"Poor people don't change to better locations. They remain trapped where they are. What is Bangkok like?"
"You've never seen it?"
"No except clips from television news."
"Polluted, congested, opulent and slummy; a mess [thinking but not saying, "all making it rife for nights not unlike this one">[ but mess with promise."
"You don't like it there?"
"It has its moments. You surely know someone besides me who lives there."
"Why would I?"
"Okay, why would you?"
"What do you do there?"
"Nothing really…live, be."