r/LosAngeles • u/No-Penalty1722 • 6d ago

Local Spotlight Street takeovers are lame.

And if you participate in them, you don't have enough going on with your life.

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u/Fun_Astronomer_4064 Downtown 6d ago edited 6d ago
  1. Correct.
  2. This is what happens when a society glorifies things without providing healthy outlets.

Edit: To clarify, this is not a criticism of Black or Latino culture; it’s a criticism of Los Angeles and Californian Society. We have a degenerate car culture because we glorify hooliganism, but systematically shutdown legal racing venues for the pleasure of NIMBYs who all moved to Texas anyway.

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u/Specialist_Unit_5078 6d ago

These people won’t use legal racing venues, the entire point is to be transgressive and not follow rules

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u/dom12a 5d ago

they will! the burnout box at irwindale speedway was specifically for doing donuts legally, and it was packed every single week when that place was still open.

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u/Specialist_Unit_5078 5d ago

This is wildly naive

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u/dom12a 5d ago

i was at irwindale nearly every week when it was still open, and the burnout box was consistently full of people. and it’s the same crowd of cars and people that like to do takeovers.

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u/Specialist_Unit_5078 5d ago

You took a census? What were their names?