It's a very cozy neighborhood. You can sometimes go as far as a block without stumbling over a drunk or being mugged for a pair of clean socks.
10 seconds sound clip from the Rocky Fortune - Oyster Shucker (Ep. 1) classic radio drama series episode.
You can hear this line at 00:09:27 in the radio play.
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- Meet you when you get off. Is it a date?
- All right, Rocky. I'm off at nine.
- I figure that I'm ahead for the day. Twelve pearls and a beautiful girl.
- This is better than the Daily Double.
- It's about 8.45 when I head out the back door.
- This ain't no briar pipe sticking in your back.
- You know what I'm talking about. Hand them over.
- The pearls, wise guy. The pearls. You got them.
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