politicians didn't make those people drop out of school ,nor sell drugs to one another. always blaming others , never taking responsibility for you own action.so live in a dump.
@@tomc2491 That's great. I hope that you escaped the mindset of scarcity that plagues a lot of people who lived in projects. They become obsessed with wealth and possessions and proving themselves superior to others. Life is a competition and they must out do everyone. Unfortunately, many people in my family who grew up in the project have this mentality. Mean eyes and Lexuses! Little love for family and a lot of love for things.
Always be proud of were your from and never forget your past, but also use that as a means of bettering your life and those you love the most. I was born and raised in the Estrada courts but refused to allow my life of violence and poverty hold me back. Pave a better way of life for your children, set an example for the youth behind you and don't fall into the same cycle of crap. Yea I live in a nice area that's calm and quiet at night, my kids go to excellent schools and have a nice big house and yard to play in. But I struggled, and fought hard to EARN this way of life for them. I still have some tats that my naighbors see when I don't have a shirt on and often get asked why I didn't have them removed when I joined the army. It's a reminder that better days and a better life will come if you want it enough. No excuses and there isn't a dam thing that anyone could say to me about living a shitty life I lived it and used to love it but we all need to grow up sometime. You can make it happen, if not for you than for the ones that you love. Let it go and build a better life little homies, you and the ones you love deserve it.
4JayeP Borden and tomorrow it’ll be knocked down for ‘Vulnerable housing projects’. And the cycle begins again. You can’t just blame the authorities though. Some of these gangsters are pathetic. What’s with this gang sign shit? Divide and Rule by their own citizens. Well done gangsters. How to make things Better...Not.
David Ortizz I grew up ther also. I remember going to the Gym for free lunch during the summers Santa Terista Church for Christmas toy's. I had lots of fun in Ramona Gardens best time of day was when the Ice cream and when Helms Bakery truck would roll by... But it was a scary time in the 80's. PCP and Heroin was everywhere to be found and people where so high off of that stuff they thought they could fly and cops could not hold down individuals when being arrested... I'm glad my parents were smart and moved us out. I still drive by just to see what it looks like and to bring back my childhood memories of my friends and my Grandparents.
We grew up there in Ramona Gardens also..back in the late 70's and early 80's..and my parents also realized that this wasn't a place to raise a family ..so we moved out ..we still have family there and we visit .. not so much crime like back in the day.
My Best Man at my wedding was Hispanic. We grew up in Boyle Heights where there was Flatz, White Fence and Hazard. I asked him how he stayed out of gangs? He said his Father would have beat his butt and sent him and his brother back to Mexico where his Mother and sisters lived.
I didn't live there, but had many high school friends from Lincoln live there. Only one family called it Ramona Gardens. Everyone else called it Hazard.
this is just one area.. This part of south LA and also East LA is full of Mexicans. Stay within west LA i.e. Santa Monica, Malibu, Beverly Hills, Venice, Westwood, West Hollywood and Valley cities like Calabasas, Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills ect. South LA isn't that bad though anymore like in Inglewood, Crenshaw ect because its not far from the airport
Mr. Jones why you hating young homie?? UM from Avalon & prouds of it baby boy! Ain't nothing to glorify but any real man or woman should always remember where they came from where they were raised you feel me baby homie ain't nuttin wrongs wid dat! that ain't glorifying it keeping the memory of father & grandfather young homie keeping the memory of Raymond Washington who did so much for the Avalon it was because disrespectful sellout baby boys like you with no sense of pride or faith that he got picked up shiiiiii glorify he says. When I came back from Nam in "71 I had no IPhone or Facebook to look up my old friends to ask em where they were, nah little man it was REAL people in REAL streets of the Avalon that you went up to them in person & talked to them not sitting & typing on some keyboard like you some secretary & it was these neighbours that looked out for each other shared their love, food shared their houses young buck I had nothing when I came back from Nam & if it wasn't for my family, friends & Raymond I wouldn't have made it till today baby boy so don't you be telling him or me not to be proud of were we came from & who our friends & family are from young homie & call it glorifying like you're making fun & disrespecting us disrespecting Avalon why?? Why what did we do to you??
I used to work Dish Network from 2000-2010, I went to every project in LA as a White Man to install TV for the those people. They were the nicest people, but very weird. I got offered crack as a tip and weed too, seen crazy things too - had stay silent. But those people were nice and better than the people in Beverly Hills as in attitude.
I worked as a delivery driver for dominoes pizza in San Francisco right around the corner from Sunnydale projects (the most dangerous place in the city, maybe even the most dangerous place in the entire bay area) i never had any real problems guys did offer to sell me weed for cheap a few times tho😂
My mother moved to Estrada Courts when my brother and me and my twin sister were all babies (my brother was a year old and me and my twin sister were months old). We stayed for twenty years (1955 to 1975). Being only part of a few black families living in Estrada Courts at the time, we did not face too many problems. In fact there are still black families living in Estrada Courts (at least the last I heard). I remember my brother being a part of VNE; at the time being one of the few interracial gangs (there were black and a few white members along with Hispanic). However, VNE is currently entirely Hispanic. We were proud to live in Estrada Courts because of its reputation as being "big and bad" -- I still have fond memories from living in Estrada Courts. One of the black families living there were the Cains. We grew up with Debra Cain (Will-I-Am's mother). I believe she may still be living there. The Cains were a large family. There was Lynn Cain, Debra's younger brother (a former NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs). He is now a coach at a neighboring park. The Cains did not entirely make it out, but our family did. Over the years we would always return for visits because we still had friendly ties. When the murals were painted on the side of the buildings, my brother was one of those original painters (this was around 1971 or 1972). Estrada Courts was a part of our formative years and I will never forget where we came from.
