New Orleans - Day 2 - Checkering

Fried chicken will always be very popular here

Pat O's Bar no longer has the dueling pianists



This is a large restaurant where Carol and I have dined, which is now closed

Like much of the French Quarter, this sector looks perfectly normal, just not as many people as there used to be.



Claiborne Street



Today we drove through more neighborhoods of New Orleans. One old theme of New Orleans is still true. In the past, I have heard the neighborhoods described as checkered, in the sense that one street was a good place and a few streets over were crime ridden. Now the city is not checkered as much in terms of crime rather in terms of functionality. One street works well and has many inhabitants, the next over might not have electricity or street lights, might not have any people shopping, living there or being entertained.