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I recently got back from my first trip to New Orleans. I enjoyed some things about the city and thought it was comparable in a number of ways to DC, especially back in the day.
For those of you who've been to New Orleans, how would you compare it to DC? Would you move to New Orleans?
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Lived in NOLA before coming to DC. Loved every second of it. I think I will take DC for job opps at this point in my life and general safety. NOLA has some serious crime issues.
Night life, I am taking NOLA all day. Man, I miss seeing the Soul Rebels peform at Tipitina's already.
I wanna visit NOLA so badly. Maybe for spring break next year. I wanna have real authentic beignets and real authentic cajun and creole food. And listen to the brass bands and zydeco.
I wanna visit NOLA so badly. Maybe for spring break next year. I wanna have real authentic beignets and real authentic cajun and creole food. And listen to the brass bands and zydeco.
For beignets, go to the cafe du monde near the hotspot of the French Quarter (Jackson Square).
BTW, I was there during the entire French Quarter festival. There were musicians and bands of every genre playing along every few blocks. Just one big party. Also, some nice fireworks on the Mississippi on Saturday night. :-)
I agree with HBK, so I'm probably just going to restate what he said. New Orleans is a special place.
The social life down there is great. There is a lot of richness and hospitality inherent in the culture. If you live there, there will always be a piece of you that wants to go back. The cost of living is cheap, and the night life is truly unique.
I still have a number of friends making it work down there; working as teachers and at small IT firms etc, but the job market is fairly brutal. I'm not even sure how the oil companies are doing down there any more. I think a good number of those jobs moved elsewhere after Katrina. Crime is definitely a problem too. Since most of NOLA is a patchwork of good and bad blocks, you really need to stay on your toes everywhere.
I had a blast living down there, but ultimately I couldn't really see a clear route to building a better life for myself, and sought opportunities elsewhere.
Bottom line: If you don't have anything tying you down, and you want to give NOLA a shot, I would say go for it. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but I guarantee you won't regret it.
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I agree with HBK, so I'm probably just going to restate what he said. New Orleans is a special place.
The social life down there is great. There is a lot of richness and hospitality inherent in the culture. If you live there, there will always be a piece of you that wants to go back. The cost of living is cheap, and the night life is truly unique.
I still have a number of friends making it work down there; working as teachers and at small IT firms etc, but the job market is fairly brutal. I'm not even sure how the oil companies are doing down there any more. I think a good number of those jobs moved elsewhere after Katrina. Crime is definitely a problem too. Since most of NOLA is a patchwork of good and bad blocks, you really need to stay on your toes everywhere.
I had a blast living down there, but ultimately I couldn't really see a clear route to building a better life for myself, and sought opportunities elsewhere.
Bottom line: If you don't have anything tying you down, and you want to give NOLA a shot, I would say go for it. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but I guarantee you won't regret it.
I lived in the suburbs (Kenner) for a while then moved into the city (Gentilly) and I loved Gentilly more than Kenner. I moved here when the economy crashed in 08. I haven't really been back to hang out in NOLA since then. I fly there when I go home to Mississippi because it is the closest airport to my hometown but have only really driven through.
I lived in the suburbs (Kenner) for a while then moved into the city (Gentilly) and I loved Gentilly more than Kenner. I moved here when the economy crashed in 08. I haven't really been back to hang out in NOLA since then. I fly there when I go home to Mississippi because it is the closest airport to my hometown but have only really driven through.
Louisiana culture is a wonderful thing though.
I was uptown. All of my roommates still lived down there until recently. One actually moved to DC a few years ago, which is nice.
I didn't know the suburbs that well, but we hung out at my friend's place on the west bank a lot. She lived next to one of the canals so you always had to check the pool for alligators before you jumped in. She also moved to DC.
After Katrina I really only have three close friends that stayed in the area.
I'm heading back down in a few weeks for my bachelor party; can't wait.
my former professor/mentor is originally from NO and that's all he'd talk about. The culture, jazz, food, you could just see the pride he had being from New Orleans. Unfortunately, like many mentioned, the job market isn't the greatest and he's since moved to DC...I went shortly after Katrina hit to volunteer, but the city was rather glum (understandably), I hope to make it back one day though!
Where have you had a fake beignet? I need to make sure to stay away from it.
Haha, never had a "fake" beignet but I just wanna eat one in New Orleans. Shoot, I've had French food but the best I've ever eaten was in France. So I figure the best beignets I'll ever eat will be in the Big Easy.
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