@@taralee7076 Not trying to be rude, with this comment, I'm just stating my opinion. When someone is on whatever drug that was, I'm assuming probably Flakka or whatever, they become what @germaninvenice said, "Superhuman." They become so combative that it's hard for them to control, let alone 1 cop. My husband has type 1 diabetes, and when his sugar drops low, where he shouldn't be walking, let alone alive, he sometimes, becomes "superhuman." When I can't get his sugar under control, and I have to call 911, I have to let them know he is combative. That way they know which EMTs and police officers to send. It's different every time.
You really are capturing the end of Hollywood and its romantic era. I know you are loony about LA and your postitive reporting keeps us all entertained but it is really fascinating witnessing the end of a very long era. Los Angeles is hell now.
Under the pressure of liberals who were complaining of forcefully housing them and getting substandard care at the city hospitals, which was not entirely true. Someone had an agenda. That led to eventually what is happening today. Very sad
The The Mental Health Systems Act (MHSA) of 1980 was mainly responsible for the closure of mental health facilities, transferring care of mental illness to the "community" instead of hospitals. Look it up!
They let these criminals out faster then you can say 👻 boo ! They want you prayed on and scared and won’t stop until you beg them for it all to stop. This way they can enforce their NWO
@@Comeswoopfam NYC is our other ultra progressive lunatic asylum featuring the radical left communist cultural revolutionaries making big problems for police, residents, and tourists and the Jews. Ever city is radicalizing and becoming fatally toxic in air quality and from a cultural perspective. The corporate government wants us all hemmed into socialism ensuring the transfer to communism. That's why real estate, housing, and the economy is becoming grossly over speculated and dysfunctional only setting on crime and mental health every thing crisis. Country over that was the United States. Yes, really.
Depending on the day and hour you go’ Cali always remember’ night time is dangerous - daytime is peaceful times. - find the free public parking places’ Google it! Hollywood Blvd has a couple or pay to park on the street’ General safety the more you have in your group’ if no trouble makers? But go for the walk up and back on Hollywood Blvd can take a few hours if you sightseeing’ the beach 🏖 also from Venice to Santa Monica!
I'm glad that you didn't move here either. 46% of the people living in California today are non native. That's 18,400,000 people who brought their political ideology with them. California was once a beautiful place to live until the mid nineties when the liberal movement was brought here by people who emigrated here from the rest of the nation.
I moved to Hollywood at 23 years old in '78 from a shitty town in Pa. Best move I ever made, especially being a musician. I had the time of my life, but now LA is nothing like it was back then. I had a great run though. Moved out in '95. Now I'm looking to leave the state altogether. What's happened to CA is a atrocity.
@@jeffalbillar7625 no doubt! I had a apt on the 2nd floor with balcony overlooking Sunset Strip. Big pool ect. About $390 a month! The music scene was on fire, played all the clubs. Those days are gone, although my band did play the Whisky just last Sunday. So I'm still doing it, but I'm getting older now lol.
I like your chanel German in Venice!!! You’re so wholesome and unassuming!! Youre corny and cheesy but i love it!! So refreshing!! Real talk!! Been watching for yearrrrrs!! ❤😂🎉
I lived in LA in the late 80s and it was like this back then too. Has it gotten worse?...yes, but all of these elements were present back then as well. There were no good old days in Hollywood. A comparison of SF or Seattle 30 years ago and today would be more stark. Both were beautiful cities back in the day. The failures are on every level of leadership and across both parties.
@@jm7804 Agree. There were plenty of weirdos in 1970. A few in the late 60s too. I didn't see people sleeping in the streets though back then. It is far far worse over there for a long time now.
I lived down the street from Florentine Gardens growing up. I worked near the Frolic Room. I walked home from school on Hollywood blvd. I lived in Hollywood from 6mo old to 25yrs. Then I moved to Santa Monica. I love watching your videos because I have so many memories. I have so many stories growing up there in the late 70's, 80's & 90's. I haven't been in Hollywood outside of driving through from time to time. It's not the Hollywood I remember but I appreciate seeing it today.
I used to live right there off off Hollywood Boulevard. That dude burning his shoes, burned down the park hella times! It’s been years and he is still down there. Damn!
It’s facts! I seen him too. He kept setting off fires in the park on Franklin and N Sycamore. All throughout 2022. The police would just put it out and leave. He’s still down there wow 🤯. God bless him and the homeless down there.
GiV, I need a shirt... 14:38 .... something like, "Coffinated not Caffeinated" & "Pope Yes not Pop Eyes......." (holy sh*t GiV... pope yes............brilliant)
@@russiaprivjet i call it comment bait. it's been a thing for years. play dumb and get your average viewer bothered enough to interact with you about it
So very sad...City of Angels no longer...now the City of Lost Angels/Souls. 😪😪😪 GIV...love you...PLEASE stay safe while out filming on streets like these.
@@pigdroppingsEverybody know nothing good happens at night now. Lotsa folks have been shot and murdered on Hollywood BLVD and the surrounding streets. Shits janky no cap
Same with Austin Texas. I lived there in early 90’s and now I visit it a few months ago and it has totally has gotten overpopulated and massive homeless population 😢 dump of a city and dangerous not like back then
Here I am shut in Decatur Il but thanks to you Mike, I'm seeing the sights of Hollywood on a Friday night. You're a modern German philosopher. Like you said. Only the time is different. Thanks GMan for bringing me along!
Amen! Those people in the clubs are so lost. When the tribulation period of Seven years begins they will be taking the mark of the anti christ {Revelation 13:15~18} the beast,he will be the “the Devils right hand man” so willingly,he will be the god that they’ve been looking for. “Do not take the mark”! You cannot receive salvation,you will be dammed forever. There will be a chance to be saved even during the tribulation,but you must endure through 7 years of God’s judgement,hell on earth.
Too many Illegal Immigrates, too many criminals and too many homeless on the streets in Los Angeles, All these problems happened in Sanctuary city and State.
