Wow, that was one of the few areas that still had a decent residential base. So much of the City was dead after work hours back then. Completely different these days.
14th & F was were I worked. Between there & 17th & P, you could get ANYTHING that your heart may desire.
There were occasional shootouts with the perps & the police running in & out of stores & crazy stuff like that, on occasion.
Unfortunately we had moved from the French Quarter of N'oleans (New Orleans) where there was more knifing & less shooting (but there definitely was shooting going on).
It was much more difficult to save money there. (I lived at 622 St. Anne St, 1 & 1/2 blocks off of Bourbon St.)
Get home 6:30 PM, eat, sleep 7:30 PM-10:00 PM. Get up, shower, etc. Get dressed (with the attire set on STUN) & hit Bourbon St by 11:30 PM. Come back at 5:00 AM, shower, make coffee (don't drink it yet), sleep 5:30 AM until 800 AM, get up, dressed, eat breakfast, drink coffee; be at work a couple minutes before 9:00 AM, just as the boss is walking up with the key to open up. 6:30 PM, lets do it again...rinse & repeat...