I've been living in the same spot for 5 years. Every rent payment has been payed in full and on time. I have been full time female since May, and I've had a homosexual roommate since June.
2 weeks ago, my roommate was walking down the street when somebody driving by yelled out a homophobic slur towards him. Today, I get an eviction notice. Their reason? "The owner wants the use of their property back".
I'm not really looking for solutions, even though any feedback would be great. I just came here to vent.
Gotta love small minded North Louisiana.
damn, that's tough. I didn't know stuff like that still happened. I mean, you hear about it, but it seems like it's from a different time. >:(
Discrimination still happens Ave. I've got a case going on right now with the EEOC against my workplace for it.
Alainaluvsyu, I'm sorry you and your room mate have had to experience it in your home life, :(
*hugs*
Yeah well Shreveport / Bossier City, Louisiana is at least 30 years behind the times. It's full of single tooth rednecks and bible thumping baptists that love to hate and use their religion to justify it.
omg, I am so sorry :( *hugs*
I would call the transgender law center in San Francisco, they like cases like these from what I understand.
http://www.transgenderlawcenter.org/ (http://www.transgenderlawcenter.org/)
am really sorry Alaina - I really hope you find a new place soon and I hope that the new place would be much more accepting and comfortable.
::::Hugs::::
That's really poopy-doopy, Alaina. I'm so sorry.
The first thing you need to do is review the terms of your rental contract.
It's month to month. In Louisiana, the property owner can kick you for any reason not regarding race, religion, color, sex etc. There are no LGBT rights here, only in New Orleans. The agreement even says the owner has a right to claim the property back for any reason within legal limits.
Worst case scenario I sell my trailer and live with my mom until I graduate in April, which on the bright side I will have enough money to not worry about employment until then. IDK what my roommate is going to do. I planned on selling the thing anyways in about 6 months so I can move to another city.
Best case scenario is my mom pays for the moving expenses and my roommate will continue living with me and help me pay the bills.
I don't really see any in between. I guess those are the two outcomes.
I'll be calling the ACLU and that law center that Shawna pointed out. I highly doubt I have any grounds to stand on, though.
If it's not 1 thing it's another.
Most states have an out if the owner wants the property back in order to use it for themselves or their family - even rent control leases have that loophole.
They aren't trying to use my lot for someone else. They just want us out. I bet I go back here in 3 months and somebody is living here... and I bet it won't be the owner or the owners family. There are rebel flags all over the damn place here and I'm sure one of those toothless f-words complained that there was a gay guy walking down the street. We can't have a guy walking like all effeminate in this neighborhood... it brings down the desire to live here apparently. This place needs to be blessed by the baptist God and that blessing will never happen with a fruity man walking around the block, you know...
But you know, they'll pray for us. They'll pray for us right after they beat their wife or sexually assault a child.
No offense meant to Baptists. Just the Baptist morons that think it's okay to hate others because God says it's not okay to be gay / trans.
Quote from: Alainaluvsu on September 20, 2012, 03:18:15 PM
It's month to month. In Louisiana, the property owner can kick you for any reason not regarding race, religion, color, sex etc. There are no LGBT rights here, only in New Orleans. The agreement even says the owner has a right to claim the property back for any reason within legal limits.
Worst case scenario I sell my trailer and live with my mom until I graduate in April, which on the bright side I will have enough money to not worry about employment until then. IDK what my roommate is going to do. I planned on selling the thing anyways in about 6 months so I can move to another city.
Best case scenario is my mom pays for the moving expenses and my roommate will continue living with me and help me pay the bills.
I don't really see any in between. I guess those are the two outcomes.
I'll be calling the ACLU and that law center that Shawna pointed out. I highly doubt I have any grounds to stand on, though.
If it's not 1 thing it's another.
"The threat is greater than the execution." A contact made by a lawyer may be able to slow things down a little bit. At least until you are done with school.
:( I'm sorry Aliana :( When you're finished with study, you should try to move to a slightly more enlightened area.... Having not visited the US I don't know if I'm correct in my thinking but, a lot of what I read and hear about the US makes it sound quite backward and scary (in places) I think it was Chomsky who said "What a lot of Americans seem to want is an Ayatollah"..... The good news is the world is pretty big and a lot of countries are light years ahead in terms of acceptance and liberalism.
Alaina - it wil be their loss. With a bit of luck the place will stay empty after you are gone and not earn its stupid owner any income for quite some time to come.
