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 Feb 21 2007, 12:27 PM
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There's a road in my city, Alum Rock, that I find to be the strangest, most fascinating road there is here.
One end there's a high school that many consider to be definitely on the lower end of the district; sadly, it's highly looked down upon because of both poor building structures and really low test scores. Not to mention this high school has the highest pregnancy rate in the state. Now, go on the other end of Alum Rock, and you have the country club. I've been up there once, and it was freaking GORGEOUS. Like, I never knew scenery like that even existed in my city. Inside, there were elegantly decorated tables, and delicious food, and....oh goodness, it was just so pretty. But I remember driving from the "poor end" to the "rich end" and literally seeing this slow transformation from badly paved road to lush trees along the now one-way street. I had never been to that end of Alum Rock, and it was like culture shock. It made me so sad how on one end, there's all the luxuries in the world and at the other just....lower-class normalcy. |
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Feb 21 2007, 10:25 PM
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I was thinking Eminem..
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Feb 24 2007, 12:10 PM
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QUOTE(oX_Muh_Nirvana_Xo @ Feb 21 2007, 7:25 PM)  I was thinking Eminem.. Hahaha Me too.  I really can't relate to this. Basically everywhere here is like.. ghetto. I don't really recognize streets since I basically sleep most of the time I'm in the car. But, there is this one town though. The name isn't coming to me, but I guess that's not really important right now. So, anyways, I'd be passing by this town and it looks pretty damn.. ghetto. Then we go drive in more towards Pasadena, Arcadia, etc and there's just a huge difference. All the houses are nicer, all the streets seem quieter.. Kind of the opposite from where I live. I don't really see a chance in people since the only place I go to there is the mall, but the way everything looks.. You'd forget that 20 minutes away, there's some effed up town that has lots of gangs and all of that. I don't think my post made much sense. I'm just rambling. 
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kayceeisms 8 Mile Feb 21 2007, 12:27 PM
StanleyThePanda Oh gosh, yeah. I know what you mean. I know of a c... Feb 21 2007, 12:36 PM IVIike I know what you're talking about also theres a... Feb 21 2007, 01:52 PM Jeng Same goes here, I live in the south of the town, w... Feb 21 2007, 02:13 PM Señorita Semi-Automatic I love your threads, Kayce.
I work in Houston... Feb 21 2007, 02:26 PM I Shot JFK At least you can drive down the street, and there ... Feb 21 2007, 03:20 PM
kayceeisms QUOTE(Señorita Semi-Automatic @ Feb 21 2... Feb 23 2007, 09:20 AM Smoogrish Over here, it's not really roads.. it's a ... Feb 21 2007, 10:15 PM I Shot JFK Well... exclusivity is why we must lead the world ... Feb 24 2007, 07:25 AM WHIMSICAL 0NE We have a lot of roads like that. We have a lot of... Feb 24 2007, 12:00 PM |
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