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Whittier Boulevard
My neighborhood in East Los Angeles is known to many people as "the ghetto." It has quite the reputation of being a dangerous, gang filled neighborhood that nobody would dare live in. It's not that bad. I've lived here my entire life! I actually live in the house that my mother grew up in. This street, Whittier Boulevard, is two blocks away from my home. It is always busy. I remember my mom telling me that the street was the place, (back in the day) to hop into your new car and cruise up and down on a hot, summer day. Some people still do that, just not in cool, classic cars like "back in the day." About four more blocks down is an old building that used to house the Golden Gate Theatre. This city used to have a lot of artistic buildings and architecture, but you wouldn't know or see that today. That one building is the only remnant of what this city used to be. In the 1920's and 30's this city was not nearly as populated or busy. It was a quiet town kind of like "Pleasantville." (That's according to my grandmother.) There used to be beautiful trees, hills, and traffic was nonexistent! Today, that's all you see here! Cars on top of cars, car dealerships, and pharmacies! East Los Angeles is not a pretty town. It is full of graffiti, strip malls, and endless traffic.
Whittier Boulevard
My neighborhood in East Los Angeles is known to many people as "the ghetto." It has quite the reputation of being a dangerous, gang filled neighborhood that nobody would dare live in. It's not that bad. I've lived here my entire life! I actually live in the house that my mother grew up in. This street, Whittier Boulevard, is two blocks away from my home. It is always busy. I remember my mom telling me that the street was the place, (back in the day) to hop into your new car and cruise up and down on a hot, summer day. Some people still do that, just not in cool, classic cars like "back in the day." About four more blocks down is an old building that used to house the Golden Gate Theatre. This city used to have a lot of artistic buildings and architecture, but you wouldn't know or see that today. That one building is the only remnant of what this city used to be. In the 1920's and 30's this city was not nearly as populated or busy. It was a quiet town kind of like "Pleasantville." (That's according to my grandmother.) There used to be beautiful trees, hills, and traffic was nonexistent! Today, that's all you see here! Cars on top of cars, car dealerships, and pharmacies! East Los Angeles is not a pretty town. It is full of graffiti, strip malls, and endless traffic.