l.a. is not ghetto compared to other citys (San Francisco: crimes, houses)

[LEVOW]

Ive been to la, i was actually born their in Lynwood at St Francis hospital, lived in el paso tx for the most part of my life. Everybody is always saying that la is ghetto, the times ive been there, ive seen a couple of places that were bad, but nothing worst than here in El Paso or Juarez. I google mapped WATTS,EAST LA, ECHO PARK, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND all the neighborhoods, have plush well maintained grass, nice yards and houses, where is this ghetto everybody talks about

[ZenMaster2008]

Ghetto is deeper than exterior appearances.

[TurcoLoco]

You want to see a ridiculous description of the word 'ghetto'?

Go to www.dictionary.com and look up the word ghetto!

Here I save you the trouble:

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[SIZE=4]ghet·to[/SIZE]
   /[SIZE=3]ˈgɛtoʊ[/SIZE]/ Show Spelled[get-oh] Show IPA
–noun,plural-tos, -toes.
1. a section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.

2. (formerly, in most European countries) a section of a city in which all Jews were required to live.

3. a section predominantly inhabited by Jews.

4. any mode of living, working, etc., that results from stereotyping or biased treatment: job ghettos for women; ghettos for the elderly

According to;
#1: Entire State of CA if ghetto.
#2: Almost -if not- all Europe is ghetto.
#3: Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Bel Air is definitely and totally ghetto.
#4: USA is ghetto.

lol

[FrostyThe2nd]

I agree. Most of LA city is not what we think of when we say ghetto. It's only certain areas like the southeast part of the city that's mostly impoverished. Maybe some areas of the San Fernando Valley looks neglected, but it's far from being a slum and constitutes a small area of the valley. This is in contrast to say the Bay Area where according to their forum, looks pretty bad at most places except for the northwest part of San Francisco itself. To be fair, I guess I shouldn't compare the entire Bay Area region to just the city of LA.

[allenk893]

Originally Posted by LEVOW

Ive been to la, i was actually born their in Lynwood at St Francis hospital, lived in el paso tx for the most part of my life. Everybody is always saying that la is ghetto, the times ive been there, ive seen a couple of places that were bad, but nothing worst than here in El Paso or Juarez. I google mapped WATTS,EAST LA, ECHO PARK, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND all the neighborhoods, have plush well maintained grass, nice yards and houses, where is this ghetto everybody talks about

Lol. I think Ghetto is far more than just what an area looks like. It's the people, it's the culture, it's the lifestyle. I can understand where your coming from because I have visited El Paso a few times when I used to live in San Antonio. El Paso as a whole in my opinion looks like an impoverished Mexico neighborhood but that is NOT what makes it ghetto. It's what occurs there that would make it like that. And you can't really base things off of what you see on the internet. If you actually go to there, who knows what would become of you? Also, those neighborhoods that you see probably didn't look that way back in it's gangland prime.

Trust me, I know first hand how looks can be deceiving. I used to live in Boynton Beach, Fl a few months ago. If you go there, there is landscaped homes, plush green everywhere, clipped trees, sprinklers, upscale buildings and shopping centers galore. But you would never know that it is the most ghetto hood and undesirable city of Palm Beach County. Major crimes are commited all the time there. People get robbed on a daily. Gang fights and burglaries between the native and Caribbean kids are common. But you would never know from just looking at it from Google Maps.

[chayf]

who ever made this post is just obviously from th east coast and wants to say his hoods are way harder. if you actualy go to compton its has all of what newy york,philly chicago etc has. projects garbage graffiti and a heck of alott more violence and gangs. would rather drive threw north philly or the bronx, were i used to live then drive threw compton. my uncle was in compton by accident when he was really drunk wondering tyhe streets with his friends and he said that they could fell a vibe that is so intense ans scary he wanted to puke.( not because of the beer lol) plus LA also has an area called hollenbeck with is the worst. waqtch the documentary homicide in hollnbeck