“Kudos and respect, fellow Angeleno.”
Thank you for the respect...much appreciated.
Where did you hail from? I grew up in Gardena until I left for the streets in my 16th year and than moved around Hawthorne, Lawndale, Redondo Beach, and Torrance. Where were you? What schools did you go to? Are you old enough to remember cruising Hawthorne Blvd. all the way up to the Whitchstand (sp)? Best cruising Blvd. of all, although Whittier Blvd was kinda cool.
Think nothing of it. You and I probably had many of the same types of growing experiences in the big city gritty.
Where did you hail from? I grew up in Gardena...
My siblings and I were Army brats until late '66, when my parents divorced. Mom got the kids and the house in Compton. I was 13 at the time. I probably don't have to tell you that the next six or seven years of my life were 'interesting', to say the least.
Tell you what.....to this very day, I've got a degree of situational awareness that is far above normal. Spending my teen years in that environment gave me survival instincts like a jungle cat.
Are you old enough to remember cruising Hawthorne Blvd. all the way up to the Whitchstand (sp)?
I knew about cruising Hawthorne Blvd, but my neighborhood set cruised Central and Rosecrans on weekends. When I finally got my first set of wheels around '71, I'd lost interest in the lowrider cruising in the neighborhood. I spent a lot more weekend nights on the Sunset Strip, hanging out in the head shops and 'expanding' my mind.