San Francisco
posted by Paul at 3:51 PM
Pictures of "Ghetto America" I have found on the web that draws up deep feeling and/or emotion of urban life in America. I take no credit in actually taking these pictures. To me it is art. How far are you willing to go to get that shot? Where is the most dangerous place you have been with a camera? post your pictures.
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Hunters Point! what a great neighborhood, RTIGHT! This piece of land used to be used as a toxic waste dump by the U.S. Military. Now residents of this poor neighborhood are faced with health hazards. There has been an increase of people getting sick with asthma and cancer. This is a crime that the city has yet have had to answer for. . .
http://www.fas.org/man/company/shipyard/hunters_point.htm
I think these photos are actually of the Potrero Hill housing projects, where OJ Simpson grew up.
To be fair, most of the projects in SF have actually been remodeled and broken up, moving away from this institutional model to newer, smaller buildings that look like suburban apartment complexes, scattered throughout the city rather than concentrated just a few areas.
Unfortunately, while this sounds like a good idea, it hasn't made any difference in the level of violence. Gang activity is still heavy, and several people have been shot lately in the new, improved projects in the Western Addition.
looks like hunters point to me
its not hunters point and its not PH. Its Sunnydale aka, SD or The Swamps
the last pic is off top potrero hill but tha pictures above it is tha swamps im frum east oakland n i even know dat
No, this is the Sunnydale projects just south of McLaren park. You can see the street signs in one of the pics: Santos and Blythdale. It's the largest and worst housing project area in the city - completely isolated. Used to be barracks for WWII soldiers in the 40s. Sketchy.
this is tha swamps fo sho cus i could see my dam house in tha first picture
im from nyc and i love san fran
this shit is nice as fuck. its not ghetto
i just cant get over these pics they are so nice compared to the north and south
No this ain't hunters point every picture is sunnydale tha low and the last pic is potero hill tha 7s. N for ery1 who day it looks nice bitch go to der yo ass well get Def get jumped n robed if they don't kno yu or shot at. It mite look nice but it ain't go inside dem nasty ass apartments n ders gunna be roaches n bugs n rats. N toilets be floodn tha houses to so don't day it's nice jus cuzz it ain't big ass brick projects
you have pictures from two different projects up and they are all mixed in together sunnydale mostly and one ph
1st 2 photos ?? not sure where in sd but it is sd and the two other pics are blythdalyand it ain't the 7's either it's 26th st you can see the top of dakota and the buildings leads to connet...... wow
I think as a seven year old child we lived there for a second...wow
not bad at all. i move to america from sudan. this place is paradise compared to there
One of my first sexual experiences was a Japanese girl in the Sunnyvale projects. Apparently she was giving handjobs to make ends meet. I just got a free finger bang that night :) I'm a white guy and walking there at night was scary. Not as scared as the black lady opening her door and seeing me walk by to my friends house. I was also amazed by the number of cats out at night. Lots of overgrown areas including the sidewalk. Her place was literally CRAWLING with cockroaches and she apparently was oblivious to them. I actually had small outbreak of them at MY house a few days after seeing her. Anyhow The police drove by and I was scared they would stop me but now I'm shocked they didn't stop me. What the HELL is this white guy doing here. I don't dress Hip-Hopish. I did have a huge can of pepper spray in my pocket. Most nights are quiet though. It used to be worse, SF had the Geneva towers. They were torn down a few years ago.
It's the people not the houses that makes the ghetto. I am in the middle income bracket and my townhouse I own is similar to these ones. In matter of fact if these were up for sale and the area was low of crime and safe, I would buy and live there. Does need a new paint job with modern color. And why arent there any gardens?? You can grow fruits and vegetables with all that field. Even flowers and then sell them to florists, etc.
This is actually Sunnydale projects. You are right about the health hazzards though.
The last picture is of Potrero Hill Projects.
San Francisco is an awesome place. And Manaslu Trekking in Nepal is excellent.
Learn English lol
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