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There's a funny part at the start of another Gibson novel where the protagonist "wishes he was back in Chiyoda", which is kind of like saying you live in Santa Clara County instead of San Jose. I guess it was harder to do research back then.


I'm not sure I get this. Chiyoda no doubt refers to the ward Chiyoda in central Tokyo, immediately to the east of Shinjuku, so would be similar to someone who used to live in San Francisco saying "I wish I was back in the Tenderloin."


Chiyoda-ku is larger than the areas people talk about. eg you say Akihabara not Chiyoda-ku (or Taito-ku) and Ikebukuro not Toshima-ku.

Does anyone wish they were back in the Tenderloin?


> Does anyone wish they were back in the Tenderloin?

Generally not, but that's more because it's the Tenderloin than because it's so small.


The bahn mi places along Larkin were good, I miss Brenda's, and I'd gotten to the point where the lady at the nearest laundromat remembered my name.

People shit-talk the Tenderloin a lot but it wasn't that bad to live in for a single male with no kids, even at night.


Mensho is pretty good.




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