re: Are there truly any areas in BR/NOLA that you wouldn't walk alone at night

For Nola: everything east of Franklin Ave and north of N Robertson, most of Nola East, parts of the 7th Ward (the closer to the I-10 bridge, the more nope), St. Bernard projects area, southern portion of Mid-City (Tulane Ave. to the I-10 bridge), most of Central City, and frick going deep into Hollygrove. There are plenty of areas outside of the above mentioned but it'd take forever to specify all of the streets to avoid in Nola.

For BR: pretty much everything north of Florida Blvd and most of Old South Br. Gardere ain't nothing compared to the shitstain that is NBR.