Scary Masterpiece

My home, Hudson County, is a scary masterpiece. It is sneaky scary because some parts, like Secaucus, are quiet and suburban in nature. You let your guard down.
But more often a resident will hear loud arguments, punctuated by screams at ungodly hours. Violent disputes over parking spaces. Pushing in line, elbowing at bus stops, empty homes, dark warehouses, steep cliffs bordering the Hudson River, itself a scary masterpiece.
Cops? Cops may be the scariest thing in this county. And Halloween in Hudson causes even longtime residents to double lock their doors. Youth gangs containing bitter adults are everywhere. Do not look strangers directly in the face. Stay to the curb, walk fast, head down. The Joker would scare no one here.
Last month a floating body was found in a local lake. Scary? Hell, no. One more parking space for the rest of us.