Copenhagen police estimated in 2016 that the drug trade on Pusher Street was worth approximately $100 million USD (1 billion kroner) per year, making it the world's biggest hash market.
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When the black market on Pusher Street grew large enough, it attracted exactly the kind of organizations willing to fight over it. From 1983 to 1986, the Hells Angels and the BS Motorcycle Club waged a gang war across Pusher Street, with killings carried out in broad daylight. The Hells Angels ultimately won, grinding the BS Motorcycle Club down through relentless targeted attacks until it disbanded entirely. As recently as 2021, 2022, and 2023, there were fatal shootings and stabbings inside Christiania. For residents who believed in neither the police nor government intervention, this presented an impossible dilemma: they were caught between their principles and the violence unfolding in their streets. Josh notes that Copenhagen's police, understandably, were perpetually frustrated by a situation they were never fully allowed to solve.
By 2004, reportedly up to 25% of Christiania's population was economically dependent on the drug trade centered on Pusher Street.
San Francisco's average rent rose 18% over the past two years to $3,728/month, surpassing New York City as the most expensive rental market in the country.
San Francisco's average monthly rent now stands at $3,728, surpassing New York City to become the most expensive rental city in the United States.
At a childhood sleepover, Bobby Lee's friends drew penises on his face and he walked 7 miles home on a dirt road before being picked up by Eric Purvis's mom.
In 1950, about 60% of the world lived in extreme poverty; today it's about 1 in 10, attributable to capitalist economic growth.
From 2021 to 2024, 6 million children fell below the poverty line in the US after the expanded child tax credit expired.
Private domestic infant and international adoptions typically cost $40,000 to $70,000, while foster care adoption is the most affordable route at $0 to $2,000.
Historically, only 40% of men have ever reproduced — Galloway uses this to argue that romantic success requires effort, not a hall pass.
Robby Hoffman is the 7th of 10 children raised in a Hasidic household in Montreal, where the family was poor and comedy was a survival mechanism.
Robby's Hasidic community had no concept of 'too soon' in comedy — if it was funny, you threw it, and if you bombed, your sibling told you immediately.
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