BF,

Thanks. I asked because, say an east coast city like Newark or Baltimore. The West Coast and prison gangs infiltrated these cities and replaced/absorbed the crews and cliques that were already there. Extreme violence is expected in situations like that, where gangs are trying to establish themselves and make people afraid of them. A few years back I was afraid to visit places where I grew up that I walked freely during the crack era.

Chicago has 2 and third generation gang members under the same name/gang so it always puzzles me because I figure that the "borders" are established and have been for years.

Relatively speaking, LA gangs have violent flareups now and then and still have high homicide rates but I'm assuming that because lines/borders are drawn up and clear that there are less "turf related" acts.

I'm not judging Chi-town, just wondering what the factors are there as opposed to other places that leads to the violence.