I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana and had a blast as a teenager. Moved about 1 hour away because I now have kids. The school system in New Orleans is pitiful and I don't want them to have quite as much fun as I did
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I had the opportunity to visit most of the U.S. while in the ARMY, I freaked out in my first bar outside of New Orleans (Lawton, Oklahoma 1986)I did not realize that the actually closed at 2:00am when the lights all came on I thought it was a raid, ours never closed. I have often thought of leaving Louisiana, but my wife really does not want to, so I am here to stay. I don't mind so much because I am a avid scuba diver and spear fisher and it does not get any better than the oil rigs in the Gulf off the coast of Grand Isle. The food here is awesome we always rate in the top two places in the world to eat.
As far as going wheeling we have plenty of mud and water no hills
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