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When we were young we were pretty poor, so you just kinda wore whatever. We used to all swap clothes, me and my friends, because someone would have the nice jeans, or this or that. But then we all got into shoplifting and so we started dressing a lot better. I grew up in Grey Lynn, before and during the transition, and then got forced out like everyone else. My parents sold their house before the boom.

I got this jacket from the

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