Quote from: Isabelle on September 20, 2012, 05:59:59 PM
Having not visited the US I don't know if I'm correct in my thinking but, a lot of what I read and hear about the US makes it sound quite backward and scary (in places)
I have not visited it myself and given what I read on here I would not want to visit it - particularly the bible belt.
Well no one is confusing Louisiana with LA, nor New England or the West Coast. Some parts of the US are among the most progressive areas in the world, others - not so much.
Sorry to hear that girl. :(
I was in a similar situation about 2 years ago. I had lived in the same place for close to 8 years w/o any sort of problem or issue, then all of the sudden the management company sends me a letter telling me I have to resubmit a new rental application? They said they were doing it to all tenants (which was a lie) and that you now had to have a certain credit score and a certain monthly income, equal or exceeding 3 times my monthly rent to live there. I knew most of the other tenants living there not only made far less than me, but they were doing 2-3-4 illegal sublets per unit. I played the game and they rejected my "new" application stating that I didn't make enough money to live there, although for 8 years I never missed paying my rent nor did I ever pay late... I always even paid a few days in advance. Moving sucks. Sorry you have to go thru this BS.
Just drive straight north and move to Chicago! You'll have to deal with snow but it's a great city and a very open LGBTQ town. Aforable places for health care, and for trans health needs. And any kind of school that you may want or need. Not to mention that there are laws on the books to protect you from that very situation. Best of luck, I'm sending hugs your way.
There are lots of progressive places to live. Progressive people should live in them.
Quote from: Alainaluvsu on September 20, 2012, 12:15:05 PM
I've been living in the same spot for 5 years. Every rent payment has been payed in full and on time. I have been full time female since May, and I've had a homosexual roommate since June.
2 weeks ago, my roommate was walking down the street when somebody driving by yelled out a homophobic slur towards him. Today, I get an eviction notice. Their reason? "The owner wants the use of their property back".
I'm not really looking for solutions, even though any feedback would be great. I just came here to vent.
Gotta love small minded North Louisiana.
//Big Hug//
Quote from: Alainaluvsu on September 20, 2012, 12:31:16 PM
Yeah well Shreveport / Bossier City, Louisiana is at least 30 years behind the times. It's full of single tooth rednecks and bible thumping baptists that love to hate and use their religion to justify it.
I don't have any advice since my knowledge of legal matters is about nil. I just wanted to offer a hug and say I'm really sorry that all this happened. I know someone who moved out of Shreveport ages ago. His family was Christian Science and it nearly killed him, so he has nothing to do with it anymore. But, what you said about Shreveport is almost exactly what he said word for word. Be care, mi'lady.
Quote from: blue.ocean.girl on September 20, 2012, 09:11:57 PM
::) Sounds like north Florida. Only here I think its more fundamentalist Christians and Catholics. Such hateful people--always looking for someone to denounce and try to disgrace. Get out of Jesusland. Hope I can soon too.
Well how about you go west and I go south and we will meet somewhere in New Orleans :)
Which will be my next step probably. If my mom doesn't pay to move my trailer (which she probably will even though I don't expect her to), I'm going to move it and sell it, then use that money to move all my stuff to NOLA. I have to get out of this turd bowl before I go crazy. It'll be nice to live somewhere where people never knew me as a guy :)
My roommate is all for going. I'll have help going down there at least.
Sometimes I feel my life is on safety rails that are designed to give turbulence. I was thrown into school by hating my job. I was thrown into transition by losing my job. Now I'm thrown into moving to my dream place by losing my place to live. Every time so far I've gotten happy at the cost of being completely stressed out by it all.
Thanks everybody for the nice words :)
My experience has been what you described, many time things that seemed horrible in the moment actually spurred me to do something I needed to do. I never lost a job that truned out to be bad that I did. Every time it lead to something better. You can't fight this jerk, all he has to say is something like "They made a lot of noise, the neighbors complained and said they would leave if I didn't do something about it." Just get out of that bigoted environment, life it too short to subject yourself to it.
You could always come to Cali where we have laws that protect you from this sort of thing.
It's nice to see you back Stephe :)
NOLA has laws on the book for GID too... and I don't want to leave my mom all alone by moving all the way across the country. She is getting to where she is going to need help soon (she's 57) and if she needs to do something big I don't want to take a plane to see her. NOLA is 5 hours away so it's not hard to get in the car and see her once every month or so. Plus she loves NOLA so she can come see me and have a place to stay the night.
