生活在危险的地方生存的英语作文

生活在危险的地方生存的英语作文
Living in a Dangerous Neighborhood
My name is Joey and I'm 10 years old. I live in a pretty rough part of town with my mom, dad and little sister Emma. Our neighborhood can be kind of scary sometimes, but my parents do their best to keep me and Emma safe.
There's a lot of crime that happens around here. Almost every night we hear police sirens going off and sometimes gunshots too. A couple months ago, our next door neighbor's house got broken into while they were out at work. The burglars took their TV, laptop, and all their jewelry. My dad had to install extra locks on our doors and windows after that.
Gang violence is really bad in this area too. There are a few different gangs that kind of control different blocks around here. They're always getting into fights with each other over drugs and territory. Sometimes they'll shoot at each other right out in the open on the street. Whenever my mom hears gunfire, she makes me and Emma get down on the floor until it stops.
A couple of kids I know from school have even gotten recruited into the gangs. Jamal who lives down the street, he's only 13 but he's already a member of the Crips. I'm not allowed
to hang out with him anymore because my parents are worried he'll try to get me involved too. It's really sad because Jamal used to be my friend before he joined the gang.
The homeless problem is also huge here. There are homeless people sleeping on the sidewalks, in parks, under bridges, everywhere. Some of them have mental health issues so they'll yell and act kind of crazy. My mom pulls me and Emma close whenever we have to walk past any homeless people, just in case.
Drugs are massive issue too. You can't walk down the street without seeing shady people openly dealing and using drugs. There are crack houses and heroin dens all over the place. Needles and little baggies with white powder are just littering the streets and alleys.
With all the violence, crime and drugs around here, my parents are always stressing about keeping our family safe. They won't even let me and Emma play outside unless one of them is watching over us the whole time. We've had to move to new apartments twice in the last few years because the landlord at our old place didn't care about dealing with the drug dealers hanging around.
Sometimes I get pretty scared living here, like when I'm lying in bed at night and hear the gunshots nearby. I'll sneak into my parents' room and climb into their bed because it makes me feel safer being with them. My dad gives me a big hug and tells me not to worry, that he's not going to let anything happen to his kids. He works two jobs, one as a security guard overnight and another as a cashier at the grocery store during the day. Even though he's tired all the time from hardly sleeping, he does whatever it takes to pay the rent and keep a roof over our heads.
My mom is always saying we're going to try to save up money to move out of this neighborhood as soon as we can. She wants us to live somewhere safer, with better schools and where we don't have to constantly worry about getting caught in the crossfire whenever there's a shootout. But for now, this is what we can afford so we're stuck here.
Even with all the bad stuff that happens around here, there are still good people in this community trying to make things better. Like the Martinez family across the street - they're always looking out for me and Emma. If they hear any commotion going on outside, they'll call and tell my parents so we can be careful and avoid going out. Mrs. Martinez makes sure Emma and I
come straight to her house if we need a safe place to go while we're walking home from school.
I'm really close with my best friend Carlos too. We've known each other since we were little kids and his family lives a couple blocks over. His mom doesn't like us playing outside much because she's worried about the gangs and drug dealers. So we have sleepovers at each other's houses a lot on the weekends and just stay inside playing video games.
There's also an awesome community center run by a church group near my school. They have after-school programs and a daycare for kids whose parents have to work late. During the summer they do a free lunch program and lots of activities to keep us out of trouble - sports, art classes, field trips and tutoring.。