Originally Posted by
Mac4Lyfe
Chico, I've been in hoods all over the country. I grew up in the hood in Cleveland off Kinsman ave. I've been to E St Louie, Memphis, Baltimore, New Orleans before Katrina. I dated a girl that lived outside the hood in Gary. I use to drive through Compton in a drop top Mercedes SL500 all the time. Been to the slums in Detroit down the street from Motor City off the lake. I go to Frenchey's 5th ward and Thomas and Thomas BBQ probably every few months. I wouldn't even call it a ghetto anymore . The absolute worst for me was Cinci. That surprised me. That shit was like something out of Africa.
DC used to have some really bad areas too. Back in the mid/late 80's I was selected to host dignitaries that came to the US for the annual American Nuclear Society as a junior in college. I got paid a lot of money (like $20k for 10 days) to make sure certain speakers got to the conference. I'd have a limo ready for them at the airport, make sure their hotel was ready, their conference rooms, etc. It was an easy gig that only took a few hours a day. I decided to go to every 5 star restaurant in DC. There weren't many. Every day, I would travel all around the city. One day, I took the metro several times, buses, taxis, I was all over the place. I ended up at a 5 star Ethiopian restaurant. They had a rice sake that was fire. Well I had about 4 of them and when I left I was dizzy drunk. I get outside and I had no idea where I was. I ask a guy how do I get to the Omni Shoreham Woodley Park. He tells me to go to the right, then make a left, then make another left then I'm there. GTFOH. No way that huge hotel is that close after I've been all over the place. I was going to call a taxi but he insists the hotel is right down the street. I started walking and I was in the ghetto. I'm thinking this guy set me up. Well, I do what he says and the ghetto opened up to this massive beautiful hotel. I couldn't believe it. I was all over that city and ended up a few blocks from my hotel. They cleaned that place up years later and you can't even buy anything in that area because it is sky high.