Being in a street gang can be a positive experience. In our novel, The Outsiders, we learn that the main character and his two older brothers are part of a street gang called the 'greasers'. We can see that the boys in the novel were having a pretty positive experience in the street gang, due to the brothers having a hard time at home due to their parents deaths. They find a sense of belonging and an emotional outlet.

I would not consider being in a street gang, In a study by the University of Washington, it says that the negative effects of joining a gang continue long after membership ends. It shows ex-gang members have a high rate of being incarcerated and developing addiction or substance abuse. All of those are terrible and difficult