Relocating to Morgan City area (New Orleans, Lafayette: for sale, apartments, rentals)

[k2121]

My husband and I are having to relocate to the morgan city area due to his Coast Guard job. I know absolutely nothing about the area, or very much about louisiana for that matter I have been living in texas most of my life. I need to know what to expect really and important things to know relevent to the area like where are the best areas to live ( keep it close to morgan city and apartment living is ideal) and things of that nature, we are both still early twenties is there any thing to do? and I am a vegetarian wishful thinking probably but is there any where good to eat that I can order any thing but a salad.( i am just hoping on that one)
any info would be great. I am clueless

[MetroBTR]

Originally Posted by k2121

My husband and I are having to relocate to the morgan city area due to his Coast Guard job. I know absolutely nothing about the area, or very much about louisiana for that matter I have been living in texas most of my life. I need to know what to expect really and important things to know relevent to the area like where are the best areas to live ( keep it close to morgan city and apartment living is ideal) and things of that nature, we are both still early twenties is there any thing to do? and I am a vegetarian wishful thinking probably but is there any where good to eat that I can order any thing but a salad.( i am just hoping on that one)
any info would be great. I am clueless

You are certainly in for a culture shock! We live for seafood in South Louisiana, and it only gets better (for seafood lovers) the farther south you go.

I'd imagine the closest place to get a real vegitarian variety would be New Orleans, possibly Houma.

[WestbankNOLA]

Originally Posted by MetroBTR

You are certainly in for a culture shock! We live for seafood in South Louisiana, and it only gets better (for seafood lovers) the farther south you go.

I'd imagine the closest place to get a real vegitarian variety would be New Orleans, possibly Houma.

I agree. If it isn't in Houma then you'd have to make about an hour and a half trip to either New Orleans or Lafayette. I don't really know anything about Morgan City, but if a commute isn't a problem have you thought about living in the Houma/Thibodaux area?

[k2121]

vegetarianism is the least of my worries actually, I can cook at home. I have looked into houma/thibodaux areas but I can't get too much info on them regarding rentals for some reason

[WestbankNOLA]

Have you tried craigslist: houma classifieds for jobs, apartments, personals, for sale, services, community, and events?

[LOUISIANA'SLEGEND]

I gotta serious question....How in the heck has Morgan City survived all these years considering the fact it is one of the most vulnerable places in Louisiana? Houma still looks a little bit more stable, but almost everything below Mogan City is gone or forming into creeks and streams due to the drowning coast. Update me, because I ask that question everytime I meet someone from that area.

[WestbankNOLA]

Originally Posted by LOUISIANA'SLEGEND

I gotta serious question....How in the heck has Morgan City survived all these years considering the fact it is one of the most vulnerable places in Louisiana? Houma still looks a little bit more stable, but almost everything below Mogan City is gone or forming into creeks and streams due to the drowning coast. Update me, because I ask that question everytime I meet someone from that area.

That's the only area that they actually were able to reverse wetland loss, so I thought.

[MetroBTR]

Originally Posted by LOUISIANA'SLEGEND

I gotta serious question....How in the heck has Morgan City survived all these years considering the fact it is one of the most vulnerable places in Louisiana? Houma still looks a little bit more stable, but almost everything below Mogan City is gone or forming into creeks and streams due to the drowning coast. Update me, because I ask that question everytime I meet someone from that area.

Here you go again pretending like you know things about South Louisiana.

Morgan City gets farther and farther inland every year because of the new delta being built naturally by the Atchafalaya River.

[stillkit]

Morgan City survives because it's the key point for the off-shore drilling industry...period. That's what keeps the place alive, no matter what. From rig service businesses to shipbuilding, and a goodly number of shrimpers, the Gulf and Morgan City are tied together forever. And, they have the big flood gates to keep the Atchafalya River at bay when someone decides to divert the Mississippi in order to "save" New Orleans at Morgan City's expense.

As a Texan, you won't find yourself very far outside your norm in Morgan City, if you're coming from the Houston/Beaumont area. If you're coming from some other part of Texas? Well...as the other poster noted, prepare for some serious culture shock! There's a LOT of south Texan's there, drawn by the oil business. There's also a lot of Yankee's and a sizable number of genuine Coonazz's.

The city has the "air" of a semi-permanent industrial complex, with the requiste rot and decay associated with the swamp enviornment, but it's not a bad place. The people there are friendly, co-operative and outgoing, though with a tough and uncompromising reserve. These are hard people, who do hard work, and don't take much guff from anyone. So long as you're honest with them, they'll be honest with you, though you may not like their honesty.

If you're looking for something outside of Morgan City, you're pretty much limited to Thibodaux, Houma, Raceland, Lockport or maybe Franklin or New Iberia, which are within commuting distance but, even then, you still get the same thing, just on a smaller scale.