Compton - is it all bad? (Orange, Inglewood: where to live, associations, farm)

[Tennesseestorm]

Thanks. I was wondering if that # was accurate.

As I posted in another thread on here - there are good and bad areas everywhere. Even the lowest crime areas could have things happen you would never imagine... its so crazy out there, its dangerous all over- not just south LA.

I live in NE Tennessee, with a population of about 50,000 in our city, but 400,000 total metro in a 40 mile radius- this is normally a quiet place when compared to the monster big cities out there and this is something that is not that common around here, but we do have shootings and murders- but I do not recall one in this area in awhile of this severity. This happened this morning only about 6 miles northwest of my house and 2 miles from where I work! Five people are dead, including the shooter. It was later told it was a "love triangle gone awry. They said it was a gruesome scene. This is a place I drive by daily when going to and from work. This is on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. BLVD and Ash St. I am still amazed this happened.... you never know though. Apparently he shot two of them on the 8th floor and two more on the 1st floor breezeway.

From our local CBS station:
UPDATE 6:25 p.m.: Victims Named In Edgemont Towers Shooting, Suspect Allegedly Took His Life. - News - TriCities.com (http://www.tricities.com/tristate/tri/news.apx.-content-articles-TRI-2008-02-27-0021.html - broken link) It may take a moment to load, as so many people are visiting this page.

From our local NBC station:
WCYB NewsCenter5

Some of the 911 calls on there are disturbing.

Originally Posted by mintty

Yes, that seems accurate and probably generous; the area is made up of african american and hispanic. It's pretty safe .. well, mainly safe during the daylight hours, but not at night. My advice is to drive around the area during the daylight hours so that if you ever get stranded there at night you won't feel stressed or scared.

[dnnx]

there are close to 90k people living in Compton now, do you guys actually believe that ALL of them are gang members or victims of crime?

You can go on ALL of the Boulevards and Semi-Major streets and not have a problem, the problem areas are localized in residential areas...

[hotornot]

Be sure to check out the Watts Towers when you go to visit Compton:

Welcome to the Watts Towers

[N-Dawggy]

Originally Posted by hotornot

Be sure to check out the Watts Towers when you go to visit Compton:

Welcome to the Watts Towers

Make sure you visit Dr. Dre. J/K

[white_boy95]

Originally Posted by Abcbob

I dont think he meant walk around in a neighberhood with colored bandanas and durags BUT I garentee you you will be fine walking around downtown witha colored shirt or a hat but only downtown and only during daylight.I am white adopted into a black family and when I was 16 I lived in compton and each street in compton is like its own little community and all the close neighbers are very involved with eachother kinda like a big family.Dont get me wrong when your outside your neighberhood people it gets way more dangerous.Everyone in my neighberhood got the biggest kick out of me being white,so I never felt scare in the least bit but I was always with people that i knew and for the most part stayed on my block.As for being white in compton if your not with some black or hispanic people from the area I would say your best bet is to dress like your homeless.

I am from Australia, and I have recently discovered this whole thing they've got going on down in south central, most of my friends haven't even heard of Compton, but I sure know it is dangerous. I was just wondering what it would be like if i moved to Compton?...

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by white_boy95

I am from Australia, and I have recently discovered this whole thing they've got going on down in south central, most of my friends haven't even heard of Compton, but I sure know it is dangerous. I was just wondering what it would be like if i moved to Compton?...

Are you just asking a question or are you seriously thinking of moving the Compton? If you are why?

Would I move there? Absolutely not, but there seem to be many people who are happy living there or at least can tolerate it.

Nita

[Glenmen]

Well ive lived in CPT for my whole life iam 37 years old and i can tell you its ok if you just keep yourself to yourself, just dont wear blue oor red, show anything thats worth money and try not to look people in the eye if they are across the road or whatever, putting your head down when you walk will help and walking fast not hanging about. Hope this helps

[PittNewbie]

IOne thing about Compton that you should keep in mind is that it is alost 55% recent immigrant Latino so most residents are working class focused on their families and just trying to survive the the great economic calapse and not the thugs of yesteryear.

[Cazum]

Black woman 52 living in England. I would like to be educated with regards to Compton. Any educators please email me at Cazzany2@hotmail.com as i would welcome the knowledge.

[Miss Pip]

Originally Posted by newulm

i am going on a roadtrip to LA and i was given a 200 dollar bet to walk a city block with a red t-shirt on at 12:00 noon. should i do it???

so your life is only worth $200?