I just moved up here about a month ago, and yeah the heroin's pretty good...compared to the stuff I got in Richmond a few times. I don't really use heroin a lot, I prefer oxymorphone and oxycodone if I'm messing with opiates.
It seems like there are two kinds that get sold - "raw" and "scramble." I just snorted some raw. It came in brown chunks and powder, smelled a bit like vinegar, and it's slow to kick in but feels really nice when it does. The other one, scramble, comes in gel capsules and it's this bright white fluffy powder mixed with tiny dark speckles. Supposedly it's a mixture of heroin and quinine. That stuff kicked in hard when I'd snort it and I'd pretty much nod on the spot. You had to be careful with that shit, it was really potent and killed this dude I was with. Very sad. But yeah, that's been my experience with it.