west monroe, LA

[scoop31flavors]

hey ppl i am about to move to monroe and i need help on jobs? can any body help?

[Jennyt318]

What type of job are you wanting to find?

[slickcdb2000]

Originally Posted by TXRANGERSFAN72

For many of those living in Monroe/West Monroe, what is greatly missing is perspective. I know older residents in their 80s who have never traveled outside the state. I know residents in their 50s and 60s who heavily discourage their children from leaving the area completely discount FACTS when trying to talk their children into staying. The fact is, at its current state and direction, there is no future for its youth. The older citizens clinging onto the past will die, the middle aged who are there will probably be a 50% stay and those under 30 will continue to exit in large numbers as the overall economy begins to pick back up and the migration to areas where growth and the ability to flourish is. Those who stay (and aren't in jail) will be poor, will get poorer, and contribute very little to the future of the area, except for lawyers, doctors and politicians who are really the only "new money" that exist.

That is...unless REAL change happens.

I believe that is the best statement I have EVER heard about the area here. I still live here and just waiting my my way to escape from here. Very very good statement though.

[LOUISIANA'SLEGEND]

Originally Posted by TXRANGERSFAN72

For many of those living in Monroe/West Monroe, what is greatly missing is perspective. I know older residents in their 80s who have never traveled outside the state. I know residents in their 50s and 60s who heavily discourage their children from leaving the area completely discount FACTS when trying to talk their children into staying. The fact is, at its current state and direction, there is no future for its youth. The older citizens clinging onto the past will die, the middle aged who are there will probably be a 50% stay and those under 30 will continue to exit in large numbers as the overall economy begins to pick back up and the migration to areas where growth and the ability to flourish is. Those who stay (and aren't in jail) will be poor, will get poorer, and contribute very little to the future of the area, except for lawyers, doctors and politicians who are really the only "new money" that exist.

That is...unless REAL change happens.

......like the Saints being 7-0 and being very good. T

that quote post was written in 2008 and 2000 career jobs have and were in the process since then. Career jobs like engineering. The social scence have erupted since then, as downtown begins to emerge with art crawls and festivals. The abundance of new bars and old bars here. ULM college still in evolving to become an elite college with the emphasis of medicine, not to mention the community, technical, and vocation schools around here are cracking down emensly training students with career jobs that WILL have at least $25,000 yearly income.(big jump from that false number of $12,000, that restaurant numbers homie).

By the way, Delta Community College has a huge new campus under construction maybe two miles away from New V-Vehicle plant's constuction which is 2 miles from the new Motor speedway.....

Im no genuis but between the three of those, somewhere in there is area, and literally off that highway is a mass areas for huge explosions of retail growth built around these projects. As an entreprenuer and businessman, you would have to be an abosolute idoit or from Dallas, TX not to cash in on this. Theres a Mall 4 miles up the road, airport 1.5 from that, 2 Chase business buildings (5 stories, about 2 blocks long) down from that, a plastic manufactoring company, warehouse for grocery stores, on down from that Lakeshore and Swartz area somewhere in the is ULM college.............ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!! If thats not grounds for flurescent growth then you need to change the light bulbs on your ideas?

Monroe as well as North Louisiana will serve as the mecca as Louisiana's wave in the ocean of career jobs!!!

[LOUISIANA'SLEGEND]

Originally Posted by slickcdb2000

I believe that is the best statement I have EVER heard about the area here. I still live here and just waiting my my way to escape from here. Very very good statement though.

Monroe will survive just fine too. I have traveled so much and have yet to find an area that was as clean, conveinent, easily commuted, cool, convincing as the classy and calm city of Monroe/West Monroe area. I just left Lafayette and love what I saw. But when i returned, I took a long drive from the top of the parish to the bottom. What I concluded was compared to more larger cities with all the amenties and luxury in Louisiana, the city of Monroe has the most well constructed, natural, and relaxed commercial areas I have ever seen. You wont find places in Louisiana where you will see big ranches and pecan trees then a Fortune 500 company(Centurylink). You wont see a beautiful body(Bayou Desiard) of water criss crossing under the highway without sometype of rising of the highway and then see restaurants with pecan trees in between them. The cities natural architecture is so sleek with out making concrete forests everwhere.

The point im trying to make to you is, if you first of all part ways with pessmistic demons that most Louisiana residents are possessed with, you would be open to ALL the aspects and assets, not just the negatives that your specific Louisiana area has to offer. Then, if you count all the blessings your particular city has in comparision to others, maybe you can learn to appreciate it a whole lot better. It doesnt do you or the city of Monroe any good to down this area.

It is because of people like me and all the postive minded people who believe and loved this place that have at least slowed unimpressed residents from escaping town long enough for these people to say, "Hay, Monroe has got something going here, lets wait and see". Based on what im seeing these days, you and your peers will not be disappointed.