August23 roaming

We are fortunate to live in an area where the kids can roam the streets. I’m sure throughout LA other kids get the same privelage , as long as their gang affiliated. Crime is almost unheard of in the South Bay bubble.Occasionally someone will get their bike knocked off or their car broken into , but generally it’s petty crime. Tex is 12 going on 16 . He and his mates will gather together in the afternoon into the night and sometimes you won’t see them until 10 pm .The other parents are aware of this , infact most of the Southbay and their schools are too. The nights are warm , you’ve got parks connected by interwoven path networks and the kids homes spread throughout .On dusk this place closes in , becoming  a labrynth that the kids no back to front. They’l venture to its borders to hit McDonald’s or 7 11 . They lie on the major highway , Sepulveda Way. Once you cross the other side of this road you’ve got another couple of miles of sanctuary before it spreads its fingers into the real world of La . The kids know to stay on the beachside of Sepulveda, They’ve all got mobile phones and as i’l explain in another blog down the track , they’ve got finance. In a weird way it reminds of the good old days in Tanti Park when you knew the kids could roam the streets in safety . We were protected because no one wanted to come in ,bar the cops Ofcourse .Tonight Tex had 3 mates stay over and it’s common place throughout this extraordinary long break that the kids will stay at each others place and then roam the streets into the night. It’s 815 in the morning and the boys are in the spa after getting 5 hours sleep in our lounge room . The following video is another hard hitter on Nicky . Nicky boy lives on the strand ,​one of the most  sought after pieces of real estate in all of LA.