"I live an alley and a row of houses away from a grocery store chain that I've been going to for almost 20 years and just this past week did I notice a row of pay phones right outside, " he said.

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At first glance I was struck by the amount of CCTV equipment for what is a tiny row of shops, and just below the cameras I am pretty sure I can see a Mosquito device.

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Many of the areas where I am taken don't look particularly bad: just row of after row of shotgun housing, some cared for with loving pride, others more dilapidated.

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"I could just be lucky, but lucky nine years in a row isn't bad, " he says.

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