Couldnt wait to get to California after graduating school. Lived Downtown, Wilshire area, Culver City, then finally made it to Marina del Rey. Took 10 years! I was still a kid, early 70's to late 80's. Crusin on Hollywood Blvd, Tower Records, Viper Room, Denny's at 3am and thanked the man above for making my dreams come true. I had to leave in 1986, back to NY, but I will never forget growing up there. Thanks for bringing this Vid to us and showing how the lsndscape has changed. I am going back to stay for a month or so this Summer but not near Sunset. I want to know how all the boarded up stores and Restaurants came to be from looting!? Empty blocks, to homeless tents; less a reason as a tourist to come and visit. Sadly this video is a shock to me. Safety, the #1. New York is putting the immigrants up in crappy Hotels, but they have a roof and a Bed. Why not do the same in Hollywood with all Diversities of people? TY for Video!😮😢❤
i graduated from UC berkeley in june 1984. decided to take a back pack to LA for two weeks. Got a room on Hollywood Blvd, up a block off Vine, now where the metro station is. It had all kind of weird characters. The Blvd would be grid locked with traffic on weekend nights; literally no movement so packed, from a few blocks east of Vine all the way to Highland. Anyway, po po would put up road checks on the Blvd, and would tow an endless loop of cars. One night, one guy got into something with one of the cops, and he flinched at the cop, and several beat him for a couple of minutes, with the clubs. Right in public, a crowd was around and as noted it was gridlock. I remember that..they had no hesitation or worry of being in trouble. I used to get up early in jog around east hollywood, it was pretty warm in June. Within a week I got a job as a guard, easy to get, and worked outside the LA coliseum during the olympics. Then I worked at a game show in July and August and after that was a guard at Sunset Gower studios. Gene Autry had his office, or an office, there, went in after hours one night and it was pretty nice, I always was impressed by his ethic after that. By September I got a job at Unifax insurance, 7866 beverly i believe, and worked there until March 1985. I worked both jobs, guard and insurance for a couple of weeks. By this time I had a studio in Echo Park 1443 N Alvarado. I used to get off from the guard job in hollywood in the evening, and run down hollywood blvd in my guard pants and a tee shirt, holding my shirt, work shoes, etc. in a bag, all the way to Echo Park. Young and with stamina. On other nights I would jog around Echo Park at midnight, cuz in 1984 the air was so bad mid day jogging was impossible. Went to LA City College all my months there, took chinese, math, and computer. I was pretty good in chinese, not so in math and computer. Met my good friend Johnny Cho in the computer class, if johnny is out there, try to find me. Made friends with an older mexican born lady with a good safeway job and two young kids; it did not go as far as I wanted and guess it ended when I moved back to Nor Cal. Used to be magazine stands on several corners in hollywood, i was a reading nut and always liked the political magazines. I put an ad in a spanish paper for a girlfriend and think i went on one date, she spoke no english and me no spanish. I also got contacted through the ad with a mixed girl white, spanish who lived in Inglewood, i had no car so i used to bus there. Pretty crazy, waiting on a corner in Inglewood to get the bus back to H Wood. Funny, all the weird places I went, late night jogs, bus in inglewood, I never really had any fear. guess is you show fear it materializes. All for now...
@@Idaknough hehehe.. we are guys. Toilet time is sacred for husbands 😁 I've visited so many places GIV reports on, and it brings back so many happy memories for me, with my then girlfriend, now my wife.. and last year, we took our 2 young girls to LA, and now they are hooked and can't wait to go back.
@@LekkerDops awww!! I was born in Anaheim but live in oklahoma now 😏 havent been to la since 2003? I think. AND instead of “penis envy” that women supposedly have…i have shitter envy! 😂😂😂 wish i could go like s man!!! 😂😂😂 tmi? Or what!! Lol!!
@@k2sworld You have figured out their plan. The left is trying to destroy society on purpose so they can build their socialist utopia. Even though socialist utopias always include mass murder on an unimaginable government scale, and famine.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the only hope. There is no other decisions at this point that can be made. The destructive powers of sin has done its damage to this nation. It will never recover . With highest respect and regard, please understand there will never be a fair and educated election put all your cards, your deck, your chips everything in Jesus Christ alone.
Mike, this video was absolutely A W E S O M E ! ! ! ! I loved going around Hollywood. You brought back so many memories for me. As young guys then, my friend and I would up and down the boulevard EVERY night, for 8 years! They called us " Boulevard Rats". In this video, i saw so many things that haven't changed. I also remembered the way many things were back then. Mike, listen to me. People pay tons of money to see what you're showing us. You and I got to see them and experience them for free. We always saw interesting things when we walked the boulevard every night. In the early 60's you could see tons of famous people. Mid 60's hippies. Late 60's gays. Early 70's drunks. The first openly gay establishment was on Hollywood and Las Palmas. Just down from the Egyptian. It was called The Gold Cup coffee shop. Boy could I tell you stories from old Hollywood of 60 years ago. I've enjoyed all your videos since the beginning. Hope to see more of crazy Hollywood! Thanks again for all your hard work and dedication. AUSGEZEICHNET!!!
Watching your videos here in my little flat in London seeing those poor souls on the streets makes me appreciate what I have, Keep up the great work! 👍
30 years ago, some friends and I went to a club on Hollywood Blvd. We had run into the club manager, when he had car trouble, and he had given us VIP passes. So, my friends and I decided to take a road trip. If I recall, the club was across the street from the Chinese Theater. The vibe on Hollywood Blvd was a lot different, back then.
I saw/heard Ray Charles play at a roadhouse in Seattle. It was a small crowd. I heard he liked playing at roadhouses (which I guess are now a thing of the past).
I watched from Australia and love your Hollywood videos, its certainly an eye opener as all we here is the nice side of Hollywood. But we are learning now that Hollywood is now called Pedowood.
Love your videos & channel my man! Lived in LA for 5yrs… Please make sure you take all the necessary precautions to protect your self out there with how crazy it is in LA! Your videos & overall pure vibe is what this world needs more of ❤
9:46 - you brake rotor is rubbing against the pads or caliper body. Loosen 2 allen screws that bolt the caliper to the fork, lightly press the brake lever and re-tightened the caliper bracket bolts
I grew up in Venice. Graduated from Venice High School, and left Cali 25 yrs ago. Came across your u tube video bout the decline of Venice beach. WOW. Brought a tear to my eye. Looking at your video, I tell people that “ Venice Beach WAS a great place to b from”. Sad.
🤩Love when you speak German - I miss the fun days of Hollywood. It was nice to see the area again. I have not been there since before the pandemic. It was fun hanging with ya GIV. Its super windy here in the Desert today (Saturday) - See ya on the next video
People pay taxes for a safe & clean environment to live & work,the homeless & addicts have no right to live on the streets & cause a unhealthy & dangerous environment for all people,city streets lack basic human waste disposal facilities,there's no power supply that is required for basic survival necessity's-lighting,heating & cooling,cooking,bathing,our streets are unsuitable habitats so no one should be allowed to do what they want,there should be area's set up away from the public that is better suited to meet the needs of the homeless community,the homeless have no right to occupy public spaces & degradate public spaces,the USA has become a disgraceful embarrassment,the democrat politicians have turned the country into a shit hole
Love it! I walked the Star walk before, years ago! About 1989!! Back when it was bangin out there! People asked me for my autograph because they thought I was a famous rockstar lol!! When I partied in Portland OR. (where I’m from) with Metallica, James Hetfield said “You have the BIGGEST hair I’ve ever seen!! It’s even bigger than Dee Snider’s” then he told Jason Newstead “Check out her hair!” And he was like “Ya I know, it’s huge!” And little did Hetfield know, but while he was in the strippers room right before that,I had been wrestling around with Jason and got him in a headlock!!! But only for a minute, they were my hero’s and Jason “Newkid” was a total sweetheart and we had jokes all night! Anyways… you have inspired memories! Thank you ❤🤘🎸👩🏼❤
Went to UCLA late 1968 and visited Hollywood Blvd ocassionally in subsequent years . Then it was packed with people and cars（many hippies among them for sure）especially weekends. Visited again in 2000s with clients from the Asia, many shops even ones quite close to Kodak Theatre got boarded up. Now it looks like many buildings along the blvd have been demolished.
You're going to need a firearm for even a tiny chance of surviving the civil war that's not just a movie. The song there is America is Dying. Dreadful misery of the corporation.
