Glancing out on to Salim Street at any time of the day or night, I reckon at least 60% of the vehicles are either taxis or utes and of the utes the biggest percentage are either twin cab Toyota or Nissan. Whoever has the local agencies must be creaming it. In front of my building is a small car park (which doubles as a football field for local kids in the evening and weekends) and these two photos were taken yesterday morning. To be fair to see the car park full of just utes is unusual but you get the idea. Whether ute or not, the colour preference for vehicles is overwhelming white (over 80% without exaggeration). That is not a Kurdish thing but a favourite car colour in the Middle East generally.
At the top of the photo of the whole car park is a small building presumably for the car park attendant. However this has been extended into a covered area, furnished with old couches and chairs and turned into a local tea house. Every day 10 to 15 older men (I really need to be careful with the words describing 'mature' men now) gather there to chat and drink tea, though by mid-afternoon they are nearly all gone. 
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