Thank you for the offer, but she is not as grown as she thinks she is so I am thinking I should go with her. I am not so much concerned with panhandlers -- we have those too -- as with gettingin over her head somehow. I have never been to New Orleans but what I have read makes me think that it is a city where you can get in over your head kinda easily.
On 7/16/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a bit jaundiced here, so take my comments with a grain of salt. > > >>So. I am looking for ways to make this work, so here are the questions > >about that: > > > >The Hilton -- is this right downtown? OK neighborhood? My daughter is > >turning 15 and we have very little street crime in Albuquerque. I do > >not think she is ready for New Orleans by herself (in answer to can > >she be put on a plane). I am sure the French Quarter is ok, but it is > >close to some bad areas, yes? Easy to make a wrong turn? > > The downtown Hilton is right on the Mississippi River next to the French > Quarter. It is a typical tourist area. most of the neighborhoods within > walking distance are fine. The French Quarter between Bourbon and the River > is fine as long as you stay up-river of St. Ann's. Then that is the area > that is a bit seedier and caters to the homosexuals. > > Will she have some adult supervision? At 15, in the Quarter, I was a bit > wild, but we did not have adult supervision. > > [snip] > > > >Supposing I should change my mind about this, is there such a thing as > >an airplane from New Orleans to the San Carlos area? > > Because of the nature of parts of the city, there are a fair number of > flights to assorted Mexican and Central American cities. I don't remember if > San Carlos is one of them, but if it is a large tourist destination, then > probably. > > > >All thoughts and suggestiosn appreciated, cause I am kinda floored... > > I would only send your to New Orleans if there will be chaperones. Compared > to New Mexico, New Orleans is a pretty fast town. There isn't as much street > crime as panhandling and a lot of homeless and self proclaimed "gutter > punks." Most are harmless, but you never can tell. > > My wife might be able to help her out and keep her company. She doesn't > start back to school until August 13. We don't have a place to put her up, > but could help keep an eye on her. > > > > >thanks > >Dana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238443 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
