I thought you were saying that the people in the places like Hustle Man took his girl were nervous when you walked into the room!
I know you were, that's why I say stereotypes die hard. I got the distinct impression you associated the neighbourhood with drug dealing. I could be wrong, but all I read from HM's post was that she was in an area where people are less fortunate. He didn't say he took her into command central for the Medellin cartel, just that the neighbourhood was less fortunate.
I could be wrong, since I'm not the most familiar with St. Louis, but what I do know is that there are many areas that consist of lower income people, who simply have less money than others, but that doesn't mean they're not still hard working good people, with self-respect, community pride, and decent values.
BTW - From personal experience, I've noticed most drug dealers are to be found in most of the nicer neighbourhoods. That's how many can afford to live there in the 1
st place.
Dang when was this? Hopefully many many years ago.
It was a few years back, ...but not as many years back as one would assume.
In fact, relatively speaking I'd say it was rather recent, ...oh well, times are changing.