With NOPD Chief Michael Harrison leaving New Orleans for Baltimore, I got to thinking about how hard it is to make a major move to an entirely different part of the country.
So, I wanted to know from our listeners, what - if anything- it would take to get them to relocate out of New Orleans / Louisiana.
I said that if I were to ever leave, I would have to make enough money and have enough time to be able to travel back to Louisiana most weekends and every holiday because I have grown children, and if they are not going with me, I would have to be able to come back and see them all the time. Even then, the opportunity would have to be just amazing and make me stupid rich.
Many people said they just couldn't do it unless they were forced to leave:
- Sorry can't leave Louisiana it's in my blood
- Not enough money in the world never
- Money will make you leave your city but for how long is the question...?
- I could easily make double in other places in my line of work. I just love being on the gulf coast with all my family. It would take generational changing money.
- A rich Beautiful women
- I went to Miami for four months. Came right back
- For every vacation or whatever reason I visit another city , after a few days I'm always ready to come back home ... So no amount of money or job could get me to leave
- I have lived in over 30 states for at least a short time chaseing money. And i can say there is no place like home.
- Let Louisiana in 1987 for job in Connecticut,by 1992 moved back, missed the food too much,we have the greatest food ever,no job or amount of money could make me leave again
- For me it would take an act of God!
- Only way I'm leaving is of another hurricane makes me. Lived I'm Baltimore for 6 years. Came back in 2011
- Few years back was offered nearly double my salary to move to Pennsylvania. Turned it down. Honestly I wouldn't even move to New Orleans!! Love living on the bayou!
- I left and went to Washington DC and Fort Lauderdale Florida chasing jobs following up on my career and you can't replace with New Orleans Has. But until you do it and leave, you really don't know what you will miss.
- Nothing could make me leave Louisiana. Franklinton is to good to leave.
- Travelling the world and living in other places, now you couldn't pay me enough to leave Louisiana.
Others texted 870870 with specific conditions:
- It would take to move a lot a lot of money
- A hot chick will make me move
- What would it take for me to relocate? Two words...recreational marijuana
- It would have to include transportation to and from New Orleans and accommodations while I attend all Saints games. Because I will not give up my season tickets or going to the Saints games.
- I just left for 20k more $$ and less than 2 hours from Disney World
- A daughter who lives in Lake county Fl. Retirement is soon. Only problem is my other daughter is a real New Orleans girl who will never leave. I grew up in Metairie raised my girls in Lafayette and Mandeville. New Orleans and Lafayette both have my heart but I would move in a second to be near my children.
- Job in a place where there are four seasons, colorful autumns, mountains and White Christmases.
- My dream is to be a farmer. If someone were to give me a few thousands acres and equipment, I would up and leave.
- My wife and I same mortgage same style house secure careers like we have now in a beach town we are out of here
- Less hours and more money To wake up every morning on the mountains and I'd pack up in a heartbeat.
- I'd leave for a secure job with more pay and if it was closer to a theme park
- Couldn't do that to my kids. There isn't a dollar amount that can change my mind. After they would be on there own 275,000 a year.
- Lived in maryland briefly no amount of money is enough to afford to live there
- $200k a year and we are gone. Wife would love to get outta here
And others have a variety of different responses:
- What would it take to leave LA? ANY-Opportunity-ANY
- Dave, lived here most of my life. I'm a regional manager. The other reg mgrs in my company live in ATL, Seattle, NYC. We all make the same mo. Tell me I don't have it made
- If i win the lottery, i can see get'n a second or third home, but i would leave when the hunt'n ain't no good and da fish ain't bite'n. So most of time would still be spent @ da bottom of da muddy boot catch'n trout, reds, bass u name it
- Love my city but if I could not find work to support my family I would leave because the city would not support me and just pay me to live here. Just like my job been there 30 years. Everyone calls it family. Its not my family cause family would not fire you on a whim.
- Louisiana is a sh*% hole I will leave to go to work in another city as long as I am providing for my family
- I live in South Carolina now. I couldn't get out of NOLA fast enough! It's turned into a real sh%*hole.
- Philadelphian here looking to do the opposite - willing to take a significant pay cut in pay to move to NOLA. Who dat! Geaux Saints! (From an Eagles fan)
- Done it many times. It's called the military.
