Her Milkshake Brings All the Boys to My Yard
There’s been a demographic shift in the people selling crack engaged in commercial activity in front of our house at 21st and Union. The 20- and 30-something set of crusty guys is increasingly being replaced by young African-American women.
I asked my neighbor across the street if he’d noticed the same thing, fully expecting him to say no, but he had. “They seem to be high-school aged girls,” he said.
We’re not certain they’re selling crack, of course, but the young women wait around until a car drives up, the girl walks over, leans in, hands move… you know the scene. But now they actors are female.
Where did all the crusty men go? Where did the new girls come from? Is this trend occuring anywhere else?
May 5th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
In the parking lot behind my building, it’s mostly middle-aged down-and-outs. But ours is more a site of use than of sale; what few transactions I see appear to be of the barter variety, like kids trading desserts at the lunch table at school.