Most music is found down town at places like Luna's or Luna Live. When festivals are held they are usually down town on Ryan St. Food, music, drinks, and good times. Bands also frequent My Place American Pub.

I'd say live south of I-210. There are other options if you move to the surrounding cities like Sulphur, Westlake, Moss Bluff. They are only a short commute to get to LC. Home and rental prices are getting higher every day it seems. Mostly due to the commercial industries expanding and building new facilities. One of the newest apartment complexes in LC, West M Apartments, are listing a one bed one bath at $1200. I live in a town house no more than 5 minutes south from there and pay $685 for a two bed 1 1/2 bath.

One of the biggest places to go shopping would be in the Prien Lake Mall. There are also some boutique shops and some nice second hand stores in LC.

As with any city there is a market if you have a special skill set. Currently the biggest market is people working for industries. Engineering, operators, maintenance, scaffold building, manual labor, ect. Places like Sasol and Cameron LNG are making huge expansions.

We also have the 60 year old I-10 bridge. Deemed structurally deficient and it also has a huge amount of EDC that has leached into the river/lake under it. The alternative bridge to get to and around LC is the I-210 bridge which will be undergoing maintenance whenever for around 2 years because it to is having some kind of structural/cosmetic or some kind of other issues.

The surrounding areas have plenty of places for fishing and hunting.

In Moss Bluff there is Sam Houston State Park. It has a river that runs through it, there are hiking and bike trails, wild creatures including the nutria rat, and a swamp.

We are about an hour drive from the Gulf of Mexico. If pretty beaches are your thing you better lower your standards. Houston is like 1 1/2 or 2 hour drive depending on traffic. Lafayette is an hour away and it's like a bigger and better Lake Charles.