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Post by onepingonly on May 10, 2016 13:16:03 GMT -5
Michigan sounds awesome other than the cold and snow business. Louisiana anyone?? Louisiana is hot and humid. NOLA/Metairie is cosmopolitan compared to the rest of the state, which is much more rural. NOLA is similar in ways to Paris. Good food throughout. Interesting attractions. The WWII museum is excellent. Life is easygoing for the most part. Hurricanes are a fact of life. Also bugs. It's hot. It's humid. It's semitropical. Crime is a factor in NOLA. See e.g., uh, the news. There's some good music. If you have school-age children, education throughout Louisiana is an issue. Real estate is cheap. The roads are bad. Sans kids, an easy and carefree place to live and work if you stay out of bad neighborhoods. The economy is perennially up and down with the oil industry (down now). Katrina and the BP oil spill have left scars. There's a cadre of bourgeoisie straight out of Molière. The accent is more "my cousin Vinnie" than Dixie Carter. It's Napoleonic law. Questions?
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Post by stevil on May 10, 2016 14:06:59 GMT -5
Shreveport has nearby Barksdale AFB - home of the mighty 8th Air Force - which is the likely the top employer for the area. Think lots of B-52s! Military friendly area. Also has several casinos, for those so inclined.
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Post by Gaidin on May 10, 2016 14:17:05 GMT -5
I would concur about NOLA and Metairie being culturally very different from the rest of the state.
I had a friend in college from Louisiana that said "a real Cajun believes everyone who lives north of I-10 is a Yankee." A quick look at a map will show you I-10 passing just north of the French Quarter.
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Post by moopigsdad on May 10, 2016 14:38:15 GMT -5
I have nothing bad to say about Louisiana's swamps and gators during all my visits there. I love NOLA and S'Port. Life is different there. Things are done at a slower pace than in the North. The citizens are very friendly, however may of their laws are still based upon the French Civil Law system. I wouldn't mind any of the ODAR offices there, but the weather is much different than Michigan, which is where I am from. Hurricanes do happen there along the coast and the effects are felt inland, too. There are very few states I wouldn't vouch for, as I have traveled through most and practiced SSA law in many over the years. Bad is solely in the "eye of the beholder". What is one man's (or woman's) Paradise can be another man's (or woman's) Hell. You will have to judge for yourself in the end.
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Post by bayou on May 10, 2016 14:51:35 GMT -5
I would concur about NOLA and Metairie being culturally very different from the rest of the state. I had a friend in college from Louisiana that said "a real Cajun believes everyone who lives north of I-10 is a Yankee." A quick look at a map will show you I-10 passing just north of the French Quarter. For those who watched the Disney movie, The Princess and The Frog, you may recall when the Prince says he was from far far away and the lightening bug responds, "Ya'll from Shreveport?". That pretty much captures it.
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Post by gary on May 10, 2016 14:54:58 GMT -5
I would concur about NOLA and Metairie being culturally very different from the rest of the state. I had a friend in college from Louisiana that said "a real Cajun believes everyone who lives north of I-10 is a Yankee." A quick look at a map will show you I-10 passing just north of the French Quarter. For those who watched the Disney movie, The Princess and The Frog, you may recall when the Prince says he was from far far away and the lightening bug responds, "Ya'll from Shreveport?". That pretty much captures it.
Doggone it! You should have given us a "Spoiler Alert!"
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Post by ba on May 10, 2016 15:04:17 GMT -5
I would concur about NOLA and Metairie being culturally very different from the rest of the state. I had a friend in college from Louisiana that said "a real Cajun believes everyone who lives north of I-10 is a Yankee." A quick look at a map will show you I-10 passing just north of the French Quarter. For those who watched the Disney movie, The Princess and The Frog, you may recall when the Prince says he was from far far away and the lightening bug responds, "Ya'll from Shreveport?". That pretty much captures it.
Yep. Shreveport is basically East Texas with riverboat casinos (as in permanently attached to building riverboats).
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Post by roggenbier on May 10, 2016 19:07:16 GMT -5
I married a Cajun's daughter. My family is from Virginia, NJ, and PA....Anywhere there are things that look like crawdads are fine by me.
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Post by christina on May 11, 2016 11:51:58 GMT -5
Kansas data anyone?
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Post by marathon on May 11, 2016 12:13:52 GMT -5
There is KC - which extends pretty far out through the suburbs at this point. Lawrence, home to the KU Jayhawks, Topeka, the state capital and Wichita. Thenpeople a friendly. It is Bible Belt. There is a serious fight between the sitting governor and the judiciary over many things, and school funding is directly in the crosshairs. Known for excellent BBQ (try Jack Stack if ever given the opportunity) and downtown KC is the home of the blues. The greats all played in there and last time I was there the traditions continued. KC Mo has the plaza which is delightful at Xmas. All the shops are adorned in lights and they used to have horse drawn carriages take you around. Also home of the World Series Champs, the Royals. KC MO is actually quite cultures and you'll find a lot to do from great shopping to art museums.
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Post by christina on May 11, 2016 13:32:40 GMT -5
How bout wichita
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Post by gary on May 11, 2016 13:39:04 GMT -5
There's a lineman for the county there.
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Post by christina on May 11, 2016 13:59:26 GMT -5
Thx Gary. Very helpful
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Post by gary on May 11, 2016 14:00:27 GMT -5
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Post by marathon on May 11, 2016 14:37:19 GMT -5
There's a lineman for the county there. Ha! But seriously. It is actually the largest city in KS. I haven't been there in years, but it used to be home to a lot of aerospace companies and Koch Industries. It's about an hour north of the Oklahoma line and less than 500 miles to Denver. We used to say that once you passed Wichita you were in no man's land until you saw mountains. There is a university there and the basketball team has had a couple of flashes of brilliance that burned out in the tourney. Used to have a fairly high crime rate as far as KS goes, but that was years ago. Not sure if the same holds true. A lot of drug trafficking between there and Topeka maybe 15 years ago. Reason: I-35 and I-70 intersect in Topeka. From there, you can get anywhere in the country.
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Post by christina on May 12, 2016 5:57:11 GMT -5
next up, Indiana!!!
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Post by Gaidin on May 12, 2016 9:30:23 GMT -5
I just wish there was an office in Pawnee.
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Post by gary on May 12, 2016 9:40:29 GMT -5
I wish they'd open that rumored planned Gary office.
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Post by greendog on May 12, 2016 11:31:18 GMT -5
I wish they'd open that rumored planned Gary office. It would be legendary.
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Post by catspaw on May 12, 2016 11:35:39 GMT -5
I wish they'd open that rumored planned Gary office. Unfortunately, your namesake, my friend, has seen better days. Needs to take some tips from the Detroit renaissance. In my view, there's little reason (other than bad governance) a place so close to Lake Michigan and Chicago should be in such sorrowful shape, really.
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