Tell me about New Orleans

[Johnny199r]

I just flew back today from New Orleans. First time I’ve ever felt unsafe walking though a neighbourhood at 10:30am on a sunny day. For reference , I’ve never felt that way walking in every other continent on earth (no Antarctica yet!) cool city, though.

[_Q_]

Originally Posted by Johnny199r

I just flew back today from New Orleans. First time I’ve ever felt unsafe walking though a neighbourhood at 10:30am on a sunny day. For reference , I’ve never felt that way walking in every other continent on earth (no Antarctica yet!) cool city, though.

New Olreans: Come for the party, stay because they can't find your body.

[Galakanokis]

I loved the few times I have been. But yeah, the poverty can be a little shocking for a North American city. Some streets are completely undrivable they are in such bad shape with infrastructure falling down all over the place. Stay away from the usual places like over passes, trains etc. But man, it can also be really really cool. I remember saying I would go back but I wouldn't bring my wife. Place can be surprisingly dirty. The amount of bars, restaurants without bathroom doors was shocking.

Bourbon street sucks unless you enjoy the smell of sweat, piss, #### and vomit rolled into one. But do check out Laffites Black Smith Bar. Oldest in NA I think? It is on the far end so not too bad for smells. The Old Absinthe Bar. I loved Coop's Place for fried chicken, The Apple Barrel Bar for how small it was. The Dungeon. Kingfish Kitchen was fun with good eats. Cafe Du Monde. The warehouse District was cool just do not remember any specific place. One place was great but too many jugs of jalapeno, cucumber margaritas have left the details fuzzy, So many places to list off. You could pop into Coyote Ugly's and say hi to Hailie with an H for me.

Just walk around and pop in and out. Loved being able to pop in, grab a drink, check the place out and leave. You are not expected to stay. I would just pop into a place, belly up to the bar, chat with people and then bugger off. It can be sketchy as #### but I found it super friendly. I left Van at like 4 in the morning and arrived around 6 or 7pm. Promptly feel asleep until 3am. Woke up ridiculously thirsty and hungry. My hotel was by the museum, not sure the neighbourhood. But I went for a walk a found a bar serving $2 Tito's and $5 burgers with about 5 or 6 people in it. Stayed until 8am. Had a great time and even meet up with the bartender later for dinner.

I never did them but I wanted to check out the Universities that use to be old plantations. The history sucks but they are cool looking places.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Johnny199r

I just flew back today from New Orleans. First time I’ve ever felt unsafe walking though a neighbourhood at 10:30am on a sunny day. For reference , I’ve never felt that way walking in every other continent on earth (no Antarctica yet!) cool city, though.

Depends what part of the city you're in, but there's very much a feeling of lawlessness and general abandonment in various parts of the city. It's quite sad. The government and the surrounding well off people have just given up on large parts of the city, and the people who still live there.

Outside of the main areas, I saw groups of young men openly wearing gang colors, in ways I hadn't seen in any other part of the USA. I've never been to the rough parts of, for example, LA. I'm sure those rough parts exist in a lot of USA cities, but in New Orleans they were encroaching on the tourist type areas.

Beyond the gangs, just a lot of desperation. Sometimes I think about moving to the states, but then I see the massive inequality and don't think I could ever do it. The fact that so many people can't afford to see a doctor. Or that after a hurricane, the country would just leave people to fend themselves for decades after.....then the combo of giving these desperate people lots of guns...

[Locke]

Originally Posted by blankall

Depends what part of the city you're in, but there's very much a feeling of lawlessness and general abandonment in various parts of the city. It's quite sad. The government and the surrounding well off people have just given up on large parts of the city, and the people who still live there.

Outside of the main areas, I saw groups of young men openly wearing gang colors, in ways I hadn't seen in any other part of the USA. I've never been to the rough parts of, for example, LA. I'm sure those rough parts exist in a lot of USA cities, but in New Orleans they were encroaching on the tourist type areas.

Beyond the gangs, just a lot of desperation. Sometimes I think about moving to the states, but then I see the massive inequality and don't think I could ever do it. The fact that so many people can't afford to see a doctor. Or that after a hurricane, the country would just leave people to fend themselves for decades after.....then the combo of giving these desperate people lots of guns...

And cheap booze and drugs, in conjunction with a piss poor education and, as you alluded to, no medical help.

You can see that trainwreck coming from miles away...