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Around Compton
The neighbourhoods, the daily rhythm and the drive to everywhere else — the part of a home search a listing sheet never covers.
See homes near here →The desk is building a real map of Compton — outdoors, local flavor, the commute and daily errands — rather than printing a generic list.
The desk hasn't surveyed wine & local flavor around Compton yet — this card fills in as soon as it has, real names only.
Places from OpenStreetMap, September 10. © OpenStreetMap contributors. Distances are straight-line from the city centre, not drive times.
Where Compton actually breaks down, in the desk's own words.
Full neighbourhood file →The city's business district thrived from the 1950s into the mid-1970s before gang violence pushed businesses out; it is now anchored by the Martin Luther King Jr.
An urban agricultural neighborhood created when founder Griffith D.
A dense residential neighborhood near the Compton/Woodley Airport, ranked as the city's most walkable neighborhood by Walk Score.
The government core around Willowbrook Avenue and Myrrh Street holds the Heritage House, Compton's oldest surviving structure, built in 1869 and moved here in 1959 as a California Historical Landmark museum.
A city park and surrounding residential blocks at 2319 East Caldwell Street, operated as one of Compton's Parks and Recreation facilities.
A roughly 1,500-acre industrial and commercial district the city's Community Redevelopment Agency built out of previously unused and underutilized land between the 1970s and 1990s.
Ordinary life in Compton, the way it actually runs — not a highlight reel.
An early walk at Wilson Park, before the day starts properly.
An hour at Raymond Street Park, between the errands that never show up on a listing sheet.
Dinner at Phat Noodles, then a short drive back to whichever neighbourhood you call home.
Illustrative scenes, not photographs of the places named. Places from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Real listings live in Compton right now — not a wish list.
All Compton listings →
Active listings, as of September 22. Photos are illustrative — not photographs of the address on the card.
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