You probablly do not want to come to NW Florida as there is not much industry at all here. If I could, I would move back to Coastal Mississippi in a heartbeat. I loved it there. Being an IE there are lot of opportunities for you there from companies such as Cheveron, Northorp Grumman, BP, Dow and Dupont. I used to work at NG and have a lot of IE contacts there if you are interested in Shipbuilding/Production.

 

Why do you say that??? I was born and raised in the Beaumont area... Its a great place, I'll be moving back in about a week and a half actually..

 

Maybe he's thinking of Port Arthur?

 

PA's not bad either for the industry part of it... I would want to live there though...

-I grew up in Silsbee... just north of Beaumont.

 

Sorry, just had bad experience there and the people weren't helpful in the least and although I didn't check out the whole town the parts I did check out weren't very reassuring for my well being.
In truth I'm sure like every town there are good and bad parts, I'm think I just couldn't get myself out of the bad ones.

 

true story, I went to college in Lafayette, just an hour from Baton Rouge where I'm at now.
yet the big man speaks the truth again.... Lafayette is home to a high concentration of the most beautiful women I've ever seen... and they are college age so that makes it all the better

 

here is a video should help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK4umRMJlrs

 

Hahahahahah!!

Thanks for the help everyone I think I need to come visit the area sometime soon. Maybe I'll hit some of you up when I decide to come out.

 

Im in Houston, Im studying at the U of H, I like Houston a lot, its a big city but not as expensive as other big cities, the most beautiful thing about it is diversity, you got a lot of poeple frome everywhere. the FOOD is Great here, trust me! I bet you'll like it over here. most of the people are nice people but not during rush hour! lol!!

 

Great God ALMIGHTY, ain't it da TRUTH!!! Though I didn't marry a woman from Lafayette to Opelousas, there is a LOT of "stallions" in that area.

I can't speak volumes about TX lifestyle, as I'm quite sure it's changed since I lived in Austin in '99. When I was there, the heat wasn't the HEAT I was used to growing up in LA. 110 DegF in Austin felt like 97 DegF in New Orleans, and I used to jog 2 miles after work everyday in both areas. Nightlife was AWESOME in Austin, plus it's a college town.

Now... we could talk ALL DAY about life in LA. Everything BradS mentioned, I agree with (no need to repost). With the oil & gas industry on the up&up, job market has definitely picked up. Someone mentioned Fluor earlier. I'll say that Fluor-Houston has a ton of work coming from LA. With an IE degree, I'd assume you're looking to get into manufacturing. P&G has a plant in LA. LA also has sugar plants in the River Parish area. I don't know your area of interest, but those are just a few things.

Real Estate values have gone up, but are sloping downward (gradually). Obviously, that was a boom from Katrina & Rita (dem beeyotches).