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[–] lord_nougat ago 

Sometimes not, remarkably. I rented a [really fucking cool, in hindsight] house in chinatown some years later. The gut who lived there before us warned me how dangerous it was and how he got robbed and that was partly why he moved away.

Well, I was itching for a fight, being young and armed at the time, and I encountered nothing but guarded friendliness in response. It's SO MUCH about attitude and how you present yourself. I WANTED to get messed with; I was looking for a fight. The locals who felt similarly just accepted me as one of their own, sort of, and I got left alone there.

Yeah, I know, that would not have worked the same in the previous putrosity infested area where I got my walkman stolen, but such is life. Live and learn.

And Asian hooligans are much more human than subhumans, I guess. Also, our friend who lived in that house before us was a fucking wimp.