Hell on earth.
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9/26/2020
I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years as an adult. I still go back now to visit friends on a regular basis. Oh Lancaster... what do I say? The schools I went to are now rated like a 1-2 which is indicative of my exact experience. There were riots and fights every. single. day. There were drugs and gangs and everything for as long as I remember, even in elementary school. The weather - well I love heat and I love warm nights but Lancaster gets WINDY! Their Tumbleweeds have souls and they chase you in the wind. It is typical desert weather, super high temps in the summer, cold in the winter. Oh the roaches.... both of my parents houses had those dark black big roaches that would roam the streets every night. We kept clean houses and fought them but we would find them upside down and dead everywhere. I still have nightmares about roaches because of Lancaster. In Lancaster, you don't look anyone in the eye. You learn to just not look at them because someone might cuss you out, or pull out a gun. Lancaster lacks class. It is like a giant Walmart. Some say, "well there are bad and good people everywhere", yes, indeed there is, but in Lancaster the bad overwhelmingly overtakes the good, and your chances of getting robbed or shot are much higher. Lancaster is CRAPPY to say the least. I learned that most people that live there don't think so because they're used to it and don't know any better, but if they move away (further than Valencia) for a few years and then come back they're like "I had no idea!!!" Since I moved away I have lived in Denver, Minneapolis, Orange County and San Diego and when I go back to Lancaster to visit I cringe for so many reasons. It's like a mixture of nostalgia and vomit. (Speaking of vomit, I went back a couple of months ago for one day and on our way to get boba there was a girl vomiting in the street at 10 am.). That type of stuff happens every day there.
Michele | San Diego, CA