Looking at Compton (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Long Beach: crime rates, find a job, safe area)

[legend999]

you all need to come to chicago, philly, detroit, baltimore, or atlanta if you think LA is rough. The crime rate in LA is peanuts versus any of these cities. The gangs in Chicago are a lot bigger, entrenched, older and much more well organized. ON a regular basis the raw number of murders in chicago far surpasses LA, despite having 1 million few people. Granted compton is a rough area, and not technically within the city limits.

[ZenMaster2008]

Originally Posted by legend999

you all need to come to chicago, philly, detroit, baltimore, or atlanta if you think LA is rough. The crime rate in LA is peanuts versus any of these cities. The gangs in Chicago are a lot bigger, entrenched, older and much more well organized. ON a regular basis the raw number of murders in chicago far surpasses LA, despite having 1 million few people. Granted compton is a rough area, and not technically within the city limits.

My dad could beat up your dad!!!

[Slig]

Originally Posted by legend999

you all need to come to chicago, philly, detroit, baltimore, or atlanta if you think LA is rough. The crime rate in LA is peanuts versus any of these cities. The gangs in Chicago are a lot bigger, entrenched, older and much more well organized. ON a regular basis the raw number of murders in chicago far surpasses LA, despite having 1 million few people. Granted compton is a rough area, and not technically within the city limits.

Really? I thought crime was a bad thing. All this time I've been living in my house I've been trying to do what I can to make the neighborhood safer but maybe I should do the opposite so I can brag about how crime infested my city is! Thanks legend!

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by legend999

you all need to come to chicago, philly, detroit, baltimore, or atlanta if you think LA is rough. The crime rate in LA is peanuts versus any of these cities. The gangs in Chicago are a lot bigger, entrenched, older and much more well organized. ON a regular basis the raw number of murders in chicago far surpasses LA, despite having 1 million few people. Granted compton is a rough area, and not technically within the city limits.

Legend, where do you live? In Chicago or do you live in LA? No one said Los Angeles is the worst place in the country, we can all think of lots of really bad cities, any inter city area, be it DC, PHilly, St Louis, LA whatever are not what anyone would call safe...Slig wanted to know about Compton and we have given him our opinions.

Nita

[Twinkle Toes]

Originally Posted by legend999

you all need to come to chicago, philly, detroit, baltimore, or atlanta if you think LA is rough. The crime rate in LA is peanuts versus any of these cities. The gangs in Chicago are a lot bigger, entrenched, older and much more well organized. ON a regular basis the raw number of murders in chicago far surpasses LA, despite having 1 million few people. Granted compton is a rough area, and not technically within the city limits.

... And your point is????

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by nmnita

you are right about Inglewood, blacks were not allowed to walk on the streets after dark unitl the mid to late 60s,

Naw, that was history by the early 50s, mid-50s at the latest.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

Naw, that was history by the early 50s, mid-50s at the latest.

Well, I am not sure when? we moved there in early 59 and our first kid was born in Oct of 59, we left Inglewood and moved to Manhattan beach that year, then to Century Blvd about 1960. Inglewood was still 100% white at that time, but I guess it started changing about then as well. I was really not totally serious about not being able to be on the streets, but there were absolutely no blacks in the city in the late 50s.

Nita

[VLWH]

Crime is more than twice the national average, but then again that won't scare you off.

As for diversity, the area is over 97% black and hispanic...doesn't sound very diverse to me.

Originally Posted by Slig

Low cost of living. The house I own in Minneapolis was purchased for 140k so it's financially straining to sell it and move into a 500k house in a more desirable area of SoCal. I live in a transitional neighborhood right now and I'm not afraid of higher crime or diverse areas.

[Soundman123]

Originally Posted by mini_cute

This 90's music video by deceased rapper Eazy-E will give you an enlightening glimpse of life in the city of Compton:


YouTube - EAZY E- REAL COMPTON CITY G's

LMFAO!!! I was just thinking about that song!

[the city]

Originally Posted by Slig

I've been there before when I visited my wife's aunt and cousin who live there. I was expecting to walk into a scene of Boyz in the Hood and that wasn't my impression at all. I could hardly tell the difference between their neighborhood and the neighborhood I was working in in Van Nuys. Geographically speaking I found Compton to be in a relatively convenient area, very close to Long Beach, Los Angeles and Anaheim.

depends on what time u go out u will see the crime, and the area you're in. and why would a gang be out all the time in the public? thats not the way it works...