I remember visiting my friend in LA back in 2005 coming from NYC and walked through some of these neighborhoods and had absolutely no idea those neighborhoods were suppose to be dangerous. I never had an issues anyway.
Yeah it's interesting that the slums of the east coast never really happened in LA, possibly because of earth quakes. Some of the LA gangs are even if more suburban looking areas. I think the danger in the west comes more from being in the mix, not necessarily from random civilians getting robbed or whatever
@@lurkcoolin72 LA city was getting a little over 1000 murders back then and LA county was getting 2500 like the post above me said Chicago's highest was around 970
So glad my parents moved us away from the Imperial Courts when I was very young. Still have family and friends there, also in the Nickerson's, and JDs. Every time we go back to Watts it's for a funeral.... So many of them living in the projects have the money, means, and opportunity to leave, but refuse to. They are products of their environment, scared of change, and/or loving the cheap rent (I know this for a fact).
Just recent moved from the Nickerson gardens lived there since June 2010 and if I can be honest it really wasn’t bad growing up there met so many wonderful people throughout my time there of course there were gangs and drug dealings and other shit like that going on but I really can’t say it was terrible and I absolutely don’t regret living there.
Born in Lynwood lived in Huntington park then Bell Gardens, when I was around 13 my family moved away to Pennsylvania along with my 3 siblings. It was probably best for all of us, especially my siblings. I was constantly getting into fights at school and some of my teachers were the worst teachers I ever had. One teacher would make me stand in front of the whole class and he would ask all the students if they saw me working on my homework. I was abused by multiple teachers. I have the best memories of my life in California though, my friends and the people I grew up with can't ever be replaced. One day I will visit LA and go see my handprint in the Bell Gardens shopping center that I did over 10 years ago
I work for a utility company in LA based out of Compton smh I frequented the Imperial courts nickerson and Jordan downs plenty of times smh at night we dont even go over there to turn power back on they have to wait til the morning
I grow up in L.A. and I would walk any ware I have walked through many projects but that dam Jordan downs hell no. That is the most dangerous project in my mind to visit.
My stomping grounds were the MVG MAR VISTA GARDENS from the mid 70’s to present I didn’t live in the jets I lived 3 streets down. I remember going To Stoner elementary kinder garden across the street from the MVG By the 4th grade I got jumped in to the hood CXC13,which is CULVER CITY 13 . I was always told to stay away from the projects, it’s bad, they kill people there and they will shave your head bald if the older homies got ahold of you. I remember you know how teacher always ask when you’re a kid where do you want to be when you’re older meaning what kind of job do you wanted, and I said to the teacher over there pointing with my finger at the projects across the street. That teacher Ms Golbert called my mom in for a meeting telling mom mother what I said .i guess to her it was the Unordinary for a child to say that but it was embedded in me, I felt safe there even though bullets where flying by. It was one firme VARRIO. One way in..one way out . Taxis and the pizza man didn’t go in there the ice cream man sold dope. I lost a lot of good homies during the wars but here to say I’m alive . Love the hood never forget where I came from and proud of my VARRIO CULVER CITY 13 MLS With respect to all the homies C’s Up!
I’m from the SFV and never even knew there we’re projects out there lol. What a difference there is between north valley (SF and Pacoima) vs MY area in the east (North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Studio City) 🤷🏽♀️ I’ve heard of most of these gangs though in the 90’s.
It would have been helpful to include a quick glimpse a map(shaded areas)for each of these areas. I know what he is talking about because I am from Los Angeles, but many people need a point of reference like a map.
Police should not be afraid of any place!! When someone is getting help from the government and has gang activity at their home they should loose their housing
I left South Central L.A and Bae Bas kid's and move to South Florida. People in Florida say Good Morning and Hi. You can correct the kids doing wrong. No Comparison to South Central LA
That intro was over 30 seconds long. It could of easily just been 10 seconds long or shorter. Take this video down now, apply my suggestion and then reupload this vid.
It's actually amazing to look back on my past, my childhood (60's/70's), in Los Angeles County! As a kid, even a teen, I lived in Gardena, Lomita, Torrance, Long Beach, even La Puente for a bit, and NEVER knew a shred of details about any gangs, not even at Poly High! I mean, I know I saw it on Channel 7 News and all, but it just didn't mean anything. I went to school with Black folks, Mexican folks, Spoon fed white folks, druggies, straight lace, you name it! I just always characterized it as "L.A. Life", nothing more, nothing less! And honestly, I loved it, and even miss it! I guess I was just lucky, and loved everybody, got along well with pretty much everyone. In fact, the ONLY problems I ever had, were with a couple of a-hole WHITE dudes!!!! LOL
You can walk anywhere really, you just gotta watch your colors and acknowledge the groups of people you encounter with a simple hi or good morning. You might have to identify yourself if you're going there for a reason.
Aliso Village on 1 street were so notorious they were knocked down for that reason. 3 projects... Aliso Village, pico aliso, and pico gardens. first ones in video clip.
In my short 50 years of life I can mentally draw a line directly through financial depressions and the rise in violence with drug abuse Watched it in the 80s 90s and again right now. People have to make $$!!
