u/Enneytoo

I use "hustler" loosely, and with affection. Here are a few off the top of my head, moving from the "hard" hustles to the "soft" hustles.

• "I know where you got dem shoes." nuff said
• fake monks. been seeing a lot of them around lately. The idea is to offer someone a bracelet and then, if they take it, extract a "donation"?
• hat peddler(s). I'm thinking of one guy in particular--oldish white guy, witty and persistent, wheels around a black airport bag and carries twenty or thirty cheap hats that he hawks in exchange for a "donation." I gave him a twenty back in 2019, after he'd successfully targeted my mom and dad who were in town visiting, and I just saw him this past weekend. Impressive staying power
• the poker sharks at Caesars NOLA (formerly Harrahdise), where it's better to be lucky than good
• Jude Acers and the chess hustlers
• street artists and poets and buskers and jugglers and magicians (or maybe these fine folks live outside Hustleville)

who else?