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Posted on 5/13/24 at 2:53 pm to Irish Knuckles
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it isn't even that good. it's okay.
This is not true either.
Mother's absolute trash
Posted on 5/13/24 at 2:56 pm to Shexter
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Cafe Du Monde in City Park is the way around this.
Or the one in the airport
Posted on 5/13/24 at 2:58 pm to sidewalkside
Same thing with almost every decent beach, Mardi Gras, Disney World, stadiums/arenas (NFL stadiums, SEC football stadiums, etc), and other tourism draws. The country's population is more than twice what it was 65 years ago but very few of those places got bigger or grew to accommodate significantly more visitors. You end up either tripping over a very dense crowd or paying out the nose to enjoy a game or visit some place you like.
Same reason that many elements of our highway infrastructure that hasn't been upgraded recently isn't working well for us when it was not a problem 30-40 years ago. There's just more people, more traffic, more of everything.
It's a great thing that the gulf coast and New Orleans is such a tourism magnet. That helps places like Louisiana keep a lot of restaurants and hotels around that would otherwise never make it. Most of us enjoy the benefits of having such an amazing food culture that's propped up in a big way by tourists that aren't from Louisiana.
You can't really replicate cultural attractions like New Orleans, but you can develop alternatives (like Memphis's Beale Street, Nashville's music scene, or whatever it is they do up in Ohio). And as far as overcrowding in theme parks like Disney - I think many of them are approaching a point where they can justify a full rebuild of iconic properties (like Magic Kingdom) with much larger walkways, more attractions, and more amenities to fit everyone....or possibly even justification to develop another Disney World like tourism hub somewhere in the middle of the US - like Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, or Arkansas.
Same reason that many elements of our highway infrastructure that hasn't been upgraded recently isn't working well for us when it was not a problem 30-40 years ago. There's just more people, more traffic, more of everything.
It's a great thing that the gulf coast and New Orleans is such a tourism magnet. That helps places like Louisiana keep a lot of restaurants and hotels around that would otherwise never make it. Most of us enjoy the benefits of having such an amazing food culture that's propped up in a big way by tourists that aren't from Louisiana.
You can't really replicate cultural attractions like New Orleans, but you can develop alternatives (like Memphis's Beale Street, Nashville's music scene, or whatever it is they do up in Ohio). And as far as overcrowding in theme parks like Disney - I think many of them are approaching a point where they can justify a full rebuild of iconic properties (like Magic Kingdom) with much larger walkways, more attractions, and more amenities to fit everyone....or possibly even justification to develop another Disney World like tourism hub somewhere in the middle of the US - like Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, or Arkansas.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:07 pm to Fun Bunch
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I don't think that NOLA tourism is out of hand at all. Sure, some of the famous places get lines, but its definitely not "out of hand" as places like Venice or Amsterdam are.
Maybe I remember going to some fun places as a tourist in the past but don't remember the horrific crowds. It's not exclusive to New Orleans, but almost every tourist attraction seems to have gotten much more crowded in the past 7-10 years.
I went to a particular Mardi Gras celebration in New Roads last year for the first time in 20 years. This little town used to draw maybe 20,000 or 30,000 people in the 1980s and 1990s. The crowds that it draws today are easily 3-4x as large. Those little streets and relatively short parade routes were never intended to support a crowd of 100,000 and move them in and out efficiently.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:07 pm to sidewalkside
1812?
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:07 pm to Swagga
frickin Gerry Amato (RIP) Fricker bought the place from the Landry Bros and then proceeded to start charging high end prices for admittedly very good food, but the old Landry Bros. Were pumping out quality food for 25 + years.
fricker once told me straight up that he could not care less about the locals coming to eat there. Tourists would be willing to pay the extra high prices
fricker once told me straight up that he could not care less about the locals coming to eat there. Tourists would be willing to pay the extra high prices
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:08 pm to sidewalkside
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Camellia Grill
I lived walking distance from there and never went. What is so great about it?
This post was edited on 5/13/24 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:09 pm to dewster
The world has gotten smaller. The people living in extreme poverty in the world has dropped by 100k people every day since 1990.
More and more people travel around the world, and social media has people going to most of the same places again and again.
The aforementioned Amsterdam and Venice are having to start taking extreme measures to limit tourism because they cannot handle it.
Go to Rome, its insanity. Go to Paris and the Louvre...nutsville.
More and more people travel around the world, and social media has people going to most of the same places again and again.
The aforementioned Amsterdam and Venice are having to start taking extreme measures to limit tourism because they cannot handle it.
Go to Rome, its insanity. Go to Paris and the Louvre...nutsville.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:12 pm to real turf fan
quote:That's Morning Call, not Cafe du Monde.
Isn't there still the original in Metairie?
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:13 pm to jizzle6609
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Once people had tvs and internet.
It’s the same reason many National Parks are now having to use a reservation system to control crowds. People post things on Instagram and everyone wants to see the same sites.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:14 pm to Jake88
they have a cafe du monde in Metairie with a drive thru
I hate getting all that powdered sugar in my car though
I hate getting all that powdered sugar in my car though
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:15 pm to nicholastiger
Ok, but he asked about "the original."
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:32 pm to sidewalkside
Wouldn’t complain too much. Tourism keeps this place alive
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:35 pm to sidewalkside
I'm 51 and adults didn't party and drink like they do now. At least the area I'm from. The first time I went to NOLA was around '93 and it was mostly college age kids and others in their 20's. My most recent trip was 2 years ago and there were all ages and it was crowded as shite. Never going back.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:37 pm to sidewalkside
Pat O'briens used to have a line from its entrance on St. Peter all the way to Bourbon Street back in the 80's and 90's. It sold more liquor in the US than anyone else. All tourists.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:39 pm to Jake88
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Isn't there still the original in Metairie?
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That's Morning Call, not Cafe du Monde.
And that wasn't "the original" either... the original Morning Call was on the other end of the French Market from Cafe Du Monde:
It moved out to 17th street in Metairie in the 70s.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:42 pm to danilo
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Wouldn’t complain too much. Tourism keeps this place alive
I don't know why any local would complain. No local is going to any of those places so it really doesn't have any effect on us
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:43 pm to Fun Bunch
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Mother's absolute trash
for all the noise around it, it's trash. not buying into the hype i think it's okay. definitely not worth waiting in line for.
Posted on 5/13/24 at 3:49 pm to Irish Knuckles
Bear's in Metairie is the GOAT when it comes to the Ferdie.
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