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What New Orleans Taught Me
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Re: What New Orleans Taught Me
#22I grew up in Louisiana and have been to NOLA a lot (also studied at Tulane). While there's NOLACon etc. there isn't much tech here and not a lot of jobs. Lots of us live in poverty. Laissez faire and corrupt politics have been in Louisiana for a long time. Lots of public schools are closing to be replaced by private schools. NOLA floods pretty good every 5ish years, so it's not a good place to live imo + the insurance and crime rates are very high.
However, I've lived in Chicago, Austin, KY and Omaha. I moved back and honestly I like it here. I hated it when I grew up, but the cost of living is cheap and the food is good. I got my real ID here back in 2016 when I got my learners permit which surprised people in Chicago. Also we got phone app IDs pretty early. It's getting a little better.
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#23Speaking of community, there is a really nice little tech community going strong in New Orleans that I think reflects the culture talked about here. If you are ever in town you should stop by an event https://www.noladevs.org/ . Feel free to reach out to me if you want some intros.
NOLACon is nice too. I'm down to meetup for Xbox Game development (I have a DevKit) and hacking stuff. The sites Slack invite link is dead btw.
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#24Didn't grow up in the city, but relatives came from there, I still have an "ear to the ground" so to speak, am Saints fan and visit occasionally. Pros: - Great food - History (relative to the US at least) - Laid back culture - Decent public transit. Not as good as NYC or SF, but in the city and even outlying areas like Metarie the streetcar gets you alot of places - Interesting architechture in places like the Garden…
Yeah injury lawyers are prevalent, because they can get paid $50k and under without having a jury. Lots of lawyers conspire with judges to get favourable decisions.
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#25I just moved to Seattle after being in New Orleans for about a month and I already miss nola. There’s really nothing else like it in America. I’m especially missing the cheap public transit and good dive bars, Seattle is lacking with both of those things
Re: What New Orleans Taught Me
#26Speaking of community, there is a really nice little tech community going strong in New Orleans that I think reflects the culture talked about here. If you are ever in town you should stop by an event https://www.noladevs.org/ . Feel free to reach out to me if you want some intros.
Any recommendations on which meetups are worth attending?
Hack night is the generic networking meetup at the rusty nail. It's way more casual. No presentations or organizing. below-c-level and frontend party are generally more organized and have talks. All the meetups happen before (and geographically near) to hack night on the same night. So you can generally do both. See a meetup then walk to the bar with everyone for the networking event.
Re: What New Orleans Taught Me
#27Speaking of community, there is a really nice little tech community going strong in New Orleans that I think reflects the culture talked about here. If you are ever in town you should stop by an event https://www.noladevs.org/ . Feel free to reach out to me if you want some intros.
NOLACon is nice too. I'm down to meetup for Xbox Game development (I have a DevKit) and hacking stuff. The sites Slack invite link is dead btw.
yes, the local security community punches above their weight i think.
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#28I just moved to Seattle after being in New Orleans for about a month and I already miss nola. There’s really nothing else like it in America. I’m especially missing the cheap public transit and good dive bars, Seattle is lacking with both of those things
If only the cheap public transit was reliable and punctual. It is amusing when the bus driver stops and gets out to buy crawfish though.
Re: What New Orleans Taught Me
#29I just moved to Seattle after being in New Orleans for about a month and I already miss nola. There’s really nothing else like it in America. I’m especially missing the cheap public transit and good dive bars, Seattle is lacking with both of those things
If only the cheap public transit was reliable and punctual. It is amusing when the bus driver stops and gets out to buy crawfish though.
They did that in SF (Mission District) when I lived there, too (not crawfish, but ice cream or such).
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#30As someone who just signed a PNS on a condo in the French Quarter yesterday (what timing for this HN post!), I'm looking forward to finding that balance between the universal and the intimate - I come from New England, where the elitism and tribalism the author speaks of is easy to find, and easier to get sucked into. I've been here a few times now, mostly frequenting the Quarter, Marigny, the Warehouse District, and…
welcome! if you're looking for some people to connect to or get help from check out the local dev community site: http://noladevs.org/