'Keeping the mean streets mean' meaning

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1. Noah

   1. A street, defined by its ability to withstand the ways of bad bitches and Mexican drug lords. A place where children do not come to play but battle until their death, where harlots lie and the po-po die. The act of maintaining your mean streets’ reputation, the areas the tourists avoid. 2. Putting on a poncho, sombrero, and fake mustache and walking the streets.

   • Example: In Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Zoe works hard keeping the mean streets mean.