I'd like to see one of those young wannabe thugs with rich parents walk through one of these areas so he can actually realize how ignorant he is. I guarantee he'll reexamine himself and become a different person.
In the 80's right up till retirement. I drove the city bus through some of these same projects. It was a tough area to navigate being people were so angry. Often times fights would erupt or even gun play at times, on and off the bus. Tempers were very short, and too see the yellow tape from police was very common. Something has to change between the gangs in this town. I don't know what has to be done, but innocent people are dying as a result.
I was watching this thinking about that Jay Rock line about being "...from The Gardens"...then I was like..."All theses shits are called some type of gardens, bro." lol.
That's because these are projects. Living in Cabrini Green and Robert Taylor Homes was like living in Beirut and freaking Iraq. Chicago is horrible. I left in the 90's
I'm a man of logic. This goes at the women of these horrendous places. Isn't it illogical to continue to become pregnant and produce children into this situation. The woman has the last say in a sexual encounter. Again just speaking in logical terms. I wouldn't raise Livestock in those places.
They are in no way glorifying the projects, they are raising awareness and I commend them because I’m gonna be an advertising and promotions manager for rock and metal bands as well as an entrepreneur and Record Label owner after college so I’m gonna travel a lot and will need to know about this. Thank you guys for doing this! ~ Rachel
Annabel Sernholt First of all you're a girl, and second of all you probably grew up around the area. They're not going to mess with a girl like that unless u really piss them off
With the beautiful weather and many fine advantages, the greater Los Angeles area could be a paradise for all of its inhabitants regardless of background. Terrible cultural influences have an impact on character and choices. This is an inconvenient truth that great thinkers like Thomas Sowell are willing to teach us. Is there openness to learn about these insights?
Yup, my dad did a mistake when he moved us to compton in kelly park where there is a set called kpcc or kelly park compton crips. thats near taco bell. in 1995 i moved to long beach and in 2005 to santa monica which was an amazing change.
You know, I live in Brentwood and life is pretty dangerous here too, sometimes. Just a week ago I ran into a very rude valet at the local country club who made some snarky remark when I handed overthe keys to him, so I had to kick the shit out of him until the manager seperated us and apologized for his employee. It's a jungle out there!
El Fuego hombre get out of that mentality and it will get you far. I grew up in palos verdes with my dad being a military veteran and he raised me right. It's not about race and color it's about environment and how you are raised.
Let's make this political shall we. Why are these neighborhoods so bad? Let's ask Congresswoman Maxine Watters. She represents South Central, but she couldn't tell you because she wouldn't be caught dead there alone. Answer that question honestly and you will have your answer.
Born & raised in LA, 'The Jungles' has been amongst the most dangerous areas in Gangland LA. However, the neighborhood has been going through gentrification over the past few years...meaning much less gang activity and violence
The word is from the 1940s to discribe those from the central and south American diaspora. Btw, the Azetc & Mayans where both colonizers too. Youre a racist and ignorant if you think only white people colonize.
I'm in Washington state right now and there is a small town about 2 hours away from Seattle called Raymond what a coincidence! Raymond, Washington I like that lol!
owleyes 11 And Eastern Europe , nearly all their housing is like this because of the communist regime , they don’t call them projects or estates it’s just normal housing for them !
Baldwin Village aka The Jungles Projects in South Central,LA were filmed in blockbuster hit movie Training Day staring Denzel Washington self-explanatory of #1 most dangerous in Southern Cali known as T.Rogers territory.
The Earth is FLAT God is WATCHING BE mindful of your ACTIONS You are being JUDGEDd BY the most HIGH IF only people knew THIS And all your OG shot callers he'll floss his teeth with so forget the law Forget Your OG's you should be more concerned with G O D because this place is only temporary
Been here for around 10 years . Lived in MDR ,Venice SM . Bad things happen with a much higher frequency when disrespect occurs no matter where . Now Mar Vista Is the one I'm quite familiar with , however ; Never felt in danger except 1 time . I parked In an area that was "off limits" , I was surrounded and asked what was up ? I showed. Tbe African descendants my shopping bag from the goodwill ,then pulled out my pipe and took a hit , Told them I was "Getting lit", they all laughed and gave me a pass.. At the time I had a brand new 07 WRX STi, they could've taken at any time , but they had bigger fish to fry . Also , I've had way way more scares in none of those projects . The biggest and most dangerous of gangs not just in LA but maybe world wide has given me hell on earth for no reason except mistaking my identity what was once on a constant basis . This gang runs 10.000 deep and they are the single reason I would tell someone to not move to los Angela's ... oh I almost forgot to tell you the name of them..... LAPD
My family is from mar vista but MOVED OUT NEVER TO RETURN. my uncle was killed by venice in 1978 in the projects right outside the building my mom grew up in. All my family however, are successful, happy, and youd probably never guess what they've been through and where they're from . Didnt forget, just strived to be better.
This is where politicians should have to live
I'd be happy enough just seeing the Koch and Mercer families being forced to live in public housing.
Henri c, at least once a month.
politicians didn't make those people drop out of school ,nor sell drugs to one another. always blaming others , never taking responsibility for you own action.so live in a dump.
Henri C that’s mean to the people already living there
I can't see Bernie Sanders giving up his mansion to live here.
That 🌽 ass graffiti tag intro has me weak everytime
😂🤣🤣
Note to self: Stay away from any complex with the name "gardens" in it.
