Did you grow up in the "hood"?

[BigToque]

My parents were pretty wealthy. We had lots of money, but the area we lived in was right on the edge between a good middle-class area and the hood basically.

I didn't go to a very good school in the area beside where I lived. Most of my friends ended up in gangs or dropping out of school. I got in fights almost daily. I was like most of my friends, I didn't have money, nice things, clothes, etc. Imagine a white kid trying to fit in with a bunch of natives, filipinos and black guys.

In HS I decided I had enough of the sh!tty area so I bussed to a shool on the other side of the city for grade 10, 11 and 12.

Needless to say I didn't fit in very well. Grade 10, 11 and part of 12 I didn't have many friends, until I started to fit in. It takes a while to adjust to an entirely different atmosphere.

I've got a bunch of close friends now and I'm not involved in gangs, illegal activites or any of the bad stuff.

I'm 14 months away from my B.A at the university.

 

[yobarman]

I was raised in northeast philly. although it wasn't ghetto, i've been around the block.

 

[Juno]

Never lived in the "hood."

Been living in wealthy area until my younger brother graduated high school then we moved to a smaller town to keep it quiet.

 

[Safeway]

Yes. I live in Oak Cliff. There is a rap song about it that goes "Oak Cliff, yea, that's my hood, yea." It was popular.

 

[moshquerade]

i live in the country in the best country in the world.

 

[walla]

i grew up in a trunk.

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: walla
i grew up in a trunk.

lol.

if you're serious...

 

[T3C]

Nope.

 

[raystorm]

Born, raised and still live in the Bronx so yea.. I grew up in the hood..sorta. I lived in fairly decent neighborhoods and steered clear of bad hoods (south bronx, hunts point..etc) and I never got into any trouble. The public schools I attended were all terrible though and I didn't learn a damn thing.

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
i live in the country in the best country in the world.

In Flavor Country?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: klah

Originally posted by: moshquerade
i live in the country in the best country in the world.

In Flavor Country?

oh hells no

 

[Literati]

Yes, I grew up in the part of a Champion sweater that keeps your head warm.

 

[KarenMarie]

I grew up in Bensonhurst BKLYN... back then... everyone 40 and under was italian and mafia... everyone 40 and over was jewish and retired.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: yobarman
I was raised in northeast philly. although it wasn't ghetto, i've been around the block.

Northeast is FAR from the ghetto.

 

[cjgallen]

FORT Hood

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I grew up in Bensonhurst BKLYN... back then... everyone 40 and under was italian and mafia... everyone 40 and over was jewish and retired.

It's still like that today. I got friends there.

 

[Literati]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: yobarman
I was raised in northeast philly. although it wasn't ghetto, i've been around the block.

Northeast is FAR from the ghetto.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY HE SAID IT WASN'T THE GHETTO.

THANKS FOR POINTING THIS OUT... AGAIN.

CAPSLOCKHIYAH

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Literati

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: yobarman
I was raised in northeast philly. although it wasn't ghetto, i've been around the block.

Northeast is FAR from the ghetto.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY HE SAID IT WASN'T THE GHETTO.

THANKS FOR POINTING THIS OUT... AGAIN.

CAPSLOCKHIYAH

WHATDIDYOUSAYICANTHEARYOU!

 

[anxi80]

parents got divored young, and with no child support rolling in from a deadbeat dad my mom had to move to chula vista. she would work 10-12 hour days and i had to watch my sister at a young age. every night ambulances and cop cars would roll by with their lights flashing constantly through my bedroom window and i wasnt allowed outside a lot. a bit later moved to clairemont where we lived in a gang neighborhood next to :gasp: gang member. drive-by's every few months and a lot of those bullets would hit the side of our house. even a hit one year on christmas eve. visiting my dad was no better, walking past gang members and bums going to the ghetto liquor with a sandwich baggy full of nickels to buy some milk.

im glad i no longer live on those streets. dont worry, im not planing to cut a rap album glorifying my old hood. but i still wont forget where i came from and the struggles and such me and my family went through to get out.

 

[Literati]

I SAID, I GREW UP IN A CHAMPION SWEATER HEAD COVER.

 

[Landroval]

I grew up in Venice, CA. It was not as bad as some places but it was pretty tough, I was attacked often, and we found a few bodies in the alley behind our house over the years. A lot of people I knew when growing up died violently or were lost to drugs.