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Will New Orleans ever put a stop to the stupid homesteaders at Mardi Gras?

Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:48 pm
Posted by _Hurricane_
Somewhere
Member since Feb 2016
7499 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:48 pm
It gets more ridiculous each year. A tent city protected by an ever expanding wall of ladders that could keep the Mongols out. Why can’t people just be normal and walk up and watch a parade with their family and turn around and go home? And, if you really want to set up a full fledged tailgate, then why be so territorial when you’re not even supposed to be set up there anyways?

The aggression from these people is strange as frick, and it’s not just the tent city, it’s a general vibe around the parades that used to not be there. You can get yelled at just for standing in one spot to check your phone if it’s too close to a row of chairs. Lady, I’m not trying to encroach on “your spot” on a public sidewalk, I’m trying to find my kid a spot to maybe catch a glimpse of the parade.
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
Member since Jul 2013
11714 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:49 pm to
The Causeway has consequences…
Posted by Chad504boy
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Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:50 pm to
Oh, so you just wanna walk up at a moment’s notice and “have a spot” for your kid to catch a bead. Seems lazy.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
94299 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:50 pm to
Nobody is illegal on stolen land baw
Posted by _Hurricane_
Somewhere
Member since Feb 2016
7499 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:51 pm to
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Oh, so you just wanna walk up at a moment’s notice and “have a spot” for your kid to catch a bead. Seems lazy.


I hope this is sarcasm but I really can’t tell with people anymore. Yes, a parade is designed to be something you just walk up to and catch beads. It literally was just like that for a hundred years until a bunch of dumbasses started a territory war.
This post was edited on 2/9/26 at 1:53 pm
Posted by Long Ball Larry
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2021
1558 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:52 pm to
Just because you were too lazy to get there earlier does not make my setup a bad thing.

Take some initiative and stake your claim like a man, and quit crying
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
25149 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:52 pm to
I hate seeing those empty chairs and tarps without people. That’s why I like sidewalk side more. It breaths a bit better (still wish it had less chairs though)
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:52 pm to
Quit being a bitch and get a spot like everyone else if you want to be up front.
Posted by LNCHBOX
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88760 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:53 pm to
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Yes, a parade is designed to be something you just walk up to and catch beads.
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
74066 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:54 pm to
Posted by NotoriousFSU
Atlanta, GA
Member since Oct 2008
12268 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:56 pm to
I was there years ago and had one of those pieces of shite kick me from his chair. No attempt to say I was blocking his view from the sidewalk. No excuse me. Some people are just dumb and rude.
Posted by _Hurricane_
Somewhere
Member since Feb 2016
7499 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:56 pm to
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Quit being a bitch and get a spot like everyone else if you want to be up front.



You people are legitimately retarded. “Having a spot” should mean a place where you and your family are standing. Not “I’m going to get here a day early and block up 5x the space than we actually need to set up a second living room”

Posted by Crawdaddy
Slidell. The jewel of Louisiana
Member since Sep 2006
19150 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:58 pm to
In need of a ladder. St Chalres is a great place to pick one up. They are considered trash and will be picked up by the city
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
25149 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:58 pm to
We didn’t even get to the busy time yet. It gets nuts for Muses
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
88760 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:58 pm to
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You people are legitimately retarded. “


Says the lazy gump that expects to be abele to just waltz up to popular things and be right up front.

Fun fact, they've tried to mitigate it as much as they can, and people will still put however much effort is required to get space. Either play the game, or stfu
This post was edited on 2/9/26 at 2:00 pm
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
20717 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:59 pm to
I don't know the protocols any more, but my uncle and his friend used to set up a spot downtown and sleep there for a week. I think they had to take the scaffolding down every day, but they could play homeless bums on the sidewalk.

The balls on those guys to spend the night in downtown New Orleans just in sleeping bags. I think I'll send my uncle a text thanking him again for that.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
77091 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:59 pm to
quote:

didn’t even get to the busy time yet. It gets nuts for Muses


Next weekend will be brutal if good weather holds.

Should have to produce resident ID to be allowed upriver of Milan.
Posted by _Hurricane_
Somewhere
Member since Feb 2016
7499 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:00 pm to
quote:

Says the lazy gump that expects to be abele to just waltz up to popular things and be right up front.



When did I say I expected to be right up front?
It’s not insane to expect people to not block up the entire parade route with tents and ladders and chained together chairs that no one is sitting in.

But you’re retarded so you think that means I expect to be right up front.

Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
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88760 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:01 pm to
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When did I say I expected to be right up front?


You wouldn't care about any of this if you were content being behind people.
quote:

t’s not insane to expect people to not block up the entire parade route with tents and ladders and chained together chairs that no one is sitting in.


This is so far from truth.
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But you’re retarded so you think that means I expect to be right up front.


Sit in the back and shut up then
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
110208 posts
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:02 pm to
They used to keep the street car tracks clear and street cars running when parades weren't going, and only allow people to set up in the neutral ground a couple of hours before parade time.

I wish they would go back to doing that.
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