There are parts of Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio that are exactly like those areas you mentioned in Detroit, Chicago and DC. It used to be called the slum, and you only have to go as far as the central district in Seattle to find one, and you can find one in any large American city. Walk around there, and you might not make it out.
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She was standin' alone over by the juke box, like she'd something to sell.
I said "baby, what's the goin' price?" She told me to go to hell.

Bon Scott - Shot Down in Flames