Comments about gangs in my area

There are 34 comments about "gangs in my area"

dena: I have lived in the Humboldt Park area all my 50 years and seen many changes for the better yet the gangs are a big problem still in our community and schools in the area......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Humboldt1: I am happy to get rid of all the gangbangers. I have confronted drug dealers and will surely do it again. I do not want the kids on my street living around this......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Humboldt1: Arquitecto, Seriously, you don't need to use all the 5 dollar words. I have been in Humboldt Park for the past 3 years, having purchased an apartment building here in which I live. I......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Nina: La Junta is not a bad place to live. I lived in another small town next to it called Las Animas. And were not creepy hick people. There is no gangs not really......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

kls: My husband and I have lived in Humboldt Park for 4 years since moving to Chicago from Guatemala. I cannot think of a better compromise for us both. I love being near the shops......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

HP Teach: I have been a teacher in Humboldt Park for 10 years. I have seen improvements and setbacks. I have seen how the violence hurts the community. If the gang activity was minimized, the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ChiPhi: Christopher and others, why is there always a: "...somebody needs to do something to help..." why don't people take responsibility and pride for their own? I have lived in this neighborhood for 5 years......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Junito: Wow! It was hard reading all of that. Lets all study our cultures of the western hemisphere (e.g., Tainos, Aztecs, etc,.) We are decedents of moral, loving, industrious and spiritual people. We are greater then......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

E$MONEY(1920 BABY 4EVA): I lived in 1920 for most of my life apt,209.My name is eric a.k.a(egg)and i've seen many people from that area fall from chidhood to adult.Caugt up in gangs,drugs,and life hardships.I'm not saying that im......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Larry: My town used to be okay. . . but now it is swarming with illegal immigrants and criminal activity. The town next to us has even more illegal immigrants. For the most part it is......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

anon (ppp-69-219-38-192.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net): Thats so true sb people should not go by every thing that they read and every thing you said is true, when ever the gangs was in war they will tell every one to get......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jamal: I remember the Henry Horner projects very well. I never lived in any of them but lived one block away on Warren Blvd. near Damen. I remember as a little boy when they were......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Momma' Becky's daughter: Well, I actually Don't think that Hutchinson Is all THAT terrible... I mean, I know it's really not a whole lotta' fun, and there isn't much to do here... but the beauty of becoming an......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

D.Bennet-lived in 1943 apt 606: I grew up in the Henry Horner Holmes a.k.a. the Hornets i live in 1943 4 trey i also grew up with pharoah and laffy and that movie portrayed them as innocent fun loving children......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

NAME: Brooklyn is a great place to be. I lived here since i was 2 and have seen many die, many leave, and many goin nowhere with there lives. 1st b careful about where u......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

anon (static-host-66-18-45-122.epbinternet.com): Another perspective. I'm 50 years old. Born in St. Anthony's, lived on Fairfield and Richmond Streets, attended Moos School. Gangs are nothing new. Puerto Ricans began moving into the neighborhood in......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

teachnyc: I work in bushwick's schools and I can't tell you how many times I hear my counterparts from our sister districts in queens talk about how bad it is in BW (they never want to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: many of the buildings constructed in the late 1800's that was used as housing by poor hispanics, blacks, jews, polish, german, italians and irish are still standing today and in livable conditions and very expensive.......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

joseph: i was born in the 60s in b'wick and i still live in the area.i seen it all from the imergence of graffiti to the constant fightings from all the gangs that imerged in the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Gangs in HP: The gangs og HP have killed this area. I remember in the 70's & 80's in addition to the Latin Kings we had a Simon Park Brothers and Sons of Capone fighting all the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: Also, my wife was robbed downtown in January by a trio of wannabe gangstas who would not have been in the area, if the Hell's Angels were not in jail, cuz punks like that would......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Phill : To give you an update cabrini green is still currently alive. There are five buildings still standing that people live in that arn't under demolition, however there are six that have been demolished. The cabrini......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Experienced: Rest assured, you noticed a group/gang trying to locate the buyers for their drugs. Stop by and check out the corner of Maplewood and LeMoyne around 3:00pm. You'll see a series of thugs......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Lucky: I was recently in Chicago with my 17 year old daughter so she could visit a few colleges there. I had never been to Chicago nor had I ever heard of Cabrini Green. We stayed......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

PolishGayIrishIndianWhiteHUMAN: The whole area has been changing forever. It was once all Polish and Eastern Europeans. We never complained when others moved in or out of the area. Chicago is the most segregated mentally challenged City......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: catherine, please pull over or find a parking spot to take photos. i know on the fdr you cant pull over so get off and circle around. take a few minutes more to......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and the (defunct) Fulton Fish Market by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Sharina: I used to live in the Humbolt Park area for most of my life in a Disciple neighborhood. I used to think the gang life was cool, but now that I've moved and matured I......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Confused to Nikki: Nikki - be worried, but also understand that the majority of folks in the neighborhood would wish this gang stuff would go away. Be worried but be smart, do not go out past 11. Get......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

SadStateOfAffairs: Racism has many forms. It can be religiously based, as in the current JIHAD against all non-Muslims. Or it can be economically based. I agree it's not based on skin alone. Problems occur when different......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Reality: To everyone that believes white people are living in Humboldt Park for the fun of it, get real. It is not by choice. Why would anyone choose to put themselves in an area of random......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Fredrik-Sweden: I´m from Sweden, i.e Scandinavia. When I read this I might be missing something, but all you guys claiming that Humboldt park is great and that you´re proud PR/gangstas etc, read this first: Humboldt belongs......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Shankill.: A bit of clarification for that ignorant bastard jamie further up the list.He or She tries to glorify the PIRA,RIRA and CIRA and says the UFF/UDA and the UVF(very surprisingly) are just front names for......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie