Where should i move to. please help!?

Question

i live in rhode island i i dont like it here. it is expensive and dirty. i recently visited family in louisiana and i really liked it there and i was thinking about moving there. any suggestions?

my sons father died recently and i am dating a jerk, my apartment is really small and expensive and i really loved the countryside (as opposed to this dirty city) Anyway, i have a decent job and make ok money but i think down south would be a great place to raise kids. what do u think? anyone ever been to RI and maybe can compare? please help i am really serious but scared. what would u guys do?

Answer 1

List of good cities to move to:

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/art...

Answer 2

sounds to me as if you have kind of made up your mind already. if you liked la. and have family there, sounds like a winner to me. i'd take some time, think it over, weigh the pros and cons and be sure you're moving for the right reasons. i was born and raised in pa. and moved to okla. for a job in 84 and i love it here. much slower pace and i love the weather. good luck with your decision.

Answer 3

The South can be a great place, but the safest places are the most conservative in some ways.  In most small towns, there are people who will watch over your child, come over to check on you if they see smoke or don't see you moving for a few days and have Neighborhood Watches, but they'll monitor if you go to church, what you wear and if anyone spends too long at your house. Not everyone is seriously religious here, but many are and most of the rest pay lip service and have relatives who are. Churches have semi-social activities, especially for kids (which is great if the beliefs are even close to your own), and serve as their own safety net in times of trouble. If you're a widow (even if divorced) you'll get lots of sympathy. If you were never married, well, some people will make their lack of approval obvious, but most families here have at least one daughter/cousin in the same boat so they aren't too unbending about it.

People are generally nicer to your face and more likely to go out of their way to help you, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they like you. That's just good manners here.

If you're in some place like Atlanta or Orlando, most people aren't really southern and don't behave this way so it can be as bad as anywhere else.  If you have family in Louisiana, they'd probably be glad to have you move there and would help you adjust and find a job. (Trust me, it won't pay as much as you're making, but then the costs aren't as high either.) Just be really careful if you get married--the laws in Louisiana are very bad for married women.