The surrounding neighborhood seems a little rough but no one bothered us. Keep in mind this is a older community as far as buildings go so if you can look past that then really its great. they are fixing things up but it takes time. We walked Jackson Square and French Quarter and only took maybe 15min at most bc we would get distracted by the sights. We also took uber to further destinations and the cost is very cheap. Paul Place is a great stay. As stated in the listing the dogs can get a little boisterous which they did but we felt better we had them as alarms. Paul place was great and way better then spending a high amount on a room at hotel.