How do you view the adjacent CBD & French Quarter? (New Orleans: transplants, neighborhoods)

[atler8]

Although it may be sort of odd that it's not occurring here in the New Orleans forum, there is debate going on elsewhere in the forum as to whether in New Orleans the adjacent CBD (downtown) & the French Quarter are looked at as being one district or are they considered to be separate entities?
The other thread has had a couple of links posted that seem to contradict each other.
One link is from Wikipedia which, in my experience, can be helpful on one hand but on the other hand also can be rather generic so as to not necessarily be completely factually & specifically correct.
I won't link the other thread here because I'd like to have straight up opinions from New Orleans folks. So your input here would be most welcome!

[rburnett]

That depends on what you mean by district. There are planning districts, police districts, zip codes, wards, etc.

In general, the Quarter and CBD are two distinct areas and locals/natives will refer to them as such. Canal St. is a definite boundary in more ways than one. "Downtown" can also have multiple meanings here as well. It can refer to all the neighborhoods downriver from Canal St. (FQ, Marigny, Bywater, St. Roch, 7th Ward, etc.) as opposed to "Uptown" which generally refers to the neighborhoods upriver from the CBD/Warehouse district closer to the river. "Downtown" can also refer to just the CBD/Warehouse district/Canal St. area, it just depends on who you talk to.

[annie_himself]

Tourists and transplants will call the CBD and Quarter downtown. Locals will sometimes say the same but downtown includes downriver neighborhoods like above. However, they are distinct neighborhoods.

[PortCity]

I've always put them both in the same category as a visitor.

[selogic]

I'm just curious , what is the point of the question ?

[annie_himself]

It's the first sentence lol

[selogic]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

It's the first sentence lol

I still don't understand the POINT of the question . Why is there debate ? Why does it matter ?

[atadytic19]

Originally Posted by selogic

I still don't understand the POINT of the question . Why is there debate ? Why does it matter ?

I see them as two distinct districts in the collective called Downtown.

Many downtowns are composed of distinct business, entertainment, residential, medical, etc districts. But to me it's all downtown. I would go as far as including the near in residential neighborhoods such as Treme and FM.

[in the gravy]

Much the same to me. They are both adjoining and you can walk between the two. Does a downtown simply have to be Skyscrapers and office buildings?