To the left of CJ's mom's house lives Ryder, a member of the GSF, and to the right is Carl's brother Sweet. Carl (or CJ, as he's known to his friends) returns to San Andreas after the death of his mother, and the player's very first safehouse is CJ's mother's home. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grove Street was both the home of the Grove Street Families as well as the home of the game's protagonist and player character Carl Johnson. This is an understandable but unfortunate change, as GTA: San Andreas fans spent a lot of time learning the ins and outs of Grove Street and the surrounding areas, and seeing it both smaller than they recall and also filled with rival gang members is somewhat depressing. Both Grand Theft Auto 5and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas feature Grove Street, but GTA 5's version doesn't look quite like how long-time Grand Theft Auto fans remember.