And “heights.”
skip the "courts" while at it ...
Pretty much lol
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And not a "garden" in site
My grandma, lives in one of these projects, she sells tamales, if u mess with her, no more tamales for you, she is highly protected,
Yes
And that's why you're a subhuman
Lol
She’s respected because she sells tamales 🫔😂 tf you still get robbed
@@soicystaxx now when there's a gang looking out for you...
Raised in Avalon gardens proud of where i come from, now I’m on my way to Med school
aaron Lindo eyyy
@@tomc2491 That's great. I hope that you escaped the mindset of scarcity that plagues a lot of people who lived in projects. They become obsessed with wealth and possessions and proving themselves superior to others. Life is a competition and they must out do everyone. Unfortunately, many people in my family who grew up in the project have this mentality. Mean eyes and Lexuses! Little love for family and a lot of love for things.
woooptie doo! good for you!
Kyril J fuck you
Yeah right.
San Fernando gardens born and raised no complaints here you don't have to be a product of your environment ..
Barbeebooboo818 use to live at #391 back in the day 1990s thats right
Right on! I say that all the time here in Htown's 3rd & 5th Ward, Kashmere Gardens and South Park. You don't have to be a product of your hood.
lol
Your name is barbeebooboo?
And it’s sad some people don’t wanna leave the hood.... they keep that ghetto ass mentality for the longest
Never saw so many gardens that weren't beautiful in my life
Including the Garden of Eden 😂
Waldo Gardens Building and Corlear Gardens Building are better than those jokes of garden buildings.
Always be proud of were your from and never forget your past, but also use that as a means of bettering your life and those you love the most. I was born and raised in the Estrada courts but refused to allow my life of violence and poverty hold me back. Pave a better way of life for your children, set an example for the youth behind you and don't fall into the same cycle of crap. Yea I live in a nice area that's calm and quiet at night, my kids go to excellent schools and have a nice big house and yard to play in. But I struggled, and fought hard to EARN this way of life for them. I still have some tats that my naighbors see when I don't have a shirt on and often get asked why I didn't have them removed when I joined the army. It's a reminder that better days and a better life will come if you want it enough. No excuses and there isn't a dam thing that anyone could say to me about living a shitty life I lived it and used to love it but we all need to grow up sometime. You can make it happen, if not for you than for the ones that you love. Let it go and build a better life little homies, you and the ones you love deserve it.
I my family lived in South central Los Angeles. I went through hell living there .l wish i could forget it
Yesterday it was called 'the projects'. Today it's called 'affordable housing'.
fuckin af
4JayeP Borden u mean $2000 1bdr apt?
4JayeP Borden and tomorrow it’ll be knocked down for ‘Vulnerable housing projects’. And the cycle begins again. You can’t just blame the authorities though. Some of these gangsters are pathetic. What’s with this gang sign shit? Divide and Rule by their own citizens. Well done gangsters. How to make things Better...Not.
Low income housing
The poor call it projects and the whites call it affordable housing
I lived at #6 Mar Vista Gardens as a kid. I remember a guy named "Tubby" he use to chase us kids around when he was high on paint and PCP.
I remember Tubby. Always asking for money. Sometimes walking a bike. Not riding it.
Me a my little brothers were born in Ramona Gardens ,luckily my parents moved out before we grew up into our teens .
David Ortizz I stayed in there all my life homes we bang so hard that is beautiful we eat a case and semi-automatics for breakfast
David Ortizz I grew up ther also. I remember going to the Gym for free lunch during the summers Santa Terista Church for Christmas toy's. I had lots of fun in Ramona Gardens best time of day was when the Ice cream and when Helms Bakery truck would roll by... But it was a scary time in the 80's. PCP and Heroin was everywhere to be found and people where so high off of that stuff they thought they could fly and cops could not hold down individuals when being arrested... I'm glad my parents were smart and moved us out. I still drive by just to see what it looks like and to bring back my childhood memories of my friends and my Grandparents.
We grew up there in Ramona Gardens also..back in the late 70's and early 80's..and my parents also realized that this wasn't a place to raise a family ..so we moved out ..we still have family there and we visit .. not so much crime like back in the day.
My Best Man at my wedding was Hispanic. We grew up in Boyle Heights where there was Flatz, White Fence and Hazard. I asked him how he stayed out of gangs? He said his Father would have beat his butt and sent him and his brother back to Mexico where his Mother and sisters lived.
I didn't live there, but had many high school friends from Lincoln live there. Only one family called it Ramona Gardens. Everyone else called it Hazard.
Being a New Yorker I haven't been to the any project housing here on Cali. This video is very interesting about life here I knew nothing about!
Are you even in LA? If not that's probably why lol
Harry Jackoffski you're right! I don't live in Los Angeles, Lol
this is just one area.. This part of south LA and also East LA is full of Mexicans. Stay within west LA i.e. Santa Monica, Malibu, Beverly Hills, Venice, Westwood, West Hollywood and Valley cities like Calabasas, Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills ect. South LA isn't that bad though anymore like in Inglewood, Crenshaw ect because its not far from the airport
Harry Jackoffski The fuck you pretending to be hood for? You said you are from the UK in another post on here. You are fake as fuck
Cali don't have tall rough brick projects like up top
Raised in Avalon Gardens..... left after high school and never returned
danny reed good for you. idk why people glorify living in the ghetto.
if you lived there you know it aint nothing good about it.
