Walking back through the quarter at night while it's raining under the wrought iron porches with a Trumpet playing off in some distant ally is such a magical and uniquely New Orleans experience.
I was there a couple of times 20+ years ago. During summer when it was ridiculously hot and humid. It really elevated the piss stench. I have no idea what it is like today. Other than the food, I have no interest in ever going back.
We drive over to NOLA a couple of times a year since forever. So the first morning we walked down Conti onto Bourbon after IV Waist had cleaned, WOW! Disney should try to keep their place as clean and fresh.
Not so much, It still gets dirty if there is a lot of people down there, but they mostly clean the streets every morning. It doesn't smell like piss everywhere any more, just weed smell everywhere, now.
As of early 2026, New Orleans is experiencing a significant, sustained decline in violent crime, with homicides in January 2026 down 63% compared to January 2025. Following a 55% reduction in murders between 2022 and 2025, the city has reached a 50-year low in homicide rates.
You heard from the fox news that it is the dog-eating immigrants doing it? Right? Gotta be so as there's brown ppl and they don't speak no proper 'murican, right?
Theft? You are WRONG on that too. As of early 2026, New Orleans is experiencing a significant, multi-year decline in major crimes, with 2025 finishing with major drops in homicide and property crimes. Despite this, the city has historically had one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation, with a 1-in-24 chance of becoming a victim of property crime.
hmm, The statistics don't match that. Violent crime has fallen from the last 3 years, as have petty crime. That said, Three years ago New Orleans was also voted #1 most dangerous city in the US, so *low-er* crime doesn't exactly mean low crime. It's funny that when I looked, there were a bunch of stories about lower crime, but all the danger aggregators make it as an "F" rating for most dangerous.
As with most large cities on the list, the problem is the crime outside of tourist areas in under served neighborhoods, account for the most of the percentages of violent crime. Those figures get pushed into the statistics and come off as making a place seem more dangerous than it is. I have visited quite a few large "safer" cities and still kept my head on a swivel, because crime can happen anywhere.
Do you live here? because you are WRONG. New Orleans has started 2026 with a significant reduction in homicides, marking the lowest levels in 50 years, with only seven recorded by late January 2026, a 63% decrease from 19 during the same period in 2025. The reduction is attributed to ongoing, coordinated, and long-term public safety strategies by local, federal, and community partners.
Then you are uninformed. Sorry I know cops and higher ups and we definitely have a reduction in all crimes. Even searchable statistics can show you this. We rely on tourism and to say untrue statements is not helping bring people here. Where do you live Hollygrove? 7th ward?
DenseBot
La pluie!
Grapeape2000
Lot of the musicians who busk there by day are very talented and work the clubs at night.
WWWileECoyoteDo
I miss home.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Walking back through the quarter at night while it's raining under the wrought iron porches with a Trumpet playing off in some distant ally is such a magical and uniquely New Orleans experience.
dixxienormus
Le Pissoire.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Last time it was snowing.
MadamPuddifoot
That's an expensive ass view.
dootdootiamgroot
I could sit there literally all day and enjoy that weather and that music and that scenery. Id be a Lil worried about a vampire attack tho 😆
PupShadowDMcTaggart
Downspouts!!!! Why are there no gutters?
itrytoonlysaypositivethings
Walkable neighborhoods! Everyone wants them, but are still illegal in some places because of zoning bullshit.
anaberration
Now I have to pee...
SwissScars
Evian or Perrier? It's all Nestlé.
kaijuuGold
day after the rain washes the blight away
Geezard12
Beautiful building and music, and then 'Murica.
ravenousj
Although this reminds me of New Orleans. Or Saint Denis in RDR.
DoctorWookie
French Quarter is the part of New Orleans you are thinking of. So it's good that New Orleans reminds you of New Orleans 🙂.
spinbutton3
Love you NOLA 😘
marquettegoldeneagles
Going in May for my birthday!!!!
spinbutton3
I know you'll have a blast. The weather should be lovely and the food and music wonderful
marquettegoldeneagles
Thank you! Im not a great flyer so im nervous about that part but excited about everything else!
unremarkableasterisk
Washes away the urine amd puke.
cropduster5000
When I’ve visited there it was kept pretty dang clean. Portland, OR could learn a lot from that place
feelymcfeel
I could not believe how fucking vile bourbon st smelled when i was there.
Imademyselfsquirtle
Been there in the middle of July. It is trash.
technofiend
gizmoat14
It would, if the drains worked...
technofiend
Listen, those drains are pumping uphill the whole time since the entire place is below sea level.