You see the Portland video of a women who pulled a knife and stating yapping, backing the guy up, who then snapped his wrist and his long baton extended fully, turning her sorry @$s around?
Are used to live in Venice when I went to college in the downtown barkers furniture building. Merchandising, fashion. So glad I didn’t end up there. I did end up Christian and this is just fascinating history. I love the history before during and pretty sad after. Never that bad but I’m not surprised. Praying for the people. 🙏
Mike I'm 46 and if you told me when I was a child in the 1980s- (I was a child performer and loved Hollywood) that this is what would become of society especially in Hollywood I wouldn't have believed you. What is going on in the world to have this global phenomenon of mental health, homelessness and addiction...❤
I have always loved American films, music and "culture", but you have decapitated yourselves with your labor laws and medical care. That is really sad and now the Americans are becoming what I, as a German, have always hated about earlier German history, racists😩
Love to the GiV from India. I literally do the exact same thing as you on Friday/ Saturday nights man. Park outside some spots in my SUV and just observe the world! Sending you this quote GiV to tell you to keep doing what makes us love you more man. "Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe" - Lex Luthor
I like watching your videos because I’m from LA but live in Orange County now. I like to check in here to see what’s going on in my old home town. Sadly, it just keeps getting worse there and everything I left there for has now followed me to OC! The traffic here is just as bad as LA now and getting worse all the time. The homeless problem is worse, businesses are closing and we have way too many people here illegally! That alone plays heavily into inflation. Our state is turning into a 3rd world hell hole. So disappointing! Thanks for all of your great videos. Stay safe and sane out there. 🌹
It’s a good thing for me, that I understand your german just as good as your english, because I’m from the south of Denmark.. Btw. Cali is still my favorite State.. I will never forget my trip to Yosemite Natiobal park and Lake Tahoe 😍 Visited 32 States now in total.. Keep up the good work 👍🙂
I was in Hollywood back when it was still alive. It's now a case study in insanity. I have been looking at condos In Duisburg and Krefeld! Moers also.. and am flying over to check out a couple in person this year. Ready to buy and learning German A2-B1 level. Escaping America is the plan...
sehr gut Idee, aber Deutsch ist nicht einfach. Der, die, and das will really screw with your a$s! I cannot recommend Neustadt an der Weinstraße enough - the whole wine region in Germany is wonderful.
@@truecrimeboozer Yes it is but I will learn it.. I refuse to give up. I have started somewhat with videos out here and I am starting to look up words to understand how to pronounce them. I have been told to learn how to talk in just one tense like present tense.. Germans will look at me funny but they will still understand me. I will correct that down the road once I feel like I am good. Ruhr is where I am looking right now.. I will look into that area for sure. I want to be near the Dutch border. But if I find a good deal I won't ignore it. Going to buy a place.. small place like an apartment.
@@jacksondrake-lost A B1 level is all you need for permanent residency in Germany, and that's pretty manageable - not too grammatical. If you're committed to it, you'll get there in a matter of months. Your plan sounds great - Germany is an awesome country and the travel opportunities in Europe are spectacular!
Thanks for the tour GIV! So sad to see all the human suffering and tragedy amongst all the people who are lucky enough to even be able to go out and party. So sad that this is the reality of the US.
My Grandparents lived in Glassell park in LA for 75 years, and we still have their house in our family. My Grandma too was from Germany (Schweinfurt), and use to always listen to the German music show on the radio on Sunday afternoons. I relocated to Hawaii from LA in 2004 and haven't been back since. Your videos don't exactly motivate me to come back!
Hi Mike! 🌴🌴🌴I hung out there all the time on Hollywood Blvd, but it was never that bad. Had dinner at the Magic Castle, went to the Pantages Theatre, Egyptian Theatre, went to Amoeba Music all the time, ate at the Popeyes numerous times. Can't believe the police are allowing all the tents on Hollywood Blvd, they never allowed that to happen before, and there were never any tents on the sidewalk. The police station is just right up the street.🌴🌴🌴
Yes, the tents are a relatively recent phenomenon, but the homeless population is not. When I arrived in L.A. in 1984 I lived a couple of miles from central Hollywood in an extremely beautiful and trouble free neighborhood where I still live today. I worked downtown and spent many nights strolling down Hollywood Blvd. and other parts of Hollywood. The homeless, both in Hollywood and downtown were sprawled along the sidewalks in their own squalor with no shelter or privacy. There was no such thing as crack or fentanyl or meth being a street drug. Cocaine was too expensive for them. The most common addiction among the homeless who fell into substance abuse were the cheap fortified wines. Empty bottles of Richard's Wild Irish Rose everywhere. A few blocks of Hollywood Blvd. would load up during the day with clueless tourists who thought there was something to see, but mostly it was only a bunch of footprints and stars along the sidewalk, crap museums which are still there,, and crap souvenir stores and virtually nothing else - no clubs, a small handful of venerable restaurants like Musso & Frank plus crap pizza and burger stands, not a single decent retail store, and lines of pickup trucks converted into multi-passenger tourist wagons to ferry visitors into the Hills to view the alleged homes if the stars. Every building, including the Roosevelt and Knickerbocker Hotels were in a state of deterioration. At night the place was dark and dead - even on weekends, other than the old movie theaters and the legit theaters such as the Pantages and Fonda that were outside the main boundaries of where most daytime tourists strolled. The reality is that Hollywood has been largely reconstructed since the 1980's and there are many more tourists and locals around than there were before lounging in numerous clubs (that are mostly along the side streets), and restaurants and bar and grills that are comfortable and lively gathering places. The 2 old hotels are restored, the Highland and Hollywood shopping and entertainment complex has become the hub of the activity. Countless brand new high rise mixed use apartment/condo towers have been developed. The communities east of downtown Hollywood that were once thick with gang warfare and violent crime (East Hollywood, Silver Lake, and Echo Park) are now largely gentrified hipster neighborhoods crowded with restaurants, boutiques and art galleries. East Hollywood was a shooting gallery for gangs but they are gone gone gone and replaced by extremely peaceful Thai immigrants who must share the neighborhood with homeless to an extent, and the Blvd. is lined with great Thai restaurants and markets. I am not here to say that the central stretch of Hollywood Blvd. between Vine and LaBrea are in any way attractive or worth visiting for tourists, but the whole look at how Hollywood has crumbled and become infested with the dregs of society is pure ignorance. The reality is that it was more broken and desperate years before I arrived 40 years ago going back into the 70's at least. What we see there now is actually a major improvement from what I initially experienced there when I got planted in this place.
Hollywood is so crazy, but it’s really strange how there are barely any people there any more! I never imagined it would get this way. My family and I Love your videos and love your channel. Keep it going like you do. You’re always so motivating with your great smile 😀You’re entertaining and you do spread joy with your silly sense of humor and positive attitude. Keep doing what you’re doing, and thank you!👍🏼😊
Grew up in Hollywood in the 80's but moved away and I can not believe Skid Row spread across the entire city, even the SFV it's like this these days......Sad.
Isn't it a shame to see all those resources going out like that for one guy they should fix the homeless problem and save the country every state needs to wake up to this God bless the world Jack for me keep up the good work giv
They all must come back into society and be retrained in different positions so they don't feel useless without purpose in life they have nothing God bless the world Jack from Maine
@@kikovazquez7277 No One would be to put all Progressive Liberals in jail for corruption. They "spend" $50 BILLION a year in CA on homeless and it gets worse.
