Man, I was gonna say that ^^ I'd rather walk around Compton than walk around Baltimore, Brooklyn or Queens, Harlem or Philly. I think cities like Compton have a bad reputation but those cities are just as bad if not worse or much worse
i hear ya. but it is getting a lot better. i walk through harlem all the time. theyve got some cool bars and eating spots..so i find myself there at night a lot. it definitely has its sketchy pockets, but like compton, harlem and lots of other bad reputation neighborhoods are slowly cleaning up
of all places, more than any new york borough or war zone tijuana even, ive felt more uncomfortable in san francisco. went to hunters point one time with a buddy who got sent there on some journalism assignment...i didnt know about hp but soon as we got there i was hoping to get out of there quick. not a spot i plan on returning to haha. my girlfriends sister lived in the tenderloin for a couple years...nice studio in the inside, crackheads on the outside (though not as bad as some other parts of the tl). i was riding her bike to her place and this fuckin crackhead kicked his foot out and went "heeyah!!" tried to kill me while i was riding down the hill. scared the shit out of me. i love sf and wouldnt mind living there one day, but fuck those crackheads.
on the other hand, a crackhead in queens at like 2am chased down a bus to stop it for me. so queens crackheads are good in my book. if i could i'd go back and buy him a rock for his benevolence