U really call Compton a ghetto? (Los Angeles, Lancaster: school, relocating, rated)

[wrcousert]

Originally Posted by SoCalBrad

Don't wear the wrong colors in Compton either. Also, don't be white in Compton either or they might shank or cap you. lol I'm not kidding. That's another big reason I've never gone near Compton

So what's the solution? The police seem unable to do much. Should we hire vigilantes? Bring in the Guardian Angels? Arm the neighborhood watch?

[LA323]

Originally Posted by fatmancomics

People are saying that since it's not as run down as ghettoes in other major cities of the U.S. that it doesn't look like a ghetto. Those of us who live here know better. I know this is going to sound a bit ridiculous but weather has a lot to do with it. We don't have snow or heavy rains or humid heat here so buildings and streets are easier to preserve even when they are negelected. But I have worked in the alleys behind those streets and I can tell you that what you don't see in the streets is in those alleys. Graffitti, trash, homeless people, drug paraphernalia, dead animals, stray dogs wondering around, you name it.

There's also the pitbulls in the front and back yards. I'm talking mean pitbulls that have been trained to fight. It looks nice during the day but that's because everyone that is usually out at night with trouble in mind and causing a ruccus is asleep during the day.

lol i hear what you saying . but them picture they show on here of the east coast ghettos dont really look dangerous to me im use to seeing alot of people on the streets crack heads pushing baskets in ghetto birds flying over everywhere .. all i see on them east coast ghettos is a couple abadoned buildings with graffiti that doesnt look ghetto to me i see that in down town L.A with crack heads living in it lol so since there aint no gang bangers in crack heads out pushing baskets in them east coast ghettos to me in aint a real ghetto

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by SoCalBrad

Don't wear the wrong colors in Compton either. Also, don't be white in Compton either or they might shank or cap you. lol I'm not kidding. That's another big reason I've never gone near Compton

Advice about a place from someone who has never been there.... does that sound familiar? In case it doesn't, that's one of your biggest complaints about LA/SD/So Cal bashers, and here you are doing just that.

For what it's worth, I've been to Compton countless times, and I'm still here to talk about it, with no penetrating wounds or beat down marks. I need to satisfy my Bludso's, Mom's Burgers and Honey's jones on a fairly regular basis.

P.S. I'm extremely white.

[TurcoLoco]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

For what it's worth, I've been to Compton countless times, and I'm still here to talk about it, with no penetrating wounds or beat down marks. I need to satisfy my Bludso's, Mom's Burgers and Honey's jones on a fairly regular basis.

P.S. I'm extremely white.

So, you are the reason why all them black people have been relocating to Palmdale/Lancaster area!?

[Fontucky]

Yep, every time they see me they say "Well, there goes the neighborhood."

[MathieuL]

YouTube - NWA - Straight Outta Compton (Dirty) (Official Music Video)

[seananderson213]

Originally Posted by Mr. Fantastic

Ha. I can't believe people are defending Compton as a city that really "isn't that bad". Heck yeah it is. Compton is one of the few places in LA where you can get a SFR for under $200,000. There's a reason for that. It's a gang paradise, with lots of black and latino gangs running drug trade all over the streets and getting into turf wars. Not to mention that MS13 has a presence in the city.

man i gotta inform you and im serious. MS13 is all hype. just another violent LA-based latino gang. 18th Street, Avenues and Florencia 13 probably got a higher body count and more agressive. only reason why MS13 seem so bad is cus they invadin all over america (unlike previously listed gangs) and they on national geographic. for real.

ps - florencia 13 goes hunting for blacks in south central on the eastside. no joke.

[seananderson213]

Originally Posted by wrcousert

So what's the solution? The police seem unable to do much. Should we hire vigilantes? Bring in the Guardian Angels? Arm the neighborhood watch?

this forum ain't about solutions. compton has been bad for about forty years. it's cleanin up it's appearance and economy and violent crime has dropped drastically. it'll stay a bad hood (not all areas of compton) for a long time tho cus of poverty and those who habitually engage in crime and gangs and call compton home.

[steel7]

Originally Posted by 415_s2k

Hell, when I moved to LA in '02, I drove down Crenshaw a couple days after I moved because I saw an ad in the Penny Saver (I didn't have internet access yet) for free kittens, and my dad always said "a house isn't a home till there's a cat in it."

Your dads a wise man.

[LordHelmit]

Compton isn't so much a ghetto as it is gang infested and just plain dangerous. Walking or driving around Compton at night is not a good idea unless you are black. It's not like its run down and nasty, just dangerous as hell. If you want to see true ghetto, go to Camden, New Jersey...just outside Philly. That's more dangerous than Compton AND ghetto as poo. I think East LA is actually worse than Compton, and even some parts of San Pedro are too.