The eastern district used to be called the crime capital of the city, a dumping ground for all its 'unwanted' trash.
Gangs, gambling dens, opium houses, illegal prostitution, racketeering, exhortions… if you could name the vice, the distinct had you covered.
However much of the old legacy had been brutally erased under the iron boot of Alexander's reign. Most of the gang members were killed or captured following a few bloody raids- executed in public to the thrill of the masses or sent to the mines to work until their bones gave out, while their shoddy wooden lairs and dank and dark alleyways were replaced with widened streets and fresh, new multi storied stone and wooden buildings.
Of course usually such a huge displacement would draw the ire of many rats and unsavory characters, but due to the surrounding circumstances back then, Alexander was given a short yet very unique opportunity.
