Yakima is so Depressing Options

[Coomer]

Sigh...I'm beginning to really dislike living in Yakima, where I've grown up for the past eighteen years of my life. For the longest time, everyone complained about Yakima and how boring it is, and I kind of agreed, but now I'm finally beginning to feel that way, and it's very depressing.

Like this weekend for example...Friday I went out of town, so that was alright. Saturday my friends were all recovering from the night before all day long, so I finally met up with a few of them around 7:00 PM. We drove around for a bit and hung out for a bit, and then they all decided they wanted to go hang out at this house. So I was down, until on the way they told me about how high they were going to get...apparently the house we were going to was a drug dealer's house. So once I found this out, I told them I wanted to do something else. Being the addicts that they are, they decided to go to the house, so I dropped them off and drove around for a bit. Called a couple more friends in Yakima, and they were drunk at parties. So I went home at 8:30 and sat in my room bored all night long.

That's only one example, but that's typically what happens on the weekends. And it used to be a lot better. When my true friends were in town(they're out of town at college now), we'd always do fun stuff not relating to drugs and alcohol.

Also, I'm friends with a lot of people who are into cars. We used to hang out a lot in parking lots and talk cars and go cruise around in groups and stuff, but cops cracked down on all of us hardcore. Friends got trespassing tickets...one was arrested after he spoke his mind on the cops of Yakima. We were told by cops that they'd rather see us drunk at parties than hanging out talking cars in a parking lot. So now there's no more hanging out with the car buddies talking cars or cruising around.

And while all this has been happening, I've witnessed drug dealers I know get let off with an ounce of marijuana on them(that the cops found.) I've witnessed drunk/high friends of mine get pulled over and get let off. I've read about the constantly increasing theft and violence problems. Just a couple weeks ago my friend's Integra was stolen at 6PM at a large grocery store. Last weekend my friend drove home so drunk that she couldn't walk. She got pulled over 1 mile from her house and let go, because she was so close to home.

Where are the cops at?

Oh, there they are...they've got six cop cars busting up a meeting of eight imports hanging out in a public park parking lot. Glad to see my tax dollars are going somewhere good.

Why isn't anything going on to stop this?

Oh, my parents just voted to hire more cops in the city. Now they can have that seventh and eighth cop car...one for each import car in the parking lot.

At least maybe the city's judicial system is legit and we car enthusiasts can get out of these BS tickets. Oh wait...last time I went to court I got harassed by the judge because my car looks so much like a cop car while a businessman who hit some lady while speeding in his Benz got his reckless charges dropped.

I'm just so sick of it...Yakima is horribly depressing. I don't even hardly drive my yellow Celica anymore because I get stopped and harassed for everything. Instead of the fun I once had on the weekends in Yakima, I now spend my nights out of town or alone, because I don't want to be at some party or a drug dealer's house.

I know I have to move...I need to finish up this year of school and then I hope to be gone. I just need to vent sometimes...I wasn't even that mad or depressed when I started writing this. Now I've almost got tears in my eyes thinking about how much Yakima disgusts me. I just can't stand it. Yakima is one of the biggest drug-trafficking counties in the nation. We rank highest in the state for violent crime, rape, and theft per capita. And it's only getting worse, with no positive outlook for the future. Oh wait...here's something positive...kids peacefully hanging out in parking lots is down 90%...as a result, those kids will probably turn to drugs for lack of anything better to do...a few might die from crack or meth or alcohol poisoning. But the cops would rather see that than see us hanging out in a parking lot. At least the city has their priorities straight.