Just when I was beginning to think that the French Quarter is too hectic a place to live for me, I appraised a property today that made me rethink this idea.  It was a totally charming Victorian Sidehall, set back from the street with a great front porch.  Total privacy and peace was achieved with a large brick wall across the front and a closed iron gate automatic driveway.  The home was sublime--a bricked rear patio with fountain, a rear guest house, 13 ft ceilings with plaster medallions, fireplaces, etc etc.  And it was in my favorite and most residential area near Ursulines and Bourbon. Well, this was a French Quarter home I'd live in any day!