Are there gangs in your area?

The last time I heard anything about gangs was freshman year of high school and that was 7 years ago. And today was the first time I heard someone talk about a gang. Actually, he claimed to be a gang member.. he's the story:

I live in an urban city and the neighborhood is fairly quiet. Maybe a crime chase once or twice since the past 5 years. But today on my way home from classes a guy got on the bus. There were about 10 people on the bus so there was plenty of room but he sits next to me and starts talking to me while nudging me lightly. ["WTF is this guy doing? He has to sit next to me on the bus when there's so much room? and why is he bumping me?" God damn gay psycho] I was carrying my textbooks all day so I didn't feel like changing my seat. My stop was about 15 blocks so I decided to wait it out. Anyway, he asked me if I attended a certain high school. I told him, "No". Then he asked a high schooler sitting near by. He must've asked the question to us about 4 times. Then goes to say he has "beef" with kids from that school. [beef, now I haven't heard that term in years. Do high schoolers still use that term?] Anyhow, he then says he's from the bloods crypts or something like that. I asked him to repeat what he said because he was speaking "gangster" or "thugish" basically it was improper english. He asks me if I want to join.. I reply, "No.." He goes on talking about the benefit [that's right, not plural.. singular] if I join. He said I'd get a red car and then holds out one hand and pretends to drive. Then he repeats the same thing saying I'll get a red car... and does the one hand driving thing.. again.... [Hmmm... I should pretend that I didn't know english. He looks like an idiot and I don't want to hear him talk to me.] Next he talks to the high schooler who is trying his best to ignore him. The high school kid, about 14 or 15 considering the time he got out of school and his looks, was getting spooked so he stood up and walked towards the front of the bus where the driver was. The "gang" member then looked at me and asked me if I wanted to rob him. "You and me, we can take him on." [Ok, if he was in a gang I don't think he would've asked me for assistance.] I decline his offer and he starts asking me why and then asks me if I am a college student. I tell him that I am. Then he says how he's going to Iraq next year for the war and after that he's coming back and going to Harvard. [Yeah.... Harvard..... you..... try picture books first you moron!] He then gets off the bus and thinks we're "cool"... Ok, so he isn't in a gang, just a weird ass but this really did happen... I wish I had some better form of entertainment on the way home.

So this...... is a gang???. I think.. in my area... anyone else??
If you have any stories feel free to post and also tell what kind of area you live in

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Of course there are going to be gangs just about everywhere. I live in a hick town and we have kids in my high school saying they are in the Crips, not sure if its true but they have the tattoos to say they are in so I wouldnt doubt it. Personally I've never had trouble for a gang, Im not in one either.

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Living in Central California gangs are pretty common. When I first came to the states in 1988 they were fucking rampant and you always heard gunshots at night. Now if I hear a gunshot it's not surprising, but it's far from a normal occurrence. I have had more than a few friends killed in gang-related incidents and even though a few of them probably had it coming, I can honestly say a couple of them didn't deserve it.

I seriously have NO respect for these "thugs" walking around the street thinking they're "hard". In the end, they're all a discount car wash at best.

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NO WAY. They all get red cars? Why didn't you join?!

He must've been important because he didn't have a red car -- he had a public bus!

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They don't get red cars here. I live in a town called Ivanhoe which is considered "south-sider" territory and the color here is blue.

It's like a demographical PAINT BY NUMBERS!



They have a fashion sense too! Now THAT'S gangsta!

I was speaking idiomatically.

If by gangs you mean groups of roving, drunken rednecks, then yes, there are gangs.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Some punk mother fuckers burglarized my appartment in San Antonio about a month and a half ago. Since moving back to SoCal, I've learned that it was a bitch wannabe Esse that lived right across from me. I wonder what his dumb ass plans to do with all my electric guitars now that I've filed all the serial numbers with the local police. He stole my roommate's Xbox and PS2, but whatever.

Now I'm home sweet home. Land of the Emo Faddists. Nothing to worry about except for confusing boys with girls when I look at them from behind.

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Originally Posted by Encephalon

They don't get red cars here. I live in a town called Ivanhoe which is considered "south-sider" territory and the color here is blue.

It's like a demographical PAINT BY NUMBERS!



They have a fashion sense too! Now THAT'S gangsta!

South side! heh cholos crack me up!


I'm sure there are gangs around Phoenix and wanna be gangstas. It doesn't bother me and I've never been asked to join or anything. I must be too white.

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The benefit is only having a red car? Ask him if you can get loaded with some 'bling bling' and a mouthful of silver and gold teeth, then he has a deal.

