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The first time I actually visited my subculture would be when I became a teenager I guess. In 8th grade I started to tell the differences in some teens. There were some that were into school and sports and then there were those who were caught up in gangs and were troublemakers. At this time was when I was finally understanding what gangs really were and who claimed what. A lot of people even as young as 8th grader were caught up in these gangs because of where they live. It was just hard to believe that come people were involved in this type of stuff because as friends they were all really nice people. I felt sort of confused as to why people would get involved with the things that were going on. A lot of these people were good people, some of them used to be on sports teams and so on. I didn't really like how people outside of joliet looked down upon all of the teens and kids from Joliet because of the situation that some of the teens were involved in. If there was a Joliet teen with braids arrested for something now other people are looking down on all Joliet teens with braids and making assumptions. I am very much an insider because I have lived in Joliet since birth until now. I have been to school with both kinds of teens, the good and the bad. I have been friends with both kinds. I have been in situations where one kind affected another. The way I will be considered an outsider is for the simple fact that I havent been living there the last few months