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Ah, I think I get it now - the two stop signs. For a minute I thought it was between beer stops. :-) Your subjects are a bit small to really get an idea of the story.
Needs more of a focal point to draw the viewer's attention. Hard to know whether to look at the people on the left, the jacket over the mailbox, or the bus. It doesn't really hang together coherently to tell a story.
the connection of foreground and background using the stop signs is well done - i just wish the subjects were a bit closer in view - it looks like they had some cool stuff going on and I would love to see what was up
Not really sure on the postprocessing of this and how it helps the image. The people on the left, I assume are your subject, but they are so far away and near the edge of the shot that the bus and white car opposite keep your eye from even finding them. Overall this image lacks a central subject and has too much going on.