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re: Why live in Louisiana?
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:10 am to Jake88
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:10 am to Jake88
quote:The public schools in suburban areas in Houston and Dallas are really good schools. Just as good as any Catholic school.
I don't buy this. What is the size of those schools, 2,000-3,000 kids of all sorts? What do those schools do with the trash?
In New Orleans it's basically a requirement that you go to a private school to get any kind of decent education. Not so in Texas. There are many really good public schools.
I went to Catholic school as a kid when I lived in the New Orleans area, but went to public school when we moved to Houston because the public schools were just as good.
This post was edited on 7/10/17 at 9:10 am
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Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:10 am to LNCHBOX
I feel I'm in bizzaro world everyday on the OT when I see OTers treat Dallas.. fricking DALLAS suburbs at that as Mecca 
I mean wtf
I mean wtf
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:11 am to spslayto
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The main reason is because I was born and raised here and this is where all my family is.
It seems like this is a recurring theme in Louisiana. People are complacent or down right afraid of change. I know a tug boat captain that is pulling in 300k a year, but his wife refuses to move from their shitty house in Kenner because "it's where they raised their kids."
It's nice to be around family, but everyone should venture out at least once in their lives.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:11 am to SuperSaint
Hill country is where its at fam
Glenallen Hill
Glenallen Hill
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:12 am to DCtiger1
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It seems like this is a recurring theme in Louisiana. People are complacent or down right afraid of change.
You can leave out the "in Louisiana" part.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:12 am to 50_Tiger
The appearance of the school doesn't really make a difference. I'm not just talking about riff-Raff. What about the kids that are just troublemakers but not straight up criminals? My kids' schools give them the boot quickly. You deck someone, you gone. Not suspended, expelled.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:13 am to Salmon
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You can leave out the "in Louisiana" part.
Nah, LA is the only place on the planet that happens in.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:14 am to CBarkleytruth
I've moved away twice and ended up back here within a few years. There are places that I've liked better than LA but also many that I wouldn't live in over this place.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:14 am to LNCHBOX
Again, it's not that it doesn't happen other places, just that Louisiana is a shitty place to have that mentality.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:14 am to CunningLinguist
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I went to private school growing up and hated it. I don't want that for them.
funny. I went to public and decided I don't want THAT for them.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:15 am to Displaced
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just that Louisiana is a shitty place to have that mentality.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:15 am to lsucoonass
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Yet you didn't mind it before?
I never felt like I was surrounded by like minded people in Louisiana. I am liberal and don't hunt or fish, and have an IQ higher than 99.99999% of people there. It was never a great fit for me.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:16 am to PrimeTime Money
I'd like to see some numbers before I accept it as fact. I understand that the top third are probably similar, but what about the bottom two thirds?
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:16 am to LNCHBOX
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Just like you conveniently used a $250k house for your property tax calculation?
And that's the average for the entire state. What's the rate for the good school areas?
Okay, let's just break this down.
Average cost of home in Frisco, TX is 392k
Average cost of home in McKinney, TX is 374k
Cost of taxes on average in Frisco
LINK
Cost of taxes on average in McKinney
LINK
I don't live in New Orleans anymore but choosing Brother Martin as an example:
LINK
10k is more than 8k any day of the year and we still haven't talked about that pesky state income tax Louisiana has.
This post was edited on 7/10/17 at 9:17 am
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:17 am to Jake88
quote:The point that the other guy made that you were responding to was he said he could send his kid to McKinney and get a better education than Catholic school.
The appearance of the school doesn't really make a difference. I'm not just talking about riff-Raff. What about the kids that are just troublemakers but not straight up criminals? My kids' schools give them the boot quickly. You deck someone, you gone. Not suspended, expelled.
What does the school policy on fighting have to do with how well the school educates kids?
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:17 am to HippieTiger
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and have an IQ higher than 99.99999% of people there
Of course you do.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:18 am to S
Pleasant Grove
Robert 'Lefty' Grove
Robert 'Lefty' Grove
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:18 am to HippieTiger
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HippieTiger
On thing everyone itt can agree on though. This guy is the worst...
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:18 am to CBarkleytruth
If I didn't have family tying me to Louisiana, I would be gone. Long gone, actually.
I've maxed out my earning potential here, in my profession. I need a bigger market or a different career.
Louisiana isn't ideal for what I want to do, or what I want to make.
That, plus, past a certain point, the natural disasters and social disasters this state is prone to tend to wear on you.
I've maxed out my earning potential here, in my profession. I need a bigger market or a different career.
Louisiana isn't ideal for what I want to do, or what I want to make.
That, plus, past a certain point, the natural disasters and social disasters this state is prone to tend to wear on you.
Posted on 7/10/17 at 9:18 am to Displaced
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On thing everyone itt can agree on though. This guy is the worst...
Seconded.
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