Moving from FL to Nola with potential job offer. Need help! (New Orleans: apartment, rental) - Louisiana (LA) -New Orleans - Metairie - Kenner metro area - City-Data Forum

Mrscramberry · 01-08-2017, 03:48 PM

My partner of 10 years got a great job offer with Oschner. It's a grand opportunity but we're not sure we would likeliving there since we are lifelong East Coasters current in Fort Lauderdale. Hopefully someone on here has relocated form FL and give us some insight of how you like living in Louisiana. If we do move we're thinking of Metairie or Kenner area. Any insight on living, housing and gay friendly information would be cool.
Wed have to sell our house here so we want to be positive that the move is in our best interest.
Thanks in advance!

norb123 · 01-08-2017, 04:47 PM

I lived in Miami Beach and the Bayview area of Ft Lauderdale for several years. I would pick New Orleans over South Florida any day, but it's a very different lifestyle. Most of the people that I knew in South Florida would probably hate living in New Orleans. New Orleans is a lot more laid back, it's not as clean and picturesque, and can honestly be a little scary when you first move here.

The plusses are the history, the traditions and culture that you can't get anywhere else, and the people. Most of the people here are very genuine. I made friends very quickly here. In South Florida it took a while. I loved it down there for a couple of years, but it wore on me after a while. I've been in New Orleans for 10 years and love it more every day. I think it depends on your attitude. If you can, spend some time here before making a decision.

Mrscramberry · 01-09-2017, 06:52 AM

Thanks for the reply. We actually were supposed to be there this past weekend, but with happened at FLL they cancelled our flights, so we may have to make a decision without spending the time there.

Mrscramberry · 01-09-2017, 07:47 AM

How is the weather year round? I heard it rains a lot.

annie_himself · 01-09-2017, 10:52 AM

It's beautiful today, it does rain alot and we get heavy thunderstorms. Lots of humidity year-round like Miami. It's hard to suggest you to move here or not, New Orleans is a polarizing city.

norb123 · 01-09-2017, 04:49 PM

Annie's right. Most people either love it or hate it. Not much in between.

The weather is similar to Miami. You get a few more cold days here in the winter, and the summer is about the same except you don't get that constant ocean breeze like you do down there. I miss that breeze. It makes a big difference.

southerngirl17 · 01-13-2017, 02:54 AM

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How is the weather year round? I heard it rains a lot.

I lived in Miami for 4 years and now New Orleans, and I have to say that winters here are MUCH colder than in South Florida. The good news is that the very cold days (like what we just lived through, ugh) don't last long, but they do always make me long for Miami. LOL

Another thing to consider is that if you live in an older New Orleans shotgun or home, there might not be any insulation and that, coupled with all of the window and floor board gaps, makes the cold nights miserable. In Miami we always had central a/c and heat, but that isn't always easy to find here. We just have portable heaters in our rental now, and wow were we freezing during that last cold snap. The one time we DID have central heat here, we couldn't get it to go over 60 degrees when it was 30 degrees outside due to the lack of insulation and super-high ceilings in our unit. Just some things to consider.

I agree though, that the people are much more genuine and friendly here, and that the city just has a much more authentic feel to it if that makes sense.

norb123 · 01-13-2017, 03:40 PM

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I lived in Miami for 4 years and now New Orleans, and I have to say that winters here are MUCH colder than in South Florida. The good news is that the very cold days (like what we just lived through, ugh) don't last long, but they do always make me long for Miami. LOL

Another thing to consider is that if you live in an older New Orleans shotgun or home, there might not be any insulation and that, coupled with all of the window and floor board gaps, makes the cold nights miserable. In Miami we always had central a/c and heat, but that isn't always easy to find here. We just have portable heaters in our rental now, and wow were we freezing during that last cold snap. The one time we DID have central heat here, we couldn't get it to go over 60 degrees when it was 30 degrees outside due to the lack of insulation and super-high ceilings in our unit. Just some things to consider.

I agree though, that the people are much more genuine and friendly here, and that the city just has a much more authentic feel to it if that makes sense.

Southerngirl, I had to laugh at this. I don't think my apartment has any insulation either. I always talk about how great the character is in the old buildings here, but there is definitely a flip side to that. My place won't get warm in the winter, and won't cool off in the summer. I used to complain, until a storm knocked the power off for a week in the middle of the summer a few years ago, and I realized my ac wasn't as bad as I thought. That was one of the most miserable weeks I've ever had.

southerngirl17 · 01-15-2017, 01:49 AM

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Southerngirl, I had to laugh at this. I don't think my apartment has any insulation either. I always talk about how great the character is in the old buildings here, but there is definitely a flip side to that. My place won't get warm in the winter, and won't cool off in the summer. I used to complain, until a storm knocked the power off for a week in the middle of the summer a few years ago, and I realized my ac wasn't as bad as I thought. That was one of the most miserable weeks I've ever had.

Yes, definitely one of the pitfalls of living in an old building full of "character!" LOL Our ancient shotgun cools off pretty well (with 4 newer window a/c units), but man that damp cold will get to you! I have to agree that when I walked in from outside last weekend when it was in the 30s, it did feel much warmer. For a few minutes at least.

I hope we don't have to go through that again this winter! I'm loving these 75-degree days we've been having!

Mrscramberry · 01-15-2017, 07:27 AM

We have 2 large dogs...how hard or easy will it be to find a house. Searching online we are starting to concerned about that. Does anyone have any contacts we could reach out to? A realtor or owner? Also, what do you think about the crime? Last night my brother was giving me the business that it is not a safe place to live for a lesbian couple. He got in our heads a little bit.