Been to New Orleans once. Hated every minute there. A city I will never visit again by choice. OVERRATED.
My grandmother lived in New Orleans, managed The Columns, a sweet little hotel that was once a Southern mansion out on St. Charles. We visited her every year at Easter time. I was 11 when I begged to be allowed to walk around the French Quarter on my own and they finally let me. It was safe then and incredibly charming.
Earlier this year, my daughter, SIL (a LEO) and I visited Houston to see my sister. I lobbied to add an additional day to see NOLA, but couldn’t talk them into it. And, of course, they were right to stay away.
So very very sad.