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To: Oblomov who wrote (39378)	8/27/2005 7:35:59 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 306849

I don't know about Indianapolis, but one area's "crime ridden neighborhood" may be a person from somewhere else's cakewalk. I lived in a barrio in S. Cal. that gentrified over time as most of the not rich white folk were priced out of the "nicer" areas. Oceanside itself had a bad rep, being right next to a giant Marine base and attracting hookers a Marine could afford that slept in the weeds down by the river San Luis Rey. When I first moved in, it had a pretty bad hispanic gang that ruled the neighborhood. Gunshots were frequent. Then Oceanside introduced a really harsh anti-gang ordinance and the gang seemed to vanish. As the whole town gentrified, they ran the hookers off too, or at least off the 101. I live in a "bad" neighborhood here in Salt Lake City, but the difference is night and day! Instead of slashing the sidewalls of multiple tires as the S. Cal. gang would have done, knowing they can't be repaired and I only have one spare, the local SLC gangs politely let the air out of ONE tire via the valve, so all you have to do is pump it back up! Instead of "tagging" your car with spray paint, they drape it with recording tape from an old cassette. I want to give the little bastards a hug!