What is the value of living in a violent place?

[Neuromancer]

I never understood this, my older bro used to revel in this. Didn't see how it helped us. Couldn't go to many parties cause someone we knew were getting smoked at them. Can someone explain the value of this? I grew up on the Crown Heights East Flatbush border btw.

 

[At30wecashout]

Don't know, won't bother to figure it out. I like my living spaces to be docile as fukk. Biggest worry is folks walking through your yard.

I been in that shyt...mama telling me a dozen places not to be at, and having to be home at an hour that isn't even sundown because some kid got stomped out at a

bus stop. If folks wanna rep that, and call themselves "down" cause of it, they can have it. I've been to upscale areas, and lemme tell you, fukk all that other mess.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

always some sh-t happening

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

@BrothaZay

 

[Kairi Irving]

Living in the hood is an unfortunate thing. People who love drama tend to be all in for the hood.

 

[Neuromancer]

I just thought of something. If prop values in.bad places are low. Can't black families buy houses at a better rate?

 

[FrankyFourFingers]

You go thru life lessons at a younger age that you will soon come to encounter later in life, and learn how to cope an manage. You go thru adversity and learn how to face it dead on instead of cowering from it. This is essential for life as an adult, you find out just how low you can get and what to do to bounce back.

Chances are you learn how to handle death, poverty, stress, drug addiction wether urself or those around you. This is like our preschool to all the tragedy that can be faced in life an we either learn to manage at a young age or fold, while others dont even have the chance to test the waters

It aint nothing to really be proud of on some goon shyt, but it can be very beneficial.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

You go thru life lessons at a younger age that you will soon come to encounter later in life, and learn how to cope an manage. You go thru adversity and learn how to face it dead on instead of cowering from it. This is essential for life as an adult, you find out just how low you can get and what to do to bounce back.

Chances are you learn how to handle death, poverty, stress, drug addiction wether urself or those around you. This is like our preschool to all the tragedy that can be faced in life an we either learn to manage at a young age or fold, while others dont even have the chance to test the waters

It aint nothing to really be proud of on some goon shyt, but it can be very beneficial.

 

[Turk]

I never understood this, my older bro used to revel in this. Didn't see how it helped us. Couldn't go to many parties cause someone we knew were getting smoked at them. Can someone explain the value of this? I grew up on the Crown Heights East Flatbush border btw.

Because Ii get to brag about how hard my hood is when I hop on sites like the coli

 

[King Poetic]

You go thru life lessons at a younger age that you will soon come to encounter later in life, and learn how to cope an manage. You go thru adversity and learn how to face it dead on instead of cowering from it. This is essential for life as an adult, you find out just how low you can get and what to do to bounce back.

Chances are you learn how to handle death, poverty, stress, drug addiction wether urself or those around you. This is like our preschool to all the tragedy that can be faced in life an we either learn to manage at a young age or fold, while others dont even have the chance to test the waters

It aint nothing to really be proud of on some goon shyt, but it can be very beneficial.

total truth.... i still live in the hood, but my street is nice and quiet, but it also keep your mind on track that i must work to survive to stay above poverty cause i can be like my neighbor who is living below poverty.......

there's nothing great about living here except the prices certain stores have and the black products they have...

the biggest thing you learn is the mind games the women play

 

[Neuromancer]

You go thru life lessons at a younger age that you will soon come to encounter later in life, and learn how to cope an manage. You go thru adversity and learn how to face it dead on instead of cowering from it. This is essential for life as an adult, you find out just how low you can get and what to do to bounce back.

Chances are you learn how to handle death, poverty, stress, drug addiction wether urself or those around you. This is like our preschool to all the tragedy that can be faced in life an we either learn to manage at a young age or fold, while others dont even have the chance to test the waters

It aint nothing to really be proud of on some goon shyt, but it can be very beneficial.

Would you also say that this can because for mental issues? We have a lot of black people dealing with them who grew up in these environments.

 

[Uchiha God]

I've always assumed people that revel in living in violent places have been conditioned and assume it as a defense mechanism on some "my life is/was shyt, and i been through shyt that would have folded you" type shyt. Like how old war veterans be on some "I've seen some shyt" shyt

Growing up in environments like that is traumatizing, it has a heavy mental toll, you get emotionally numb and desensitized to situations and dynamics other people would be horrified and shocked with, but at the end of the days people are still human so they find ways to cope and glorifying and portraying misfortunes as positives becomes one of those ways to cope. Those misfortunes are also character builders to be honest.

but you also have people that are just dumb and have a predisposition for drama and think that shyt cool

anyway these just my theories

 

[H@LLOW]

I never understood this, my older bro used to revel in this. Didn't see how it helped us. Couldn't go to many parties cause someone we knew were getting smoked at them. Can someone explain the value of this? I grew up on the Crown Heights East Flatbush border btw.

No value.

I grew up in Brownsville, Thomas boyland and New port. Went to south shore hight school, worse time in my life.

 

[mortuus est]

watching your back every 5 seconds isn't kool

 

[Neuromancer]

No value.

I grew up in Brownsville, Thomas boyland and New port. Went to south shore hight school, worse time in my life.

You not to far from where my grandma lived. South Shore was a hell hole.