Sounds like you’d be right to be leery. Last time I was in NO was January 2001 for the Shot Show. My husband and the friends we were with had never been to NO so of course they wanted to see the Quarter. Even then I wouldn’t go there at night by myself (I’m female). It was fun going back and wandering down memory lane. I’m a southerner through and through. If it’s in your DNA there’s no changing it, not that I’d want to.
Amen to last sentence in particular
I lived outside the south and overseas much of 81-96
After being raised in Mississippi with New Orleans being our “city”
Now I’d be hard pressed to live outside the south at 66