Doctor Detroit
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Born and raised in Compton (1 Viewer)
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Sheriff66
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Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Went today, thought it was very cool. Not run down at all, almost all Hispanic and I spoke to the lady who lives in the house. She played dumb with English until I busted out some limited Spanish to explain why I was there. She has lived there for 20 years and the neighborhood is a little better now than when she moved in. The school my Grandfather attended is no longer there, apparently it was knocked down many years ago according to an old guy I spoke to in the neighborhood.
Walnut Park and Lynwood are mostly Hispanic also. I tried to find some ghetto in Inglewood when I went to see my cousin, but Morningside was pretty decent as well. Had lunch at Fat Burger, took a lot of pictures and was moderately surprised by the shape of things I guess.
Walnut Park and Lynwood are mostly Hispanic also. I tried to find some ghetto in Inglewood when I went to see my cousin, but Morningside was pretty decent as well. Had lunch at Fat Burger, took a lot of pictures and was moderately surprised by the shape of things I guess.
Doctor Detroit
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Yeah I'm quite sure I have 2nd and 3rd cousins and even more distant family there. I said "lampin" because apparently one owns a lighting fixture store there in Alameda.They probably are still in the A. A lot of people can't make it off the island, kind of Lost-esque. They're called Alameda for Life-rs. I am one of the few to make it out. Nothing wrong with Alameda, it's a great little city, but those that stay are sometimes considered a little unbalanced.Just my peeps. Word on the street is that they are lampin up in Alameda.I was born in Oakland, and grew up in Alameda. Who do you know?I'm going to Los Angeles tomorrow for work and besides taking in a Dodger game, I'm going to see where my Grandfather spent his formative years. He split time between Oakland and Compton growing up and my Great Grandmother lived there until she died in the mid 60s.
I've researched some stuff and found out where my Grandfather went to junior high school, where he worked his first job and where he lived when he was a toddler and then where he lived once he was older (all entered into GPS). Also going to Walnut Park just north of Compton which is the place he first lived on his own and from where he joined the Navy in WWII. On the way I'll pass through Lynwood (between Compton and Walnut Park) which just happens to be where my current boss grew up, small world I suppose.
So have other people gone and done this kind of trip to find out where their family came up? My Mom's family is all from Michigan so I have visited all her family's old haunts going back from the time they came to America in the 1920s, but this is the first time I will visit my Grandfather Detroit's stomping grounds. Next year my Dad, my uncle and me are going to the Bay area to see all their old cousins and distant relatives and where they spent their early years in East Oakland and Alameda.
Anyway I'm pretty exited...to go to Compton that is. My family knows ghetto and urban decay.
Sounds like Tommy doesn't like you.
Harry Manback
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Ya know what I think of Tommy?
you're doing it wrong
