What's the worst thing in your neigborhood? (not counting us) - Beyond Tiki

F freddiefreelance Member San Diego, Ca. Joined: Feb 15, 2003 Posts: 3006	F freddiefreelance Posted posted on Mon, Nov 22, 2004 2:27 PM I don't really have any complaints about my neighborhood: I've lived in some really bad neighborhoods in my time so I don't really have a problem with much any more. The worst neighborhood was probably the east side of Hollywood around Hollywood & Western, some friends from South Central LA were afraid to visit me there. In one place part of my rent was paid by the manager since every morning I'd take the hanger bar from my closet (a six foot long, 2 inch diameter pole with rusty nails sticking out of the ends) & chase the homeless crackheads out of a back bungalow that was being renovated. I was living in that neighborhood again during the Rodney King riots, just a block from the Sears that was looted & burned to the ground, I ended up being docked a days pay when I couldn't get to work 'cause the National Guard was mobilizing on my street. I finally moved of that neighborhood for the last time after the Northridge 'quake, my apartment shook so bad that my desk exploded in the living room, all of my dishes broke in the kitchen, & everything in my medicine cabinet broke in the bathroom sink. I'd usually alternate between East Hollywood & NW Pasadena, where Radical Enterprises (my old outlaw catering company) had been based. I remember having a Halloween party crashed by a crack dealer looking to make a sale, he eventually left after only making a couple sales (I guess business was slow for such a large group). In one place we had to patch the roof after most New Year's Eves & 4th of Julys to repair at least one bullet hole. After leaving Hollywood for good I ended up in Sherman Oaks, right after the Northridge quake! I got free rent just so there'd be someone in the building. It was the last building on the block not condemned, & probably one of a dozen in a 5 block radius. Yeah, I'm sick of SUVs, Semi's idling on neighborhood streets, my neighbors who stockpile their 4 year old's dirty diapers on their porch until their harridan screaming drives their 8 year old off the couch to drag the bag(s) over to the dumpster (of course the 8 year old isn't tall enough to get them in the dumpster...), etc., but all that seems minor compared to what I've seen & lived through in my life.

I don't really have any complaints about my neighborhood: I've lived in some really bad neighborhoods in my time so I don't really have a problem with much any more. The worst neighborhood was probably the east side of Hollywood around Hollywood & Western, some friends from South Central LA were afraid to visit me there. In one place part of my rent was paid by the manager since every morning I'd take the hanger bar from my closet (a six foot long, 2 inch diameter pole with rusty nails sticking out of the ends) & chase the homeless crackheads out of a back bungalow that was being renovated. I was living in that neighborhood again during the Rodney King riots, just a block from the Sears that was looted & burned to the ground, I ended up being docked a days pay when I couldn't get to work 'cause the National Guard was mobilizing on my street. I finally moved of that neighborhood for the last time after the Northridge 'quake, my apartment shook so bad that my desk exploded in the living room, all of my dishes broke in the kitchen, & everything in my medicine cabinet broke in the bathroom sink.

I'd usually alternate between East Hollywood & NW Pasadena, where Radical Enterprises (my old outlaw catering company) had been based. I remember having a Halloween party crashed by a crack dealer looking to make a sale, he eventually left after only making a couple sales (I guess business was slow for such a large group). In one place we had to patch the roof after most New Year's Eves & 4th of Julys to repair at least one bullet hole.

After leaving Hollywood for good I ended up in Sherman Oaks, right after the Northridge quake! I got free rent just so there'd be someone in the building. It was the last building on the block not condemned, & probably one of a dozen in a 5 block radius.

Yeah, I'm sick of SUVs, Semi's idling on neighborhood streets, my neighbors who stockpile their 4 year old's dirty diapers on their porch until their harridan screaming drives their 8 year old off the couch to drag the bag(s) over to the dumpster (of course the 8 year old isn't tall enough to get them in the dumpster...), etc., but all that seems minor compared to what I've seen & lived through in my life.

Post #126895 by freddiefreelance on Mon, Nov 22, 2004 2:27 PM