Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 14660 Location: unfortunately not Los Angeles anymore
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:28 pm Post subject:
I was just talking to a friend who's wife used to live near national city. A drug dealer died on her front doorstep.. and people would leave all these flowers and trinkets on her front doorstep paying homage to him..
they still do this every year.. LOL..
it was at that point they were like.." yeah.. we live in the ghetto.. "
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 19875 Location: Prarie & Manchester, high above the western sideline
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:28 pm Post subject:
Surfitall wrote:
Florence and Normandy.
Sincerely,
Reginald Denny
C'mon, that was an aberration. There were riots during that time...it's not like people get pulled out of their vehicles and bludgeoned on a normal daily basis.
I lived on Hillcrest and Manchester in Inglewood in 95-98. Now it wasn't great but it wasn't as awful as some would believe. I lived there for a couple years while going to High School at Westchester. The ghetto bird would be out and cops around constantly. The things is it wasn't that bad to me. I'm a white kid from the SFV so it was a different feel but I was able to enjoy my time. Best part was I was a couple blocks from the forum. _________________ :Formally The Gr8 Lakes circa 2002: Yes I'm old school
Illiterate's could read the literature in my scriptures...
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 19875 Location: Prarie & Manchester, high above the western sideline
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:23 pm Post subject:
:Worthy Mamba Magic: wrote:
I lived on Hillcrest and Manchester in Inglewood in 95-98. Now it wasn't great but it wasn't as awful as some would believe. I lived there for a couple years while going to High School at Westchester. The ghetto bird would be out and cops around constantly. The things is it wasn't that bad to me. I'm a white kid from the SFV so it was a different feel but I was able to enjoy my time. Best part was I was a couple blocks from the forum.
I was born there. Daniel Freeman Hospital. Went to kindergarten at the adjacent St. Johns school. I lived in one of the apartments near the Prarie Medical Group. We moved when I was 5 because my parents hated the ghetto. I remember people honking and dancing thru the streets after the Lakers won the championship across the street. _________________ http://chickhearn.ytmnd.com/
I lived on Hillcrest and Manchester in Inglewood in 95-98. Now it wasn't great but it wasn't as awful as some would believe. I lived there for a couple years while going to High School at Westchester. The ghetto bird would be out and cops around constantly. The things is it wasn't that bad to me. I'm a white kid from the SFV so it was a different feel but I was able to enjoy my time. Best part was I was a couple blocks from the forum.
I was born there. Daniel Freeman Hospital. Went to kindergarten at the adjacent St. Johns school. I lived in one of the apartments near the Prarie Medical Group. We moved when I was 5 because my parents hated the ghetto. I remember people honking and dancing thru the streets after the Lakers won the championship across the street.
I was born at St. Johns in Santa Monica. I live at that same spot in 80-84 but really don't remember much at all. My family moved to the valley (North Hollywood) and I lived there till 92. My parents divorced and mom got the Inglewood Condo. I stayed there weekends but eventually moved in full time in 95. Daniel Freeman is where everyone went at school when they fell out. It was a weird hospital back then. Had a very campy feel. I miss that Marina Del Rey area how it was. As I'm writing this Ahmad "Back in the day" is going thru me head. Good times. What high school you go to?? _________________ :Formally The Gr8 Lakes circa 2002: Yes I'm old school
Illiterate's could read the literature in my scriptures...
I'm a socal native.. but right now I'm up north for work. I always hear bad stories about Oakland.. but I didnt think much of it. Went to a korean bar in oakland, it was on telegraph ave. Anyways I get pretty drunk so I step outside to get fresh air/sober up and while I'm waiting outside a older model suv rolls up, looks like maybe a trailblazer, and that guy sticks his gun out points it at me, pulls the trigger, the gun clicks like it was empty, and he laughs and speeds off.. to be honest I didnt even have time to react it was just one of those WTF just happened moments.. so yeah I'm going to have to say Oakland. This happened maybe a week and half ago.
Few weeks before that another guy tried to start a fight with me while I was about to get in my car, my license plate has La Lakers, and on the back car window I have car decal of LA for the dodgers, anyways guy tries to pick a fight with me cause im from LA.. his friends intervened.. he mustve been drunk. and yes this is in Oakland..
so my pick is for OAKLAND, EFF YOU OAKLAND.
im living in the castro valley/hayward area though.. this place is ghetto as heck.. liquor store/gun store on every corner.. damn i miss LOS ANGELES.
Which place was this at? I always hear stories like this, but nothing ever happens when I'm at them.
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 19875 Location: Prarie & Manchester, high above the western sideline
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:30 pm Post subject:
:Worthy Mamba Magic: wrote:
C M B wrote:
:Worthy Mamba Magic: wrote:
I lived on Hillcrest and Manchester in Inglewood in 95-98. Now it wasn't great but it wasn't as awful as some would believe. I lived there for a couple years while going to High School at Westchester. The ghetto bird would be out and cops around constantly. The things is it wasn't that bad to me. I'm a white kid from the SFV so it was a different feel but I was able to enjoy my time. Best part was I was a couple blocks from the forum.
I was born there. Daniel Freeman Hospital. Went to kindergarten at the adjacent St. Johns school. I lived in one of the apartments near the Prarie Medical Group. We moved when I was 5 because my parents hated the ghetto. I remember people honking and dancing thru the streets after the Lakers won the championship across the street.
I was born at St. Johns in Santa Monica. I live at that same spot in 80-84 but really don't remember much at all. My family moved to the valley (North Hollywood) and I lived there till 92. My parents divorced and mom got the Inglewood Condo. I stayed there weekends but eventually moved in full time in 95. Daniel Freeman is where everyone went at school when they fell out. It was a weird hospital back then. Had a very campy feel. I miss that Marina Del Rey area how it was. As I'm writing this Ahmad "Back in the day" is going thru me head. Good times. What high school you go to??
Took a wrong turn in New York once and ended up in a very bad part of Harlem. Not cool at all, very bad vibe and a lot of furniture being used in the street and I am not talking patio chairs. _________________ Love, Laker Lanny
cause anytime an alley looks that clean the neighborhood cant be but so bad. _________________ LAL4K3RS wrote: He(Kobe) is the white haired kung fu master that you realize is older than dirt but can still kick your arse when in a sitting position drinking a nice herbal tea.
Joined: 19 Dec 2011 Posts: 729 Location: Downtown Los Angeles
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:07 am Post subject:
I live across from Staples, close enough to Skid Row. I find it hard to imagine a homeless place being worse than Skid Row. Even though this area is supposedly nice, called South Park, this was the first time I have seen someone openly selling drugs in the daytime like nothing. In fact most of the South Park area is pretty nasty once Staples and LA Live shutdown for the night.
But my first time seeing everything else, hookers and everything, in the daytime was driving through Compton taking a "shortcut" up Figueroa from Torrance up to Glendale.
Now for my worst I have ever seen outside of Socal? I recently was in Cambodia. I find it hard to believe there are many worse places than that. Africa is the only thing I can think of. But it sure looked like those late night commercials asking for money, except the adults have most of their limbs blown off from land mines. So you have little 5 year old girls dancing in the streets getting freaky with the clubgoers. Just unreal until you have seen it firsthand.
kobe_4_mvp wrote:
chef wrote:
East Hastings in Vancouver. looks straight out of a video game. It makes Skid Row look like Beverly Hills.
Hollywood... I was born and raised in Hollywood and if you all take a good look... it's pretty ugly as far as scenery and architecture (lack of trees and too much ugly graffiti on commercial buildings back in the day). Well, this compares to other nice neighborhoods I lived in.
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