Respectability In Nineteenth-Century New Orleans

In nineteenth- century New Orleans, respectability was arguably more difficult to achieve and maintain than in any other parts of the continent. The urban culture of New Orleans didn't help to add to the respectability they tried to achieve. For instance, New Orleans is notorious for having brothels, narcotics, alcohol, loud music coming in and out of saloons and dance halls, promoting an irregular type of behavior. The Crescent City was a place cursed with violence and crimes, and filled with Mafia or the Black Hand. The rise of concert saloons also had aided to the fact of the lack of respectability of New Orleans. Concert saloons were noisy theaters where people could drink and watch sexual stage performances, ushering in crime to shopping
avenues to the city. In order for New Orleans to obtain the respectability they want, they are going to have to launch a comparable event of an all out civil war.