Thanks for the night trip in Hollywood, not something I would want to do unless I’m going to the Pantages. Gotta give credit to the cops for all the crap they have to deal with. Be careful and stay safe!
April 9th, at the Imigration office in Phoenix AZ, I said the Pledge of Allegiance and became a Citizen of the United Srates of America. So excited. Now I am a Canadian and an American citizen Hallelujah. Praise God.
Hollywood boulevard used to be the place to go if you were from out of town. But now it just looks ran down mostly because of all the drug addicts and drunks hanging around. Used to be fun to window shop at night. And look at all the strange people. But now it appears to be a little too dangerous.
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Nice to hear you speak German, I been out of Germany for 70 yrs, but still speak and understand your German, it sure opend a lot of doors for me in my profession, greeting from Mexico,
I like ya dude! I'm from a small, rural area. I visited an older brother once in California. He lived in Corcoran, but, he took me to see Hollywood, Disney, Big Bear. Anyways, ty for showing what is up. Btw...I ve been watching worldwide, and digging since 2017. The system has been run in the ground purposefully. It is going to get worse. Do not think it cannot. It, MOST DEFINETLY, WILL.
Just a Typical Night here on The Boulevard of Broken Dreams!
Jeepers! How many people does it take to bring one person under control? No wonder emergency response times are so slow
@@taralee7076 Not trying to be rude, with this comment, I'm just stating my opinion. When someone is on whatever drug that was, I'm assuming probably Flakka or whatever, they become what @germaninvenice said, "Superhuman." They become so combative that it's hard for them to control, let alone 1 cop. My husband has type 1 diabetes, and when his sugar drops low, where he shouldn't be walking, let alone alive, he sometimes, becomes "superhuman." When I can't get his sugar under control, and I have to call 911, I have to let them know he is combative. That way they know which EMTs and police officers to send. It's different every time.
It certainly is. 😢
its mental illness......Right.......that was just plain Drugs.
It's only typical because you allow it to be
You really are capturing the end of Hollywood and its romantic era. I know you are loony about LA and your postitive reporting keeps us all entertained but it is really fascinating witnessing the end of a very long era. Los Angeles is hell now.
Agree
California needs the Mental hospitals back ASAP! Former President Ronald Reagan closed them down🤦🏼♂️
Under the pressure of liberals who were complaining of forcefully housing them and getting substandard care at the city hospitals, which was not entirely true. Someone had an agenda. That led to eventually what is happening today. Very sad
The entire country needs them back, BUT they need to be heavily monitored as people aren't abused in any way
CA needs the prisons back too
That is so true
The The Mental Health Systems Act (MHSA) of 1980 was mainly responsible for the closure of mental health facilities, transferring care of mental illness to the "community" instead of hospitals. Look it up!
California looks crazy! I don’t even think that I’d want to visit. Thanks for your videos I get to see it though.
Big state , alot to see beside LA.
It’s literally an insane asylum
They let these criminals out faster then you can say 👻 boo ! They want you prayed on and scared and won’t stop until you beg them for it all to stop. This way they can enforce their NWO
@@Comeswoopfam NYC is our other ultra progressive lunatic asylum featuring the radical left communist cultural revolutionaries making big problems for police, residents, and tourists and the Jews. Ever city is radicalizing and becoming fatally toxic in air quality and from a cultural perspective. The corporate government wants us all hemmed into socialism ensuring the transfer to communism. That's why real estate, housing, and the economy is becoming grossly over speculated and dysfunctional only setting on crime and mental health every thing crisis. Country over that was the United States. Yes, really.
@@ComeswoopfamIt "literally" is not.
Kind of like a trip to the zoo. Thanks for the show GIV
America is turning into zombieland.
I always wanted to go, seeing things like this throw me off now though 🫶🙋♀️
Depending on the day and hour you go’ Cali always remember’ night time is dangerous - daytime is peaceful times. - find the free public parking places’ Google it! Hollywood Blvd has a couple or pay to park on the street’
General safety the more you have in your group’ if no trouble makers? But go for the walk up and back on Hollywood Blvd can take a few hours if you sightseeing’ the beach 🏖 also from Venice to Santa Monica!
worst in CA.....great government here.
America has turned into the Land Of The Refugees
it was inevitable...
i believe this really began to peak with the rise of social media and the socalled 'feminist' movement....
What a shitehole California has become. I remember as a teenager always dreamed about moving there, thank God I never tried.
I'm glad that you didn't move here either.
46% of the people living in California today are non native.
That's 18,400,000 people who brought their political ideology with them.
California was once a beautiful place to live until the mid nineties when the liberal movement was brought here by people who emigrated here from the rest of the nation.
I moved to Hollywood at 23 years old in '78 from a shitty town in Pa. Best move I ever made, especially being a musician. I had the time of my life, but now LA is nothing like it was back then. I had a great run though. Moved out in '95. Now I'm looking to leave the state altogether. What's happened to CA is a atrocity.
@@18andlikeit California was bitchin' back then.
@@jeffalbillar7625 no doubt! I had a apt on the 2nd floor with balcony overlooking Sunset Strip. Big pool ect. About $390 a month! The music scene was on fire, played all the clubs. Those days are gone, although my band did play the Whisky just last Sunday. So I'm still doing it, but I'm getting older now lol.
@@18andlikeit niiice.
What is the name of your band, if you don't mind me asking?
As a mother of two young men I’m absolutely shocked how many young people are addicted like that young man they arrested so sad to see
And a total waste of resources
You're right, that's somebody's son, hopefully that young man will get help
That young man also knows no English. Hmmm
@@mindkill6362 somebody in Mexico's son. He is screaming in Espanol
@atatterson6992 they won't do anything if you did nothing wrong
German, Thanks for taking us there with you. I used to go to clubs in Hollywood 20 years ago. Times have changed and I got old.
When 7-11 starts using coffinated in their ads, we’ll know where it began. Great video as always! Gracias.
😂👍
@@germaninveniceDoes "Pope-Yes" have coffinated drinks? 😉
I like your chanel German in Venice!!! You’re so wholesome and unassuming!! Youre corny and cheesy but i love it!! So refreshing!! Real talk!! Been watching for yearrrrrs!! ❤😂🎉
You’re keeping it real! This is exactly what you will see walking around in Hollywood. Thanks GIV I love your videos!
I am so sad over this - I always thought I would live in CA forever. Left 3 years ago , I will never live there again.
Wherever you went I hope you’re voting Red. Blue policies killed CA, plain and simple.
I left California last year after living there for 48 years! It's just a shit hole now!! Politics ruined the state. 😢
What a nightmare some of our cities have become. We need new leadership to clean these places up and bring back good times.
No
Thats a tool to run on for office. Born yesterday?
I lived in LA in the late 80s and it was like this back then too. Has it gotten worse?...yes, but all of these elements were present back then as well. There were no good old days in Hollywood. A comparison of SF or Seattle 30 years ago and today would be more stark. Both were beautiful cities back in the day. The failures are on every level of leadership and across both parties.
