Heavy Metal, Its History, Influences and Subgenres

[Nephew Twiddleton]

If that silly little bog had anybody with sense in it, Phil Fucking Lynott would be in charge.

If Phil Fucking Lynott had anybody with sense in it, it would still be alive. That said, if I was able to vote there, he'd get at least one.

If that silly little bog had anybody with sense in it, Phil Fucking Lynott would be in charge.

Thin Lizzy took their bus through the drive through at the Burger King in my home town years ago.

People still remember that. It's probably the coolest thing that ever happened there.

Mental note, easy act to follow in Seguin. Get hammered, destroy stuff. Also eat at Wendy's to make a statement about gods know what.

I said "my hometown", I'm not FROM Seguin. DO YOU SEE ELBOW FLAPS? DOES MY STOMACH HANG LIKE A GIANT OLD TIT? CAN I READ?

I would like it if you came here and destroyed stuff, though. 

I'll pretend like its Lawrence.

You're going to pay a little kid to steal your car and drive it into the river? 

...No.  I just think Lawrence needs to be destroyed.

[trippinprincezz13]

It wasnt completely terrible when I was growing up there, at least not South Lawrence. Though there were many occassions where we were walking by/over various drug dealers/prostitutes being arrested while going to our favorite chinese restaurant. And the few occassions when the owner would have screaming match with miscellaneous people coming in off the street. But yea it's pretty bad now.

Some safest places to live in/dangerousness site my boyfriend was looking at the other night actually ranked Lawrence worse than Lynn, which surprised me, but it could just be my vague familiarity with Lawrence. That and since I don't know what site he was looking at, who knows what the criteria were.

/threadjack

[Nephew Twiddleton]

It wasnt completely terrible when I was growing up there, at least not South Lawrence. Though there were many occassions where we were walking by/over various drug dealers/prostitutes being arrested while going to our favorite chinese restaurant. And the few occassions when the owner would have screaming match with miscellaneous people coming in off the street. But yea it's pretty bad now.

Some safest places to live in/dangerousness site my boyfriend was looking at the other night actually ranked Lawrence worse than Lynn, which surprised me, but it could just be my vague familiarity with Lawrence. That and since I don't know what site he was looking at, who knows what the criteria were.

/threadjack

Places change. Right now it's Lawrence's turn to be a wretched place.

Lawrence also had to basically shut down the Fire Department. Not sure if it's been reopened yet.

[East Coast Hustle]

Lynn isn't anywhere near the scumhole it used to be back in the "Lynn, Lynn, city of sin" days. Especially since they stopped running hounds at the Wonderland.

That said, if Lawrence is as bad as it gets around you it means you live in a pretty nice place.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Lynn isn't anywhere near the scumhole it used to be back in the "Lynn, Lynn, city of sin" days. Especially since they stopped running hounds at the Wonderland.

That said, if Lawrence is as bad as it gets around you it means you live in a pretty nice place.

We are talking about Lawrence, MA, correct?

[East Coast Hustle]

Yep. Not really all that shitty a shithole, in the grand scheme of things. And yes, I have been there fairly recently.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Yep. Not really all that shitty a shithole, in the grand scheme of things. And yes, I have been there fairly recently.

Ah. The grand scheme of things. Then, yes, that's a fair assessment.

[East Coast Hustle]

I think people get hung up on the "depressed former mill town" visual aesthetic. I'd sure as hell rather be walking alone around Lawrence at night than, say, Roxy or Dorchester. Or even most of Chelsea or Saugus.

And when you compare it to shitholes in other states, well, it doesn't even qualify. Mass is, in general, a fairly safe place with very little random violent crime.

[East Coast Hustle]

And that's not a "my shithole is worse than your shithole" thing. It's nice to live in a place where you don't have to worry much about getting randomly shot/mugged/beaten/etc. It's one of the reasons I chose Portland over Seattle when I decided to move back to the PNW.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I think people get hung up on the "depressed former mill town" visual aesthetic. I'd sure as hell rather be walking alone around Lawrence at night than, say, Roxy or Dorchester. Or even most of Chelsea or Saugus.

