[Landon_McFly]

Gangs aren't as near as intricate as you think.

The problem is that the average gang member isn't near as loyal to his gang as the average mafia member was back in the day.

Larry Hoover though... well that's a different story.

Look up larry chambers.

Half of the people I grew up with are in a gang. They are nothing like in movies or on TV. Nobody was "jumped in". Not saying it doesn't happen, but it's just cliche.

Most gang members are either family or lifelong friends. I'm a middle class college student, but I've hung around them so long that I guarantee there's some people that think I'm in the gang.

I think it's kinda stupid.

I'm not sure, but I've always been under the impression that LA, and Chicago had the most gang activity. I also assumed that the whole point of a gang was about organized crime, but if that's the case it doesn't make sense because most hustlers that made the most money in the 80's were street entrpreneurs who weren't directly affilliated with any gangs.

So basically a gang is a pyramid scheme where everyone goes to prison. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]