And when such afflictions do arrive, no one can be surprised at later intrusions like a dancing academy, an "oyster and drinking saloon," a furniture warehouse and the "Hotel de Cuba".
There were gains in professional and business services, healthcare and social assistance, food services and drinking places, and transportation and warehousing.
Danny also showed me where to buy the best threads (Clark St Mercantile, which is big on independent brands, including its own clothing line); the best place for sundowners (Alexandraplatz Bar, a pop-up drinking den in a former warehouse in the Mile-Ex district); and the best summer parties (Piknic Electronik, for outdoor DJ sets on Ile Sainte-Hélène every summer Sunday, tickets from about £7).
They were "like cockfights," he said, staged every Wednesday and Sunday night in a smoke-filled warehouse, with the guards drinking and placing their bets.
Before then Mr Zeman's main service to the public had been to transform warehouses into a wildly popular drinking district known as Lan Kwai Fong.
Between bands, we huddled in small groups in the warehouse's chain-link courtyard -- drinking, smoking, talking -- a black-clad nation under the darkening sky.
Youngpo, a self-proclaimed farm boy, had a better idea, taking me to a few "beer warehouses," newly popular spots that pare the drinking down to its essentials.
Investigations on the other possible sources, including drinking water, food supply, and specific process in each warehouse, did not suggest any other causative factors.
Drinking tea in the village, we were pointed to a large shiny warehouse over to our right – a chicken battery owned by settlers.
He idolized his father, a truck driver and warehouse worker who lived nearby but spent his free time out, too, drinking and playing cards.
