<p>During the oil crunch when we were newlyweds, husband was offered a transfer to Houston. I didn’t want to leave my grandparents. About eight years ago or so, lots of good friends transferred to Houston. Oh, well, at least they missed Katrina. With one of the big companies, Texaco, Chevron, Conoco, don’t remember, so many mergers. </p>
<p>Yes, son has same feeling about Houston. Had to live there for four months after Katrina. I think the traffic did him in, although it’s almost the same here in NO now. </p>
<p>Anyway, because of that, he won’t even look at a school in Texas, much less Houston. Which is really a shame, because I’ve wanted him to go to Rice ever since before he was born. </p>
<p>But back to the original poster, I have to comment on ULL, because Forever brought up a good point about city life. </p>
<p>Lafayette is a really nice small town/city. It has all the convenience of the city, but it has the beauty of the nature here in Louisiana that many of us city folks don’t get to see. The food is phenomenal. Must go to Pat’s. Unfortunately, Lafayette does have five o’clock traffic, but all towns here in LA do now since Katrina.</p>
<p>ULL is a little known gem down here. Many kids are now heading there rather than LSU. Absolutely fantastic computer engineering school, so if you do go there, pick up some computer courses while there.</p>
<p>Don’t know much about Tulsa, but son’s best friend’s dad, who graduated from Rice with a chem eng degree and works for an independent oil firm, started his career there, and they’re checking out Oklahoma schools, although son will major in mech eng, not a fan of chemistry. </p>
<p>Good luck to you on your endeavors, and now is probably a good time to stay in school and get an advanced degree in the oil business, and wait out this slump.</p>