re: How many people really attended the 2017 Essence Festival in the Superdome? Not 470,000

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Ok guy


I'm guessing you haven been around the type of people that visit for Essence, but keep keeping on

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I'm not your guy, pal

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What does that have to do with tipping?

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Non sequiturs are essential to tipping

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Shut up

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You're just a pussy like the majority of people in here that are scared of your own shadow and freak out about headlines from the news. New Orleans is the same city it's always been, the only difference is that men are turning into women at an alarming rate and it's beyond annoying that it's in my face constantly

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Although I would love to agree with you, as a slightly nuts New Orleans resident who has briefly walked on shady streets like LaSalle St., Magnolia St. and South Claiborne at night, I can definitely say you're full of shite. It's much worse than it was 10-15 years ago in areas that weren't traditional rat-tat-tat zones.

frick, even driving on the Interstate is becoming dicey. It's hard to believe. From 2010 to 2015, there were 17 reported shooting incidents in traffic. Since the beginning of last year, they've had 21 reported traffic shootings. That's an astronomical increase. Before the 4th of July, one car had a man, a woman and a 7-year-old who were all shot while driving.

It used to be kind of shocking when people were attacked in the French Quarter. Now it's a shock if we go a few days without an attack.

I've seen some crazy shite go down myself recently and I'm in one of the "safe" areas. You can still go out and have a great time in New Orleans, but you do have to be more alert than in most places out there. You sound like the radio host Scoot who was talking about how he felt safe in New Orleans and felt that crime was just focused on so much, etc. Then he got attacked and robbed by four thugs walking to work one morning. He said he still loves New Olreans, but doesn't walk around care-free like he once did. They have like 400-500 less cops on the NOPD than what they did in in 2010 and tens of thousands of more people now. You do the math.

Bourbon was fine, it's well lit, filled with witnesses, and patrolled by state police. It got sketchy a few blocks off bourbon.

You do realize that black waiters would be the FIRST to tell you they would prefer a table of white guests versus black guests.

Are those black people racist against black people? Is that possible? Am I a racist just for playing messenger and telling you what actual black people have told me?

It's funny. I am a racist to the internet, but not the numerous minorities I employ and spend time with.

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and the "tipping" thing is just a perpetuated stereotype that is not even true

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So, you have extensive experience working in the service industry, in New Orleans Downtown?
Because you are talking out of your arse.

Essence brings a nice group of people into town. It is a welcomed event for the city and the people living here. The "tipping" stereotype is justified, but anyone who thinks Essence is some sort of shitshow is a racist jackass.

Bayou Classic on the other hand...

Haters going to hate. OT posters can't come to terms that their little fests can't do numbers like these supposed second class subhumans from the cesspool of the US. That's the current view of black economic effort anyway around here.

Bayou Country Superfest Attendance: ~ 125,000
Attendance Numbers