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timeoutforfun

timeoutforfun

San Diego, CA
December 2002

FEB 07, 2004 12:42 PM

when i moved in to my house, there were bullet holes in the window, a crack pipe in the front yard, and gnarlar hookers lurking the streets. i hope this makes me tough, because i really want people to know how tough i am.

timeoutforfun

timeoutforfun

San Diego, CA
December 2002

FEB 07, 2004 12:42 PM

when i moved in to my house, there were bullet holes in the window, a crack pipe in the front yard, and gnarlar hookers lurking the streets. i hope this makes me tough, because i really want people to know how tough i am.

googused

googused

Portland, OR
OLD SKOOL

FEB 07, 2004 12:48 PM

I live in Portland - there are no tough neighborhoods.

null

null

I'm lost
November 2002

FEB 07, 2004 12:53 PM

Oh yeah, well, my building doesn't have a concierge right now.

JohnnyForeigner

JohnnyForeigner

United Kingdom
July 2003

FEB 07, 2004 12:56 PM

There are some mean ass looking horses and sheep in the fields outside my house.

SnakePlissken

SnakePlissken

Corvallis, OR
December 2002

FEB 07, 2004 01:36 PM

null said:
Oh yeah, well, my building doesn't have a concierge right now.



So there's only the doorman to keep out the riff-raff? For shame! eeek

sugar_on_asphalt

sugar_on_asphalt

Dekalb, IL
June 2003

FEB 07, 2004 01:58 PM

Stolen from Mark Driver, Man of Adventure.

Do you live in a "bad neighborhood?" Take this quiz and find out.

1. How many miles do you live from downtown?
0-5 = 10 pts.
5-20 = 5 pts.
I'm not sure, I've never been there = 0 pts

2. What sort of establishments are within 2 miles of your place?
closed gas station = 1 points for each
pawn shop = 2 points for each
liquor store = 3 points for each
check cashing = 4 points for each
crack house = 5 points for each
bars on windows of any above = 2 points per place

3. Do you find it difficult to:
get a pizza delivered = 3 pts.
get trash picked up = 4 pts.
get mail = 5 pts.
get home w/out being shot at = 10 pts.

4. Have you been woken up in the past week by:
a "La Cucaracha" horn = 1 pts.
drunk hookers fighting = 2 pts.
gunfire = 3 pts.
police helicopters = 4 pts.
a bullet to the chest = 10 pts.

5. The favorite toy of neighborhood kids is:
big wheel = 0 pts.
lowrider bike = 2 pts.
beer = 4 pts.
tec-9 = 5 pts.

6. Your neighbors most likely:
respect you as a community member = 0 pts.
often borrow household items, like beer = 2 pts.
break in your house while you're at work = 4 pts.
would kill you for your socks = 5 pts.

7. Your car is:
unlocked, it's a safe neighborhood = 0 pts.
locked, so your stereo doesn't get stolen = 2 pts.
unlocked, so they don't go through your windshield = 4 pts.
being used as a hit vehicle by "your" local gang = 5 pts.

8. Your local corner grocer:
knows your name = 0 pts.
speaks english = 0 pts.
packs a gun = 2 pts.
is behind 4 feet of plexiglas = 3 pts.
stocks 23 brands of malt liquor = 4 pts.
closes at dark = 5 pts.

9. Your local police:
live in your community = 0 pts.
won't bother you unless you're shooting people = 2 pts.
are scared to patrol your neighborhood = 3 pts.
wear camo = 4 pts.
move more drugs than the crips = 5 pts.

10. Most billboards in your neighborhood:
are in spanish = 1 pts.
feature Billy Dee Williams's picture = 2 pts.
are covered in graffiti = 3 pts.
have been stolen and sold for scrap = 4 pts.
provide ample cover for snipers = 5 pts.

