I love NYC, but it is it's own universe. And in that universe, there is a hierarchy.
If you can't stand up to the thugs, you are doomed.
I sold my vending machine route in my later 20s to two guys in their 50’s who said they were connected.
Within 2 weeks, 3 of the machines on my old route were destroyed or robbed.
They lost most of the spots within 2 months.
I was not to be reckoned with back then.
Now I can’t reckon with a physically fit 8 year old girl :)
BTW, you post definitely shows that you lived here.
i love it too, but PA is calling me as the years pass.
Only the wife is keeping me here.
I might have to do something about that :)
JK!!