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Old 10-25-2011, 12:06 AM
 
Location: Springfield, Ohio
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Take that garbage somewhere else, Kim.

Anyway, most graffiti in the Bay Area has nothing to do with gangs, just kids with cans looking to get their name "up", some more artistically than others.
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Old 10-25-2011, 12:13 AM
 
Location: The Bay
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I see tags, but not in the neighborhoods... its pretty much relegated to the main streets (Foothill Blvd, MacArthur Blvd, Fruitvale Avenue, etc.) unless you're in the heart of Norteno territory (Fruitvale, the 20th Avenues between 26th-29th, 38th Avenue below 580, etc). The only other tags I see are scribbled on stop signs or on the bus...

Murals and street art pieces on the other hand are everywhere, and much moreso than anywhere else in the Bay barring SF. The average quality of the murals is excellent... some of the best I've seen anywhere are sitting right here in Oakland, particularly East Oakland.
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Old 10-25-2011, 12:21 AM
 
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Take that garbage somewhere else, Kim.

Anyway, most graffiti in the Bay Area has nothing to do with gangs, just kids with cans looking to get their name "up", some more artistically than others.
To impress gangs.

Edwin Ramos is garbage.

And my observation is spot on.
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Old 10-25-2011, 12:29 AM
 
Location: The Bay
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To impress gangs.

Edwin Ramos is garbage.

And my observation is spot on.

If you believe graffiti is done to "impress gangs" then you need a reality check. Gang graffiti, yeah. Tags like this:


http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/5185/img5122b.jpg (broken link)

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1241/img5108m.jpg (broken link)


No. This is an example of gang graffiti:


http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/9940/img2771r.jpg (broken link)

There's a big difference.
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Old 10-25-2011, 06:29 AM
 
Location: Springfield, Ohio
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I dunno, Nineties. This guy's self-praise is pretty convincing...
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Old 10-25-2011, 02:28 PM
 
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
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my observation is spot on.
Some elaboration on that? Artists and gangsters are rarely the same people.
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