Welcome to this fine city, and let me give a good example of how it's going downhill... FAST!

So the other night, I'm taking the "fabulous" HSR home from work. I'm sitting there, trying to listen to my music and mind my own business, but this loud-mouth is sitting behind me talking on her cell about everything, including her pending incarceration... Alrighty, I did say she was talking about incarceration.... so I decided to uncharicteristically keep my mouth shut and continued to be annoyed because I couldn't hear my own (very loud) music over the grating sound of her voice. I finally decided to give up on the music because I didn't want to waste my batteries.

For the majority of the trip, I had to listen to her whine about not being able to have any makeup, hair styling products, and not being able to get her nails done if she ended up in jail. (Biting my tongue at this point) I figure if you're stupid enough to do something that'll land you in jail, and you're convicted, then you deserve the punishment. I really wanted to turn around, slap her upside the head, and say what do you expect??? An all-inclusive vacation at a resort?!?!?!? Then she starts talking about getting off the bus and beating the snot out of some hookers she knows, because they owe her money for the drugs she gave them. Luckily for me, my stop was next and I could escape from the sound of her voice, and the stupidity that was leaking forth from her mouth.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!

Every single day, all I hear in snippets of conversation is "so & so just got sent to Barton (jail).... they're released tomorrow.... I don't want to get caught selling drugs, but I sell them anyways because I'm stupid & greedy..." My list could go on forever.

With stuff like this becoming the idea of what kind of place Hamilton actually is, no one wants to visit, let alone live here...