I've lived in the area for 30 years and the kids don't act shady at all, what does that even mean? What do they do that seem shady to you? And they're not mostly black and natives in that area, tonnes of white kids also.
The kids that play at that court are mostly black and I pass that court every day. They have never struck me as being shady. Not even one bit. Regular teenagers playing basketball.
Come on man, you know exactly what acting shady means. Don't pretend like you don't know for the sake of your obtuse argument.
And honestly, it was the one poster that turned it into a racial thing. Plenty of white kids there too that probably act shady. He's speaking about the basketball courts there in general, not about a certain race in it.
I'm sure the majority of the kids there are really just there for basketball, but to say there's no shady dealings happening there at all is just being disingenuous.
Bobby Baun - he was great playing on that broken leg.
I thought that pool was named after Bobby Baun for the longest time as a kid. I thought it was strange they named the pool after him rather than the arena next door.
I have never understood how people get all indignant when you call a bad neighborhood, a bad neighborhood. If crime statistics, property values, run down buildings and the general attitude of it's residents suggest it's a crappy place to live relative to other options, then it's a crappy place to live relative to other options.
Forest Lawn isn't East LA, but I would certainly feel far more safe walking down the street at 2:00 AM in Woodbine or Tuscany than I would there. And that's why it costs twice as much to live in Woodbine or Tuscany.... or pretty much any other middle class neighborhood. And I think anyone who has spent time in Forest Lawn or surrounding neighborhoods would agree. If they don't, it's just community 'homerism'.
Just because you grew up in a bad neighborhood, doesn't make you a bad person, and doesn't mean you have to defend it to the end of the earth. Maybe acknowledging the issues, instead of turning a blind eye to them, will turn it around.
There was a time Inglewood and Bowness were considered hell holes, and now they are, for the better part, considered chic, desirable communities.
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I have never understood how people get all indignant when you call a bad neighborhood, a bad neighborhood. If crime statistics, property values, run down buildings and the general attitude of it's residents suggest it's a crappy place to live relative to other options, then it's a crappy place to live relative to other options.
Forest Lawn isn't East LA, but I would certainly feel far more safe walking down the street at 2:00 AM in Woodbine or Tuscany than I would there. And that's why it costs twice as much to live in Woodbine or Tuscany.... or pretty much any other middle class neighborhood. And I think anyone who has spent time in Forest Lawn or surrounding neighborhoods would agree. If they don't, it's just community 'homerism'.
Just because you grew up in a bad neighborhood, doesn't make you a bad person, and doesn't mean you have to defend it to the end of the earth. Maybe acknowledging the issues, instead of turning a blind eye to them, will turn it around.
There was a time Inglewood and Bowness were considered hell holes, and now they are, for the better part, considered chic, desirable communities.
I've always judged neighborhoods by this...
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what's the matter, too soft to put your quarter up at Marlborough Laser Illusions?
I don't remember ever being forced to go to Bobahan when Village Square and its death-dealing waves were a relatively short drive further. then again, I probably spent more time playing TMNT just outside the gate than I did in the pool.
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There's a Calgary housing building near Westbrook mall in the SW that has predominantly African clients and people think it's a bit shady there too. I have a friend with a store in the strip mall next to the basketball courts and he's always chasing kids out who come in asking for free stuff. It's kind of sad cause they have no functioning parents and are pretty hungry. But it begs the question, why do we house people by race? There have been a few recent shootings there as well.
There's a Calgary housing building near Westbrook mall in the SW that has predominantly African clients and people think it's a bit shady there too. I have a friend with a store in the strip mall next to the basketball courts and he's always chasing kids out who come in asking for free stuff. It's kind of sad cause they have no functioning parents and are pretty hungry. But it begs the question, why do we house people by race? There have been a few recent shootings there as well.
Yeah, that is a tough area. I came out of that Walmart once to find a couple African kids prying the emblem off the front of my car. They couldn't have been more than 10 years old. Nothing I could really do except suck it up and pay $200 for a new grill for my car. Whats the point of chasing them down and making their lives even harder than it likely is? And it has nothing to do with their race, it has to do with grouping a bunch of extremely impoverished people, in one place. It's very sad. Most of the parents living in there are probably working 2 jobs to make ends meet, so they aren't there to supervise them. All around sad situation.
It creates almost a gang like mentality among the kids, as their parents are struggling so hard, the only way to get nice things, is to steal them. I feel for the kids, as their options are very limited.
Also this is the same complex where this happened:
Forest Lawn Shooting Victim Identified
Our Homicide Unit continues to investigate a shooting in Forest Lawn that left multiple people injured, and one deceased.
At approximately 9 p.m., Saturday, June 3, 2017, two masked men approached an outdoor basketball court located in the 4800 block of 14 Avenue S.E., and fired shots before running away from the scene.
Three victims were driven to hospital where one later succumbed to his injuries. A fourth victim later attended hospital on Sunday, June 4, for treatment of injuries sustained during the incident.
Investigators believe this was a targeted shooting. The motive remains unknown at this time. There were approximately 20 people gathered in the area at the time of the shooting.
Officers have spoken with dozens of witnesses and continue to ask that anyone with information about this incident call police or Crime Stoppers.
The deceased victim of the shooting has been identified as Rinato Toy, 22, of Calgary.
She said things worsened two days later, when neighbouring kids threatened to kill her children. “They are so scared, they don’t want to go to school or even outside,” wrote France. “We just need to move.”
And that can lead to a problem, says Jen Deamer, who’s among a handful of residents who claim they’ve been “targeted” by swarms of children hurling rocks and insults.
“There’s 20 kids outside with no supervision. They’re up at 3 a.m. coming up to my house,” said Deamer, pointing at holes in her window and exterior siding that she claims were inflicted by an air gun in 2013.
She said it’s true that children in the complex who aren’t closely watched have damaged other people’s property. But she suggests that housing larger families within tight quarters may exacerbate the problem.
“It’s not my choice. If I had a big income I’d buy a house. Here every family is a big family.”
Councillor Evan Woolley, who sits on the CHC board, says the complex is among the few public-housing projects that can accommodate larger families, meaning it has a disproportionate amount of poorer residents with social needs.
Weeks after the woman filmed children throwing stones, one blasted through her own window. It landed near her son’s head.
“What needs to happen? Does someone have to get killed?” she said. “They don’t care.”