Quote from: Alainaluvsu on September 21, 2012, 10:56:09 AM
It's nice to see you back Stephe :)
NOLA has laws on the book for GID too... and I don't want to leave my mom all alone by moving all the way across the country. She is getting to where she is going to need help soon (she's 57) and if she needs to do something big I don't want to take a plane to see her. NOLA is 5 hours away so it's not hard to get in the car and see her once every month or so. Plus she loves NOLA so she can come see me and have a place to stay the night.
Alaina, I'm just a couple years younger than your Mom!
Don't start shoveling the dirt over us yet!
Quote from: Alainaluvsu on September 21, 2012, 10:56:09 AM
It's nice to see you back Stephe :)
NOLA has laws on the book for GID too... and I don't want to leave my mom all alone by moving all the way across the country. She is getting to where she is going to need help soon (she's 57) and if she needs to do something big I don't want to take a plane to see her. NOLA is 5 hours away so it's not hard to get in the car and see her once every month or so. Plus she loves NOLA so she can come see me and have a place to stay the night.
Besides, you cannot get Creole Gumbo or Creole Jambalaya with shrimp in Cali to save your life! Good grief!!!
Quote from: Jamie D on September 21, 2012, 11:40:11 AM
Alaina, I'm just a couple years younger than your Mom!
Don't start shoveling the dirt over us yet!
:icon_redface: SORRY!!!
Quote from: peky on September 21, 2012, 12:52:04 PM
Besides, you cannot get Creole Gumbo or Creole Jambalaya with shrimp in Cali to save your life! Good grief!!!
Exactly!! And lord knows I love my jambalaya!!!
Uhm, I don't know about where you are, but here, to evict a tenant, the owner -must- have a valid reason in which the tenant has not respected the conditions of the lease. And a decision from a governmental organism that acts much like a court.
Actually, I'm not even sure it's legal to refuse the renewal of a lease without a valid, verifiable reason.
I'm completely ignorant of laws where you are, but look them up. Call a law help office (you do have free lawyers for the poor, right?), or something. I seriously doubt you can just kick people out when you feel like it, even in the Unreasonable State of Affairs (USA).
Quote from: A on September 21, 2012, 05:57:22 PM
Uhm, I don't know about where you are, but here, to evict a tenant, the owner -must- have a valid reason in which the tenant has not respected the conditions of the lease. And a decision from a governmental organism that acts much like a court.
Actually, I'm not even sure it's legal to refuse the renewal of a lease without a valid, verifiable reason.
I'm completely ignorant of laws where you are, but look them up. Call a law help office (you do have free lawyers for the poor, right?), or something. I seriously doubt you can just kick people out when you feel like it, even in the Unreasonable State of Affairs (USA).
I wasn't on a lease, I was on a month to month agreement. Yes, on the lease they have to have reason according to contract law. However in a month to month, it doesn't matter what the reason is... as long as it's not discrimination based on age, sex, religion, disability, familial status, color, or ethnicity. They don't even need to give a reason in a month to month... just "Leave!" is good enough.
Quote from: A on September 21, 2012, 05:57:22 PM
Uhm, I don't know about where you are, but here, to evict a tenant, the owner -must- have a valid reason in which the tenant has not respected the conditions of the lease. And a decision from a governmental organism that acts much like a court.
Actually, I'm not even sure it's legal to refuse the renewal of a lease without a valid, verifiable reason.
I'm completely ignorant of laws where you are, but look them up. Call a law help office (you do have free lawyers for the poor, right?), or something. I seriously doubt you can just kick people out when you feel like it, even in the Unreasonable State of Affairs (USA).
Gosh, we always speak highly of Can a duh! Hugs, Devlyn
Have you been able to find a new place Alaina?
Not yet. My plans are to move to NOLA after I sell my trailer. My brother is thinking about buying it from me but if he doesn't, I'll just move it to another trailer park and find somebody to buy it. I have the money, but wow I'm going to be stretching after I move this thing so I need to sell it fast!
Awh, that sucks... Make sure you sign a lease for your next apartment. :c
As for the trailer, selling such things often goes very fast if you put up an announcement on the Internet and/or newspaper, no?
By the way... Are you still unemployed? If so, perhaps you could use this opportunity to move out of this place you seem to dislike.
Quote from: A on September 22, 2012, 09:35:36 AM
Awh, that sucks... Make sure you sign a lease for your next apartment. :c
As for the trailer, selling such things often goes very fast if you put up an announcement on the Internet and/or newspaper, no?
By the way... Are you still unemployed? If so, perhaps you could use this opportunity to move out of this place you seem to dislike.
