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<blockquote data-quote="Phillydog1958" data-source="post: 371876" data-attributes="member: 8704"><p><strong>Compton's Population</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>94,384</strong> population in 2000, according to the <a href="http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html" target="_blank">U.S. Census</a></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>10.26</strong> square miles</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><strong>9,199</strong> people per square mile, <a href="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/population/density/neighborhood/list/#compton" target="_blank"><strong>about average</strong></a> for <a href="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/region/southeast/" target="_blank"><strong>Southeast</strong> </a>and <a href="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/population/density/neighborhood/list/#compton" target="_blank"><strong>about average</strong></a> for the county</span></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Compton's Ethnicity</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><img src="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=350x120&cht=p&chl=Asian+1.4%25|Black+39.8%25|Latino+56.7%25|Other+1.2%25|White+0.8%25&chco=adc9d6|5c92ad|86aec2|d5e4eb|327799&chp=4.7&chd=e:Bns8..BWA6" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><p style="text-align: center">Ethnicity</p><p></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The percentages of <a href="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/ethnicity/black/neighborhood/list/" target="_blank"><strong>black</strong></a> and <a href="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/ethnicity/latino/neighborhood/list/" target="_blank"><strong>Latino</strong></a> people are high for the county.</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><a href="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/diversity/neighborhood/list/#compton" target="_blank"><strong>Moderately diverse</strong></a> for <a href="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/region/southeast/" target="_blank"><strong>Southeast</strong> </a>and <a href="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/diversity/neighborhood/list/#compton" target="_blank"><strong>moderately diverse</strong></a> for the county</span></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">With ALL due respect, when we throw specific geographies out there, we have to examine and breakdown who and what they are comprised of. Let's look at Compton . . . We could take it a step further and examine why and how those circumstances developed and most importantly -- resolution. Also, we know that such communities are disenfranchised and impoverished. Drugs are often a source of revenue generation and escape in our <u>ghettos</u> and <u>barrios</u>. With that in mind, let's not assume that ALL people who dwell in these communities are criminals. Criminals come in many forms. They come from the backwoods of many states in the USA, where meth is also a source of revenue and escape from their realities. Personally, I don't think that everyone who lives in the backwoods of Missouri (The crowned meth Capitol of the USA) is a meth maker. Stereotypical thinking can be dangerous. This is why I haven't touched a firearm since 1984, which is when I left the Army and entered civilian life.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phillydog1958, post: 371876, member: 8704"] [B]Compton's Population[/B] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia] [LIST] [*][B]94,384[/B] population in 2000, according to the [URL="http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html"]U.S. Census[/URL] [*][B]10.26[/B] square miles [*][B]9,199[/B] people per square mile, [URL="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/population/density/neighborhood/list/#compton"][B]about average[/B][/URL] for [URL="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/region/southeast/"][B]Southeast[/B] [/URL]and [URL="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/population/density/neighborhood/list/#compton"][B]about average[/B][/URL] for the county [/LIST] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B]Compton's Ethnicity[/B] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia][IMG]http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=350x120&cht=p&chl=Asian+1.4%25|Black+39.8%25|Latino+56.7%25|Other+1.2%25|White+0.8%25&chco=adc9d6|5c92ad|86aec2|d5e4eb|327799&chp=4.7&chd=e:Bns8..BWA6[/IMG][CENTER]Ethnicity[/CENTER] [LIST] [*]The percentages of [URL="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/ethnicity/black/neighborhood/list/"][B]black[/B][/URL] and [URL="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/ethnicity/latino/neighborhood/list/"][B]Latino[/B][/URL] people are high for the county. [*][URL="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/diversity/neighborhood/list/#compton"][B]Moderately diverse[/B][/URL] for [URL="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/region/southeast/"][B]Southeast[/B] [/URL]and [URL="http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/diversity/neighborhood/list/#compton"][B]moderately diverse[/B][/URL] for the county [/LIST] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]With ALL due respect, when we throw specific geographies out there, we have to examine and breakdown who and what they are comprised of. Let's look at Compton . . . We could take it a step further and examine why and how those circumstances developed and most importantly -- resolution. Also, we know that such communities are disenfranchised and impoverished. Drugs are often a source of revenue generation and escape in our [U]ghettos[/U] and [U]barrios[/U]. With that in mind, let's not assume that ALL people who dwell in these communities are criminals. Criminals come in many forms. They come from the backwoods of many states in the USA, where meth is also a source of revenue and escape from their realities. Personally, I don't think that everyone who lives in the backwoods of Missouri (The crowned meth Capitol of the USA) is a meth maker. Stereotypical thinking can be dangerous. This is why I haven't touched a firearm since 1984, which is when I left the Army and entered civilian life.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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