Was South LA a wild exciting place once upon a time?

[theraven24]

Originally Posted by BeatAngMoh

A neighborhood doesn't have to be white to be any good IMO. In fact some are better because they are not white IMO. Whites don't define any standard of quality for a neighborhood IMO. Any number of cities in the SGV such as Arcadia and San Marino shows that. Same for Iranian Jew enclaves such as Beverly Hills and Newport Coast. Ditto Ladera Heights for Blacks.

I never said the presence of whites in a neighborhood automatically make that neighborhood better. I simply said whites used to be in certain parts of South Central, something that has changed over the decades.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by BeatAngMoh

A neighborhood doesn't have to be white to be any good IMO. In fact some are better because they are not white IMO. Whites don't define any standard of quality for a neighborhood IMO. Any number of cities in the SGV such as Arcadia and San Marino shows that. Same for Iranian Jew enclaves such as Beverly Hills and Newport Coast. Ditto Ladera Heights for Blacks.

Very few Persian Jews in Newport Coast. OC's Iranian population is as Muslim's as Iran's itself,unlike L.A.'s which has an overrepresentation of Jews and Christians and is only about half Muslim.

[Taiko]

Originally Posted by New Horizons

All you hear about is how bad it was in the 80's and 90's. Of course the LA riots left a permanent visual etching in brains across the US as we watched it on TV. But...I bet there was alot of fun action happening too. Parties, cruising down Crenshaw, big cookouts at the park. I know, I've watched too many movies. Any of you all have any fun stories of south central in prior decades? As a former addict myself, the hood is where you go when you need your stuff, and the delivery man isn't working.

If I am remembering the novel correctly Joseph Wambaugh's description of life along Western Avenue in the early 60s in The New Centurions sounds like the next major street to the west, Crenshaw BLVD of the 70s

[maggie2101]

In the 80s I lived 2 blocks from Western and Santa Monica Bl. I never had any trouble until MS13 moved into the area.

[BeatAngMoh]

Originally Posted by theraven24

I never said the presence of whites in a neighborhood automatically make that neighborhood better. I simply said whites used to be in certain parts of South Central, something that has changed over the decades.

OK no worries. My misread. No harm no foul.

[MrQdotJ]

Originally Posted by maggie2101

In the 80s I lived 2 blocks from Western and Santa Monica Bl. I never had any trouble until MS13 moved into the area.

Traveling much further south, I grew up off Slauson and Western. This was during the late 70's through 2010. I saw the area change dramatically, mainly after the '92 riots. Racial tensions amongst blacks and Hispanics became more obvious as Hispanic families began moving in the area. (Similar to that of white flight of the 50's and 60's.)

With several rival Crip and Blood gangs being within blocks of one another, a few scuffles sparked up. It wasn't all bad, but there were certainly some rough days. Long hot summers were not uncommon.