@JJ
Paying to join the org, that's should tell them something is way off. Which area on the westside was they trying to re-establish themselves? The LKs is the reason why they lost their westside land in the first place. The leadership can't complain for allowing an increase of the black membership since they open to all policy.

@ Gets

That's the unique difference from Chicago when it comes to holding land. There's only some high turfs (BPS :Terror Town, Moe Town, GDs: 10-3, Lakeside, BDs: Fifth Ward, Black Gate City, MC: Fuller Park, LK: Crown Town,) but you have a lot of strips and spots that are small to mid size then it's mixed too. Unlike in a L.A were sets got blocks by blocks varying sizes, Chicago could have a section of a district's neighborhood have 3-4 different orgs. That's why the violence is localized to sections & blocks. The exception is large swath like HQs or equals that I name above. Those have been all under 1 control for decades.
By the way , Baltimore is a Southern city.