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92. The Walt Whitman Truck Stop in Philly.

Wed Mar 7, 2018, 07:52 PM

Mar 2018

The whole neighborhood really. Prostitutes lining the streets on the way in (in broad daylight). Fuel desk behind bullet proof glass. They tore it down a few years ago.

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