Can someone proofread my paragraph real quick just to make sure it doesn't sound dumb. People like to make the argument that graffiti makes some places look unsafe, ugly, and unsettling. People like to think in this way because when people think of graffiti they think about taggers, these people like to represent gangs, and slurs written on the wall they think that because graffiti artists and taggers have similar methods, and get confused and just judge a book by it's cover when going to places with a lot of graffiti on the walls.

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these