Setting
It's home to multiple barracks, apartments, and halfway houses, with a great many Inns and Taverns in between, though more of the latter dominate the less savory parts of the place.
As per a Decree of the Dragonking, all merchants are to conduct their business in the Merchant's Court, so there are no market squares in the commons. Still though, nothing prevents you from making business deals in a more personal manner...