care for it June-Sept. The other 8 months it's pretty decent.

family and uncle earls

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I pretty much hate the weather here.

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I love it...except for when it's 80-90 degree's Nov-Feb and I'm trying to deer or duck hunt