The City of Maywood

Gerardo S.

English p1

5/14/12

The City of Maywood

          The city of Maywood is a very awesome city, and I am proud to live in this neighborhood. It is kind of old, but it just makes it more original. What separates this city from others, is that it is very compacted. The houses are close by and everybody knows everyone. Mostly everyone gets along, and everyone minds their own business. Maywood is separated by the street “slauson”. The side that I live on is in my opinion, better. In the other side, it seems dull and boring. I have lived here as far back as I could remember.  The schools are very close by, and the race here is Mexican.  You will find a couple of blacks here and there, but they don’t really come outside.

           There are gangsters, but they mind their own business. If you don’t dawg them, they won’t even pay attention to you, unless you call attention to yourself. Around gangsters, you do not want to call attention to yourself.  the gangsters wear jerseys, white tees, long socks and shorts. They are also bald headed. Since sheriffs came in, many of them stopped coming out in the day. They are nocturnal, they come out at night. Many people that that there is lotsa shootings, but there is not. Many people have died by shootings here in Maywood, and others intensely hurt( paralyzed), but over a long period of time. When I was little, around elementary, is when the city was very crazy. Many gangsters are now locked up, so it is less dramatic. The reason there is not that much drama, is because in the side where I live, there is only one gang. In other cities, there is gangs that live couple blocks down from each other(Compton). 

          There is couple of things that the city need to fix. The concrete on most sidewalks are broken. Also, the park is very simple, and the concrete on the basketball court is very slippery. There is tagging, but not as much as before. There are many houses that are very old, that should be remodeled. Besides these downfalls, I believe the city of Maywood is a very fun, interesting city.

Ghetto City

Well, to start off, the city of Maywood is plain disgusting. The streets are ruined, the signs are all messed up, and the concrete is broken into pieces. I do not know how any human being could bare to live in these living conditions. The people who live here are all Mexicans. There is like 10 people living in every home. The violence is so scary. There is a shooting almost every day. The city is always coming out on the news. The cholos here are so mean. They will rob you if they see you alone. The walls have so much graffiti, that I can even smell the spray paint in the air. I can’t go down a block without seeing somebody sagging their pants. If I lived here, I think I would just die. The worst part is that the beach is so far. It’s almost like 30 minutes away. I need to go for a walk on the beach every day. That is very unbearable. The houses here are half destroyed, and it always smells like pig. I think this city is just plain icky.