Future

In less than eight years I will have completed high school and college and I will have to make decisions about what I will do for a living and where I will live. When and if I choose to move out of Maryland, I will have to take into effect pull and push forces.

If I move from Maryland I want to move to somewhere where I can get a good paying job, good location, near my family, good economy and I have stuff to do there every day. Now obviously the push forces would be the opposite of the pull forces. I would want to move to a place where I wouldn’t have a job. I also wouldn’t want to be in a location that’s not good (i.e. near big power plants or right on a main highway). I don’t want to be completely away from my family. Somewhere where it isn’t too much money to fly and see them. Obviously I don’t want to move into a state or country whose economy is on the downfall. Finally, I want to move somewhere where I have stuff to do, to occupy my time.

After I complete high school and college I would love to live in New Orleans. I’m choosing to live here because it’s a fun city and there is a lot to do to occupy my time. I am interested in looking into a culinary job in the future, and New Orleans is world famous for their food such as beignets, Po’boys and Italian Muffuletta sandwiches. They are also world famous for their seafood. New Orleans is home to one of the largest and busiest ports in the world. This is strategic location. New Orleans is a center for higher tech learning. In New Orleans is Tulane University, a top 50-research university. Metropolitan New Orleans has very good health care too. . Now obviously, I wouldn’t be very near my family up in Maryland but I have some other distant family in New Orleans. Now with Hurricane Katrina and the big oil spill, New Orleans economy cannot be that good and I am aware. But I believe that their economy will make a comeback because of their seafood industry and Mardi Gras where over 2 million people come out each year. New Orleans would be my dream place to live.

Now if I couldn’t live in New Orleans for some reason I would want to live somewhere surrounded by water. I would maybe want to live in the Bahamas. The Bahamas are a beautiful island. It may be difficult to find a job on such a small island, but I would figure things out. I could work at Atlantis, their main hotel that is beautiful. The Bahamas are obviously in a good location; many tourists are coming in to visit there so the economy is going to be very good with all that extra money coming in.  Now obviously I definitely would be way far away from my family, and tickets are expensive so I would be able to only visit them a couple times so that would be a negative. In the Bahamas there is a lot to do, simply because a lot of tourists come to visit so they have to have stuff for them to do. 

But if I had to choose where I would want to live, I would chose new Orleans first because it has a lot of the things I want. Relatively close to my family, good location, and stuff for me to do. Oh, and also their home to a super bowl winning team. "Who Dat!"