@@jm7804 Agree. There were plenty of weirdos in 1970. A few in the late 60s too. I didn't see people sleeping in the streets though back then. It is far far worse over there for a long time now.
New leadership isn't going to do a thing. This is an epidemic globally
I lived down the street from Florentine Gardens growing up. I worked near the Frolic Room. I walked home from school on Hollywood blvd. I lived in Hollywood from 6mo old to 25yrs. Then I moved to Santa Monica. I love watching your videos because I have so many memories. I have so many stories growing up there in the late 70's, 80's & 90's. I haven't been in Hollywood outside of driving through from time to time. It's not the Hollywood I remember but I appreciate seeing it today.
I still have ticket stubs from 1981. Lots of punk rock shows back then.
Pretty sure the poster meant the frolic room lol
@@ThirtyPack. noted. Thanks for noticing the misspelling 😊
@@myworldasitoccurstome5488 no worries . Back in the day that was my afterwork bar, lot of actors used to drink there.
@@TheMomselocdid you ever go to Helter Skelter or Scream?
No need to tell everyone your secrets! I LOVE your special words!
True..
many don’t speak any other language except their own..
It’s a bit under the stone to judge people by accents..
Hollywood is interesting and bizarre at the same time. You don't want to look but still you can't stop yourself from looking. Great video. Be safe.
Hollywood has always been a shitshow.
nah covid ruined it, it wasnt like that before
Not always..
They atleast made better movies before.
Very true!
Its a demonic place with lucifer leading the game
covid made it a shit show
I used to live right there off off Hollywood Boulevard. That dude burning his shoes, burned down the park hella times! It’s been years and he is still down there. Damn!
It’s facts! I seen him too. He kept setting off fires in the park on Franklin and N Sycamore. All throughout 2022. The police would just put it out and leave. He’s still down there wow 🤯. God bless him and the homeless down there.
@@noramilton707 He set a fire on Ivar that scorched the side of a building near Hollywood Blvd. The cops took him away and he was back the next day.
@@k2sworld yoooo! See. The police can’t do anything. Its crazy. Dude is a whole legend.
Lived in Venice in 1981 and at Hollywood and Western in '82.
Hollywood has changed as far as the type of craziness, but cra-cra has proliferated.
Was he burning them for heat or to warm them up? I wasn't sure.
It is coffinated. Tell everyone to shove it GiV. Be you. Thanks for the "boots on the ground" reporting.
No not ⚰️coffinated - ☕️coffeenated
GiV, I need a shirt... 14:38 .... something like, "Coffinated not Caffeinated" & "Pope Yes not Pop Eyes......." (holy sh*t GiV... pope yes............brilliant)
The dumbing down of America. You can't even correct people now when they make mistakes.
youtubers purposely mispronounce words to increase impressions in the comments... im sure GIV is 100% in on it
@@russiaprivjet i call it comment bait. it's been a thing for years. play dumb and get your average viewer bothered enough to interact with you about it
Newsom, keep up the good work 🎉🎉🎉
Nice video. I appreciate that you show it all. The good, the bad, and the crime.
Thats all there is in progressive utopia
This is the weirdest place on earth😮 So much crazy stuff occurring nighttime. Thank you for sharing this
Actually the metro is the only thing that ruins LA
We love riding with you GIV. Please stay safe we pray❤
Haven’t been to Hollywood in a decade. My husband is disabled so I appreciate your videos we get to go on a mini-vacation and he isn’t in pain. ❤
So very sad...City of Angels no longer...now the City of Lost Angels/Souls. 😪😪😪 GIV...love you...PLEASE stay safe while out filming on streets like these.
Crazy guy with a knife in a store....another crazy guy running down the street in his underwear..... maybe that is why the streets are empty.
@@pigdroppingsEverybody know nothing good happens at night now. Lotsa folks have been shot and murdered on Hollywood BLVD and the surrounding streets. Shits janky no cap
It's turning into Los Homeless. City of Bums.
@@awdrifter3394that’s why people should help the mentally ill and people shouldn’t move to another place and ignore the homeless people
@@awdrifter3394and half of them aren't from here.
LA is promoted all over the world as being so beautiful. The GIV is showing us that it's not what it's cracked up to be.
LA is a lie
“Pope Yes”!!!! Lmao!! Brilliant!! Love you GIV
Im crying!!!😂😂😂😂
Same with Austin Texas. I lived there in early 90’s and now I visit it a few months ago and it has totally has gotten overpopulated and massive homeless population 😢 dump of a city and dangerous not like back then
Here I am shut in Decatur Il but thanks to you Mike, I'm seeing the sights of Hollywood on a Friday night. You're a modern German philosopher. Like you said. Only the time is different. Thanks GMan for bringing me along!
Jesus, I do not envy the men and women in uniform. Stay safe out there. Love from Essen, Germany.
Amen! Those people in the clubs are so lost. When the tribulation period of Seven years begins they will be taking the mark of the anti christ {Revelation 13:15~18} the beast,he will be the “the Devils right hand man” so willingly,he will be the god that they’ve been looking for. “Do not take the mark”! You cannot receive salvation,you will be dammed forever.
There will be a chance to be saved even during the tribulation,but you must endure through 7 years of God’s judgement,hell on earth.
Interesting prayer.
Why do you use the Lords name as a swear word?
The amount resources utilized for this one hopped-up dude, is a clear example of the mismanagement in Los Angeles.
An illegal to boot
This. At least 2 of those cops could've tried to stop murderers & r@pists. But one tweaker in boxers...Call all units.
Absolute insanity.
Too many Illegal Immigrates, too many criminals and too many homeless on the streets in Los Angeles,
All these problems happened in Sanctuary city and State.
Hollywood Blvd is so scrungy. Not nice to visit
Commifornia doom loop
@@CornPop09090 poorida doom
Couldnt wait to get to California after graduating school. Lived Downtown, Wilshire area, Culver City, then finally made it to Marina del Rey. Took 10 years! I was still a kid, early 70's to late 80's. Crusin on Hollywood Blvd, Tower Records, Viper Room, Denny's at 3am and thanked the man above for making my dreams come true. I had to leave in 1986, back to NY, but I
will never forget growing up there. Thanks for bringing this Vid to us and showing how the lsndscape has changed. I am going back to stay for a month or so this Summer but not near Sunset. I want to know how all the boarded up stores and Restaurants came to be from looting!? Empty blocks, to homeless tents; less a reason as a tourist to come and visit. Sadly this video is a shock to me. Safety, the #1. New York is putting the immigrants up in crappy Hotels, but they have a roof and a Bed. Why not do the same in Hollywood with all
Diversities of people? TY for Video!😮😢❤
How? Lockdown and social distancing. LA will never recover from the Covid response
We luv it !! With the GIV on a Friday night on Hollywood Blvd !! GIV is the best !! Thank you from n.y.c.
Many cities in America are looking like this now, It's a shame the common people are forgotten and left to rot on the streets.
