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Metairie was first settled by the French in the late 18th century along an area known as Metairie Ridge, a winding bit of naturally higher land formed by a natural bayou levee. This became "Metairie Road". An electric streetcar was installed running along Metairie Road in the late 1910s, opening the area to greater development. Upscale housing tracts were constructed off the Road in the 1920s; this area is now known as "Old Metairie." It is today the wealthiest area of Metairie. Most of the rest of Metairie was not developed until after World War II. Much of the growth came from white flight, as white New Orleans residents left New Orleans during the civil rights area and after integration of New Orleans schools. One district of Metarie elected David Duke to the Louisiana State House in 1989.
The wide straight avenue "Veterans Boulevard" was laid out along side a drainage canal, and became a commercial center of the region. The Central Business District of Metairie is located on Causeway Blvd. north of Veterans. Lakeside Shopping Center is the largest mall in Metairie, and the highest grossing mall in the New Orleans metropolitan area. In the 1970s and early 1980s an area of bars and nightclubs opened in a section of Metairie that is known as "Fat City" or "Metairie's Bourbon Street." Metairie has a thriving Mardi Gras season, with numerous parades throughout the season. Metairie's Mardi Gras is known as the cleaner, more family-friendly version of the New Orleans Mardi Gras.
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