I mentioned selling it to my brother for 6 grand and he is interested. If not I think 8 would be pretty reasonable for a 1300 sq foot trailer in great condition for being 20 years old... and I'll move it anywhere reasonable for that price.
I am still unemployed. Everything online says cost of living is lower, unemployment is lower, and wages are higher in NOLA than they are in Shreveport. Waitresses make a ton of money compared to waitresses most other places thanks to tourism and popularity of the food, so I could see myself doing that until I graduate beauty school :)
I'm so excited I could move today!!!
Quote from: Alainaluvsu on September 21, 2012, 01:26:38 AM
Well how about you go west and I go south and we will meet somewhere in New Orleans :)
Sounds wonderful, perhaps I'll move there when I'm done with college here. :)
Look at you making lemons into lemonade. I'm excited for you! Sounds like things will work out just fine. New Orleans is a such fun city. I visited a friend over there about two years ago--Always something to do there it seems. And wow, do they have delicious food--gumbo, beignets, jambalaya... I'm sure a waitress can do very well there.
Quote from: blue.ocean.girl on September 22, 2012, 01:47:25 PM
Sounds wonderful, perhaps I'll move there when I'm done with college here. :)
Look at you making lemons into lemonade. I'm excited for you! Sounds like things will work out just fine. New Orleans is a such fun city. I visited a friend over there about two years ago--Always something to do there it seems. And wow, do they have delicious food--gumbo, beignets, jambalaya... I'm sure a waitress can do very well there.
The people and the culture there are amazing. Its such a unique place and its going to be fantastic to live in a place that doesn't think work and church are the 2 most important things on the planet. The food is great here (its great all over Louisiana) but you are right, even people in louisiana rave about the food there. Plus there is much more to the LGBT community there than here.
I'm really looking more forward to it every minute that goes by.
Now listen. Did you ever hear of the Napoleonic code, Stella?...Now just let me enlighten you on a point or two...Now we got here in the state of Louisiana what's known as the Napoleonic code. You see, now according to that, what belongs to the wife belongs to the husband also, and vice versa...It looks to me like you've been swindled, baby. And when you get swindled under Napoleonic code, I get swindled too and I don't like to get swindled...Where's the money if the place was sold?
Stanley Kowalski - A streetcar named Desire.
Quote from: A on September 21, 2012, 05:57:22 PM
I'm completely ignorant of laws where you are, but look them up.
Waaaait. I'm not sure how large 1300 ft² is, but that sure doesn't sound like my idea of a trailer. The price of 6000 $ either. oo' So, yeah. WHAT is a trailer to you?
PS: "grand" for "thousand dollars"... is that typically American? Granted, I don't live in English, but I've only seen that twice, and both times were on these forums.
Quote from: A on September 22, 2012, 08:18:59 PM
Waaaait. I'm not sure how large 1300 ft² is, but that sure doesn't sound like my idea of a trailer. The price of 6000 $ either. oo' So, yeah. WHAT is a trailer to you?
PS: "grand" for "thousand dollars"... is that typically American? Granted, I don't live in English, but I've only seen that twice, and both times were on these forums.
1300 ft
2 is about 13 ft by 100 ft. It is also call a "Manufactured Home". Probably 2 bedroom, 1 bath. And a "grand" is American for $1000.
Quote from: A on September 22, 2012, 08:18:59 PM
Waaaait. I'm not sure how large 1300 ft² is, but that sure doesn't sound like my idea of a trailer. The price of 6000 $ either. oo' So, yeah. WHAT is a trailer to you?
PS: "grand" for "thousand dollars"... is that typically American? Granted, I don't live in English, but I've only seen that twice, and both times were on these forums.
The 6,000 price is for my brother. I'd like to sell it for 8 or better for anybody else. It's 16x80 ft ... or 1280 square feet, 3 br 2 bath. It's a mobile home. It's 20 years old but in great shape. New trailers go for about 40,000 and up but they depreciate quickly.
Good size. I had one that size, but it was one 1 bath, but it was big. So was the kitchen.
OK i did some research on Louisiana law since u are month to month you can be evicted for any reason or no reason at all however he must supply a 10 day notice usually given within the 10 days prior to the rent due date. if he has not done that then the courts will make him start the whole process over. second he can not evict without a court order in hand so it is advised to go to the court hearing. last he can not do anything to facilitate the eviction such as changing locks shutting off power prior to having said court order in hand. this is the law in Louisiana trans status has no bearing on month to month leases all he has to do is claim no knowledge or any other thing he wants ad as long as he follows the above law Ur history Hun.
sorry
hugs been their currently stay in extended stay hotel for the cost of 300 a week i know how scary this can be.
