AJ asked, having not set foot on their block in the Veins in years.

     “It’s bad.”
     “It’s always been bad.”
     “Not so, AJ. But you’re young. You’re too young to remember the ’20s. I mean, they say it’s getting better. They say crime is down and what have you, but I say ‘no way, man’ to that nonsense. Just the other day some poor bloke stood up on the Pollue Street Bridge and blew his brains out.”

     AJ was aghast. “What the hell for?”

     “Dunno, man. Times are bad. People ain’t got work. Things keep up this way, I might have to move my shop. I’ve been looking at real estate in Section Four, over by the mall t...

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