ZK translation: the pit of finance

[Paul Mackin]

when you're going down streets surrounded by high buildings, it seems like
you're in a deep hole or pit

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 12:38 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
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>> P178.7-13   The taxi stopped on a near empty street just below the pit of
>> finance and Stak angled his body out the door and jiggled a hand behind him
>> in an ironic farewell. We watched him enter a loft building where he would
>> spend the next two hours in a room choked with dust and stink, learning the
>> principles of jujitsu, a method of artful self-defense predating the
>> current practice of judo.
>>
>> It obviously refers to the financial district on Wall Street. In what
>> sense is the word "pit" used here?
>>
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