LA gangs now in a race war (Los Angeles, Mountain View: violent crime, schools)

[18Montclair]

I was in Los Angeles yesterday.

Flew into Van Nuys, took a car to Downtown LA, drove to meet friends in Koreatown, then I drove to Roberston Bl to shop a little bit, then went over to Diddy Riese at UCLA to get chocolate chip cookies and make some copies that I needed, then had lunch with my sister and her husband in Culver City, then went back to Century City for my meeting, then drove back to UCLA, then over the canyon to the valley and stopped at Harvard-Westlake to visit a friend who now works there, caught up with another friend over sushi on Ventura Bl, then drove back to Van Nuys and flew back to Oakland airport.

The entire day(had a lot of fun) covering that immense and densely populated area, I dont recall seeing anything remotely resembling a gang.

[Criss1956]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

As long as they shoot straight and only shoot eachother, I'll buy them ammo.

That is the way many people feel about the situation.

[Criss1956]

Originally Posted by Curious Jay

LOL

I mean damn, the gang violence and death in L.A. is a tragic problem, but that was funny. I do appreciate black humor...

That's funny. I don't care who you are, that right there is funny.

[jessemh431]

Originally Posted by SaintLaurent

All these "people" need to be burned and washed away.

Worthless waste of space.

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

As long as they shoot straight and only shoot eachother, I'll buy them ammo.

St. L, that's a good idea. Then more white people could move here. If this was China, that would have been done already.

EscapeCA, that is hilarious!

[fastfilm]

18Montclair, if I have your itinerary posted above correctly, you:

1- landed at Van Nuys airport in a chartered or private plane. Van Nuys does not permit commercial passenger airlines;
2- proceeded to a vastly cleaned up part of the white collar business district;
3- proceeded to a nice restaurant near Wilshire Blvd. near the Miracle Mile;
4- went to a toney West Hollywood address;
5- went to Westwood Village, one of the priciest areas in all L.A.;
6- proceeded to an upscale West Los Angeles home address;
5- went to a meeting in the Century City, West L.A., hub of the law profession for all L.A.;
5- went to visit the campus of the single most expensive private prep school in the entire Los Angeles basin;
6- then proceeded to one of the few really upscale parts of the Valley, Sherman Oaks, for an expensive specialty item, then proceeded to your private jet.

No wonder you had such fun! Your itinerary neatly managed to skirt, dare I say, the real L.A. of the non-rich, and our widely interspersed gangs.

This is as if I were to visit Mountain View, Woodside, etc. and claimed I saw the grittiest parts of the Bay Area. I'm also assuming that you're not as wary of real gangbangers as we locals are forced to be. Do you exactly which sports caps signify which gangs? I'm afraid we do.

[Criss1956]

My, my. What a wonderful world you live in.

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

I was in Los Angeles yesterday.

Flew into Van Nuys, took a car to Downtown LA, drove to meet friends in Koreatown, then I drove to Roberston Bl to shop a little bit, then went over to Diddy Riese at UCLA to get chocolate chip cookies and make some copies that I needed, then had lunch with my sister and her husband in Culver City, then went back to Century City for my meeting, then drove back to UCLA, then over the canyon to the valley and stopped at Harvard-Westlake to visit a friend who now works there, caught up with another friend over sushi on Ventura Bl, then drove back to Van Nuys and flew back to Oakland airport.

The entire day(had a lot of fun) covering that immense and densely populated area, I dont recall seeing anything remotely resembling a gang.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by fastfilm

1- landed at Van Nuys airport in a chartered or private plane. Van Nuys does not permit commercial passenger airlines;

I caught that too.

[DontH8Me]

Originally Posted by Charles

I caught that too.

This is "the internets" people, c'mon! Everyone gets to be who they want to be - I want to be Gangbanger Barbie. Fuh shizzle.

[djorijun]

Originally Posted by OutOfSoCal

I grew up in El Monte in the 70s It was all about race with the gangs back then, is this really news to anyone?

Nope!
I grew up in South Central and it was worse back in the 90's

[JackSparrow]

Why do you people see this as a bad thing?

'Darwin' is just working a few things out.