Well it appears that there is now tension in my neighgorhood betwen us whites and the Mexicans. We are outnumbered 500 - 1 or so it seems. I live smack dab in the middle of 18. Just west of their "turf" is MS. The northern borders with Rockwood, and to the south we have beloved south los angeles AKA south central (black neighborhood) anyways, there was a killing right outside of my building last night. LAPD had the street completly blocked off, there were dogs, and swat carrying M16's and bix boxes of ammo around. There was even a mobile command center. Not to mention several helicopters up for what seemed like hours...... Presumably it was 18 who did the shooting. All Is VERY quiet around here right now. Everybody is staying indoors. LAPD is everywhere. what is c razy is that the white that got killed was didnt even bang. A regular shmoe, a citizen. MAn oh man, to be honest, this scares the hell out of me. I am trans and white. I can only assume a natural target, a stripe for an up and coming G.......I need to get the hell out of here, move........

If anything happens to me, noone will know. I have no family or significant other...... wow. How did I become so irrelevant and lame in the world, Ive always been that way I guess. My mom didnt want me, sister hated me, I am not sure about my dad, I like to think that he loved me, but well probably not....I am sorry Ive become depressed lately and have no one to talk to except this forum,,,lame huh?   

Yep, sadly the facts re the US economy ain't sweet....but its a problem for all the non energy making OECD's which is pretty much all of em... and with 60m yanks on food stamps and unemployment rocketing.... tensions are inevitable

And next for you comes further declines in property prices... which exposes banks so they stop credit flows....which keeps the cyclical decay coming....

I'm amazed at how few black american's there are in Phoenix.....but then again the ole South's affiliation with the KKK..... well best not to go there....

If I were going to live in the US, I'd venture north to the greener, off the beaten under-populated places maself...

Where you can grow your own healthy food.... and live off-grid....

Not anywhere around the red-necked, pierced-n-tatoo'd gun slinging and red-eyed stoned high brigade....

The book I'm currently reading The Witch of Hebron, though fiction gives clues to were some of us might be heading....

Quote from: Cruelladeville on September 23, 2010, 11:15:34 AM
If I were going to live in the US, I'd venture north to the greener, off the beaten under-populated places maself...

Yeah, but there are a lot of places in the good ol US of A that are not ready for me........ And, well, the tensions I speak of are gang related

Iris,

I would leave that area immediately.  At least for you own safety.  There are places where you would be a lot safer.

Quote from: iris1469 on September 23, 2010, 11:02:38 AM
and have no one to talk to except this forum,,,lame huh?   

No, it isn't lame at all.

But I have to agree with Janet, you need to get out of there.

These people clearly have a lot to hide and someone sticking out will simply attract attention and suspision.

There was a somewaht gawd-awful reality TV prog on here in AZ last nit...

Titled 'Dog' the bounty hunter.....just a few yards from my hotel here in fact is a Bail Bonds office next to a Guns & Ammo shop.... and the ubiquitous tattoo's-n-piercings parlour...

He operates in Hawaii.... not LA....

There are drugs fuelled bad parts of any metropolis now in any mid-scale urbanised towns upward throughout western MTV gansta-rap inspired cultures and nations...

But not so in the muslim focused Middle-east or China though....where they tend to behead, execute if they catch crims involved in this type of activity...

So roaming the streets of Qatar of an evening not frightening at all....lol

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So roaming the streets of Qatar of an evening not frightening at all....lol
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Roaming the streets of my town in north of England is quite safe now because all the drinkers who used to cause all the town centre trouble now stay home and drink cheap beer and practically everyone is addicted to the very long running soaps and guns have been outlawed so its basically OK where I am.  When I go to late union or such meetings I don't worry about walking home the full 2 miles.