Compton
I read somewhere…oh yeah on myspace that you know it’s true love when “it’s complicated”. Compton IS a complicated city. I’m sure you’ve heard of it? Various stories, news reports flashed on television, interwoven with the lyrics of gansta rappers like EZ-E, Dr. Dre and The Game. Surely you’ve bobbed your head to their beats? The tales these rappers and news reports tell are not make-believe stories but they make folks believe what’s only half true and the other half folks fabricate on their own cause folks just don’t know no betta'. COMPTON! Did your mind conjure up something all tingly and California-sun warm? There are tales that people tell tales I have to hear whether I’m checking in at a small inn in Santa Fe, New Mexico or taking a tour through the Polynesian Cultural Center in Oahu, Hawaii. I hear the tales of my city. “Is it as bad as they say,” asks the Miami transplant now residing in a slower paced Santa Fe and working in Guest Services at the small inn.