Mr. Jones why you hating young homie?? UM from Avalon & prouds of it baby boy! Ain't nothing to glorify but any real man or woman should always remember where they came from where they were raised you feel me baby homie ain't nuttin wrongs wid dat! that ain't glorifying it keeping the memory of father & grandfather young homie keeping the memory of Raymond Washington who did so much for the Avalon it was because disrespectful sellout baby boys like you with no sense of pride or faith that he got picked up shiiiiii glorify he says. When I came back from Nam in "71 I had no IPhone or Facebook to look up my old friends to ask em where they were, nah little man it was REAL people in REAL streets of the Avalon that you went up to them in person & talked to them not sitting & typing on some keyboard like you some secretary & it was these neighbours that looked out for each other shared their love, food shared their houses young buck I had nothing when I came back from Nam & if it wasn't for my family, friends & Raymond I wouldn't have made it till today baby boy so don't you be telling him or me not to be proud of were we came from & who our friends & family are from young homie & call it glorifying like you're making fun & disrespecting us disrespecting Avalon why?? Why what did we do to you??
I lived next door to the gardens i don't regret anything i love where i grew up on 89 and avalon in fact i got homies from Avalon👌💯#freethehomies
Awaken 5% you made it out congrats
@@Konezful What did you do to him? Obviously something if he don't want to return!
some ppl are not rich.. been ther done that.. i pray i never end up bk in the hood.. some ppl have no choice!.. stay strong soul's.
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I grew up in the valley but my pops gave me the rundown and said "son these spots stay ur ass out of"!, I don't care how fine she is..
I used to work Dish Network from 2000-2010, I went to every project in LA as a White Man to install TV for the those people. They were the nicest people, but very weird. I got offered crack as a tip and weed too, seen crazy things too - had stay silent. But those people were nice and better than the people in Beverly Hills as in attitude.
The Angry Goat wow
Damn lol
I worked as a delivery driver for dominoes pizza in San Francisco right around the corner from Sunnydale projects (the most dangerous place in the city, maybe even the most dangerous place in the entire bay area) i never had any real problems guys did offer to sell me weed for cheap a few times tho😂
that's because you were white.
@@laurawilliams4087 niggas love wp but hate bp
My mother moved to Estrada Courts when my brother and me and my twin sister were all babies (my brother was a year old and me and my twin sister were months old). We stayed for twenty years (1955 to 1975). Being only part of a few black families living in Estrada Courts at the time, we did not face too many problems. In fact there are still black families living in Estrada Courts (at least the last I heard). I remember my brother being a part of VNE; at the time being one of the few interracial gangs (there were black and a few white members along with Hispanic). However, VNE is currently entirely Hispanic. We were proud to live in Estrada Courts because of its reputation as being "big and bad" -- I still have fond memories from living in Estrada Courts. One of the black families living there were the Cains. We grew up with Debra Cain (Will-I-Am's mother). I believe she may still be living there. The Cains were a large family. There was Lynn Cain, Debra's younger brother (a former NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs). He is now a coach at a neighboring park. The Cains did not entirely make it out, but our family did. Over the years we would always return for visits because we still had friendly ties. When the murals were painted on the side of the buildings, my brother was one of those original painters (this was around 1971 or 1972). Estrada Courts was a part of our formative years and I will never forget where we came from.
Yes this is true. RIP Walker
Yeah mostly black and Hispanic live in bad areas which is sad
Some of those older project apartments were roomy with large windows. They felt more like homes than modern cubicle dwellings.
What about the Botanical Gardens? Some Triple OG Gangsta ass flowers 🌸 in that place.
Lol!!! Maybe Madison Square Garden too?
I applied to live there, but the social worker said I wasn't gangsta enough. Ill try getting re-jumped in again tomorrow.
I remember visiting my friend in LA back in 2005 coming from NYC and walked through some of these neighborhoods and had absolutely no idea those neighborhoods were suppose to be dangerous. I never had an issues anyway.
You're lucky cuz if u were walking through any Watts projects in 2005 without getting hit up that's a miracle
Yeah it's interesting that the slums of the east coast never really happened in LA, possibly because of earth quakes. Some of the LA gangs are even if more suburban looking areas. I think the danger in the west comes more from being in the mix, not necessarily from random civilians getting robbed or whatever
two projects in chicago, cabrini green and robert taylor homes, were legendary for the violence and just about every crime you could think of.
chicago forsure had more body and constant killing than cali
@@lurkcoolin72 nah maybe this generation they have but back then Cali was averaging 1000 murders the chi’s highest was 970
@@lurkcoolin72 nah maine da raw be more
@@lurkcoolin72 LA city was getting a little over 1000 murders back then and LA county was getting 2500 like the post above me said Chicago's highest was around 970
@@lurkcoolin72 Cali as a whole had more than 1000 murders last year tf you talking about lol
So glad my parents moved us away from the Imperial Courts when I was very young. Still have family and friends there, also in the Nickerson's, and JDs. Every time we go back to Watts it's for a funeral.... So many of them living in the projects have the money, means, and opportunity to leave, but refuse to. They are products of their environment, scared of change, and/or loving the cheap rent (I know this for a fact).
its not your job to care about others
How cheap
@@gangsta5979 yes it is
Facts same here I only go back for funerals smh
Just recent moved from the Nickerson gardens lived there since June 2010 and if I can be honest it really wasn’t bad growing up there met so many wonderful people throughout my time there of course there were gangs and drug dealings and other shit like that going on but I really can’t say it was terrible and I absolutely don’t regret living there.
