Except that part about camels, it sounds a lot like Jamaica.
(Q)The one in Boston, or the one in the Caribbean? (A) YES!
COMMUNITY ARTS ADVOCATES, INC.
PO Box 300112, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030
Remember the window washers that would clean car windshields when people were stopped in traffic? They also got out of hand, and Rudy Giuliani put them out of business not long after he became Mayor of NY City.