Post by applejuice on Apr 25, 2022 18:01:35 GMT -5
Langfield Street
After its establishment in the 1920s, Langfield Street was an upper class neighborhood resting on the outskirts of the downtown core. The area was filled with public parks, appealing to young families who were wealthy enough to consider living there. However in the 1960s, the city of East Brickton sought out to urbanize the neighborhood, installing low-priced apartment complexes which caused an influx of lower class families to move in. While the community of Langfield changed, the crime rates grew, causing some of the upper class families to move out to other newly built neighborhoods such as Lakeview or Riverside. Langfield Street was eventually included on the 2008 Brickton Times list of 10 most crime-infested neighborhoods in the city, which further alerted the public of the drastic demographic changes of this historic neighborhood.
1500 Peso Gang was a street group that claimed Langfield for several years over the late 2020s.
Credits: Btwitter archives
1500 Peso Gang was a street group that claimed Langfield for several years over the late 2020s.
Credits: Btwitter archives
According to a 2027 study, Langfield Street was predominantly made up of Black, Mexican, and Middle-Eastern residents, the minorities that made up the majority of downtown neighborhoods. This led to numerous ethnic gangs over the years, which made the area a warzone regarding wars between larger gangs. The Crip umbrella had a large influence over the African-American community, resulting in a bunch of street crews hailing Crip. At the time, Crip culture was very family-based, providing brotherhood that many neglected teens felt they needed. These Crip gangs quickly gained membership, but sadly died down in the 2010s when municipal police set their focus on the downtown area of East Brickton, cracking down on several street gangs.
While the larger scale organizations got taken down by the police, smaller street crews were able to slip through the cracks. One of these groups were the 106 Langfield Hustlers, a small group of teens claiming the Hustler Crip umbrella. This gang was less money oriented, but more focused on friendship and brotherhood. Violent towards outsiders, the gang regularly found themselves in scuffles with cliques from surrounding neighborhoods, which built a name for themselves among other street gangs. Because of their younger core, the 106 Hustlers were considered “immature” by other Langfield gangs. Feeling disrespected, the crew cut relations from nearby gangs, flagging the term “everybody killer”.