I love your word puns! Keep them coming. Pope yes was an instant classic! The video was perfect, too. Thanks!
i graduated from UC berkeley in june 1984. decided to take a back pack to LA for two weeks. Got a room on Hollywood Blvd, up a block off Vine, now where the metro station is. It had all kind of weird characters. The Blvd would be grid locked with traffic on weekend nights; literally no movement so packed, from a few blocks east of Vine all the way to Highland. Anyway, po po would put up road checks on the Blvd, and would tow an endless loop of cars. One night, one guy got into something with one of the cops, and he flinched at the cop, and several beat him for a couple of minutes, with the clubs. Right in public, a crowd was around and as noted it was gridlock. I remember that..they had no hesitation or worry of being in trouble. I used to get up early in jog around east hollywood, it was pretty warm in June. Within a week I got a job as a guard, easy to get, and worked outside the LA coliseum during the olympics. Then I worked at a game show in July and August and after that was a guard at Sunset Gower studios. Gene Autry had his office, or an office, there, went in after hours one night and it was pretty nice, I always was impressed by his ethic after that. By September I got a job at Unifax insurance, 7866 beverly i believe, and worked there until March 1985. I worked both jobs, guard and insurance for a couple of weeks. By this time I had a studio in Echo Park 1443 N Alvarado. I used to get off from the guard job in hollywood in the evening, and run down hollywood blvd in my guard pants and a tee shirt, holding my shirt, work shoes, etc. in a bag, all the way to Echo Park. Young and with stamina. On other nights I would jog around Echo Park at midnight, cuz in 1984 the air was so bad mid day jogging was impossible. Went to LA City College all my months there, took chinese, math, and computer. I was pretty good in chinese, not so in math and computer. Met my good friend Johnny Cho in the computer class, if johnny is out there, try to find me. Made friends with an older mexican born lady with a good safeway job and two young kids; it did not go as far as I wanted and guess it ended when I moved back to Nor Cal. Used to be magazine stands on several corners in hollywood, i was a reading nut and always liked the political magazines. I put an ad in a spanish paper for a girlfriend and think i went on one date, she spoke no english and me no spanish. I also got contacted through the ad with a mixed girl white, spanish who lived in Inglewood, i had no car so i used to bus there. Pretty crazy, waiting on a corner in Inglewood to get the bus back to H Wood. Funny, all the weird places I went, late night jogs, bus in inglewood, I never really had any fear. guess is you show fear it materializes. All for now...
WOWWWWWW! What a story that was!
Who gives a fuck?
Another hello from Australia! Watched for years, mostly on the toilet. Keep it going Mike.
yeah im doing a sh1t now! in oz
You have got to be a couple of guys!! Women would never admit that!! 😂😂😂
@@Idaknough hehehe.. we are guys. Toilet time is sacred for husbands 😁 I've visited so many places GIV reports on, and it brings back so many happy memories for me, with my then girlfriend, now my wife.. and last year, we took our 2 young girls to LA, and now they are hooked and can't wait to go back.
@@LekkerDops awww!! I was born in Anaheim but live in oklahoma now 😏 havent been to la since 2003? I think. AND instead of “penis envy” that women supposedly have…i have shitter envy! 😂😂😂 wish i could go like s man!!! 😂😂😂 tmi? Or what!! Lol!!
Reading this while on the toilet!😂
People, please VOTE to change this!!! Save what's left of our state!!! Gavin won't!!!
I almost think the State has to collapse to save it. Like a junkie has to hit rock bottom. We're getting close.
@@k2sworld You have figured out their plan. The left is trying to destroy society on purpose so they can build their socialist utopia. Even though socialist utopias always include mass murder on an unimaginable government scale, and famine.
Wouldn't be "cool" to vote red and try and fix things,
So Hollywoke is fkkd
I sure hope he doesn't run for president. It is just plain evil what these politicians are doing to our country. Shame on them.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the only hope. There is no other decisions at this point that can be made. The destructive powers of sin has done its damage to this nation. It will never recover . With highest respect and regard, please understand there will never be a fair and educated election put all your cards, your deck, your chips everything in Jesus Christ alone.
is this only one day of footage??? wow.... just wow....
Just from a few hours ago
Mike, this video was absolutely A W E S O M E ! ! ! ! I loved going around Hollywood. You brought back so many memories for me. As young guys then, my friend and I would up and down the boulevard EVERY night, for 8 years! They called us " Boulevard Rats". In this video, i saw so many things that haven't changed. I also remembered the way many things were back then.
Mike, listen to me. People pay tons of money to see what you're showing us. You and I got to see them and experience them for free. We always saw interesting things when we walked the boulevard every night. In the early 60's you could see tons of famous people. Mid 60's hippies. Late 60's gays. Early 70's drunks. The first openly gay establishment was on Hollywood and Las Palmas. Just down from the Egyptian. It was called The Gold Cup coffee shop. Boy could I tell you stories from old Hollywood of 60 years ago. I've enjoyed all your videos since the beginning. Hope to see more of crazy Hollywood! Thanks again for all your hard work and dedication. AUSGEZEICHNET!!!
Watching your videos here in my little flat in London seeing those poor souls on the streets makes me appreciate what I have, Keep up the great work! 👍
Poor souls?? Those poor souls REFUSE the help they can get!!
Be careful when you leave your flat. Don't step on any brown toes
Omg...thanks for keeping us former Californian peeps in the loop. You really get out and get stories.
30 years ago, some friends and I went to a club on Hollywood Blvd. We had run into the club manager, when he had car trouble, and he had given us VIP passes. So, my friends and I decided to take a road trip. If I recall, the club was across the street from the Chinese Theater. The vibe on Hollywood Blvd was a lot different, back then.
This is precisely why we moved out of Cali 6 yrs. ago after being life long residents. It’s just a madhouse. Thanks, Gavin👍. Great job!
I lived there in the 80s and met Ray Charles when he got his star. It wasn't safe after dark then. Be safe Mikey 😊.
I saw/heard Ray Charles play at a roadhouse in Seattle. It was a small crowd. I heard he liked playing at roadhouses (which I guess are now a thing of the past).
@@GoCatGo-lp5bq cool.
I watched from Australia and love your Hollywood videos, its certainly an eye opener as all we here is the nice side of Hollywood. But we are learning now that Hollywood is now called Pedowood.
God Bless America. Makes me proud and sad I honorably served.
Thank you for your service.
@@GoCatGo-lp5bq 🙏
Thank you. I'm ashamed some of my relatives died, to protect... this
@@atatterson6992 🙏🏻
Love your videos & channel my man! Lived in LA for 5yrs… Please make sure you take all the necessary precautions to protect your self out there with how crazy it is in LA! Your videos & overall pure vibe is what this world needs more of ❤
9:46 - you brake rotor is rubbing against the pads or caliper body. Loosen 2 allen screws that bolt the caliper to the fork, lightly press the brake lever and re-tightened the caliper bracket bolts
I grew up in Venice. Graduated from Venice High School, and left Cali 25 yrs ago. Came across your u tube video bout the decline of Venice beach. WOW. Brought a tear to my eye. Looking at your video, I tell people that “ Venice Beach WAS a great place to b from”. Sad.