GabbyJayYay
Does it really smell that bad??
unremarkableasterisk
I was there a couple of times 20+ years ago. During summer when it was ridiculously hot and humid. It really elevated the piss stench. I have no idea what it is like today. Other than the food, I have no interest in ever going back.
technofiend
Food and music, my friend. Don't forget the music
ROGUEdenied
We now have cleaning services that also clean the street often.
Xrs2343
Hooray for IV Waste, they rock!
LMC3
We drive over to NOLA a couple of times a year since forever. So the first morning we walked down Conti onto Bourbon after IV Waist had cleaned, WOW! Disney should try to keep their place as clean and fresh.
PimpinKen
So no more weird milky white water constantly flowing in the gutters? I lived there for a year pre-katrina and that was weirdly always present
ROGUEdenied
Not so much, It still gets dirty if there is a lot of people down there, but they mostly clean the streets every morning. It doesn't smell like piss everywhere any more, just weed smell everywhere, now.
fformulaa
Lol, looks like the buildings are pissing
Canigetbannedagain2
Sky's pissing on the building, the building is pissing on the people, another circle of life.
Pasquinelthe2nd
With actual Gargoyles like in France, they look like they're puking
fformulaa
Oh nice! That's fitting!
Schoctane
I wish there was a good cajun restaurant in my city. Guess ill have to make my own jambalaya.
thatwoodguy
Zataraines
Hoiloidl
🎵 and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo 🎶
ROGUEdenied
The Gumbo Shop has decent Jamba, in NoLa
RedCamaro
you're better off making your own. that dish salty AF at restaurants around here.
IrrelevantHandle
There is literally nowhere to buy andouille sausage where I live. Like, not within three hours drive. https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Y2hlMzRrYTZycjdiczZkeW9sbWhpNncwbDd3YTN0OHU3NzJubzNuciZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/mXSqtN51zPrLPCi7Gp/200w.webp
unluckyandbored
That sucks.
genevra1676
We're lucky that the supermarket we shop at carries it on occasion, so we buy several packages and store them in the freezer.
zFUBARz
Bet you could buy online and have it shipped.
bluedskye
I appreciate seeing Boston ferns doing something other than self destructing
ROGUEdenied
I live here and mine just self destruct, do not know how those look so pretty.
zFUBARz
Tourist money mostly.
RedCamaro
The area is beautiful. If it weren't for the crime.
thedarkcanuck
I'll take the crime here over all the crime going on in the white house
Xrs2343
Crime rate is at historic low
ROGUEdenied
As of early 2026, New Orleans is experiencing a significant, sustained decline in violent crime, with homicides in January 2026 down 63% compared to January 2025. Following a 55% reduction in murders between 2022 and 2025, the city has reached a 50-year low in homicide rates.
philinthecircle
Respectfully reppin the city. Respect.
SortaSordid
Isn't the French Quarter fairly heavily policed and it is the rest of the city that is notorious for crime?
RedCamaro
You would think so. Murder is up. So is pickpocketing and theft.
usernameusedinlessplatforms2
You heard from the fox news that it is the dog-eating immigrants doing it? Right?
Gotta be so as there's brown ppl and they don't speak no proper 'murican, right?
ROGUEdenied
Theft? You are WRONG on that too. As of early 2026, New Orleans is experiencing a significant, multi-year decline in major crimes, with 2025 finishing with major drops in homicide and property crimes. Despite this, the city has historically had one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation, with a 1-in-24 chance of becoming a victim of property crime.
ulfgarBentbeak
hmm, The statistics don't match that. Violent crime has fallen from the last 3 years, as have petty crime. That said, Three years ago New Orleans was also voted #1 most dangerous city in the US, so *low-er* crime doesn't exactly mean low crime. It's funny that when I looked, there were a bunch of stories about lower crime, but all the danger aggregators make it as an "F" rating for most dangerous.
ROGUEdenied
As with most large cities on the list, the problem is the crime outside of tourist areas in under served neighborhoods, account for the most of the percentages of violent crime. Those figures get pushed into the statistics and come off as making a place seem more dangerous than it is. I have visited quite a few large "safer" cities and still kept my head on a swivel, because crime can happen anywhere.
ROGUEdenied
Do you live here? because you are WRONG. New Orleans has started 2026 with a significant reduction in homicides, marking the lowest levels in 50 years, with only seven recorded by late January 2026, a 63% decrease from 19 during the same period in 2025. The reduction is attributed to ongoing, coordinated, and long-term public safety strategies by local, federal, and community partners.
ROGUEdenied
downvoting this does not make the facts go away.
RedCamaro
Uh, I live here. since 2016.
ROGUEdenied
Then you are uninformed. Sorry I know cops and higher ups and we definitely have a reduction in all crimes. Even searchable statistics can show you this. We rely on tourism and to say untrue statements is not helping bring people here. Where do you live Hollygrove? 7th ward?