La 1990 vs la 2020 (violent crime, dangerous, housing projects)

[usc619]

Originally Posted by Taiko

Latinos began to outnumber Blacks at one end of the housing cost spectrum. At the other end the white grandchildren of the generation that fled lost their grandparents fear of living among Black people. And their generally greater economic power is letting them replace Black families as the seniors die off and the survivors puts the home on the market.

Originally Posted by Taiko

Once upon a time the center of Black culture in LA was Central Ave then about 20 years ago what had become an annual Cinco de Mayo riot in a Southland school as payback for perceived disrespect during Black History Month observations hit Jefferson High School. The school which served Central and Martin Luther King was 9 to 1 Latinos to Blacks.

Today with the cultural center around Crenshaw and Liemert Park practically everyone new who moves in is White and you can see large anti gentrification billboards along Slauson. And a white big church was renting space in Dorsey High school auditorium

Just saying Black folks are moving towards having no cultural center due to their 10% and dropping population

Pretty much, LA without the AA culture is bland.

[Exitus Acta Probat]

Originally Posted by usc619

I can give two phuks what you think smh.

Oh, you can? Cool, DM me with your pics.

[Miss Pip]

Originally Posted by JohnG72

City of Los Angeles, and in particular Downtown, Hollywood, the West side, and the inner burbs are much improved.

The suburbs with a few exceptions, are worse. Nearly the entire SFV is worse and so are many of the outlying areas that are not part of City of LA, particulalrly the SGV.

If it weren’t for some of the gang problems that popped up exactly at that time(1990) in parts of the SFV and SGV(notably Monterey Park, Rosemead, West Covina, La Puente, Pasadena, Duarte, etc.) the difference would be even more stark.

Gang problems in Monterey Park?

[Miss Pip]

Originally Posted by bad debt

They lost the battle.

What battle? Many moved to areas where they can get more bang for their buck i.e. Lancaster, Palmdale, which is still LA county.

[Taiko]

Originally Posted by Miss Pip

Gang problems in Monterey Park?

I don't know maybe Children's Court and Sybil Brand Institute?

[OC4life]

Originally Posted by Taiko

Latinos began to outnumber Blacks at one end of the housing cost spectrum. At the other end the white grandchildren of the generation that fled lost their grandparents fear of living among Black people. And their generally greater economic power is letting them replace Black families as the seniors die off and the survivors puts the home on the market.

So maybe they shouldn't sell the houses and instead pass them down to their children and grandchildren?

[Taiko]

Originally Posted by OC4life

So maybe they shouldn't sell the houses and instead pass them down to their children and grandchildren?

The problem is most people have more than one child that the assets are being split with. And that takes precedence over individual extended families trying to keep white people from coming back in some sort of racial payback for Jim Crow.

As life spans increase a grandparent with his own place finally inherits along with his brothers and sisters who are also grandparents. The only way family peace will hold is to sell the property. We are talking single family homes and not the Ponderosa after all.

[TheArchitect]

Originally Posted by usc619

Pretty much, LA without the AA culture is bland.

Depends on what AA culture you prefer. I personally prefer current LA metro AA culture, particularly those that you might regard as more integrated and "mainstream", over other cities on the east coast with higher % but with a dominant culture that doesn't suit me.

[Taiko]

As further evidence that the fear of 1990 is gone the 2020 CiCLAvia on Feb 25th is running down South Central Ave. from Adams to 103rd street. Watch out for street closures.

CicLAvia

Originally Posted by TheArchitect

Depends on what AA culture you prefer. I personally prefer current LA metro AA culture, particularly those that you might regard as more integrated and "mainstream", over other cities on the east coast with higher % but with a dominant culture that doesn't suit me.

I guess the end game is that Leimert Park/Crenshaw becomes a tourist ethnic and arts location like Little Tokyo or Japan Town.

[pwright1]

Originally Posted by Miss Pip

What battle? Many moved to areas where they can get more bang for their buck i.e. Lancaster, Palmdale, which is still LA county.

No, they lost the battle. If you lived in the center of LA with all it has to offer. Then pick up and move to some far away, desolate, dusty, hot in the summer, cold in the winter, not so safe suburban no man's land, then you lost.