Rusty Irish

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re: Why is the NOLA metro so poorly served by restaurant chains?

Posted by Rusty Irish on 7/5/22 at 11:18 am

I'd agree that Whataburger is strong enough to come into the market and do fine regardless. Could see Zaxbys on the north shore possibly. Jack in the box is trash you'd eat when drunk and Freddy's is alright but not anything I'd go out of my way for. Would quite like to see a Newks or Schlotzskys. ...

re: Why is the NOLA metro so poorly served by restaurant chains?

Posted by Rusty Irish on 7/5/22 at 7:56 am

[quote]This question has been asked for decades now, since the explosion of chain restaurants started. Although the lack of good workers, real estate, etc are all a very small part of it, the real and long-standing reason is that why would anyone go to Chili's in NOLA when you can literally pick an...

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re: Why is the NOLA metro so poorly served by restaurant chains?

Posted by Rusty Irish on 7/5/22 at 7:23 am

[quote]“I’m gonna go to NOLA and eat at Waffle House” said no one ever We have so many more local options[/quote] If you're a tourist sure, no is going to Canal St for Waffle House, but if you live here more options and variety makes a place more attractive to live. Why is it these chains are go...

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re: Lack of white collar jobs in Gulf South

Posted by Rusty Irish on 4/18/22 at 11:06 am

[quote]LHC just got bought out.[/quote] Just read that there once you said. Another Louisiana based firm acquired out of state. We can't keep anything!...

re: Lack of white collar jobs in Gulf South

Posted by Rusty Irish on 4/18/22 at 11:04 am

[quote]Because you can get a degree that will make you a really good living, the cost of living is far less than all of those other awesome places like Baltimore, and I can walk the roads of area and my town and not have to be off the street when the sun goes down. If there is no way to earn good...

re: Lack of white collar jobs in Gulf South

Posted by Rusty Irish on 4/18/22 at 10:59 am

[quote]I’m not sure where you get this data, but it is wrong.[/quote] Yes, I stand corrected somewhat. Gulf South LA Fortune 1000: Entergy (Energy) - New Orleans - 371 Pool Corp (Wholesaler) - Covington - 624 LHC Group (Healthcare) - Lafayette - 947 Elsewhere LA: Lumen Technologies (Tel...

Lack of white collar jobs in Gulf South

Posted by Rusty Irish on 4/18/22 at 7:39 am

Just how bad is it? We have one fortune 500 left. Only two in the fortune 1000 - Entergy and Pool Corp. For all our problems with crime, poor schools, severe weather, this has to be up there for me. I did a recent search on indeed for jobs in my chosen area. Finance. Here was what I got for vario...

re: 'Like a war zone': 6 killed, 12 wounded in New Orleans' bloodiest weekend in 10 years

Posted by Rusty Irish on 4/12/22 at 4:36 pm

There was also someone found shot to death in a car overnight near the Lakefront last night/this morning some time leaving us at 78 (plus another five wounded!) This is from a WWL article posted yesterday: [quote]NEW ORLEANS — Violent crime has been rising every year in New Orleans since 2019,...

re: 'Like a war zone': 6 killed, 12 wounded in New Orleans' bloodiest weekend in 10 years

Posted by Rusty Irish on 4/12/22 at 4:31 pm

It ain't even mid April and we must be around about 80 homicides already huh? fricking laughable man. :lol:...

re: Best place to live in NOLA Metro

Posted by Rusty Irish on 4/12/22 at 4:22 pm

Outside St. Tam and Metairie: I like River Ridge a lot. Nice safe area, close to amenities still in Metairie, also close to the airport. I also like Belle Chasse as an area, but its also slightly more vulnerable to flooding than say a River Ridge and you'll be relying heavily on going into the...

re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Posted by Rusty Irish on 3/27/22 at 9:57 am

[quote]With Moscow signaling that they will focus more on the Eastern “separatist” region the Cold War style possibility of an East Ukraine vs West Ukraine becomes one of the options. I found one British economic researcher’s thoughts on this in written in 2014 LINK However, I would tend to...

re: VIDEO: Large tornado confirmed in Lower Ninth Ward

Posted by Rusty Irish on 3/23/22 at 1:05 am

Second big tornado in a few years. The constant severe weather in NOLA is becoming almost as off putting as the high crime. Not sure how much longer I can take living in the area....

re: Why does Jackson MS get such a bad rap?

Posted by Rusty Irish on 2/18/22 at 12:50 am

City proper itself is a toilet but there are some nice suburbs on the outskirts and it actually has a better corporate climate than New Orleans. ...

re: Hollywood South hipsters' cars smash/grabbed during NOLA Nic Cage shoot; no cops respond

Posted by Rusty Irish on 2/9/22 at 4:09 pm

Karma You reap what you sow...

re: WWL: Is St. Tammany Parish growing too fast?

Posted by Rusty Irish on 2/5/22 at 5:36 pm

Need more corporate office parks and chain restaurants. ...

re: Downtown Lafayette getting ZERO new high rise towers

Posted by Rusty Irish on 1/25/22 at 1:51 pm

Wheres the earners to fill them? Iberia bank HQ gone to Memphis....

re: Becoming a paralegal

Posted by Rusty Irish on 11/14/21 at 8:07 am

Funnily enough I am in quite a similar situation to your wife. I have a social work degree, and like most go into the job for the right reasons, but I am totally done with it. You spend your whole days dealing with scum, drug addicts, thugs, wasters who have no intention of ever contributing to s...

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re: Another LA bank acquired out of state

Posted by Rusty Irish on 10/3/21 at 7:11 pm

Walmart....

Another LA bank acquired out of state

Posted by Rusty Irish on 10/3/21 at 5:57 pm

Ridgeland, MS based Bankplus have acquired First Bank and Trust. FB&T are HQ'd on Poydras in DT New Orleans but operations will consolidate in suburban Jackson. It'll give Bankplus a major foothold in the New Orleans market now which they did not previously have and also gets them into some new mark...