Quote from: Ms. OBrien on September 22, 2012, 09:11:07 PM
Good size. I had one that size, but it was one 1 bath, but it was big. So was the kitchen.
For it being 20 years old... it's in WONDERFUL condition too. Honestly I don't think 6-8 is asking much for it, and hopefully it'll sell in the next 15-20 days.
Quote from: jesse on September 22, 2012, 09:12:18 PM
OK i did some research on Louisiana law since u are month to month you can be evicted for any reason or no reason at all however he must supply a 10 day notice usually given within the 10 days prior to the rent due date. if he has not done that then the courts will make him start the whole process over. second he can not evict without a court order in hand so it is advised to go to the court hearing. last he can not do anything to facilitate the eviction such as changing locks shutting off power prior to having said court order in hand. this is the law in Louisiana trans status has no bearing on month to month leases all he has to do is claim no knowledge or any other thing he wants ad as long as he follows the above law Ur history Hun.
sorry
hugs been their currently stay in extended stay hotel for the cost of 300 a week i know how scary this can be.
Thank you... I hope you can get out of that situation :(
Aaaaaah! It's a mobile house. xD That's what a trailer is for me. (http://trailers.snowmobilesandatvs.com/s/10030/MyProducts/precision_products_600_pound_expanded_metal_trailer.jpg)
But, isn't that really cheap? I thought such things were more expensive than cars, as in, over 20 000 $. And that like houses, their values didn't diminish as years passed.
Though, uhm, if you actually own a home to live in... why not live in it instead of bothering with an apartment? o:
Quote from: A on September 22, 2012, 10:21:20 PM
Aaaaaah! It's a mobile house. xD That's what a trailer is for me. (http://trailers.snowmobilesandatvs.com/s/10030/MyProducts/precision_products_600_pound_expanded_metal_trailer.jpg)
But, isn't that really cheap? I thought such things were more expensive than cars, as in, over 20 000 $. And that like houses, their values didn't diminish as years passed.
Though, uhm, if you actually own a home to live in... why not live in it instead of bothering with an apartment? o:
Mobile homes depreciate like nobodies business. It becomes a hassle trying to find a buyer about 25 years after its manufacture date. It may be a bit cheap but I want to sell it quickly. I don't want to live in it anymore because I'm determined to move to NOLA and moving a mobile home 300 miles over the awful roads in Louisiana is a BAD idea... not to mention VERY expensive!!!
Actually, this particular mobile home was $36,000 20 years ago. It was nice then and it's almost just as nice now!
I would say "head west" but NOLA sounds like it will treat you better for now :)
And....I have always wanted to visit there! Would be nice to know at least one nice person in the area ;)
Good luck sweetheart! Wish I was close enough to help anyway I can.
8 grand for a mobile home really isn't a bad price at all, you'd be hard pressed to find a travel trailer for that. And yeah, moving a mobile home = not fun even if it is on wheels! Post it on Craig's list and see if anyone bites off that. Good luck moving it!
What is NOLA? oo'
Aaaah. I'm not sure why one would use use an abbreviation, but then again, I could never understand why Americans so often refer to the 50+(!) states with confusing two-letter codes either.
And uhm... Are there two New Orleans? I never knew. Or is the state added "just like that"?
By the way, New Orleans... Doesn't moving there represent a guarantee of being flooded every two or three years, since it's on the route of hurricanes and built below the sea?
Quote from: A on September 23, 2012, 07:00:17 PM
Aaaah. I'm not sure why one would use use an abbreviation, but then again, I could never understand why Americans so often refer to the 50+(!) states with confusing two-letter codes either.
The letter codes are the postal codes for the states and since no two states have the same post code why not type two letters instead of the whole darn name? And there are only 50 states, granted there are territiores like the U.S.Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico though
(I really wonder why, but I had this idea that there were exactly 54 states. Aw well, if you catch me tired, I can probably have trouble naming the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada, so.)
Well, to be honest, for outsiders who have a very limited knowledge of US states like me, it's really confusing. For example, if I tell you I'm from TV (Tuvalu), CN (China), ES (Spain) or PL (Poland), you probably wouldn't understand very well, would you? Another example can be set with department numbers in France. There are even more than US states (about a hundred I think), and people mostly know them. Yet they won't use those much unless they're only with other French people from France. Besides, I tend to see those things as unpleasing, a bit like SMS-type abbreviations ("pls", "bb", "u", etc.).
