I got extremely jealous when reading Thompson's Hells Angels because back then in the USA working 3 months a year and collecting unemployment for 3 more allowed you to buy (and maintain and drive) an extremely big motorycycle and a pile of drugs and just hang out with your horrible friends
Of course the system was crumbling even then, there is a subtle shift towards serious drug running even within the time frame of the book.
I got extremely jealous when reading Thompson's Hells Angels because back then in the USA working 3 months a year and collecting unemployment for 3 more allowed you to buy (and maintain and drive) an extremely big motorycycle and a pile of drugs and just hang out with your horrible friends
Of course the system was crumbling even then, there is a subtle shift towards serious drug running even within the time frame of the book.