MisterJesus

MisterJesus

United Kingdom
November 2002

FEB 07, 2004 02:06 PM




FunctionalGirl said;

10. Most billboards in your neighborhood:
are in spanish = 1 pts.
feature Billy Dee Williams's picture = 2 pts.
are covered in graffiti = 3 pts.
have been stolen and sold for scrap = 4 pts.
provide ample cover for snipers = 5 pts.



Billy Dee Williams! smooth!

Ada

Ada

SUICIDEGIRL

Maryland, USA

FEB 07, 2004 02:24 PM

MissMisha said:

avalyn said:
A neighbourhood isn't tough unless it contains at least one of the following things:

* A closed down, boarded-up gas station
* A check-cashing place
* Billboards for malt liqour products or cheap liqour

Other indications that you might be living in a bad area:

* Pizza places won't deliver to you
* There's no trash pickup service
* You get woken up occasionally by a car with a "La Cucaracha" horn
* The cops don't patrol the area
* Every shadowy doorway contains either a sleeping hobo, or a prostitute watching for potential customers
* Rich white guys driving through in big, new cars, which they stop in front of the worst buildings or houses to buy drugs or sex

I learned most of this by living in the seedier parts of New Jersey for a couple years. A good time was had by all, I assure you.




Also
* all fast food places (mc Donalds, Burger king....) have plexi glass like banks, to protect the employees from armed robbers.
* all the houses in the neighborhood have bars on the windows.
* gunfire and helicopters are common sounds.
* you are used to the sound of shopping carts going down the sidewalk.

And you know you live in a tough neighborhood if none of these things bother you anymore.



Yeah, my neighborhood has all of those. It's mostly housing projects except for my quaint little historic street and the nearly abondoned burned-out pedestrian mall adjascent to my street (which is a hang-out for drug dealers, drunks, crackheads, hookers, etc.)

There are always Lexus's and Benz's cruising down my street at like 4 am.

At the bottom of my street is this little dead-end cul-de-sac type thing that's completely hidden until you drive RIGHT by it (it's right off the main street, but the cops can't see anything that's going on there, so it's a great place for drug deals, i guess) ...

This one time I was coming home at like 10 at night and there were four really nice cars parked there, all blocking the entrance to my street. I'm irritated and start honking my horn for these assholes to move... and then I see that one of the cars has it's trunk open and all the guys (very shady looking) are standing around it while the one guy is handing them each several bulging duffel bags from the trunk (massive amounts of drugs? maybe guns?)... they see me and disperse to their cars, except for one guy who waits until I park on my street, then starts walking down the street and stops at one of the houses and goes like he's looking for his keys in his pocket. "Oh, okay... he lives here... i guess that wasn't what i thought it was... maybe they'd just gone on a camping trip or something and was holding everyone's stuff for them...."

But after I get in the house, I peek out the window, and I see the guy look up and down the street and then walk back over to the Benz and drive away...

It was a little unsettling.




Ada

Ada

SUICIDEGIRL

Maryland, USA

FEB 07, 2004 02:28 PM

(I got 74 on that quiz)

Rickets

rickets

Seattle, WA
March 2003

FEB 07, 2004 02:35 PM

avalyn said:
A neighbourhood isn't tough unless it contains at least one of the following things:

* A closed down, boarded-up gas station
* A check-cashing place
* Billboards for malt liqour products or cheap liqour

Other indications that you might be living in a bad area:

* Pizza places won't deliver to you
* There's no trash pickup service
* You get woken up occasionally by a car with a "La Cucaracha" horn
* The cops don't patrol the area
* Every shadowy doorway contains either a sleeping hobo, or a prostitute watching for potential customers
* Rich white guys driving through in big, new cars, which they stop in front of the worst buildings or houses to buy drugs or sex

I learned most of this by living in the seedier parts of New Jersey for a couple years. A good time was had by all, I assure you.



I think the best indication I've ever seen is a store that bought and repaired old radiators.

I remember one night that 9 people got shot over a girl in a park 2 blocks from my place. That and my friend got drive-by paintballed.

