Born in Louisiana also. In fact, the first few years of my life were spent at the leper colony in Carville, La. Not that far from Baton Rouge: home of winning football!! ( I know, that explains a lot :hihi:.) My dad was a doctor there.
Hey, pal, it's actually SELU, now, as in their website: Southeastern Louisiana University Get it right... :hihi:
Lafayette area 21 years, NO/Mandeville for 15 years, Houston for 22 years. My kids are raised in Tx. and they will live in Tx. I will stay somewhere close to my kids to visit them. I have always lived within 70 miles of the gulf, and one of my life goals now is to move inland and get away from the humidity. That probably means somewhere toward the hill country around Austin. I missed the food for a while, but then good tex/mex begins to grow on you. I cook my own cajun food, buy boudin when I go home. Boerne anyone?
Moved from Lafayette when I was 12. I don't remember being so sad before in my life. I miss the food and the culture the most. I'm addicted to all things LSU because of it (my uncle is a grad and got me hooked when I was young). I live about 15 minutes outside of Jackson, MS now and always get the question - "You didn't go to LSU, why are you a fan?" I miss home:tigereye:
dang, that pretty much mirrors my feelings about Louisiana as well. having said that, i do agree that LA is unlike any place i've ever been. it's a place that i love with every beat of my heart. the people and food are second to none. but unfortunately there isn't much opportunity to raise a family. at least financially. but if i had the choice, i wouldn't want to raise a family anywhere else.
I agree completely. It's like we all (white and black) are our own race or something down here, with many different cultures in between. We're just different from everyone else.
yeah, everyone just gets along for the most part. of course the fishing, camping, hunting -- it's just a sportsman's paradise. LSU football on a saturday is just what you do. partly because for decades there was nothing else to do.
i feel you. but some places are clearly better than others. i moved from LA (after a 6yr detour in Memphis) far away from family and friends to Portland and 5 yrs later did the same thing to Georgia. living in Portland craps all over Georgia (Athens, anyway).
I only lived in Louisiana for 16 years, wasnt born there and left relatively young. I still consider it home even though I havent lived there in 25 years. I was born in Canada to a true Canadian/Acadian mother and Scottish father. My dad took a job as a special contractor with the US Military in the 60's that brought us to New Orleans. If that wouldnt have happened who knows where I would have ended up. Ironically my dad got my uncle a job in Baton Rouge so I had an aunt/uncle and 2 cousins in a state that none of us where born in. I have no family left in Louisiana but that doesnt matter, its still home and everytime I get to New Orleans its a home coming for me. I've lived all over the place in my 47 years including Canada. If I could live in New Orleans I would but it was never in the cards. Alabama is the closest I ever got geographically and that will have to do. I will probably never live in Louisiana again but I never shy away from proudly telling people where Im from. There are a lot of great places to live but for most people "home" is usually the best even if you never get back there.
