Rocky Point in the 1870s and 1880s was well known to be a tough town.
Weeks has the swagger of a small man from a tough town.
New York is a tough town, the men say.
New York is a tough town to live in.
A very tough town will become a lot more attractive and somewhat easier to deal with.
Not because it's such a tough town; it just seems to be the kind of place where people don't ask questions.
We're playing in a tough town, and that makes all of us tougher.
He is, by general consensus, an artist at work in a tough town.
New York is also a tougher town for many other reasons.
It's a tough town to break into, and I want to help.