Pantagrowl

Pantagrowl

New York, NY
August 2003

FEB 07, 2004 02:39 PM

The neighborhood I'm in right now was tough a few years back; now it is pretty gentrified. So while I appreciate not being mugged, I do wish there was less mediocre sushi around.

mothra

mothra

Tempe, AZ
OLD SKOOL

FEB 07, 2004 02:40 PM

I lived in the Barrio in South Tucson for a while. My roommate and I were the only white people in our neighborhood. Dispite the fact everyone we saw at night seemed pretty scary, it was great. People were friendly if you didn't fuck with them and random cholos used to come drink on the front porch with us.

It was a good time, too bad we didn't have heat of air conditioning.

stockula

stockula

Anchorage, AK
May 2003

FEB 07, 2004 02:54 PM

Ever seen Tuff Turf? That.

OddWobbler

OddWobbler

Oakland, CA
December 2003

FEB 07, 2004 03:10 PM

We had snipers in our living room once for about 10 hours, hostage situation down the street. Living in a good vantage point does have it's drawbacks.

Dave_H

Dave_H

Bermuda
January 2003

FEB 07, 2004 03:31 PM

I have old chinese ladies on one side of me and rich people on the other. Plus a lot of tourists.

you might get run over by a cable car.

Mullen

Mullen

San Diego, CA
April 2003

FEB 07, 2004 03:48 PM

I use to live in Seattle, Wa in downtown (2nd and Pine). After a couple of spooky incidents, I got a CCW (Carry Concelled Weapons) Permit and started packing. Almost shot a couple of people but I felt a lot safer. Somone starts shit, you just smile and keep walking.

LL_Bean_J

LL_Bean_J

Portland, ME
May 2003

FEB 07, 2004 07:00 PM

Clara said:
My mechanic is the local bear check-in station. That means that anyone in my neighborhood who shoots a bear has to have it weighed at the service station.
surreal



We had a bear first week of school in my neighborhood, which is right near an elementary school. Otherwise... zzzzzzzzzzzz

I drove by Front Royal last week biggrin well, at least I was heading up I-81 towards Hagerstown and there was a sign for it.

desidia

desidia

Reunion
September 2002

FEB 07, 2004 07:04 PM

i could take on anyone on my block. thats how lame it is. fucking suburbs.

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

FEB 07, 2004 07:12 PM

Bean and I live in a neighborhood that got 120 points on the above quiz.

surreal

Nevertheless, it's a pretty decent neighborhood... weird... I was more scared of my old neighborhood in St. Louis that would score much lower. There, I was not too willing to walk down the street at night. Here, I have no problem with it.

[Edited on Feb 07, 2004 by Shalome]

YAWG

YAWG

Victoria, BC
November 2003

FEB 07, 2004 07:49 PM

Right now?Middle Upper Class neighbourhood?Not very, just the occasional bylaw infraction and bored teenagers.
Lived in the semi-tough(you may get your ass kicked at night) downtown of Victoria Canada for three years.

RACER_X

RACER_X

Philadelphia, PA
February 2003

FEB 07, 2004 08:43 PM

North Philly in da house....otherwise known as the Badlands..police helicopters, gunshots,crack ho's givin blowjobs in broad daylight, etc... good times.smile

dixxxon

dixxxon

San Francisco, CA
July 2003

FEB 07, 2004 08:53 PM


THESE are the people in MY neighborhood!

Dante0

Dante0

Sandusky, OH
September 2003

FEB 07, 2004 09:07 PM

My old neighborhood in Cleveland scored a 64 on that quiz.

My current neighborhood in Sandusky scored a 43.

That doesn't sound that good for some reason...

blackjackdrac

blackjackdrac

Tampa, FL
December 2002

FEB 07, 2004 10:27 PM

Theres about two to three houses on each block,due to the highest arson rate per captia.The last time I went home the headlines of the paper were telling people that if you wanted to watch tv to lie on the floor because of the NYC gangs fighting with the home grown guys.
Hey,and I might get to move back....ackk.

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