Where do you live anyways?

How ya doing, buddy?

For some reason, my mind translated the name of this topic to "do you have stairs in your house?"


What the hell is wrong with me?


Oh, and I'm pretty sure there's gangs, what with I live in Memphis and all.

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Originally Posted by striped phantom

Where do you live anyways?

Califas, homes! Whatchoo reppin'?

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In the Northwest (Oregon specifically), gangs aren't all that common. I have yet to see a gang in my city (the crime rate is really low overall).

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Originally Posted by www.sega.co.jp

In the Northwest (Oregon specifically), gangs aren't all that common. I have yet to see a gang in my city (the crime rate is really low overall).

Yeah, I used to live in Medford in 1998. During my one year stay there I don't think I saw a SINGLE gang member or even someone who would look plausible enough to pass for one. I miss Oregon.

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I live in a small town in Northwest Canada and there are still gangs. There is only one real group large enough to really be considered a gang, and that's the skinheads who drive the hueg trucks around the elementary school and tear up the field, then proceed to dump their empty beer cans on the playground and drive away.

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There's aspiring gangbangers running around my neighborhood. They don't really do too much like they used when I first moved here. They would block up the streets either standing out in the street or all their cars in the street. People couldn't drive in and out for awhile.

One of the gangs thought it was funny to spray paint crap on the side of one of the buildings. It read "KILL COPS". Of course the police weren't happy about that...

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There are no gangs where I live. But where I use to work, it is littered with them. It freaks me out going to work everyday.

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Originally Posted by Gechmir

NO WAY. They all get red cars? Why didn't you join?!

He must've been important because he didn't have a red car -- he had a public bus!

yeah, I forgot to say that he didn't pay his fair. He most likely lied to the driver and said he was a high school student and lost his card.

I told my sister and she couldn't stop laughing. We don't know much about those gangs but she told me that they're black people gangs but the dude wasn't black. I have no clue what nationality he is but he has light skin and is most surely not black. Another thing I forgot about the bloods gang is they wear red... I think the collar of his shirt was red... but that's about it... way to represent!! Another funny thing was he was jumping roles. First he says he's a thug, then he's gonna do army and then go to Harvard. I live in New York btw.

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No, we just have a bunch of white boys who think they're in a gang. I live in a pretty yuppish area, so basically it's a bunch of stupid 16 year olds who's parents didn't give them enough attention but enough cash to get a cell phone and 50 Cent albums.

One night they actually had a rumble! An honest to god rumble! Kids were running across the street, screaming, causing a disturbance. Now, about 4 cops live an my block alone. So this isn't the best place to do this.

So one of them chases another down the street screaming "YEAH! YEAH! WEST OAKLAND BITCH!" This is where I poke my head out the window to see what kind of hilarious cracker is screaming this nonsense.

Out comes one of the cops on my street -- a woman, who stomps out, takes him down and slaps him against the cement. SHE patrols West Oakland. If this kid walked into Oakland, he'd get shot. A lollercoaster of crying ensues and we haven't had anything like that happen again.

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Originally Posted by Encephalon

Yeah, I used to live in Medford in 1998. During my one year stay there I don't think I saw a SINGLE gang member or even someone who would look plausible enough to pass for one. I miss Oregon.

One thing that has changed since 1998 is the school budgets have gone to hell. Luckily the Beaverton School District (which I used to go to) has no real funding problem. Funny thing is Beaverton has 80,000 people and the closest thing I see to gang activity here is graffiti on the buses coming from Portland.

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Pssh... My area is too safe to have gangs... We don't even have any registered sex offenders. Either way, all we have in my area are those fake gangstas that black people (not all, but some) fall under the sterotype on from the rap videos.

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Originally Posted by Chaotic

Pssh... My area is too safe to have gangs... We don't even have any registered sex offenders. Either way, all we have in my area are those fake gangstas that black people (not all, but some) fall under the sterotype on from the rap videos.

You mean those 20somethings that have a modded car and a stereo you can hear from a mile away? I absolutely loathe people who drive those cars and blare their crappy taste in music.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Oh. We have gangs. Gangs of druggies, that approach you. IN GANGS. "Ay mate got a fuckin' dollar?" "No, I do not have a fucking dollar for you to borrow!" then they'll pick at the fungus that's grown all over their faces for OD'ing in the gutter for two weeks. Don't mess with the chick in the cowboy hat, she'll tell you off. She lusts. For that dollar. Gangs of generic western suburb, they'll get you!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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Need I say more?

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Originally Posted by t(-_-t)

I live in Flint, Michigan.

Need I say more?

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