一般美國提到 Los Angeles 是包括 City and County，因為許多有名的區，是在County不是City，例如Beverly Hills, Santa Monica Pier, Malibu......，所以一般住洛杉磯的是以洛杉磯縣來統稱，很少只單獨講City，然後我們講到City，比較會說DTLA(Down Town LA)，所以你介紹Los Angeles的人口讓我嚇一跳的少，哈！畢竟洛杉磯可是美國第二大都會區，僅次於紐約。 我住在洛杉磯，但我比較可能會去危險的區是DTLA，有時得去辦事，現在遊民和吸毒者很多，幫派對女生比較不會顯現出可怕的樣子，有時還挺客氣，但看起來還是有點可怕..... 你提到的Compton是屬於County，不是City耶.......那個幫派地圖，看起來比較像是顯示整個County，不僅僅是City.....，甚至延伸到San Bernardino and Riverside County了喔😊
Its true. Just by wearing the wrong color can get you killed. We had similar case up in north cali where a student wore the wrong color the day, and got stabbed by the gangs in the region. Hence, some school district actually wrote in the school conduct of the colour you need to avoid wearing.
Used to live in South Central for 5 years, heard gunshots at least once a year, saw body bags twice over that span. Ghetto bird as low as it would blow you away, K-9 deployed inside your backyard looking for suspect.. etc. Being the only non-storekeeper Asian there, luckily I’ve never encountered any gang-related activities. You do see bullet holes on most of the bullet-proof glasses over the counter from fast-food restaurants tho… *I live in Torrance SoCal now
Wow, your video brought back a lot of memories. Although I never lived in the hood, but growing in country in the Midwest and playing high school football, we listened to a lot of NWA and Cypress Hill and LL Cool J, etc. and we watched movies like Boyz n the Hood and Colors, etc. I had a friend who lived near Compton once and he got robbed in his own house. Once when I did visit my friends in LA and I rented a car, I decided to drive through Compton because I wanted to check it out. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would look like but it was during in the middle of the day..haha.. Not sure if I would stick around for nightfall.
If you go to Compton, you should worry more about the potholes on the street more than the gangs on the street loooool, just saying, every Angeleno knows it
I've lived in LA for 20 years and I've been completely oblivious to all this. OK, I pretty much don't ever go to South LA, and try to avoid downtown LA due to the traffic jams... So basically it all depends on where you live and hang, LA is so spread out,.
When I was in my early 20s I got hella drunk with my buds. We accidentally drove by Compton and looked for a Vons for more alcohol AFTER 2am! That was my once in my life time experience......我還可以看好機車已經是好幸運呢
Dude the city refused USC's request to move their campus (they already bought a piece of land elsewhere), simply because the CSU fortress defines gang sets frontier. LAPD doesn't want to lose that buffer zone. It can be pretty bad.
曾經在北加santa cruz工作。附近都是墨西哥跟拉丁裔幫派，最知名的就是Surenos gang。大聚集地就是在距離santa cruz三十分鐘左右附近的一個城市watsonville.跟crips一樣代表色是藍色。在新人orientation的時候hr主管就曾經特別叮嚀我們不要穿任何大紅色的東西在市區，尤其是在晚上10點過後；曾經有歐美來的員工不信邪全身大紅色甚至紅帽子，當天喝完酒在市區就被一群拉丁裔的人jumped打進醫院。 另外就是我有一次休假的時候搭車跑去san jose的west filed mall的lids裡面買帽子，那時在挑不定棒球帽要買洋基還是白襪的時候，店員拿了一頂大紅色的給我跟我說這很夯...我直接回他red is def not the color i could wear back in my place.他就識相也尷尬的笑一笑說MY BAD然後收起來
