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blankall · 07-06-2023, 01:58 PM

I wandered around New Orleans after a, less than responsible, member of our travel party suggested we check out a great jazz bar that turned out to be in a less than reputable area. The jazz bar no longer existed as a jazz bar. It was a bar for strictly locals now. They had monitors in the bar showing the entrance of the bar, so people could rush out if their was trouble.

I had to walk out of the area, as Uber drivers wouldn't stop to pick me up. Ended up walking 10 blocks through a very sketchy area at night. It was pretty lawless. Kids were renting high school buses and just stopping them in parking lots and having street parties. A lot of the houses also had not been repaired post-flood, and people still lived in those half collapsed houses. It was a level of poverty I did not know existed in North America.

Back on topic, the overdose rate in SF is less than BC, which would suggest fewer drug addicts per capita. From what I've seen the people there are just more desperate, and, therefore, more prone to violence and crime. During daylight, you are safe anywhere in Vancouver. I would map out your route ahead of time in SF.

07-06-2023, 01:58 PM	#107
blankall Ate 100 Treadmills Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	I wandered around New Orleans after a, less than responsible, member of our travel party suggested we check out a great jazz bar that turned out to be in a less than reputable area. The jazz bar no longer existed as a jazz bar. It was a bar for strictly locals now. They had monitors in the bar showing the entrance of the bar, so people could rush out if their was trouble. I had to walk out of the area, as Uber drivers wouldn't stop to pick me up. Ended up walking 10 blocks through a very sketchy area at night. It was pretty lawless. Kids were renting high school buses and just stopping them in parking lots and having street parties. A lot of the houses also had not been repaired post-flood, and people still lived in those half collapsed houses. It was a level of poverty I did not know existed in North America. Back on topic, the overdose rate in SF is less than BC, which would suggest fewer drug addicts per capita. From what I've seen the people there are just more desperate, and, therefore, more prone to violence and crime. During daylight, you are safe anywhere in Vancouver. I would map out your route ahead of time in SF.