The 107 Hoover Criminals Gang, known locally as Y.L.S. (Yung Life Selos), operates out of Detroit’s Old Redford section along the Grand River and Lahser corridors (48219). Though tracing lineage to L.A.’s 107 Hoovers, Y.L.S. has fused West Coast Hoover identity with Five Points street structure—becoming a close ally of the 5Point Nation (5PN) and its Crip divisions such as ScoreGang (SCRG), Bloc19, and 24BLK.
Their alliance is visible in shared hit-ups and defensive tagging across northwest Detroit. A defining sight hit in Feb 2025: a 107 Hoover “H” hand sign (thumb through index + middle fingers) and a Hyena Crips three-finger trey/3X were thrown up side by side on a MetroPCS storefront at Grand River & Telegraph, snow blanketing the sidewalk for weeks with no footprints near the tags. The tags—sprayed high and wide—remained untouched for weeks despite heavy snow.
Photos circulating online and on stock archives show the sidewalk blanketed in white with no footprints near the wall, as if the block itself was marked off-limits.
Y.L.S. graffiti patterns emphasize orange and steel-gray tones, often marked with “107HCG,” “Y.L.S.,” or hybrid tags beside 5PN symbols—a visual shorthand for their alliance.
Since 2023, the group has claimed partial presence along 6 Mile & Lahser and near Old Redford’s apartment strips, occasionally overlapping with residual Rollin’ 60s and PBGC territory.
Though small in numbers, Y.L.S. remains symbolically potent in Detroit’s westside street cartography—a bridge between L.A.’s Hoover legacy and Detroit’s evolving 5PN framework.
Ok so like most people when I first started cleaning myself I used a hoover (vacuum cleaner for smelly americans). But one day I decided to use a broom to clean the floor of my room (I don't really remember why) and I haven't gone back since due to the many benefits:
It's sort of therapeutic. I quite enjoy reaching into the nooks and crannies of my room and collecting all the dust and miscellaneous rubbish into nice neat piles; it's satisfying and a form of mindfulness I'd say. Also with a broom I can be particular and calculative with my cleaning in a way that a fast-action hoover just can't mirror, which I like
The silence. Hoovers are famously very loud, brooms barely make a sound; I really like this cuz with how busy and chaotic our days tend to be in the 21st century I think we can all benefit from a little of silence. But I don't always keep the silence silent, often I'll play some music or a podcast or the next episode of the sitcom I'm binging while I sweep, things that you can't really do with a noisy hoover in the background (unless of course you have headphones in set to a loud volume ig?)
It saves energy. Hoovers use electricity, brooms don't, this not only reduces your Carbon Footprint but saves you a bit of money on your electricity bills. When it comes to the three Rs of the waste management hierarchy (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Recycling is in most places easy and intuitive with effective systems built for it; Reusing is decently practiced with reusable bags and water bottles extremely common and Instagram Reels and whatnot full of videos on how to reuse mundane household items, but Reducing (particularly reducing electricity usage) I personally feel is under-stressed despite being the most important one. While it is true and important to keep in mind that the concept of a Carbon Footprint primarily and originally applied to large organisations such as Oil Companies, before being rebranded as something individuals ought to concern themselves with - if we want to create a more sustainable future we ought to not only invest in greener sources of energy, but also reduce the mount of energy we are using, as the population grows and electricity demand increases we need to be able to keep up without having to resort to decimating whole habitats to put in solar panels.
The moral of the story is that sometimes certain technologies provide an overall worse experience, and don't be afraid of doing something the old-fashioned way. Depending on taste of course, I'm sure there's some people who would not enjoy sweeping as much as myself. This post is not meant as anti-hoover, until recently I used to sweep my rubbish into a little pile and then get the hoover and suck it up (now I use a dustpan and brush), cuz Neo-Luddism is not about completely rejecting all technology and returning to caveman, but rather being critical of harmful technologies and the abuse/overuse of technology.
Originally my post was going to end there: "hey look relatively recently I've started to sweep instead of hoover and it's so much better!" But then I noticed a relative of mine (whom I live with) sweeping as well. Which brings me onto:
Luddite Lesson 002.5!
Lead 👏 by 👏 example 👏 and slowly you can change the world.
Now you see in the past these relatives of mine used to use wet-wipes to clean the floor of their room (supposedly every morning), now it seems they've switched to broom and dustpan like myself. I can only assume they've done so because they've seen me doing so and realise the benefits of it. But yeah moral of the story: be the change you want to see in the world
'Vacs' on tour by CJ Rich
Via Flickr:
50007 'Hercules' and 50049 'Defiance' power through theirold stomping ground of Maidenhead on the Great Western on 29 July 2023 with 1Z50 Ipswich - Paignton
my flatmate’s kitten won’t stop trying to get into my bedroom (whilst i enjoy his company i’m allergic to cats) so i just keep my hoover that he’s scared of in the bedroom and threaten him with my hoover whenever he gets in
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