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Love the Nickersons
Born in Lynwood lived in Huntington park then Bell Gardens, when I was around 13 my family moved away to Pennsylvania along with my 3 siblings. It was probably best for all of us, especially my siblings. I was constantly getting into fights at school and some of my teachers were the worst teachers I ever had. One teacher would make me stand in front of the whole class and he would ask all the students if they saw me working on my homework. I was abused by multiple teachers. I have the best memories of my life in California though, my friends and the people I grew up with can't ever be replaced. One day I will visit LA and go see my handprint in the Bell Gardens shopping center that I did over 10 years ago
Eddie - I’m from BG too bro! Don’t live there anymore but always go back to visit! Class of 04!
I work for a utility company in LA based out of Compton smh I frequented the Imperial courts nickerson and Jordan downs plenty of times smh at night we dont even go over there to turn power back on they have to wait til the morning
I grow up in L.A. and I would walk any ware I have walked through many projects but that dam Jordan downs hell no. That is the most dangerous project in my mind to visit.
are there ladies that live there?
Martin Calwell i been trough jordan downs projects and at night it is hella scary
Breezy Moshi I live in jordan downs and I sneak out sometimes it’s not scary at all
My stomping grounds were the MVG MAR VISTA GARDENS from the mid 70’s to present I didn’t live in the jets I lived 3 streets down. I remember going To Stoner elementary kinder garden across the street from the MVG By the 4th grade I got jumped in to the hood CXC13,which is CULVER CITY 13 . I was always told to stay away from the projects, it’s bad, they kill people there and they will shave your head bald if the older homies got ahold of you. I remember you know how teacher always ask when you’re a kid where do you want to be when you’re older meaning what kind of job do you wanted, and I said to the teacher over there pointing with my finger at the projects across the street. That teacher Ms Golbert called my mom in for a meeting telling mom mother what I said .i guess to her it was the Unordinary for a child to say that but it was embedded in me, I felt safe there even though bullets where flying by. It was one firme VARRIO. One way in..one way out . Taxis and the pizza man didn’t go in there the ice cream man sold dope. I lost a lot of good homies during the wars but here to say I’m alive . Love the hood never forget where I came from and proud of my VARRIO CULVER CITY 13 MLS With respect to all the homies C’s Up!
This is fascinating. Could you do a top-10 safest projects next?
One of my good friend used to live on 105th and McKinley . Not to far from the Jordan. He now live here in Dallas.
Holden Deeznuts where in Dallas? I got family there.
North Dallas area. Richardson.
His Name Tyrone Lee Macon.
inhabited. not inhibited
churchofchris1973 i dunno if you're inhabiting these places your life choices are definitely inhibited lol
got family from Jordan Downs...everytime i visit i was protected heavy. a little shook to be in the area tho
and you from detriot?
Harry Jackoffski yea...but it's a whole different breed of thugs over there
Harry Jackoffski You said you are from the UK in another post...why you pretending you are hood? Fake ass
LA is a little different. You can get shot because of where you are standing, and there's so many enemies so close together.
I’m from the SFV and never even knew there we’re projects out there lol. What a difference there is between north valley (SF and Pacoima) vs MY area in the east (North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Studio City) 🤷🏽♀️ I’ve heard of most of these gangs though in the 90’s.
yes, my wife grew up in the Pueblo Del Rio, which is listed at #8 .
Hee Dee so what
Hee Dee I used to live in Rose Hill projects in El Sereno and lived across the street from the Mar Vista Gardens. Idaho is much better.
It would have been helpful to include a quick glimpse a map(shaded areas)for each of these areas. I know what he is talking about because I am from Los Angeles, but many people need a point of reference like a map.
I was born at Kaiser on Cadillac and the Avalon gardens was the first place I ever lived
Police should not be afraid of any place!! When someone is getting help from the government and has gang activity at their home they should loose their housing
Do you even live in the hood
Born and raised in LA and I've been through all of em
what was the worst in your opinion??
salty meme guy ! They are all pretty chill
People call me Stickyman
So avoid anything with the name "Gardens" or "Courts" in it. Gotcha.
Pico Gardens / Aliso Village was active as phuck in the 80s and 90s
I didn't hear Acorn Projects. My wife lived there. She in Kentucky now........safe.
Vincent Lynn : It's In Oakland California
this is about LA
BIGWORM 510 Acorn Waay Worse Than Any Project On This List. Fyi Its A Real Project Not Like These Village Communities
Vincent Lynn Obviously she has a strong loving husband.
You watching Set it Off?
I left South Central L.A and Bae Bas kid's and move to South Florida. People in Florida say Good Morning and Hi. You can correct the kids doing wrong. No Comparison to South Central LA
I’m from Nebraska and almost moved to San Fernando. Boy am I glad I watched this video
That intro was over 30 seconds long. It could of easily just been 10 seconds long or shorter. Take this video down now, apply my suggestion and then reupload this vid.
