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Originally Posted by JohnW
I visited the city prior to Katrina and far from being charming and cultural, I found it to be the most seedy, dirty, disgusting place I have ever visited in the U.S. It has long been acknowledged as the most crime ridden and politically corrupt area in the whole of the country,
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Hey John, I appreciate your insight throughout this thread. I travelled to New Orleans 4 different times in the 1990s and definitely agree with the aforementioned quote.
The food was great but used to try to get in before sunset. The few times I stayed out (on Bourbon Street/French Quarter) I saw, actually was propositioned by, prostitutes as young as 13 or 14. I saw drunken brawls and heard vile language. Public nudity was almost encouraged and folks puking in the streets was quite common.
Lake Ponchatrain can have it back!