The hotel that Dai Li lived in was not luxurious, but the security around it was good enough to allow the guests to hang out in the evening, without worrying about being robbed. However, the place that Allen Hampton brought Dai Li to was totally different. It was the ghetto, and could be quite unsafe. There were armed robberies even in the daytime. Drugs, guns, and crimes were nothing new here.
The houses here were shabby, and seemed to have been in disrepair for a long time. Window glasses of some of the houses were broken and covered with plastic paper. Various graffiti on the dim gray walls showed the African American culture. By the roadside, there was a very old car. Dai Li even thought that it might be older than him. The glass on one of its window was broken. Several black children were playing near it.