It's actually amazing to look back on my past, my childhood (60's/70's), in Los Angeles County! As a kid, even a teen, I lived in Gardena, Lomita, Torrance, Long Beach, even La Puente for a bit, and NEVER knew a shred of details about any gangs, not even at Poly High! I mean, I know I saw it on Channel 7 News and all, but it just didn't mean anything. I went to school with Black folks, Mexican folks, Spoon fed white folks, druggies, straight lace, you name it! I just always characterized it as "L.A. Life", nothing more, nothing less! And honestly, I loved it, and even miss it! I guess I was just lucky, and loved everybody, got along well with pretty much everyone. In fact, the ONLY problems I ever had, were with a couple of a-hole WHITE dudes!!!! LOL
I've walked through 3 of these projects. Great people. I respect everyone ive met.
You can walk anywhere really, you just gotta watch your colors and acknowledge the groups of people you encounter with a simple hi or good morning. You might have to identify yourself if you're going there for a reason.
Aliso Village on 1 street were so notorious they were knocked down for that reason. 3 projects... Aliso Village, pico aliso, and pico gardens. first ones in video clip.
I THANK GOD I DON'T KNOW WHAT A GETTO IS NEVER DROVE IN ONE DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR FAMILY IN ONE THANK YOU LORD 🙏 AND YES I'M AFRICAN AMERICAN
Luck you he was raised in a good environment Amen god bless🙏
@@gloriajones1830 God bless you to my dear
I sure do love my peaceful lifestyle up here in Big Bear City ❤️❤️❤️
Lesson: if you see the word “gardens” on a property, get the hell out of that neighborhood
Corlear Gardens: Am I a joke to you?!
Waldo Gardens: "I beg your pardon?"
In my short 50 years of life I can mentally draw a line directly through financial depressions and the rise in violence with drug abuse
Watched it in the 80s 90s and again right now. People have to make $$!!
I'd like to see one of those young wannabe thugs with rich parents walk through one of these areas so he can actually realize how ignorant he is. I guarantee he'll reexamine himself and become a different person.
I LIVE IN THE IMPERIAL COURT PROJECTS... WATTS UP
is it scary?
Jordan downs
You got the best name. Hope all is well.
I do not want my car to break down in any of those hoods. Shyt I'll just stay in the car. fock that!
12904 Carl Place known as Unit 210 withinst the San Fernando Gardens
Fightin over streets. Too much spare time 😂
I wonder what happens if you go to one of these projects during the night. 🤔🤔
In the 80's right up till retirement. I drove the city bus through some of these same projects. It was a tough area to navigate being people were so angry. Often times fights would erupt or even gun play at times, on and off the bus. Tempers were very short, and too see the yellow tape from police was very common. Something has to change between the gangs in this town. I don't know what has to be done, but innocent people are dying as a result.
Is that Jay Rock @ 6:40?
Yea he from Bounty Hunna-watts
I was watching this thinking about that Jay Rock line about being "...from The Gardens"...then I was like..."All theses shits are called some type of gardens, bro." lol.
In your other videos you have Queens and Brooklyn projects. Can you do a video about the worst projects in the Bronx, thank you!
he got Bronx girl thought I just saw it.
Queensbridge 41st side
it safe now
The background instrumental is amazing.
It's called skirt shaker
Cabrini GREEN and the Robert Taylor Homes would have made all these projects look like going to pre School !
😂😂😂 on bro
That's because these are projects. Living in Cabrini Green and Robert Taylor Homes was like living in Beirut and freaking Iraq. Chicago is horrible. I left in the 90's
Shit out here in NOLA a lil bit worse uptown to downtown
That Impala parked in front of Estrada Court is beautiful! 🤤
The projects in GTA 5 where the Mexicans live are pretty rowdy. As soon as you get out the car over there, you can feel the tension.
Lord Metaphors right, soon as you get out you got a red dot on your map
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Lesson here is don't move to watts
dialog420 I live in watts but my neighborhood is quiet
I stay in the imperial courts it ain't that bad
dialog420 😂😂😂😩
Nothing wrong with watts it's how you are raised.
Sonya x shyyyydd, u buggin.. there's a lot wrong wit watts, obviously! 😩😂
nickerson gardens is the worst project should have been num 1
They were put up in no particular order. It says that in the intro.
Two of my aunts live in Pueblo de rio projects and that shit still active af
Why would anyone want to wall through the projects ? Stay away from poor and lazy people . If you're born into , move out as soon as you can .
reggie reg rite
reggie reg amen
reggie reg smh .....what a contradiction u r but go head
reggie reg Poor doesnt always = lazy. I know poor people that have more than one job
A CEE riguez So the project are full of hard working people . Please, Let me know , where these projects are located .
Wow, these stories about Greater-Los Angeles, USA are very-interesting too.
What about the 10 most cleanest projects in Los Angeles😎
God Bless all of you. He loves you and knows you, no matter where you are, who you are, he still loves.
pueblo del Rio grew up all my life there
I'm a man of logic. This goes at the women of these horrendous places. Isn't it illogical to continue to become pregnant and produce children into this situation. The woman has the last say in a sexual encounter. Again just speaking in logical terms. I wouldn't raise Livestock in those places.
They are in no way glorifying the projects, they are raising awareness and I commend them because I’m gonna be an advertising and promotions manager for rock and metal bands as well as an entrepreneur and Record Label owner after college so I’m gonna travel a lot and will need to know about this. Thank you guys for doing this! ~ Rachel
I bet if you put this gang member in war torn country they will cry 😭
You see them lazy Mexicans trying to leave South of the border and come here. But they supposed to be so tough
c320 Jordan saying mexicans are lazy is bout da dumbest shit ive ever heard
Why don't you go down to the projects and hang out for a while. I bet you cry
@@aeerjordan4994 Mexican aint lazy man we work hard all day man unlike yall
@@jmmr5221 fr
man... I know all these... DO NOT WALK THROUGH THEM! These are tough place, so unless you a ol' school cat or vato that has peeps there, DO NOT GO!
