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Option 2:

I've never spent more than 5 years in the same neighborhood, due to the fact of my family's ever changing financial status. We were never needy, needless to say there had to be a starting point for my parents but thanks to my them who never quit, even in the snowiest days or the coldest, the job was always done. My parent's originally come from Mexico, they both met here in Chicago while working at some factory. I am the first of the offspring they had, for about 8 years or so, I was considered a "only child". Now, I have a ten year old and a 7 month old brother.

I have seen my share of horrors on different neighborhoods, lets just say the homicidal maniacs running around killing people weren't in short supply. Gangs were a real problem on the places where I used to live until 4 years ago when we move where we are today. I can safely say that I have lived the ghetto life, but later dropped the act as I matured. So basically I lived this horror for about 11 years or so. But like everyone else, we got a chance for change and bloody hell we took it. We now live in a very quiet neighborhood, we may not have the best neighbors but.. beats the hell outta having gangsters running around your block.

As I grew up, my family's traditions drastically changed and I thank them for it. My family used to be the extremely conservative. That is until I started growing up and saw things from a logical perspective. My parents had disapproved at first because they didn't want to be seen as nontraditional around my aunts and uncles. But I rebelled and eventually got them on my side. My father was the one who carried on the actual process of change and our family slowly separated ourselves from "the crowd" which consisted of a bunch of ghetto cousins and drunken uncles and a bunch of hypocritical aunts. I thank my father and mother for this drastic change they went through to provide the best environment for their future offspring.

Johnny Morales