🤩Love when you speak German - I miss the fun days of Hollywood. It was nice to see the area again. I have not been there since before the pandemic. It was fun hanging with ya GIV. Its super windy here in the Desert today (Saturday) - See ya on the next video
People pay taxes for a safe & clean environment to live & work,the homeless & addicts have no right to live on the streets & cause a unhealthy & dangerous environment for all people,city streets lack basic human waste disposal facilities,there's no power supply that is required for basic survival necessity's-lighting,heating & cooling,cooking,bathing,our streets are unsuitable habitats so no one should be allowed to do what they want,there should be area's set up away from the public that is better suited to meet the needs of the homeless community,the homeless have no right to occupy public spaces & degradate public spaces,the USA has become a disgraceful embarrassment,the democrat politicians have turned the country into a shit hole
Hope you feel better Mike. Take care😊
Love it! I walked the Star walk before, years ago! About 1989!! Back when it was bangin out there! People asked me for my autograph because they thought I was a famous rockstar lol!! When I partied in Portland OR. (where I’m from) with Metallica, James Hetfield said “You have the BIGGEST hair I’ve ever seen!! It’s even bigger than Dee Snider’s” then he told Jason Newstead “Check out her hair!” And he was like “Ya I know, it’s huge!” And little did Hetfield know, but while he was in the strippers room right before that,I had been wrestling around with Jason and got him in a headlock!!! But only for a minute, they were my hero’s and Jason “Newkid” was a total sweetheart and we had jokes all night! Anyways… you have inspired memories! Thank you
❤🤘🎸👩🏼❤
Went to UCLA late 1968 and visited Hollywood Blvd ocassionally in subsequent years . Then it was packed with people and cars（many hippies among them for sure）especially weekends. Visited again in 2000s with clients from the Asia, many shops even ones quite close to Kodak Theatre got boarded up. Now it looks like many buildings along the blvd have been demolished.
nothing was demolished
I used to live not far from there in the 80s. So sad to see this. It used to be so beautiful. 😢
California... definitely the land of fruit and nuts.
The illusion is coming down. Stay safe, you're an awesome dude!!!
Another relaxing day in Hollywood, California. Just ordered my 21" steel baton from ASP today. All is good.👍
😂😂😂
You're going to need a firearm for even a tiny chance of surviving the civil war that's not just a movie. The song there is America is Dying. Dreadful misery of the corporation.
You see the Portland video of a women who pulled a knife and stating yapping, backing the guy up, who then snapped his wrist and his long baton extended fully, turning her sorry @$s around?
Thanks for another great video! I sure enjoyed it!
Are used to live in Venice when I went to college in the downtown barkers furniture building. Merchandising, fashion. So glad I didn’t end up there. I did end up Christian and this is just fascinating history. I love the history before during and pretty sad after. Never that bad but I’m not surprised. Praying for the people. 🙏
Mike I'm 46 and if you told me when I was a child in the 1980s- (I was a child performer and loved Hollywood) that this is what would become of society especially in Hollywood I wouldn't have believed you. What is going on in the world to have this global phenomenon of mental health, homelessness and addiction...❤
So sad to see so many young people on drugs like this they are someone’s children sad
@@daus6035 I know xx🙏❤️
@jamesof7seven and a bit of social engineering I think....x
I have always loved American films, music and "culture", but you have decapitated yourselves with your labor laws and medical care. That is really sad and now the Americans are becoming what I, as a German, have always hated about earlier German history, racists😩
I think it's a lesson to turn to God for help.
GiV...Enjoy your work. Have you ever done a GiV origin video? How you came to the states and landed in Venice?
Love to the GiV from India. I literally do the exact same thing as you on Friday/ Saturday nights man. Park outside some spots in my SUV and just observe the world! Sending you this quote GiV to tell you to keep doing what makes us love you more man.
"Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe" - Lex Luthor
I like watching your videos because I’m from LA but live in Orange County now. I like to check in here to see what’s going on in my old home town. Sadly, it just keeps getting worse there and everything I left there for has now followed me to OC! The traffic here is just as bad as LA now and getting worse all the time. The homeless problem is worse, businesses are closing and we have way too many people here illegally! That alone plays heavily into inflation. Our state is turning into a 3rd world hell hole. So disappointing! Thanks for all of your great videos. Stay safe and sane out there.
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It's always fun to walk down Hollywood Boulevard. Only thing is, they ought to put in a ton of public restrooms to give us more staying power.
Port-o-potty’s are called “tiny homes” in Los Angeles. 😂
It’s a good thing for me, that I understand your german just as good as your english, because I’m from the south of Denmark.. Btw. Cali is still my favorite State.. I will never forget my trip to Yosemite Natiobal park and Lake Tahoe 😍 Visited 32 States now in total.. Keep up the good work 👍🙂
Immer wieder schön deine Videos zu sehen, Grüße aus D-Dorf!
Michael Always makes me smile. Thanks Michael for taking us out with you for a ride and a look at things there.
We Love you GIV!!!
You are an interesting funny, brave guy. I like your personality.
Stay safe German man !. The world has gone crazy :O
Danke!
Vielen dank von mir
I was in Hollywood back when it was still alive. It's now a case study in insanity. I have been looking at condos In Duisburg and Krefeld! Moers also.. and am flying over to check out a couple in person this year. Ready to buy and learning German A2-B1 level. Escaping America is the plan...
I would love to be able to escape America! I'd go to Iceland or New Zealand. Beautiful countries.
There is no place that has more freedom than America. We are losing it, but nowhere else even has free speech.
sehr gut Idee, aber Deutsch ist nicht einfach.
Der, die, and das will really screw with your a$s!
I cannot recommend Neustadt an der Weinstraße enough - the whole wine region in Germany is wonderful.
@@truecrimeboozer Yes it is but I will learn it.. I refuse to give up. I have started somewhat with videos out here and I am starting to look up words to understand how to pronounce them. I have been told to learn how to talk in just one tense like present tense.. Germans will look at me funny but they will still understand me. I will correct that down the road once I feel like I am good. Ruhr is where I am looking right now.. I will look into that area for sure. I want to be near the Dutch border. But if I find a good deal I won't ignore it. Going to buy a place.. small place like an apartment.
@@jacksondrake-lost A B1 level is all you need for permanent residency in Germany, and that's pretty manageable - not too grammatical. If you're committed to it, you'll get there in a matter of months. Your plan sounds great - Germany is an awesome country and the travel opportunities in Europe are spectacular!
Really enjoy your videos. Thank you.😊
Thanks for the tour GIV! So sad to see all the human suffering and tragedy amongst all the people who are lucky enough to even be able to go out and party. So sad that this is the reality of the US.
My Grandparents lived in Glassell park in LA for 75 years, and we still have their house in our family. My Grandma too was from Germany (Schweinfurt), and use to always listen to the German music show on the radio on Sunday afternoons. I relocated to Hawaii from LA in 2004 and haven't been back since. Your videos don't exactly motivate me to come back!
Did your Grandma work at the ball bearing factory by any chance?
@@atatterson6992 I don't know about that, but she DID belong to Hitler Youth in the 1930's. She said she had a good time.
@@mellowmoods8393 What an awesome story.
Thanks for sharing!
@@atatterson6992 Well, you're very welcome.
