# How tough was your neighbourhood? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781 "2021-10-02T16:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/21 "2021-10-03T16:30:28Z")
We didn’t play dodgeball, we played dodgerock. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/22 "2021-10-03T16:30:48Z")
…if you saw a cat with ears and tail intact, you knew it was a visitor. One day, I was walking down the street when a little kid in a third floor window threw a rotten egg at me, followed by a barrage of obscenities. When I ordered the little brat to get down here, he answered, “Are you kidding? I can’t walk yet!” ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/23 "2021-10-03T18:43:36Z")
On Hallowe’en they used to hand out little bottles of Tabasco sauce. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/24 "2021-10-04T00:31:41Z")
True one: My neighourhood was so tough that it was nicknamed Murder Mile 😁 My neighbourhood was so tough that Chuck Norris was the school weakling. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/25 "2021-10-04T01:38:59Z")
My neighbourhood was so tough, they didn’t shoot you. They inserted the bullets manually. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/26 "2021-10-04T15:30:10Z")
My neighborhood was so tough, the ice cream truck played Helter Skelter. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/27 "2021-10-04T15:46:31Z")
My neighborhood was so tough, the squirrels buried mutts. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/28 "2021-10-04T17:01:56Z")
My neighborhood was so tough, the acupuncturist used an ice pack. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/29 "2021-10-04T17:14:12Z")
I asked a child what he wanted to be when he grew up. He frowned and said without blinking, “the Boogeyman.” This one’s true: One of the bigger supermarkets in my area carries boxed boullion cubes protected by those antitheft tags that have to be removed at checkout. Anyone else seen that? ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/30 "2021-10-04T17:16:36Z")
I saw a man shot in the chest and killed 30’ from my front door when I was 7. Saw a guy getting blown in a vacant lot by a hooker similar timeframe. Late 70’s. Uptown Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/31 "2021-10-05T13:48:54Z")
My neighbourhood is so tough the birds sing Stevie Ray Vaughan. Some play the saxophone. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/32 "2021-10-05T17:08:50Z")
My neighborhood is so tough, the dogs and cats wear bandannas and do drive-by poopings. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/33 "2021-10-05T20:04:58Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > My neighborhood is so tough, the dogs and cats wear bandannas and do drive-by poopings. Great username, avatar and post combo! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/34 "2021-10-05T20:44:17Z")
Yeah, now we just need a pocket square. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/35 "2021-10-06T00:44:46Z")
Our schools were made of asbestos. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781/36 "2021-10-06T13:33:36Z")
“Tough? Real tough. At school if you didn’t bring a gun, you could borrow one from the teacher.” –Rodney Dangerfield [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tough-was-your-neighbourhood/951781.md?page=1)