I know that I can't be the only person who has noticed what seems to be a "trend" of topic among black people our age. It seems like black people, mainly dudes, are always braggin about who comes from the roughest neighborhood or went to the roughest school, and they will diss somebody who may be from a nicer neighborhood. I see this a lot at FAMU and probably every other school I know about. For example, people from NY will be arguin about somethin and then one will be like "you don't know anyway, you are from the burbs, I live in the middle of the hood" and I hear it a lot from people from L.A. It's people from Carson, which is a nice suburb in my opinion, who will always compare their "hood" to other cities and talk about how hard the people in their hood are and all else.
How long has it been better to be raised in a bad neighborhood? Where I grew up is somethin between good and bad, it isn't Watts but damn sure ain't Beverly Hills. But if I was from a nice suburb, I would definitely not be ashamed of it, and if I was from a bad hood, i definitely wouldn't go around braggin about it like it makes me hard just because I was from a hard hood. Are people actin like this because thas the same thing the rappers do?
^^^you right. my friend from LA tried to brag about how hard Compton was to qualify his "hoodness". By the way he was the son of a pastor and talked proper :roll:
I'm from New York( upstate) and I'm from the burbs I'm not gonna lie, I've never been to Rucker park. i have never had anybody shot in front of me and crackheads don't walk up my street. Still I see so many people from my town try to front like their hard. I'm from New York this snd that we the roughest. I feel you. I feel better safe than in danger.
imitation is ****.... :roll:
but anywho, i guess people from the hood like to brag b/c they are the ones that are "doing something" with their lives... but it's their "rough ways" that put them out of college and right back in the hood....
I know that I can't be the only person who has noticed what seems to be a "trend" of topic among black people our age. It seems like black people, mainly dudes, are always braggin about who comes from the roughest neighborhood or went to the roughest school, and they will diss somebody who may be from a nicer neighborhood. I see this a lot at FAMU and probably every other school I know about. For example, people from NY will be arguin about somethin and then one will be like "you don't know anyway, you are from the burbs, I live in the middle of the hood" and I hear it a lot from people from L.A. It's people from Carson, which is a nice suburb in my opinion, who will always compare their "hood" to other cities and talk about how hard the people in their hood are and all else.
How long has it been better to be raised in a bad neighborhood? Where I grew up is somethin between good and bad, it isn't Watts but damn sure ain't Beverly Hills. But if I was from a nice suburb, I would definitely not be ashamed of it, and if I was from a bad hood, i definitely wouldn't go around braggin about it like it makes me hard just because I was from a hard hood. Are people actin like this because thas the same thing the rappers do?
For alot of these kids, the streets "made them"...so for someone to say you're hood is soft or wack and what not, that's an insult to them..
I've been there,done that...time to move on....
But you can't forget where you come from...So if you're from the hood and made it out alive,it's not necessarily something to BRAG about,but hey.... :arrow:
How long do you have to live somewhere to be able to REP it? Cuz its one thing to live in a burb and never live in the city you are tryna claim, but if you've lived in both, then are you allowed to REP the major city?
but anywho, i guess people from the hood like to brag b/c they are the ones that are "doing something" with their lives...
I definitely agree with that...Plus people think they are some G's cause they survived a rough neighborhood, and they have seen more negativity because of it... :roll: I dont think anyone should be ashamed that they grew up in the hood, especially if u doing well for yourself. But sometimes the vibe I get from people who lived in the hood is that they glorify that lifestyle and having to see a lot of those negativities, so they think they know more.
I will be the first to say that I live in a nice middle class neighborhood in my city, but my city also has a lot of ghetto areas in it... I think its funny to me when people say I live in the suburbs...which I defintiely dont...People always mistaken a nice area for " the suburbs. " Living in the suburbs and living in a nice area are two COMPLETELY different things. The surburban citiesd and towns have NO ghettos in them AT ALL. I dontknow about other states, but the suburbs of Connecticut is where VERY VERY wealthy white people live, with mansions, white picket fences, and $100,000 cars. Connecticut is known for their rich white people...but none of they **** live near me.
I will be the first to say that I live in a nice middle class neighborhood in my city, but my city also has a lot of ghetto areas in it... I think its funny to me when people say I live in the suburbs...which I defintiely dont...People always mistaken a nice area for " the suburbs. " Living in the suburbs and living in a nice area are two COMPLETELY different things.
