Is Boyz n the Hood & Menace II Society still reminiscent of what Compton, etc. is like today?

[IceCube]

Serious question, I'm just wondering.

Is Compton, Crenshaw, Long Beach, South Central, etc. still the neighborhoods today like they was portrayed in Boyz n the Hood and Menace?

The gun violence, gangs, etc.?

 

[Thai Domi]

Aren't you Ice Cube?

 

[DoctorTaco]

Yes, but now the neighborhoods are nicer thanks to gays, whites, and New Seasons.

 

[Agent Mulder's Hair]

I have no idea I stay way the fuck out of those places

 

[NightwingBJJ]

Damn it Ice Cube what happened to "Are We There Yet Part 3: I Think I Left The Front Door Open"?

 

[xbone19]

I moved out of the hood, don't care

 

[JAEGERX]

probably, i dont know if hip hop all star americans have changed their mindset

 

[trolololol]

I visited LA last year and really wanted to drive through Compton just to say I did, but my friend told me not to stop or get out of the car.

I didn't get shot at, so take that for what it's worth.

 

[Deleted member 220895]

It's more like Friday now.

 

[Peteyandjia]

Most US cities are less dangerous than they used to be decades ago, but people still act like they are just as bad for the purposes of street cred & victim cred.

 

[Agent Mulder's Hair]

Serious question, I'm just wondering.

Is Compton, Crenshaw, Long Beach, South Central, etc. still the neighborhoods today like they was portrayed in Boyz n the Hood and Menace?

Was Long Beach ever that bad? I've never heard it mentioned with those other areas. I ask because I got offered a job there awhile back and considered moving there, but the pay ended up not being enough.

 

[lts5025]

Was Long Beach ever that bad? I've never heard it mentioned with those other areas. I ask because I got offered a job there awhile back and considered moving there, but the pay ended up not being enough.

Long Beach is pretty nice in parts. It's hard to be super ghetto when you have a university, a marina, an aquarium and a Formula 1 race there.

I'd live in Long Beach. Just wouldn't want my kids to go to Long Beach Poly.

 

[2008]

Serious question, I'm just wondering.

Is Compton, Crenshaw, Long Beach, South Central, etc. still the neighborhoods today like they was portrayed in Boyz n the Hood and Menace?

The gun violence, gangs, etc.?

Damn, Ice Cube, your getting soft!! Your an OG, man.

 

[Fatt Hughes]

took a drive a few months back and it's still just as shitty as ever. Didn't take long until I saw an incident, and caught it on my smart phone. Here it is.

Needless to say, I couldn't get the fk out soon enough.

 

[HelloJapan]

Lol.

 

[Bebop]

iduno. i'll rewatch the movies today. i'm gonna be in compton tomorrow. i'll keep you updated. if i don't come back, they killed me

 

[ITOT1]

Most US cities are less dangerous than they used to be decades ago, but people still act like they are just as bad for the purposes of street cred & victim cred.

Tru this!

I was just there a couple days ago walking the streets of Compton at 930pm on a thursday and not once did I feel like Im about to get into some shit. Rappers like the Game and YG are just dick riders of what those real hood gangsters were putting in work about 2 decades ago. Those two wouldnt have rooms to front like what they're doing now without getting G checked and put in place. The Game had recently made a documentary on A&E about Compton and when I saw that shit I was laughing and shaking my head the entire time.

And Ice Cube and his Westside Connection ranked out against Cypress Hill. Them ese's made Ice Cube start making those 'Are we there yet?' movies lolz.

 

[Dark One]

The first time I went to Long Beach, my heart broke when I realized Warren G was rapping about the suburbs

 

[powerBJJ]

i took this photo in Compton a couple years ago its more dangerous than ever

 

[Emporio Alnino]

still dangerous but not to the extent it was in decades past.