re: Well, tonight’s election sealed it for me.

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Well, tonight’s election sealed it for me.

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Tonight?? Dude, LA has been a shitshow for 200 years.

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You got a job lined up?

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that post right there perfectly sums up the mentality of a Democrat voter. SOMEONE else always has to take care of them.

as if the OP (or any able bodied American) can't just pick up and do for themselves? they have to be slaves to a system and rely on someone else all the time?

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so people who couldn’t make it here

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The people leaving are working-class and college-educated.

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We’ve discussed this with our CPA, if we move our residence to TX we would save about $30-40K a year in taxes.

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This depends on many factors, but for most people the total tax burden would be pretty similar in LA and TX. The bigger difference is the cost of living is much higher in Texas.

My parents recently moved from Texas to Louisiana, taking a pay cut in the process, and all told they are much better off here. They are in a bigger and newer, yet cheaper house, and they are saving thousands in property taxes too. Their utility bills are about half what they were in Texas, so they are saving thousands there too. Groceries are also cheaper, so they are saving thousands more.

The only way I can figure you'd save $40k in taxes by moving to Texas is if you're pulling about $1million per year, so congrats on that.

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Except people are actually leaving Louisiana.

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They were doing that before JBE. JBE has nothing to do with that

I lived in Youngsville
Less house cost more there than Katy
Had two kids in private school in la
Moved to Katy and both graduated with honors from KISD 6A schools and are thriving at Texas and Houston
Roads here are new, four lane boulevards with street lights and sidewalks
Drainage in areas is bad, great in others
Cops are good, fire dept, ambulance are all good
Plenty of doctors, and professional services choices
I don’t see the higher cost of living here than LA because we make more money and we get what our taxes pay for
Whole area is deep red too

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so people who couldn’t make it here

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Lulz.

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I lived in Youngsville
Less house cost more there than Katy

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Funny, my parents moved to Broussard from south of Fort Worth, and they got more house for less in Broussard.

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Roads here are new, four lane boulevards with street lights and sidewalks

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I gotta give it to Texas, them frickers are always working on the roads.

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Drainage in areas is bad, great in others
Cops are good, fire dept, ambulance are all good
Plenty of doctors, and professional services choices

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All of these are fine in my parents' and in my necks of the woods.

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I don’t see the higher cost of living here than LA because we make more money and we get what our taxes pay for

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You don't see it, or you haven't bothered to calculate it? It's an honest question, because my parents are legit saving $1-200/month on utilities, about $100/month on groceries, and about $500/month on the mortgage. The LA income tax vs. the Texas property taxes are basically a wash.

Same job, same company, different state, nicer house, ~$8-10k/year cheaper to live.


It all depends on the circumstances. The grass isn't always greener.

Which city are you wanting to move to? Where from? What do you do?

I mean, for some people it's probably a good move no matter who is governor. For others, you may have other options or be in an insulated industry/locality.