I am doing a binge re-read and I hate this entire arc (had forgotten it tbh). I don't remember; does it add any real background to the main story, or even to the character of Minx? Horrifying blood porn. I still love your story overall but this part seems pointless & gratuitous.
It does indeed show that New Troy isn't perfect, and there's a lot of "dirt" under the shine. Cent's right, we get people who love it and people who hate it, but we rarely get "meh" middle-of-the-road feedback on it. Which means we did our job.