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re: Whats it like living in a real bad ghetto?
Posted on 1/17/26 at 6:55 pm to TigersHuskers
Posted on 1/17/26 at 6:55 pm to TigersHuskers
70805 checking in. 1981-1996.
Now considered one of the most violent zip-codes in the country. It went downhill during my youth, but I genuinely have good memories.
Now considered one of the most violent zip-codes in the country. It went downhill during my youth, but I genuinely have good memories.
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:14 pm to holmesbr
Is it worth the listen? Even though I’ve seen the show?
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:16 pm to holmesbr
The way they film the show from different perspectives while encompassing the same people was amazing.
To young folks that don’t live in big cities, Season 4 I think it is, gives you a decent look at inner city life in a massive city.
To young folks that don’t live in big cities, Season 4 I think it is, gives you a decent look at inner city life in a massive city.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:22 pm to bee Rye
Born and raised in Metairie. It is Section 8 all over with the ghetto blacks from NOLA east. . Then came the Hispanics after Katrina who are twice as desperate as them. Yeah I said it. Lakeside Mall has become the Plaza/Oakwood. People who annoy you ruin everything. Sorry, but its the truth. Metairie is nothing but a polished turd ghetto
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:23 pm to TigersHuskers
Ask atlanta
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:28 pm to TigersHuskers
85 year old little ladies keep pistols on their tables
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:41 pm to TigersHuskers
I used to tutor kids in the hood. Not by any means the worst hood, but not great. 8 kids from one mom, age 10 to 35. Like 4+ dads. I thought when I started that their problems were studying and having access to good tutors or resources. That was for some, but many just skipped school regularly for lack of food and/or safe passage to school. In other words to get from home to school required passing certain corners or blocks that were someone else's and might result in violence.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:20 pm to tadman
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many just skipped school regularly for lack of food
Schools give free food to poor kids. A kid wouldn't skip school due to hunger, if anything the kid would be there early for the free breakfast, and then the free lunch, that all poor kids get.
This post was edited on 1/17/26 at 8:21 pm
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:26 pm to TigersHuskers
Make sure to have a dresser or some heavy large piece of furniture between you and the exterior wall when you sleep.
Don’t attract attention. Especially with valuable things.
Don’t attract attention. Especially with valuable things.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:31 pm to ChestRockwell
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Born and raised in Metairie. It is Section 8 all over with the ghetto blacks from NOLA east. . Then came the Hispanics after Katrina who are twice as desperate as them. Yeah I said it. Lakeside Mall has become the Plaza/Oakwood. People who annoy you ruin everything. Sorry, but its the truth. Metairie is nothing but a polished turd ghetto
You’ve obviously never been in a real ghetto
This post was edited on 1/17/26 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:33 pm to TigersHuskers
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CenlaLowell
Alexandria, la
Member since Apr 2016
1240 posts
Probably a lot like living in Alexandria, La
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:37 pm to TigersHuskers
It’s really not nearly as bad as people think. If you mind your business and don’t make enemies you’ll be just fine like anywhere else.
The keeping up with the joneses rat race is actually worse
The keeping up with the joneses rat race is actually worse
Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:27 pm to TigersHuskers
I taught for 5 years in the hood and dated a chick that lived in said hood. Granted, the hood in Corpus Christi isn’t as dangerous as the hoods in the southeast or bigger cities.
Kids would wear the same clothes every day. Many of them lived in shacks behind actual houses. Air conditioning and heating was rare, running water and plumbing wasn’t a given. Asking them to do homework was laughable. The kids were good for the most part, and a bond with them meant a lot, seeing as how I grew up middle class and white and these kids were all Hispanic. I know of at least 3 former students serving time for murder.
Single parent homes were the norm, mom would be tatted up and the best of the best were working at the plasma donation center.
Lots of noise at night. If you dared come out wanting peace and quiet at midnight, they’d get worse on purpose. Drugs everywhere. Trash everywhere. Houses weren’t gonna withstand a decent hurricane.
All that being said, it’s not the kinda hood where an innocent guy gets gunned down for no reason. I would walk the streets at night during my heavier drinking days and not worry. I wouldn’t pull that shite in a real dangerous hood in Louisiana or Mississippi.
Kids would wear the same clothes every day. Many of them lived in shacks behind actual houses. Air conditioning and heating was rare, running water and plumbing wasn’t a given. Asking them to do homework was laughable. The kids were good for the most part, and a bond with them meant a lot, seeing as how I grew up middle class and white and these kids were all Hispanic. I know of at least 3 former students serving time for murder.
Single parent homes were the norm, mom would be tatted up and the best of the best were working at the plasma donation center.
Lots of noise at night. If you dared come out wanting peace and quiet at midnight, they’d get worse on purpose. Drugs everywhere. Trash everywhere. Houses weren’t gonna withstand a decent hurricane.
All that being said, it’s not the kinda hood where an innocent guy gets gunned down for no reason. I would walk the streets at night during my heavier drinking days and not worry. I wouldn’t pull that shite in a real dangerous hood in Louisiana or Mississippi.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:45 pm to TigersHuskers
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Been re watching The Wire and was just curious
Watch it with headphones/ear buds in and you’re getting a pretty immersive experience! That series is so street.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:51 pm to Yaboylsu63
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I would imagine you would have to be on guard 24/7 365 and your fight or flight would be going nuts. Seems exhausting.
That’s probably part of the reason why some people that we call animals or thugs act the way they do.
^^That’s about as liberal as I can get, but it makes sense, but not excusing the behavior - many people experience the same and don’t turn to violence or crime.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 9:58 pm to tide06
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I mean my actual approach is don’t go to those places because there’s nothing there for me and I have far more to lose than they do, but there have been times you get somewhere in Chicago or NYC late and the vibe changes. I’m an imposing guy, but it seems like there’s a fine line between not being passive and eye contact being perceived as a challenge.
Same here.
Avoidance is best but when it’s necessary, luckily I was blessed with a look that can look kinda rough when pissed or on edge. Good crazy look I guess
Posted on 1/17/26 at 10:00 pm to TexasTiger33
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No bro. Haha. Stare them down. Behind vv expensive sunglasses. Not a joke
You are so full of shite. Your entire write up is a cosplay of someone who’s never actually been in a “bad” part of town. If you want extremely dangerous where something will probably happen to you, go to bad parts of Mexico. Even the worst ghettos in America are relatively safe and violent crime outside of being a 15-30 year old black male is exceedingly rare.
I go to North BR all the time and it’s not that dangerous or uncomfortable unless you’re on a very bad residential street deep enough to lose sight of a major thoroughfare, and even then it’s meh unless it’s night time or something. There are mostly normal people doing normal things there
Posted on 1/17/26 at 10:14 pm to jizzle6609
You know he was based on a real person?
I just looked up the dudes name, but his name was Donnie Andrews. He was a stick up man who was gay..
I just looked up the dudes name, but his name was Donnie Andrews. He was a stick up man who was gay..
Posted on 1/17/26 at 10:18 pm to OweO
What's funny about that
gay people can't be criminals?
gay people can't be criminals?
Posted on 1/17/26 at 10:20 pm to OWLFAN86
Where you a criminal?
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