SW10/WWW: Powernaut 1962 #9: My Atomic Hammer Will Smash You!

[Andrew Perron]

On Wed, 1 May 2013 03:14:50 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:

> On 4/30/2013 6:02 PM, Andrew Perron wrote:
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>> So... was St. Louis especially "tough" in the '60s, or?
>>
>> Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, confusing!
> 
> Err, I'll admit St. Louis is not the place a modern reader expects to 
> see in that sentence.  I'd written Chicago in at first, until I found 
> I'd given St. Louis the privilege in Mr. Smith's first appearance. 

Ahhhhhh, I see. That'll getcha.

> I 
> guess my point was, *every* city has its neighborhoods which are so bad 
> that surviving them is like being a commando in a jungle, and I've seen 
> one or two of St. Louis's.

Makes sense! And after all, we're being badass here, not accurate.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, well, '60s badass, anyway.