Living in Louisiana

texasgirl · #1 07-17-2006, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by crzychx

For those of you living in Louisiana, can you give some good recommendations for cities to live in, with just one condition-I don't want to live anywhere near the gulf. At least an hour & a half to two hours away if possible.

Thanks!

shreveport isnt a bad city at all. its about an hour from the texas state line. about 3 hours from dallas. about 4 hours from baton rouge, 5 from new orleans.

Emory Kappa · #2 07-17-2006, 05:04 PM

You'd have get really far off the beaten path to find a place in the state where French is the primary language. So, don't break out those Berlitz tapes just yet.

All you'll need to know how to say is "Laissez le bon temps roulez!"

My family is still in Baton Rouge, and its population has grown tremendously in the year since Katrina. The good part is that New Orleans restaurants and businesses (Galatoires! Mignon Faget!) are opening in town. The bad news is that traffic is worse than ever, and rent and home prices have been driven up due to high demand. It's near and dear to my heart for the food, the shopping, and LSU football. But it might be a difficult place to move due to the increased cost and congestion.

_Lisa_ · #3 07-18-2006, 11:10 AM

I think Baton Rouge is shaping up to be our first choice.

Thanks for the advice!

ThetaLove · #4 04-17-2007, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by _Lisa_

I think Baton Rouge is shaping up to be our first choice.

Thanks for the advice!

Hi Lisa, I was born and raised in Baton Rouge. I currently still live here. PM me if you have specific questions about certain areas of BR. I find that the city has changed a lot since Katrina. I love Louisiana and I had plans to stay here after I graduate.... although I was keeping my options open and I would like to travel and possibly move to another state. I will likely be moving to the Houston area in a year..... mainly because the majority of my family is moving there or has already moved there. I just need to convince the boyfriend to move!

Jewels3795 · #5 04-17-2007, 04:59 PM

Well I spent the past 10 years of my life living in Louisiana. And I didn't read all of the threads to see why you are planning on living there, But this is what I can tell you. I spent the first 4 years in Slidell and still visit there often, but you couldn't pay me to move back there. It's not that it is that bad or anything, just not where I want to live after going to high school there. I then moved to Hammond. Now there is absolutley nothing to do in Hammond, but it is still a nice small town feeling and close enough to the citites. Covington and Madeville are real nice too. I then moved to Baton Rouge. Before Katrina it wasn't too bad, but it wasn't great either. Now it is just terrible. The traffic is a nightmare, even more than it was before. And I didn't think that was possible. I lived 4 miles from work and it took me 45 min every day to and from work. Now I hear that Bossier City and Shreveport are real nice. That is where my friends family relocated after the storm, and they said they would stay there. They liked it that much.