"In Venice, the transformation is even more obvious. Homes are fetching sometimes more than $1 million, and homies are being displaced every day. The area is claimed by Venice 13 and the Shoreline Crips, which coexist peacefully under a truce. Another gang, the Venice White Boys, died off decades ago.
"'I know that the gangs are shrinking,' says a longtime Venice real-estate agent. 'The property values have gone up, and people from New York are moving into Venice because it’s affordable for them. I’ve been listing properties for between $580,000 and $600,000 average, where they used be worth $250,000 ten years ago.'"
In a 2003 Los Angeles CityBeat article, Dennis Romero depicts the decline of gangs on LA's westside.
No comments:
Post a Comment