The life I had in Fresno, California seemed perfectly fine. I grew up as the only child and fatherless, With a single mother struggling for ends meet moving house to house living with family members and friends not knowing if we had a place to stay the next night.
At the age of eight we were evicted from our apartment, for caring for my older cousin Brittney, next we moved in with my aunt. 3 1/2 months later we found our own place and finally were financially situated. At the age of nine my mom finally met someone she felt compatible with - he lived with us for a couple years then we all decided to move to a bigger place. Everywhere we lived there was always crime – watching someone get shot and murdered in front of our place, Just seemed …show more content…
You couldn't walk the streets without looking over your shoulder wondering is someone is coming behind you trying to mess with you or start trouble. Growing up around guns, and drug trafficking, but that's almost how everyone's life was. Hustling was all we knew – we grew up hungry, we grew up understanding how the streets really were. People like to joke around about how hood life is but when you actually live it, it's no joke. Waking up everyday in one the most craziest cities in California. Your chances of being a victim in a crime are 1 and 17 with a population of 506,011 people, haha man those odds don't seem to well. 40 homicides in just 2013.
I can't complain too much though, living in Fresno Ca was very amusing for me. I had lots of friends and lots of wonderful opportunities. I learned a lot from Fresno, I gained communication skills from having to constantly talk to people. I did a lot of good things in my life there. I accomplished a lot of fantastic things there. For damn sure tho I can guarantee that there is more things that I regret doing but there are also things I should have done but if I never did it I would never be the person I am to this
At the age of eight we were evicted from our apartment, for caring for my older cousin Brittney, next we moved in with my aunt. 3 1/2 months later we found our own place and finally were financially situated. At the age of nine my mom finally met someone she felt compatible with - he lived with us for a couple years then we all decided to move to a bigger place. Everywhere we lived there was always crime – watching someone get shot and murdered in front of our place, Just seemed …show more content…
You couldn't walk the streets without looking over your shoulder wondering is someone is coming behind you trying to mess with you or start trouble. Growing up around guns, and drug trafficking, but that's almost how everyone's life was. Hustling was all we knew – we grew up hungry, we grew up understanding how the streets really were. People like to joke around about how hood life is but when you actually live it, it's no joke. Waking up everyday in one the most craziest cities in California. Your chances of being a victim in a crime are 1 and 17 with a population of 506,011 people, haha man those odds don't seem to well. 40 homicides in just 2013.
I can't complain too much though, living in Fresno Ca was very amusing for me. I had lots of friends and lots of wonderful opportunities. I learned a lot from Fresno, I gained communication skills from having to constantly talk to people. I did a lot of good things in my life there. I accomplished a lot of fantastic things there. For damn sure tho I can guarantee that there is more things that I regret doing but there are also things I should have done but if I never did it I would never be the person I am to this