10. All of the welcome mats have been replaced
with rusty chain linked fences and "Beware of dog"
signs.
9.
Tennis shoes are hanging off the phone lines.
8.
The local liquor store is located next to the local gun
store.
7.
The featured news story was that the area fire engine
was carjacked.
6.
The guys who wash your windows make them dirtier.
5.
The main topics of conversation with your neighbors are
who got shot lately.
4.
From any direction you look, a Church's chicken can be
seen.
3.
There is a fast cash/laundromat.
2.
Even all police ignore local traffic laws.
And
the topmost sign you are in a bad neighborhood.:
1. At all hours of the day you have to
purchase your gas through bullet proof glass.