A Trip to Compton

Compton is, quite simply, the most darling and adorable neighborhood east of the Mississippi. The residents -- the majority of which are African-American and go by the colloquial group title of "gangsta" -- are some of the most eclectic people of all time. Their duplicity is only rivaled by their enmity towards one another. To clarify: each endorses a clique of sorts, which adorns its members in bright and embellished clothing and jewelry to identify one another. Their dogmatic following of their own is a charming and oft emulated throughout the east coast, though to a lesser degree. All in all, when I think of traveling to this elusive Garden of Eden, my spirit is elated in a sea of ecstasy. Sadly, the full experience is elusive, and even when captured, ephemeral.

And that was my trip to Compton.