Talk:Bourbon Street

Avoided by Locals?

I was down on Bourbon Street on a Wednesday night in the middle of a regular work week in October 2006. The street was full of working-class men with their khaki pants and blue button-down shirts. (Clearly local office workers.) There were also many upper-management types wearing suits and ties. (Clearly not tourists.) This article claims that Bourbon Street is avoided by locals, but that seems to be untrue: thus I have added a "citation needed" tag to that paragraph. Personally, I think that statement should be removed altogether? 68.117.205.220 00:56, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

The city has many contractors, adjusters, and other out-of-town workers here post-Katrina. The half dozen blocks given over mostly to catering to tourists are not frequented by locals. Go ahead and ask ramdom sampling of these folks where they're from if you wish. -- Infrogmation 01:33, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Speaking with some service industry experience in the Quarter; I would like to add that "khaki pants and blue button-down shirts" and "wearing suits and ties" almost always indicates an out of towner. the best indicator though, is the wearing of beads when it's not carnival season. If you're seeing shiny beads and oversized novelty hats, then you are looking at a tourist. Locals don't often stray above St. Peter or Toulouse streets, with the exception of some fine establishments on the side streets and the nekkid lady emporiums. Cheers, L0b0t 02:20, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Obviously the majority of the patrons here are not locals, but isn't it a bit extreme to say "The tourist section of Bourbon Street is almost completely avoided by locals unless they work there..."? I strongly suggest toning that claim down a bit. Listen, even if 1 out of 1000 of the people that go there for fun are locals (which I'm sure is far less than the true percentage), it still wouldn't be true to characterize that as "almost completely avoided". Furthermore, within a reasonable age range, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who claims to 'go out' a lot who doesn't at least venture into the "tourist section" at least a couple times a year, which I contend is not "almost never".Wbbigtymer 16:43, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Being from the city myself, I sympathize with the claim that "The half dozen blocks given over mostly to catering to tourists are not frequented by locals". However, since this is such difficult info to reference, and so minor, I am going to remove it for now, unless somebody actually can reference it. That being said, we need to focus on the lack of more substantial info in this article, instead of worrying about these minor details, which will likely come out in the wash anyhow.--Jackbirdsong 04:13, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

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"Entertainment, bars, and restaurants" section

I assure the gentle reader that Bourbon Street is NOT "Largely quiet during the day." Liquor is flowing and live music is playing in countless open doorways by late morning. It may not be as wild as it is at night, but it ain't quiet. PurpleChez (talk) 19:34, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Pronunciation

The article should tell the reader how "Bourbon" is pronounced locally. Is it closer to the French way ("bor-BON"), more like the drink ("BUR-bun"), or is there another pronunciation? --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 13:38, 8 July 2021 (UTC)