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must be first time in New Orleans
varian
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saw a news report today about how N.O. was starting a clean up of the streets because they were starting to smell. obviously these folks have never been there before.
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MY son was there a month or so ago.
Said the smell of Bourbon Street was that of urine, puke, and despair.
Back aways used to be a real fun area to visit and party in. Times are a changing🤨
Took the "City Of New Orleans" down about 7-8 years ago? not sure, went to a concert that was downtown and YES, Bourbon street was not the place to be anymore after dark or afternoon I would think. Totally filthy, tramps, drugheads, thugs, and all the like. Got back to hotel after two stops safely and that was that.😐️
...25-30 years ago New Orleans was a great place to go for a long weekend...use to always stay in an 100 and something year old plantation mansion, super cool place!..New Orleans has great food, places to see...go to Cafe Du Mond for a coffee and a beignet with the river boat passing by...great jazz, and I'm not a jazz fan(!)... and had to always drink a Hurricane at Pat O'Briens...one was more than enough, BIG with a LOT of alcohol, but tasted like fruit punch...woooh...
Was in the "French Quarter" 53 years ago and it smelled of urine, puke, and despair then. (but to a 18 year old getting ready to go to Southeast Asia it was a fun place).
They stupidly held SHOT Show there once, the week before Mardi Gras. I passed a big empty dumpster on the way to the show one morning, and on the walk back that afternoon, it was overflowing with empty booze bottles. I did NOT venture forth at night. Walk to an early dinner (always seafood) and then a nightcap in the hotel bar. Never felt safe or clean the whole time.
I'll say one thing about the city, however...The World War II Museum there is beyond doubt one of the top three military museums I have ever visited, the other two being the Smithsonian Air Museum, and the Air Force Museum. It is truly world class, and makes up for all the nauseating aspects of the French Quarter.
Well, that and a muffuletta sandwich from Central Grocery.
New O..........................is a cesspool that needs to be cleaned out and flushed.
Looks like it has been... flushed... out several times now...but it still hasn't helped yet... 🤣
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I went down there with my brother for Mardis Gras several years ago, we met a couple of the local girls, we stayed there 3 days and had a good time. I like that town and I love that Cajun food.
Yeah............they keep sending the "refugees" over to Texas to * up our state.
the WWII museum is first class. a Muffuletta is an acquired taste and i acquired it many years ago.
Thanks @Rocky Raab, I'm going to have to make a muffuletta samich.
Jim Cantore was broadcasting live from New Orleans during hurricane Ida. We're sitting there watching him be dramatic in the wind and rain. He's standing in the wind and rain on the streets of New Orleans with his mouth priory open, and all that filth was blowing in.