But! This is heavy sidetracking. Let's not continue on this topic too much. Poor Alaina.
theres only one New Orleans, im unsure why you would think there may be two :P
Yup, some places there are only one of (for better or worse, while we could use a few more New Orleans I don't think anyone would want to see another Washington DC), and a lot of those locations (some are cities, some states, some more regional, or weird-like the A1A) have a very strong sense of place that makes them both highly attractive and very parochial.
LilyoftheValley: Well, because she said "NOLA" - New Orleans, Louisiana. To me it sort of sounded like it was necessary to mention the state, because there was another New Orleans. A bit like... Yeah, a bit like we always say London, Ontario or London, Canada when referring to the Canadian city, because there's a much more obvious one in the United Kingdom (and at least one other in Australia, I think).
Anyway, I've seriously derailed this topic. Ignore me or something. D:
Quote from: A on September 23, 2012, 07:00:17 PM
Aaaah. I'm not sure why one would use use an abbreviation, but then again, I could never understand why Americans so often refer to the 50+(!) states with confusing two-letter codes either.
And uhm... Are there two New Orleans? I never knew. Or is the state added "just like that"?
By the way, New Orleans... Doesn't moving there represent a guarantee of being flooded every two or three years, since it's on the route of hurricanes and built below the sea?
There's no other New Orleans... that's for sure! LOL!! Moving there doesn't guarantee being flooded every couple years... they just had a hurricane and the city (itsself) didn't get flooded. The city went so many years without disaster until Katrina. Katrina was a freak hurricane that moved in at just the right angle and just the right intensity... and hit before billions of dollars were spent to reinforce the levees. On top of that... the city has pumps that are designed to pump out 2" of water per hour.
Even if it was very risky, I'd still go. I love that town :)
I said NOLA because it's quicker to type it out than it is to type out New Orleans, btw :)
:o Sorry Alaina.... That has to be one of the most blatant anti Trans harassment situation I have ever heard! >:( Hope you and your roommate can get things worked out before it becomes a complete disaster for you both!
Dani
Small towns can be real difficult to live in, but I understand your needs for finish school and then move. The bigots in these towns usually stand out for what they are, but they are tollerated even though most people don't like them or their annoying attitude. In contrast anyone from the LGBT community is marginalized or iosolated, and then made to feel unwelcome. But I'm sure you and your roomate will find a good place and make it through the next few months. There must be some free-thinking, progressive landords in town.
The small town where I vacation in Michigan has 500 people and could be esilly used in Andy of Mayberry (except there are no police in town and the sheriff only drives through on the highway). I'm considered an outside, so if I didn't own my home and rented instead, nobody would talk to me because I look too much like an old California Hippie. Just waiting to see what happens when I eventually come out.
Kathy
Just an update.
I have come to an agreement on a mobile home and I'll be getting money from the sale tomorrow!! I'm so excited to make my home down in New Orleans!! Plus I'll have some money left over for some more laser and an orchi. Thanks bigots for giving a transsexual a reason to progress with her transition :)
very gratz on both sale and move and early gratz on orchi
Quote from: Alainaluvsu on September 25, 2012, 09:12:49 PM
Just an update.
I have come to an agreement on a mobile home and I'll be getting money from the sale tomorrow!! I'm so excited to make my home down in New Orleans!! Plus I'll have some money left over for some more laser and an orchi. Thanks bigots for giving a transsexual a reason to progress with her transition :)
Glad things seem to be working out for you Alaina :)
That's AWESOME! :D. Congrats all around.
I'm a city lights princess myself so I can't see any downside in going from Podunk to - not just one of America's great cities, but truly one of the world's great cities. There are lots of places that are pretty much like lots of other places. Then there are places that are genuine, unique, one-of-a-kind, and not duplicated anywhere else. New Orleans is one of those places. Like Paris, New York and SF. And like SF it's the only other place in the USA that has a very European feel to it. The rural parts of the country in that entire area from Kansas/OK/MO/Miss have pretty much gone Jesusland loony-tunes. They used to be called the 'Bible Belt' as kind of a joke, but they've made it all too real. NOLA on the other hand - well even those of us who live out in what we like to call Sodom and Gomorrah by the Bay know that S-I-N in America was invented in New Orleans. The food is divine, the music is god's gift to American and the world, it's an incredibly literary place, and (like San Francisco) if you're only a little bit weird no one will notice you at all. It's pretty much required to be weird in at least one way. Hell, you will have work overtime to get noticed or stand out. So it's pretty easy to just blend into the background as 'local color'.
