Passing through NOLA with the family, is it ok to stay a day or two?

Just be back in your hotel room by 9:00 and you should be fine.

Do you want to get shot?

Was just there for almost a week with my 12 and 13 yr old. I did not feel unsafe once. My mom lives in the Quarter, so my kids walked over to Cafe Dumond for beignets every morning. We walked all over the Quarter each day and into the early evening. We walked down to the Roosevelt to see the lights one night and over to Herbsaint on another. We took the streetcar Uptown and visited friends in the Garden District. Go and have fun, you'll be fine.

Central Grocery is closed but they sell their muffulettas at the shitty liquor store next door, they are as great as ever.

Most crowded places after dark. Stay inside hotels and restaurants. Uber anywhere more than 6 blocks and you will be fine.

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So what areas are to be avoided downtown!

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I didn't see any. It is a different city from when I last lived there. The projects by Armstrong Park are gone and have nice condos in their place. We walked from St Phillip to the Warehouse District and down Canal Street some at night and I never felt unsafe. We were in the Garden District at night, and I was not worried at all. My mom and kids walked to a movie at Canal Place and returned around 1030pm.

We were never really out walking around past 11pm but I never felt unsafe.

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Was thinking the usual stuff -Streetcar to the zoo, tours, ghost tour, WW2 Museum.

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That’s all good stuff, but you could also make almost a day out of a visit to City Park.
Look it up as I don’t feel like typing much, but note that they have a Cafe Du Monde there

of course it is
New Orleans is great, have fun and use your common sense. The zoo, aquarium and museum are world class. Don’t do tours

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Passing through NOLA with the family

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