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At the intersection with San Pedro Blvd., Central Avenue continues to deteriorate. The residences here are very low-end, as property values in these parts are reduced due to the constant thunder from the Albuquerque International Airport and Kirtland Air Force Base to the south. Businesses which can afford a modicum of sound proofing, however, find the relatively cheap land to their advantage. Adult stores such as the Castle Superstore and X-rated movie theatres pack the streetscape, the glare of their neon signs casting eerie shadows.

To the northeast, the New Mexico State Fairgrounds can be seen, behind an eight foot tall chainlink fence. Crime is a growing problem here, so people heading toward the State Fairgrounds rarely get out of their cars. Those shiny automobiles heading north on San Pedro are a sharp contrast to the dingy neighborhood.

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-Central at Louisiana seems to be going sharply downhill. The airport to the southwest generates a great deal of noise, rattling the few windowpanes that aren't already boarded over. The buildings are almost uniformly in very poor condition; most of them are faded commercial establishments that were constructed, poorly, during Central Avenue's boom days, only to fold into decrepitude a few decades later. Scattered amongst still-flourishing fast food joints are pornographic bookstores and movie houses; prostitutes mingle with commuters at a nearby bus stop.
+At the intersection with San Pedro Blvd., Central Avenue continues to deteriorate. The residences here are very low-end, as property values in these parts are reduced due to the constant thunder from the Albuquerque International Airport and Kirtland Air Force Base to the south. Businesses which can afford a modicum of sound proofing, however, find the relatively cheap land to their advantage. Adult stores such as the Castle Superstore and X-rated movie theatres pack the streetscape, the glare of their neon signs casting eerie shadows.
-To the northwest, the New Mexico State Fairgrounds can be seen, behind an eight foot tall chain-link fence. Most people heading to the Fairgrounds just drive through this area; a few are foolhardy enough to trust their vehicles to one of several disreputable-looking pay parking lots. There are a number of local types just hanging around, smoking, eyeing passersby warily, sometimes approaching and talking to them.
+To the northeast, the New Mexico State Fairgrounds can be seen, behind an eight foot tall chainlink fence. Crime is a growing problem here, so people heading toward the State Fairgrounds rarely get out of their cars. Those shiny automobiles heading north on San Pedro are a sharp contrast to the dingy neighborhood.