Laissez les bons temps rouler girl, that jerk just did you the biggest favor in the world and didn't even know it.
Oh yeah, be smart, be alert, be in-tune, and be aware, exciting places have an element of danger to them (that's part of what makes them exciting don't 'cha know), but smart people know that even if a lot of trouble's comin' it don't have to come to you.
Great news Alaina!
That's fantastic, congrats!
Great news Alaina!!
It will make me smile all day for you :)
Jambalaya! ;D
You go girl!!!!!
Quote from: Alainaluvsu on September 25, 2012, 09:12:49 PM
Just an update.
I have come to an agreement on a mobile home and I'll be getting money from the sale tomorrow!! I'm so excited to make my home down in New Orleans!! Plus I'll have some money left over for some more laser and an orchi. Thanks bigots for giving a transsexual a reason to progress with her transition :)
Yay! A happy ending. ;D
First of all, I'm very happy to read every bodies response to my post. Things are seriously falling into place with ease. Everybody in my life realizes it and is saying the same thing: that this was meant to happen and it will be a good thing for me. They aren't saying that to make me feel more easy because times are hard, they're saying that because they genuinely feel it. I feel it. Honestly I think things only go up for me from here on.
Quote from: tekla on September 26, 2012, 08:04:28 AM
I'm a city lights princess myself so I can't see any downside in going from Podunk to - not just one of America's great cities, but truly one of the world's great cities. There are lots of places that are pretty much like lots of other places. Then there are places that are genuine, unique, one-of-a-kind, and not duplicated anywhere else. New Orleans is one of those places. Like Paris, New York and SF. And like SF it's the only other place in the USA that has a very European feel to it. The rural parts of the country in that entire area from Kansas/OK/MO/Miss have pretty much gone Jesusland loony-tunes. They used to be called the 'Bible Belt' as kind of a joke, but they've made it all too real. NOLA on the other hand - well even those of us who live out in what we like to call Sodom and Gomorrah by the Bay know that S-I-N in America was invented in New Orleans. The food is divine, the music is god's gift to American and the world, it's an incredibly literary place, and (like San Francisco) if you're only a little bit weird no one will notice you at all. It's pretty much required to be weird in at least one way. Hell, you will have work overtime to get noticed or stand out. So it's pretty easy to just blend into the background as 'local color'.
Laissez les bons temps rouler girl, that jerk just did you the biggest favor in the world and didn't even know it.
Oh yeah, be smart, be alert, be in-tune, and be aware, exciting places have an element of danger to them (that's part of what makes them exciting don't 'cha know), but smart people know that even if a lot of trouble's comin' it don't have to come to you.
I *love* this post so much, if I could give it 50 thumbs ups I would. I've been to NOLA a few times and every time ... doesn't matter what I'm doing, I could just be bored out of my mind waiting to go to sleep in my hotel bed... I smiled and felt like I was where I was suppose to be. What you said is all too true. I have deep, deep roots there and they've all said the same things. I don't think anybody can really appreciate the feeling ... the uniqueness of it until they've been there. It's definitely not for everybody but when you look past its grit (which is actually a big chunk of its charm), it's really the most inviting place the US has to offer.
Everybody that I've talked to that's been displaced from NOLA has the same things to say about it, and they say I'm truly lucky. I was talking to a lady on the phone who was from there today... I was trying to get my services disconnected and I mentioned I was moving there. She said it was a true joy to live there and she'd go back in a heartbeat if she wasn't going to school.
Let the good times roll!!!
Anybody in the area, I'd love to meet up with them when I get there and be friends. Send me a message and let me know!! Plus I'd like some help finding a nice, affordable place to live. I know Marigny is nice but nothing is there in my price range, I am looking at a couple places in Bywater. I'd love to live in Midcity and I'm looking there. I really want to get a place where my roommate can bike it to the quarter or catch a street car... because he doesn't have a car. I have until the 19th to move out, but I'd really like to be there as early as the 4th :)
EDIT: Another thing that hinted this was meant to happen - the buyers of my mobile home have FIVE transsexuals in their family. Needless to say they were very accepting of me. This is no coincidence IMO... it is fate.
Just watch the weight dear, it's all to easy to casually eat yourself several sizes bigger just by snacking - so much tasty stuff, and so much of it is pretty much confined to there alone. Sure there are 'Cajun' joints everywhere now, but that real Cajun taste doesn't travel, it's all a pale imitation. Cajun in name and menu only, but when you can get that good gumbo, the Jambalaya - and it's really the only place to eat crawfish as they don't seem to travel well (no seafood travels well as it turns out). You're a lucky girl.
