simply put..... west coast roll call

[earworm]

just say hi.... or dont, but make yourself known.

[Tee Biko]

Yeah man....born in Los Angeles, and raised in Long Beach...and as much as California people suck balls, I probably wouldn't wanna live anywhere else.

[AMEER]

Hi im Ameer in L.A lol

[Soul Rebel]

Born and raised in the City of Lost Angels.

[Rosenda]

Earworm, that is funny about the term South Central / Central LA. I remember when I started hearing the term "South Central" being used a lot among white folks, at least on the Westside where I was through the late 80's. There was this big fire in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood close to the top near a lot of dry brush. For some reason, after all the news reporters started using that term (and frankly a lot of local rappers in their songs at about the same time), it became all of a sudden this negative connotation along with it.
When I grew up there that term was never used that I heard of. People had other neighborhood names, Sugar Hill (the now West Adams Historical district where all those beautiful old huge homes are, my folks said a lot of the entertainers and other wealthy black folks of the 30's and 40's, as well a lot of foreign diplomats of other countries, had most of hte homes then), Midtown, Downtown, Watts, Compton, Franklin Heights, Lincoln Heights, Jefferson Park, Childs Heights, Hancock Park.

Funny how most of those are still in use but weird how that whole South Central Phenomenon of Language started though.

You know what? It is my big dream to be bicoastal someday for real businesswise. Like to do something cool and wellpaying enough so that I could AFFORD to keep a tiny place in Nueva York: like to be doing business quarterly in New York, but still have my main home in Los Angeles.

I so would love that.

[Rhinos Have More Fun]

Although I'm not a native-born Angeleno, SoCal is definitely my home now. Long Beach is where I currently stay...we'll see how long that actually lasts, though.

I was under the impression that "South Los Angeles" was the new term for the same region that folks used to think of as South-Central LA. The funny thing is that in order for the South-Central term to be geographically accurate, I think that the area should probably refer to the region that is NORTH of Imperial Hwy, but SOUTH of the I-10 freeway; WEST of Alameda, but EAST of Crenshaw.

[Rosenda]

You're right, Temba. Geographically that should be it. But frankly, the media started saying South Central just to refer to any area out here that a lot of Black people live in.

You know where I stay at right? It wasn't South Central back when I was born here, but sometime during the 80s all of a sudden people started referring to it as SC.

Speaking of your street descriptions.....a friend of mine at work said anytime she or her siblings run into a super hardcore ghettotastic brother or sister who is being extra loud and obnoxious, they describe them as "very East of Broadway." ;)

[Ariana]

Hi i'm ariana

i live in Hawthorne, been here for a year

when i first moved to L.A
i lived in inglewood, was there for a good 3 years.

I'm orginally from the Inland Empire or the I.E

born and raised in Pomona.

[Vina Vendetta]

vina.
born & raised california girl.
redondo beach (south bay).
currently inland empire.

[Princess Jasmine]

Hi i'm Jasmine :)

currently in boring Riverside

[MER]

MER is here in FL

*looks at gif* Omg it's the elf (world of warcraft) dance XD

[steveJames]

Hey, Seattle in da house !!!

[mekia]

Hello all, born and raised in LA. It's a love hate relationship, can't beat the weather though. My friends and I are loving and migrating one by one to echo park/silver lake/los feliz area. And downtown is getting kind of exciting too.

Any one know any cool hang outs bars, clubs, etc. in any of these areas?