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Frazod · 03-31-2023, 09:48 PM

The worst neighborhood I ever lived in was Albany Park in Chicago, about 30 years ago. I lived in a nice apartment and I had good roommates, but the neighborhood was shit show. Latin Kings territory. Some of the highlights included:

Running gun battle down the alley behind the building one night. Three distinct guns being fired - one was probably a .22, one was a 9mm, and the other was a .45. So it sounded like pop pop pop boom boom boom BABOOM BABOOM BABOOM. One of the combatants got hit and started screaming shit in Spanish. They moved down the alley and eventually we couldn't hear it anymore.

I forgot to securely close the back door after taking out the trash, and later I heard some asshole rummaging around in the kitchen at the back of the apartment. I charged down the hall, grabbed my roommate's gun and headed toward the kitchen. The guy ran either when he heard me running or racking the slide on the pistol. Never did see him. Almost certainly one of my scumbag neighbors. I wasn't exactly chummy with them.

Got mugged one night coming home from a nearby bar by three gangbangers, one of whom I knew. Of course I was staggering drunk, white and alone; I might as well have been wearing a neon sign that said MUG ME. Got really lucky that night - even drunk and outnumbered I fought back, and a cop happened by and stopped them before they did any real damage. I figure an extended stay at the hospital would have been the best outcome had he not been there.

Knocked the shit out of another gangbanger after the prick took my smokes and lighter in a bar. He went home to get his gun and was apparently planning to kill me, but the bouncer was also in the gang and a friend of mine and stopped him.

But the best one was when some guy got his brains blown out at 6:00 on a Tuesday night, right across the street. I worked ten minutes late and got home at 6:10. They took the body away but never cleaned up the aftermath. For days there was blood and brains in the grass. Eventually snow covered it. After that, I decided it was time to move.

And of course, this was on the north side of the city, and would be a picnic compared to shit that happens on the west and south sides. I didn't hear gunshots daily but at least weekly.

**** Chicago. Zach should move there.

03-31-2023, 09:48 PM	#136
Frazod Did you hear what I said? Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-696615	The worst neighborhood I ever lived in was Albany Park in Chicago, about 30 years ago. I lived in a nice apartment and I had good roommates, but the neighborhood was shit show. Latin Kings territory. Some of the highlights included: Running gun battle down the alley behind the building one night. Three distinct guns being fired - one was probably a .22, one was a 9mm, and the other was a .45. So it sounded like pop pop pop boom boom boom BABOOM BABOOM BABOOM. One of the combatants got hit and started screaming shit in Spanish. They moved down the alley and eventually we couldn't hear it anymore. I forgot to securely close the back door after taking out the trash, and later I heard some asshole rummaging around in the kitchen at the back of the apartment. I charged down the hall, grabbed my roommate's gun and headed toward the kitchen. The guy ran either when he heard me running or racking the slide on the pistol. Never did see him. Almost certainly one of my scumbag neighbors. I wasn't exactly chummy with them. Got mugged one night coming home from a nearby bar by three gangbangers, one of whom I knew. Of course I was staggering drunk, white and alone; I might as well have been wearing a neon sign that said MUG ME. Got really lucky that night - even drunk and outnumbered I fought back, and a cop happened by and stopped them before they did any real damage. I figure an extended stay at the hospital would have been the best outcome had he not been there. Knocked the shit out of another gangbanger after the prick took my smokes and lighter in a bar. He went home to get his gun and was apparently planning to kill me, but the bouncer was also in the gang and a friend of mine and stopped him. But the best one was when some guy got his brains blown out at 6:00 on a Tuesday night, right across the street. I worked ten minutes late and got home at 6:10. They took the body away but never cleaned up the aftermath. For days there was blood and brains in the grass. Eventually snow covered it. After that, I decided it was time to move. And of course, this was on the north side of the city, and would be a picnic compared to shit that happens on the west and south sides. I didn't hear gunshots daily but at least weekly. **** Chicago. Zach should move there.
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