And when you compare it to shitholes in other states, well, it doesn't even qualify. Mass is, in general, a fairly safe place with very little random violent crime.

Actually, it's funny you;d say that. I feel fairly safe in Dorchester at night- safer than I certainly would in Lawrence. Maybe it was just the neighborhood my friend lived in though, but he wasn't particularly fond of the place either, and he was from Roxbury.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

It wasnt completely terrible when I was growing up there, at least not South Lawrence. Though there were many occassions where we were walking by/over various drug dealers/prostitutes being arrested while going to our favorite chinese restaurant. And the few occassions when the owner would have screaming match with miscellaneous people coming in off the street. But yea it's pretty bad now.

Some safest places to live in/dangerousness site my boyfriend was looking at the other night actually ranked Lawrence worse than Lynn, which surprised me, but it could just be my vague familiarity with Lawrence. That and since I don't know what site he was looking at, who knows what the criteria were.

/threadjack

Places change. Right now it's Lawrence's turn to be a wretched place.

Lawrence also had to basically shut down the Fire Department. Not sure if it's been reopened yet.

I lived in Lynn in the late 90's and you could walk down Union St. and see nary a hooker or dopehouse. Stuff still went on, like anyplace else, but it wasn't overt. Wonderland was still open, too. Whatever the brouhaha was over, they'd already put a stop to it. It was actually pretty high class compared to the shithole I'm in now. Totally agree that Mass, as a rule, is safe with very few exceptions.

What happened with the Lawrence fire dept.? 

[trippinprincezz13]

Places change. Right now it's Lawrence's turn to be a wretched place.

Lawrence also had to basically shut down the Fire Department. Not sure if it's been reopened yet.

I heard that the police department was undergoing something like that too - that various other local agencies were pretty much taking care of business. But I forget the source and I know there's also just been various raids going on right now. On the other hand, wouldn't be terribly surprising.

Lynn isn't anywhere near the scumhole it used to be back in the "Lynn, Lynn, city of sin" days. Especially since they stopped running hounds at the Wonderland.

That said, if Lawrence is as bad as it gets around you it means you live in a pretty nice place.

Ahh ok, it's been a while since I've been there and I usually have no reason to go.

And yea, I agree. It's bad, but I know comparatively it's not THAT bad. When I used to tell people I grew up there, some people would be all "OMG really? Lawrence?". But to be fair, some of those people come from towns where the worst crimes tend to be OUIs and maybe domestics & simple possession. While I myself am by no means "street tough", it does tickle me a bit to see people from places like Boxford thinking they are "gangster" and "hardcore" because they smoke pot and wear bagggy pants.

There are always areas you may be better off avoiding, mainly by common sense, but overall I feel fairly safe in the surrounding areas and know there are far worse cities out there.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

While I myself am by no means "street tough", it does tickle me a bit to see people from places like Boxford thinking they are "gangster" and "hardcore" because they smoke pot and wear bagggy pants.

While I am myself a little bit gangster, I am not sufficiently qualified to judge if such behavior is in fact gangster.  I shall have to defer to LMNO, who is gangster as fuck¹, or even dare I  say ECH², who is so gangster that I urinate helplessly in his presence, even when that presence is restricted to PD.com.  They are both far more qualified than I am³.




¹  He shot Biggie Smalls, just for spitting in the road.

²  He also shot Biggie Smalls, for no good reason.

³  I have not shot Biggie Smalls.  I have, however, sent him a withering glance on occasion.

[LMNO]

Being somewhat ganster, I must strenuously object to people from Boxford (or, perhaps, Duxbury) assuming the said mantle of "gangsta".

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Boxfords that town that always cancels school because of snow. Every time id see boxford pop up after billerica id get a little cranky.