Well, Bye, Kansas City...

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballBillay

KC people have this attitude that this place isnt a small town and its some crown jewel

It's a great place to live.... a lot of big city amenities without a lot of the big city hassles. There's also a healthy midwestern inferiority complex, of course.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

It's a great place to live.... a lot of big city amenities without a lot of the big city hassles. There's also a healthy midwestern inferiority complex, of course.

I like living here much more than the suburbs but the politicians and citizens have their priorities ****ed up. For example it's a small city with crime like Chicago.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballBillay

I like living here much more than the suburbs but the politicians and citizens have their priorities ****ed up. For example it's a small city with crime like Chicago.

How many times have you been stabbed with a knife, shot or robbed?

How many people have been arrested in your buildings?

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

How many times have you been stabbed with a knife, shot or robbed?

How many people have been arrested in your buildings?

Thankfully zero. My old neighbor was a pimp who sold drugs but never arrested. I've heard a few shootings are the bar 1 block from me and a few while in Westport. I live in the nice part of KC.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballBillay

Thankfully zero. My old neighbor was a pimp who sold drugs but never arrested. I've heard a few shootings are the bar 1 block from me and a few while in Westport. I live in the nice part of KC.

My first year in Los Angeles, I had a toothless crack whore manager. I'd wake up with roaches crawling on my blankets, sheets and body. My car was broken into several times and stereo stolen.

There were gunshots and helicopters flying over my building every night and drug deals happening just outside Pla-Boy liquors on Yucca and Wilcox with the nearest bar being Hell's Gate, a BDSM club. Nothing but a 7/11 within walking distance, if I could get past the homeless.

Good times.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

My first year in Los Angeles, I had a toothless crack whore manager. I'd wake up with roaches crawling on my blankets, sheets and body. My car was broken into several times and stereo stolen.

There were gunshots and helicopters flying over my building every night and drug deals happening just outside Pla-Boy liquors on Yucca and Wilcox with the nearest bar being Hell's Gate, a BDSM club. Nothing but a 7/11 within walking distance, if I could get past the homeless.

Good times.

. If it were THAT bad I'd get the **** out. I mind my business though and have a nice security system and the neighbors look out for each other. What you described sounds like Indepdence Avenue NOW that is a ****ing shithole!

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballBillay

. If it were THAT bad I'd get the **** out. I mind my business though and have a nice security system and the neighbors look out for each other. What you described sounds like Indepdence Avenue NOW that is a ****ing shithole!

What's crazy is that I wouldn't take it back for a second. It taught me to tough it out and make it happen.

What's really crazy is that there are 17 new hotels and more than 17 million square feet of apartments, condos and office space going in one mile from my house before 2022, in the same space that used to be occupied by garbage.

I'll be able to see several of the 35+ story buildings from my home. While happy for the massive transformation, I'll also look upon the dirty days fondly.

[underEJ]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

My first year in Los Angeles, I had a toothless crack whore manager. I'd wake up with roaches crawling on my blankets, sheets and body. My car was broken into several times and stereo stolen.

There were gunshots and helicopters flying over my building every night and drug deals happening just outside Pla-Boy liquors on Yucca and Wilcox with the nearest bar being Hell's Gate, a BDSM club. Nothing but a 7/11 within walking distance, if I could get past the homeless.

Good times.

Ha ha! I spent a year on Cherokee just north of Yucca leading up to the riots. That all sounds very similar to my experience a couple blocks over from wilcox. I once traded a shower to a homeless panhandler kid for bus fare to a job interview. I didn't care at all where I lived. I needed a home only to sleep and clean up, and three people in a 1 bedroom worked just fine most of the time. There was just so much to do following the dreams, right? Not to mention so much to do for fun. I lived well then even if there were roaches and sketchy managers!

We contributed to the unique Hollywood vibe at the time by hosting ouija board sessions for tourists because the Black Dahlia had lived in the building. They'd each pay us ten bucks and we'd all sit around the hallway on the fourth floor pretending to talk to ghosts. it was fun.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by underEJ

Ha ha! I spent a year on Cherokee just north of Yucca leading up to the riots. That all sounds very similar to my experience a couple blocks over from wilcox. I once traded a shower to a homeless panhandler kid for bus fare to a job interview. I didn't care at all where I lived. I needed a home only to sleep and clean up, and three people in a 1 bedroom worked just fine most of the time. There was just so much to do following the dreams, right? Not to mention so much to do for fun. I lived well then even if there were roaches and sketchy managers!

We contributed to the unique Hollywood vibe at the time by hosting ouija board sessions for tourists because the Black Dahlia had lived in the building. They'd each pay us ten bucks and we'd all sit around the hallway on the fourth floor pretending to talk to ghosts. it was fun.

While I couldn't do now, at this age and with the wife and kids, in retrospect, it was a great experience and it sounds like you made the best of it as well.

Everyone has to pay their dues and all that...