Will quickly become the part of town the cops won't go

Sounds like a good way to get bed bugs, tuberculosis, and God knows what else. I friend of mine who worked at the DMV ended up getting some rare lung disease and the first thing they asked him when the test came back was "Have you traveled to Central or South America recently". The answer was no, but he worked at the DMV office on the side of a major city where a lot of people had because they came from there.