Interlude

 This is outside the current story but I'll be posting more about drug abuse and DCCC very soon.  meanwhile, a picture without any story.  

Young (and not so young) adults used to live in boarding houses when they left home, but nowadays in America at least, city codes do not permit them.  (One of many things today that look like deliberate attempts to inflate housing costs).  

Dicksburg is more enlightened, with codes specifically providing for single-sex boarding houses, with the stipulation that men's boarding houses be maintained "in strict order and discipline", with a contract, including a specific code of conduct and discipline, to be signed by all men who rent there.  Any neighborhood complaint results in a visit from the police, who helpfully demonstrate the appropriate disciplinary techniques on offending residents (in the mildest cases), or on all residents and the operator himself (in the majority of such cases).  

Thus the happy town provides its citizens with peace and order (and free entertainment to boot) while reducing social isolation and  maintaining ready access to affordable living quarters.  The system has resulted in no objections (except for an occasional yelp in the heat of the moment).  A win-win-win for all concerned!