Real observations...and answers to your specific questions....
1...FQ is fine lots of drunks lots of drinking ...you may have to duck a piņata or two
2...far from deserted unless your talking about women...I would say 50% of all of people in N'awlins are downtown French quarter and marigny.
3...correct on the safer cleaner and dare I say whiter....oh god here comes the ACLU and the NAACP...damn they are even bringing in Marky Mark Morial...egads...where's my gun!
4...Yes, bring women with you...cause even though the young collage females are coming into town...it is still a 100 to 1 ratio...men to women...not that it matters to me...(a defensive statement just in case BDB is reading this!!!)
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