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Went to New Orleans for Mardi Gras last weekend.
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Still don’t get all the Mardi Gras hype.
Too many people, too many drunks, too many beads, too much alcohol, too many creeps. 

I’ll say this about my trip,
It was definitely a good opportunity to observe and study the social behavior of people who attend these type of functions/parties/events. I won’t ever go back to Mardi Gras, I was very disappointed with a lot of what I saw (particularly with how the majority of the men treated most of the women - not cool fellas).

What you saw was NOT Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is Tuesday February 21. What you saw were drunk tourists in the French Quarter thinking they’re experiencing Mardi Gras.

I don’t think I’ve ever known a New Orleanian to flash at Mardi Gras. It’s always tourists in the Quarter who think it’s something everyone does. This is why I always watch the parades uptown. Not as many tourists acting ridiculous.

True facts. I think it’s something that got started on “Girls Gone Wild” and for some reason, tourists adopted this as something that locals actually do when we actually avoid the Quarter like the plague on Mardi Gras day. I’m with you. I usually hang out Uptown off of St. Charles and Harmony St. I like to watch Zulu and Rex from there, barbecue, drink, and not worry about getting raped/stabbed.

I honestly think tourists in the Quarter during Carnival are disgusting, but hey, they drive our economy with their lack of understanding of what Carnival actually is.

Agreed. I never go near Bourbon street during Mardi Gras. Hell, I try to stay away during any holiday (St Patricks, etc…). It’s fantastic during the day but annoying as hell at night. Mardi Gras are the Uptown parades, and the little parade all the neighborhood kids do. That’s Mardi Gras to me.