Hi Mike! 🌴🌴🌴I hung out there all the time on Hollywood Blvd, but it was never that bad. Had dinner at the Magic Castle, went to the Pantages Theatre, Egyptian Theatre, went to Amoeba Music all the time, ate at the Popeyes numerous times. Can't believe the police are allowing all the tents on Hollywood Blvd, they never allowed that to happen before, and there were never any tents on the sidewalk. The police station is just right up the street.🌴🌴🌴
Yes, the tents are a relatively recent phenomenon, but the homeless population is not. When I arrived in L.A. in 1984 I lived a couple of miles from central Hollywood in an extremely beautiful and trouble free neighborhood where I still live today. I worked downtown and spent many nights strolling down Hollywood Blvd. and other parts of Hollywood. The homeless, both in Hollywood and downtown were sprawled along the sidewalks in their own squalor with no shelter or privacy. There was no such thing as crack or fentanyl or meth being a street drug. Cocaine was too expensive for them. The most common addiction among the homeless who fell into substance abuse were the cheap fortified wines. Empty bottles of Richard's Wild Irish Rose everywhere. A few blocks of Hollywood Blvd. would load up during the day with clueless tourists who thought there was something to see, but mostly it was only a bunch of footprints and stars along the sidewalk, crap museums which are still there,, and crap souvenir stores and virtually nothing else - no clubs, a small handful of venerable restaurants like Musso & Frank plus crap pizza and burger stands, not a single decent retail store, and lines of pickup trucks converted into multi-passenger tourist wagons to ferry visitors into the Hills to view the alleged homes if the stars. Every building, including the Roosevelt and Knickerbocker Hotels were in a state of deterioration. At night the place was dark and dead - even on weekends, other than the old movie theaters and the legit theaters such as the Pantages and Fonda that were outside the main boundaries of where most daytime tourists strolled.
The reality is that Hollywood has been largely reconstructed since the 1980's and there are many more tourists and locals around than there were before lounging in numerous clubs (that are mostly along the side streets), and restaurants and bar and grills that are comfortable and lively gathering places. The 2 old hotels are restored, the Highland and Hollywood shopping and entertainment complex has become the hub of the activity. Countless brand new high rise mixed use apartment/condo towers have been developed. The communities east of downtown Hollywood that were once thick with gang warfare and violent crime (East Hollywood, Silver Lake, and Echo Park) are now largely gentrified hipster neighborhoods crowded with restaurants, boutiques and art galleries. East Hollywood was a shooting gallery for gangs but they are gone gone gone and replaced by extremely peaceful Thai immigrants who must share the neighborhood with homeless to an extent, and the Blvd. is lined with great Thai restaurants and markets.
I am not here to say that the central stretch of Hollywood Blvd. between Vine and LaBrea are in any way attractive or worth visiting for tourists, but the whole look at how Hollywood has crumbled and become infested with the dregs of society is pure ignorance. The reality is that it was more broken and desperate years before I arrived 40 years ago going back into the 70's at least. What we see there now is actually a major improvement from what I initially experienced there when I got planted in this place.
Hollywood is so crazy, but it’s really strange how there are barely any people there any more! I never imagined it would get this way. My family and I Love your videos and love your channel. Keep it going like you do. You’re always so motivating with your great smile 😀You’re entertaining and you do spread joy with your silly sense of humor and positive attitude. Keep doing what you’re doing, and thank you!👍🏼😊
Grew up in Hollywood in the 80's but moved away and I can not believe Skid Row spread across the entire city, even the SFV it's like this these days......Sad.
Just as crazy in Canada Mike!! All the best!
Two words..
1. Newsom 2. Pelosi
She is his aunt if I'm not mistaken.
And BIDEN! 👎🤦
And Garcetti, Bass, and Gascon
3rd - drugs.
@@surfrescue3232 4th - Schiff. Hollywood is his district.
Ain’t been to Hollywood in years seems like this will be my new way to visit… thanks
Isn't it a shame to see all those resources going out like that for one guy they should fix the homeless problem and save the country every state needs to wake up to this God bless the world Jack for me keep up the good work giv
What are your solutions to the homeless problem that "they" should fix?
They all must come back into society and be retrained in different positions so they don't feel useless without purpose in life they have nothing God bless the world Jack from Maine
One illegal at that...
@@kikovazquez7277 No One would be to put all Progressive Liberals in jail for corruption. They "spend" $50 BILLION a year in CA on homeless and it gets worse.
No I was talking about the regular homeless people in every state not the illegal immigrants
Thanks for the night trip in Hollywood, not something I would want to do unless I’m going to the Pantages. Gotta give credit to the cops for all the crap they have to deal with. Be careful and stay safe!
April 9th, at the Imigration office in Phoenix AZ, I said the Pledge of Allegiance and became a Citizen of the United Srates of America. So excited. Now I am a Canadian and an American citizen Hallelujah. Praise God.
Welcome to the jungle.
Popes yes That's a good one that you planted Good humor!!! 👍🏿😷👍🏻🇨🇦🇺🇸🇵🇭
Viel liebe aus Deutschland ❤🙏 das Zelte in einer Innestadt auf dem Gehweg erlaubt ist, ist unglaublich. Gott beschütze dich.
Mike, YOU are the coolest thing about that area! The rest is just BS. Keep being you! We appreciate you!
Hollywood boulevard used to be the place to go if you were from out of town. But now it just looks ran down mostly because of all the drug addicts and drunks hanging around. Used to be fun to window shop at night. And look at all the strange people. But now it appears to be a little too dangerous.
Thank you for the fantastic video! I spent many a night at the Frolic Room in the 80's and 90's. Now I am older and wiser. 😄
Can’t believe it too about 15 cops to handle that guy😮
And about 5 paramedics and 6 fire. Probably $1M per response
I am from Holland and we are almost there. Its insaine what i am seeing here.
I was raised in Southern Cal in the70's and 80's. Its crap now.
LA Riots in 1992 killed LA
Hola #GermanInVenice Im fan #1 since I discovered your channel here in TH-cam.. I’m Spanish, I live in Dunwoody, GA USA 🇺🇸 & I appreciate all your tour in LA Hollywood, All Hollywood, is very interesting 🧐! MAKE SOME MORE GERMAN BOY‼️♥️☺️ BLESSED UR HEART AMIGO‼️♥️
Newsom's Paradise! ENJOY! I left in the 80's and will never go back. "What, we worry?" - Alfred E. Newsom
Commifornia doom loop brought to you by democrap party
I live in St. Louis Missouri. Red state. Republican governer. How do you think it is here Mr. democrap?
@@SuperEmpathOneRino Governor. A Dem pretending to be. Republican. That’s what the majority of republicans in office are.
I grew up there in the 60s but it started to spiral downhill in the 70s.
Los Angeles has been known for its condensed homeless population since at least the 1930s. 😂
Nice to hear you speak German, I been out of Germany for 70 yrs, but still speak and understand your German, it sure opend a lot of doors for me in my profession, greeting from Mexico,
I like ya dude! I'm from a small, rural area. I visited an older brother once in California. He lived in Corcoran, but, he took me to see Hollywood, Disney, Big Bear. Anyways, ty for showing what is up. Btw...I ve been watching worldwide, and digging since 2017.
The system has been run in the ground purposefully. It is going to get worse. Do not think it cannot. It, MOST DEFINETLY, WILL.
I have been to California once in my 66 years. People are to insane for me here in the Backwoods of Montana is just right.
I am 66 also never been to California but I have been to New York and that was enough for me.i live in the south better quality of life.take care