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{{quote|''"Where the streets have no name
''Where the devil's in all men
''If you knew what was at stake
''Pay or flee in Tortuga Bay"''|'''[[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]]''',"Tortuga Bay"}}
As far as humankind has dominated the sea, sailors have been considered as one of the lowest links of the social hierarchy, since these men spend many, many weeks at sea and usually not having a steady place to live, traveling a lot and usually, but not always, using the little wages they have on lowly pleasures. Hence, the typical image got through times on the settlements made to give these men a place to spend their wages and satisfy their urges.
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This trope still has its echoes in present-day fiction, as dockyards remain a popular setting for police to uncover contraband of all sorts. Its friendlier counterpart is the [[Port Town]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Roanapur from ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' is a modern-day version type 1, being a hangout for pretty much every illegal or semi-legal shipping crews in the south asian sea.
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