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This is a phenomenon that I've noticed over the years, that most people who glamorize " the hood " are people who don't live there. The people who live there just wanna get out of it.
Right now, there's only two places that are affordable to live: the hood and the middle of nowhere.
Your choice will depend on whether you like city life or not.
and every now and then, I wonder if the fence they put up was to keep crime out or to keep crime in
Ever heard the song "Common People" by the Pulp? It was written by someone that the singer had actually dated at one time.
I think a lot of it has to do with people epistemologically privileging suffering over not suffering - the "real world" is a world where nothing is fair and people struggle to survive, so the more harsh a person's life or environment, the more "real" and "authentic" it is. People like to pretend like they're rough and made out of sterner stuff than they actually are.
I've noticed this as well.
I knew a kid when I was younger who was the poster child for this, acting like he was from the hood and being a wannabe "gangsta", while actually being from a well off family in a nice area.
A lot of people say they wanna get out but it doesn’t work like that. Also in this economy, the hood is the only affordable place.