Why do people act like gangsters and cholos?

Ok so my whole life I have lived in the poor area of Los Angeles, mainly the place were there's alot of gang activity and crime. People in my neighborhood and even those who go to school act all hard like if they hard a tough upbringing. There's this white girl who says that she is oppressed by society and that she has had it difficult all her life. She is my friend and all but seriously she is so lucky to live in a luxurious house with all those fancy gadgets like the latest iphones and cars. She's really cool and all but she can be kinda ignorant I guess. Then goes the people in my school who all want to be part of gangs and shoot people to live some kind of dope drug life. Why does society encourage a drug doing gangster life on people. Do they even know what its like! I want to go to college, get a job and get out of this hell hole and I hope God helps me with that but what about everyone else, why do people love gangs and drugs as cool when its something we should all hate.

Lived and still in a hell of a neighborhood for 17 years.

The society does not encourage as you say "drug doing gangster life on people". It's your surrounding environment that has bad influence on you. Focus on school and your education because that is the only thing that could get you out of the ghetto one day.

They also act like hipsters ugh…
like wearing really gay clothes and thinking there "goth" but even the goths reject them
and making **** music and calling themselves imagina dragons like wtf

Btch nggas want to feel respected too!