Is it long distance if you live in Illinois and you call Kansas and your phone company is Cricket? -

Long distance is generally anything outside of 10 - 15 miles from your house or any place outside your home area . If you have long distance included in your cell phone plan, it won t cost any extra to call outside your area code.

Thoughts on Lousiana? -

What are the main differences between New Orleans and Lafayette? What are their reputations? I m from Hollywood,CA and I ve lived here my whole life. I m considering moving to Lousiana to go to school. Huge difference between Los Angeles and the South right?

In a nutshell, New Orleans is a City while Lafayette is a medium size town with some sprawl. New Orleans consequently has more urban problems than Lafayette. New Orleans has also been politically dominaed by Marion Barry type administrations for the past 3 decades - though it appears we will mostly finish throwing off that yoke via the 2010 elections. At least from a distance, Lafayette has apparently been reasonably well run.New Orleans is one of the world s special places and remains so even after the devastation of Katrina in 2005. NOLA is also very tolerant of alternative lifestyles, though Lafayette (actually all of southern Louisiana) is not as conservative as most of the rest of the South. Lafayette conserves its Acadian/French ( Cajun ) culture more than New Orleans conserves its Creole/French culture.New Orleans has 5 full universities, 2 law schools, 2 medical schools, a pharmacy school, and numerous other colleges. Lafayette has the University of Louisiana.Both have airports with good connections to major hubs, and New Orleans is served by AmTrak (you could get on a train in :L.A. and get off in NOLA).I am not familiar with L.A. so can t directly compare. From my CA friends, I know New Orleans doeas not have anything like the gang problem found in L.A. There are also few celebrities living in NOLA, and the ones who do are able to live almost nortmally (no Paparazzi, etc). You should to visit both before making a decision.Good luck!

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