Quote from: tekla on September 27, 2012, 01:22:24 PM
Just watch the weight dear, it's all to easy to casually eat yourself several sizes bigger just by snacking - so much tasty stuff, and so much of it is pretty much confined to there alone. Sure there are 'Cajun' joints everywhere now, but that real Cajun taste doesn't travel, it's all a pale imitation. Cajun in name and menu only, but when you can get that good gumbo, the Jambalaya - and it's really the only place to eat crawfish as they don't seem to travel well (no seafood travels well as it turns out). You're a lucky girl.
:) Thank you... I'm counting my blessing right now, I really am.
What you said is so right... about the only other place I've ever had really good crawfish is Mardi Gras vendors up here in Shreveport and in Lafayette. Cajun / creole taste goes as far as Lafayette too, but the atmosphere in New Orleans trumps it. It's a really romantic city with its own unique charm. Even in Alexandria, which isn't but 3 hours from NOLA, the "cajun" is just an imitation of the real deal. Shreveport tries to do it but their restaurants have more of a Texas taste when they try to mimic it. Add the jazz / zydeco bands that line the streets to the equation and it's just the most endearing place I've ever been, and I've been to NYC, Philly, Boston... etc. Never been west though, I'd love to make my way to SF and see it.
The best way to describe the city is "timeless" ... and believe me, I refuse to live in the burbs unless there are just NO properties available in the city. Metarie / Kenner are just strip malls like 99% of the rest of the US. The true history, vibe, heritage, feel... whatever you wanna call it can ONLY be found in New Orleans city limits.
Hey missy...I might just put in a request when you get settled there :)
oh, pretty please!
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Quote from: Michelle G on September 27, 2012, 04:38:21 PM
Hey missy...I might just put in a request when you get settled there :)
oh, pretty please!
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Haha!! Let's see how well I make it in the city first :)
Late night cafe' au lait and beignets looking across Jackson Square at St. Louis Cathedral is easily one of best things in the USA.
And SF has lots of places with a timeless quality also - though some people tend to think of it as 'stuck in the past' as opposed to timeless. We just tend to think of it as 49 square miles surrounded by reality.
Tekla, I have been lucky to find some of those places in SF :)
One of these days I might move from Gold Country to the city...closer to my daughter in SF would be very nice!
Quote from: Alainaluvsu on September 25, 2012, 09:12:49 PM
Just an update.
I have come to an agreement on a mobile home and I'll be getting money from the sale tomorrow!! I'm so excited to make my home down in New Orleans!! Plus I'll have some money left over for some more laser and an orchi. Thanks bigots for giving a transsexual a reason to progress with her transition :)
I told you! Gratz on this and glad you didn't freak out and that you turned this around into something good! :)
Quote from: tekla on September 27, 2012, 06:38:43 PM
Late night cafe' au lait and beignets looking across Jackson Square at St. Louis Cathedral is easily one of best things in the USA.
And SF has lots of places with a timeless quality also - though some people tend to think of it as 'stuck in the past' as opposed to timeless. We just tend to think of it as 49 square miles surrounded by reality.
It's awesome. I've had the joy of doing it before. Looking over the Mississippi is breath taking, watching the steamboat go up and down... watching the joggers.. all the characters in costume dancing to the live music. Some people don't absorb the feel of it as well as others, but it's very serene.
Just remember, you got your shoes on your feet ;)
Quote from: Stephe on September 28, 2012, 02:15:44 AM
I told you! Gratz on this and glad you didn't freak out and that you turned this around into something good! :)
Me too... but for some reason I tend to freak out over the small stuff but I handle the big stuff and turn it into an advantage. Thanks :)
Some years ago my folks went to maradi gras and brought me back some of that coffee, mom also had a big pile of beads! I didn't have the nerve to ask and really didn't need to know how she got those...aargh ???
Just remember, you got your shoes on your feet
I though I got my shoes on St. Peter Street, least ways that's how I lost five bucks. Which in itself wouldn't have been so bad had pretty much the entire tour not been there with me making the pilgrimage and hence, got to watch that kid hustle me. Never head the end of it.
Quote from: tekla on September 28, 2012, 01:16:27 PM
Just remember, you got your shoes on your feet
I though I got my shoes on St. Peter Street, least ways that's how I lost five bucks. Which in itself wouldn't have been so bad had pretty much the entire tour not been there with me making the pilgrimage and hence, got to watch that kid hustle me. Never head the end of it.
The grit is definitely part of the charm of the town :)