Daly City ---------> San Francisco .

Throughout my whole life I’ve always moved from city to city within the Bay Area. I consider myself to have grown up in Daly City though because I spent my high school and middle school years there. Growing up in Daly City was very boring. In middle school the only thing to do was go hang out at the mall, and the only thing to do in high school was spend time at local parks or people’s houses. Growing up in Daly City I soon realized the cops are always around, hovering looking for people that are up to no good. Since Daly City wasn’t very interesting usually me and my friends would go to top of the hill and catch the bus to “the City” San Francisco, usually the mission. Although we would usually do the same things in the City as we did in Daly City it was just more interesting to be out there, especially the huge diversity of people, the people weren’t so boring and the cops didn’t mess with us as much. I believe my neighborhood didn’t shape me necessarily but the neighborhood I grew up in did. The environment I grew up in made me the person I am today, only eighteen years old and very mature. I’ve had the advantage of learning from other people’s mistakes and seeing just how cold people really could be. In general I feel that whatever doesn’t kill you can only make you stronger, and what I mean by that is no matter what type of background you came from (the suburbs or rougher part of town) it is your decision to let it get the best of you and affect your life.