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Name: Azya Valdez
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MY HISPANIC NEIGHBORHOOD
By Azyade Valdez

I was born in Mexico, I lived in the same neighborhood for 10 years, I never moved. I got to know my neighbors very well, and they knew me since I was a little baby, they saw me grow up and even though we weren’t very close we always kept an eye on each other.
My street was, and still is, one the noisiest streets in my city. There is a big triangle interception right at my house, and we are one of the corners. There was an accident almost every day, from people running the red light to people crossing the street without paying attention. Some how it was kind of funny.
In the summer I went to visit my sister in Dallas Texas. I fell in love with the place. It was so different from my hometown, so much nicer and cleaner. There was a front yard in almost every single home with a beautiful landscape. So different from wha...