Absolutely - our local smoke shop in my towns plaza.
There's an Indian restaurant near me that has been there for years. I've never once seen more than 2 people in there and rarely any ubereats. I once went in to buy samosas and they seemed surprised. It's not a cheap neighborhood so I'm certain the place is a front more than anything.
Growing up, I would drive by a restaurant that was called the good view restaurant, it had a single small rectangular window at ceiling height on one side only and maybe three parking spaces that were always empty.
When I lived in Burlington Vermont, the owner of the skate shop "ridin' high" got in trouble because he was selling drugs out of the skate shop.
Classic.
Classic answer of a mattress store. We have a very busy interesting in town, and they are on all 4 corners. Prime real estate, never a car in the lot.
For anyone familiar with the south hills of PGH: the Baltimore House
I was gonna reply with the fake Burger King in SouthSide
, but at least this place is still in operation.
There's a furniture store that is never open that I go by a lot which I find odd, but I don't know if it's shady. We literally do have Mafia in my city though.
Di solito viaggio in Polesine, dove vivono i miei parenti. Ma grazie per l'avvertimento.
Several. But everyone knows they're most likely being used for money laundering. There's no way those strip clubs are profitable on their own.
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