I hear ya bro..
I'm just moved from So Cali. (Whittier to be exact, yea lot o vatos) and never had a problem..
but I did get nervous sometimes when a car load of bald heads and tatty's drove up next to ya...
and I did get flashed some signs when we drove down an alley near our house once..
but that's Cali for ya!
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Hey brother... I know Whittier fairly well, my cousins lived off of Washington and Sorenson Ave. Don't remember any gangs in that area back then (early to mid 80's). I actually looked forward to going to their house because I lived in South-Central L.A. most of my life and went to Whittier to get away from the "vato locos".
Growing up in South-Central was no pic-nic. At the time, my follicle garden was full, curly and long, but it never distracted the "cholo's" from f#@king with me. Around 1995, I tried straightening my Sheerly Temple curls for a photo shoot (long story) and proceeded to burn the sh*t out of it. My hair was never the same. I sported the Caesar (comb forward look) for years, but after I started to develop (what I call my hairless yarmulke look) and the thinning got worse, I decided to start buzzing it down from a #1 clip, to clip-less, to high and low setting (blade only) and now the straight bald blade.
One day this week I will drive over to Headblade headquarters (I work less than a mile from there.... how cool is that??) and purchase a few things. By Friday I hope to be a TRUE sly dome.
Yeah that Weevil dude sure has a nice dome!! Thanks for reading and have a great Monday!!
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Hey my So Cal bald bro..
Ha...I lived on Washington AVE (not street)...you know where the infamous "Jack's" diner (not "Jack's salad bowl") was on Whittier blvd...
our house(s) we're 1/2 a street away!!!
Yea...bro, just west of Greenleaf was full of cholos...but Whittier is a cool place because somehow there is a harmony of all folks living there...maybe because both existed there for a very long time...
my wife grew up in south central...just off the 5/ 710 interchange...
we know that area...Maywood (didn't like hanging out on the street too much with my other bald hispanic bro drinkin' brews for more than a couple hours...cuz you never know who would "drive-by"!
Bro...wait till you're slick..you'll truly feel "pelon"!!!!