Fuckle Jewerbag Are u stupid? All this was made by design by the government.
lmfao
Annabel Sernholt First of all you're a girl, and second of all you probably grew up around the area. They're not going to mess with a girl like that unless u really piss them off
im from Juarez. thank you for educating because I didnt know about these places, as i am from East coast areas.
William Wallace i walk through there daily and i come from a small town in rural england. Fuck bitches.
With the beautiful weather and many fine advantages, the greater Los Angeles area could be a paradise for all of its inhabitants regardless of background. Terrible cultural influences have an impact on character and choices. This is an inconvenient truth that great thinkers like Thomas Sowell are willing to teach us. Is there openness to learn about these insights?
Coming to a suburb near you.
Yup, my dad did a mistake when he moved us to compton in kelly park where there is a set called kpcc or kelly park compton crips. thats near taco bell. in 1995 i moved to long beach and in 2005 to santa monica which was an amazing change.
You know, I live in Brentwood and life is pretty dangerous here too, sometimes. Just a week ago I ran into a very rude valet at the local country club who made some snarky remark when I handed overthe keys to him, so I had to kick the shit out of him until the manager seperated us and apologized for his employee. It's a jungle out there!
nice lol
Subsidized, nuff said. Govt creates these problems
I love my nice quiet and safe white neighborhood.
Pops Johson whats it called ?
Pops Johson i dont think so
With our Whole Foods, NRA membership, chevy Silverado's with a lift kit and our 105.1
El Fuego hombre get out of that mentality and it will get you far. I grew up in palos verdes with my dad being a military veteran and he raised me right. It's not about race and color it's about environment and how you are raised.
Byron Lopez is
Let's make this political shall we. Why are these neighborhoods so bad? Let's ask Congresswoman Maxine Watters. She represents South Central, but she couldn't tell you because she wouldn't be caught dead there alone. Answer that question honestly and you will have your answer.
Hillary's fault!
Born & raised in LA, 'The Jungles' has been amongst the most dangerous areas in Gangland LA.
However, the neighborhood has been going through gentrification over the past few years...meaning much less gang activity and violence
Mexican is NOT Hispanic!!!
Hispanic is from Spain!!
One was the Colonizer, Spain
The other the Colonized, Mexican
The word is from the 1940s to discribe those from the central and south American diaspora. Btw, the Azetc & Mayans where both colonizers too. Youre a racist and ignorant if you think only white people colonize.
I'm in Washington state right now and there is a small town about 2 hours away from Seattle called Raymond what a coincidence! Raymond, Washington I like that lol!
Yo for got Dana strand village projects Wilmas west waterfront piru they took the jets down cause it was super active
I can't lie. That intro is sick.!
I'm glad I live in the woods fuck the shit
Been to The Jordan Downs alot. Drove past Imperial Courts and Nickerson Gardens several times.
Bompton
I use to live next to the Avalon projects Nd didn’t know they where even a project
Do all of these grown azz men live in these projects, legally?
LIVED IN ALISO VILLAGE IN THE 1960'S, I HATED IT, THAT PLACE WAS A HELL HOLE!
Haha I do Pest Control and I've done work in all these but also have friends and family that live in these projects
Dude witda Jerry curl look like Dave Chappelle when he did a skit about gangs lol
Housing projects only work in Japan.
owleyes 11 And Eastern Europe , nearly all their housing is like this because of the communist regime , they don’t call them projects or estates it’s just normal housing for them !
Baldwin Village aka The Jungles Projects in South Central,LA were filmed in blockbuster hit movie Training Day staring Denzel Washington self-explanatory of #1 most dangerous in Southern Cali known as T.Rogers territory.
The Earth is FLAT
God is WATCHING
BE mindful of your ACTIONS
You are being JUDGEDd
BY the most HIGH
IF only people knew THIS
And all your OG shot callers he'll floss his teeth with so forget the law Forget Your OG's you should be more concerned with
G O D because this place is only temporary
no its not I can explain to a 5 year old so youll do
Been here for around 10 years . Lived in MDR ,Venice SM . Bad things happen with a much higher frequency when disrespect occurs no matter where . Now Mar Vista
Is the one I'm quite familiar with , however ;
Never felt in danger except 1 time . I parked
In an area that was "off limits" , I was surrounded and asked what was up ? I showed. Tbe African descendants my shopping bag from the goodwill ,then pulled out my pipe and took a hit , Told them I was
"Getting lit", they all laughed and gave me a pass.. At the time I had a brand new 07 WRX
STi, they could've taken at any time , but they
had bigger fish to fry .
Also , I've had way way more scares in none of those projects .
The biggest and most dangerous of gangs not just in LA but maybe world wide has given me hell on earth for no reason except mistaking my identity what was once on a constant basis .
This gang runs 10.000 deep and they are the single reason I would tell someone to not move to los Angela's ... oh I almost forgot to tell you the name of them..... LAPD
My family is from mar vista but MOVED OUT NEVER TO RETURN. my uncle was killed by venice in 1978 in the projects right outside the building my mom grew up in. All my family however, are successful, happy, and youd probably never guess what they've been through and where they're from . Didnt forget, just strived to be better.