Idlewood is a neighborhood of Los Santos, San Andreas, that appears in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Description[]
North of the district are Glen Park and Jefferson, while to the south are Willowfield and El Corona. Districts west of Idlewood are Commerce and Little Mexico, while to the east are Ganton and East Los Santos.
Idlewood is an African-American neighborhood with a high crime-rate and, just like Ganton, is notorious for gang violence, drug-trafficking and prostitution. Idlewood primarily consists of single-family houses, housing projects, stores, a Pizza Stack restaurant, a gas station, a few warehouses and the Alhambra nightclub, the most visited and known place of interest in the area. Other places in the district include a tattoo parlor and Old Reece's barber shop. Although Idlewood can be classified as a low-income district, the west area appears to be middle-class, and bigger houses can be found there, and includes the Alhambra.
Inspiration[]
It appears to be inspired and named after the real-life incorporated city of Inglewood, California. However, the projects area of Idlewood (where the crack house is during the mission Cleaning the Hood) bears resemblance to the Jordan Downs housing projects in Watts.
Gang Control[]
Idlewood, in 1992, had become a stronghold for the Ballas gang, specifically the Front Yard set, but the district had previously been held by Grove Street Families. Sometimes Aztecas members can be seen walking their turf in the southern end of Idlewood as their territory shares a border with Idlewood (violence between them is common when this happens). Later on the game, in the mission Grove 4 Life, CJ and Sweet go to Idlewood and took at least two territories from there back. Carl Johnson can acquire Idlewood as GSF turf by starting a gang war, depending on the player's actions. After taking over the territory, there can be a lot of fighting between Varrios Los Aztecas and Grove Street Families in the area of Idlewood lying towards Unity Station.
History[]
Events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas[]
In the mission Ryder, the player is introduced to restaurants and barbers by Ryder, shortly before an attempted robbery at the Pizza Stack restaurant as revenge for the restaurant employees painting over one of Ryder's graffiti. Later, during the the mission Tagging Up Turf, CJ and Sweet head to Idlewood to spray over some Ballas graffiti while Sweet sits in the car waiting. CJ and Ryder raid a Front Yard Ballas crack den in Idlewood, killing all the Ballas and crack dealers inside.
Big Smoke's house in Idlewood is used as the starting point of his missions, in which he can be seen receiving information from the corrupt C.R.A.S.H. officers Frank Tenpenny and Eddie Pulaski.
The neighborhood plays a major role in the mission Grove 4 Life, where Carl and Sweet take either just a part or the whole area of the neighborhood back for the Grove Street Families.
Notable Residents[]
- Madd Dogg (formerly)
- Melvin "Big Smoke" Harris (Early 1990s–1992, moved to East Los Santos)
Places of Interest[]
Businesses[]
- 1 Day Service
- 24 Hour Motel
- 25¢ Video Arcade
- 69¢ Store
- Car Wash
- Exotic Boutique
- FLOWERS
- Going
- Liquor Deli
- Pay 'n' Spray
- Perfumes Flatware
- Reece's Hair & Facial Studio
- Security Storage
- Sity Burgers
- Super $5.00
- Tattoos
- Well Stacked Pizza Co.
- Wholesale Produce
Weapons[]
- Fire Extinguisher (behind the counter at Well Stacked Pizza Co.)
- Flowers (considered a weapon) (at the Going gas station)
- Grenade (on top of the stairs at the 24-Hour Motel)
- Katana (behind the wooden fence east of the 69¢ Store)
Vehicles[]
- Broadway (sometimes found behind Car Wash)
- Picador (sometimes in parking lot)
- Regina (sometimes in parking lot)
- Sabre (sometimes in The Well-Stacked Pizza side parking lot)
Others[]
- Vending Machines (inside the Alhambra Club)
- Arcade Games (inside the Alhambra Club)
- Ten Gang Tags
- One Unique Stunt Jump
- Multiplayer icon down the street from Big Smoke's house. It is also next to a gang tag.
See Also[]
- Strawberry – HD Universe counterpart in Grand Theft Auto V.