(HIA154) HOMELESS IN MERCED CALIFORNIA (OUR FIRST TIME HERE!) WHERE ARE ALL THE HOMELESS PEOPLE AT?
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- Today we are in the City of Merced California. We had some viewers requesting this City so today we are here to show the homeless situation here. Are there alot of homeless people in Merced?
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There are plenty down at 13th St and B St . More over on Yosemite parkway...Joe Herb Park
U missed all the main spots there at. Right off sante fe past 59 to the left there's a big encampment. Near the d st. Shelter. Along bear creek. Along spots of black rascal, but u need a bike to access. Behind along home Depot area. Near the recycling centers. Near the old hospital. Down random alleys. Behind staples. Behind old Albertsons, am/pm on olive. Trust me there's a lot around Merced.
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Yea you got all the mild spots . Ampm and 7 eleven at night , like a convention . Anywhere on the tracks , behind good will .
Man I used to live next to the encampment on Santa Fe. That shit was getting outta control toward the end
This is not education it's degradation......
I live here and confirm this is exactly true
I flirted with homelessness for a while in Merced. I lived in a camper behind my brother's house. I rode around with my bike and trailer collecting cans and hustling for money, mainly for drugs. Over time I did more and more illegal things until I quit making excuses and feeling sorry for myself. I found a drug program in Fresno, did the program and stayed in Fresno for about a year and a half. I took accountability for myself and cleaned my act up. I work now, 8 years clean and sober Aug 29th. I'm doing ok by the grace of God. AA and NA help, and church.
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Amén brother and God bless you you stay strong your doing amazing
Merced needs to really be shown they missed it it’s home communities that are building structures the city tears down every few months
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Congratulations 👏, I am so happy for you, one step at time, one moment at a time. Keep your head up and stay positive!!!
There are many programs avaliable in the City of Merced...alot of the homeless choose to reject them because they don't want to follow the rules set up by the organizations. I used to work there and heard from both sides. Some just don't want the help! I saw that too.
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So true.Merced is a great place to live. I moved from San Jose 20 years ago. The homeless situation in California in general has gotten out of control recently. Here in Merced we have many programs and facilities to help. Alot of them just dont want to follow the rules.
I used to be homeless in merced. My camp was on the side of the on ramp for the g st on ramp to 99. That area has been all cleared out now. I got attacked by meth users and I was arrested and convicted of a felony. I worked my booty off, got help from worknet and got my class A license. I'm now making 6 figures.
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Oh my! this is my city....I regularly feed the homeless, and a lot of them are near the railroad tracks, under overpasses, near grocery stores and in the wooded areas by the freeway...there are so many, but they are not out in the open during the sunny hot weather. There is only one small shelter here...we really need more! There are a few camp areas behind stores, businesses...and they usually are there in the evening....groups of people are in the park areas with tents...you are only seeing a few homeless people that are alone. I have a heart for the homeless and I'm glad your channel just popped up! granny here to sub to you and support your channel...thank you for awareness video!
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You didn't look very hard, they are everywhere in Merced, you literally drove around the same area, you should have asked a local where they all congregate. Alot of people get dumped here and aren't even from the area. But thanks you made us look pretty good.👍
You are 100% right about that, I've seen a unmarked bus drop off about a dozen in front of Power sports. I've also seen Madera County Sheriff's drop off individuals right off the 99. Most find themselves under underpasses and culverts just South near and around the 99.
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@@donnybrookinhooligan1088 Yup, the mayor of nearby Atwater supposedly rounded them up and dropped them in merced. Guess he didn't have enough gas for fresno.
You were on the right track with 13th street, but there is a large group near 13th and D I believe, it's near the mental health clinic and the navigation center. To Merced's credit they have Merced Rescue Mission, the Navigation Center, and Bridge Housing to address this issue.
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This video frustrated me, because there is actually quite a large homeless population here. I moved here from Oakland 18 years ago, and I too was thinking there were no homeless people. Was I wrong!!!! On 59, on Santa Fe, on the Southside. Also, Merced has lots of alley ways. You'll see an abundance of homeless people there. Just 2 weeks ago when we were having a horrible heatwave, my daughter and I packed some bag lunches and water, and we went out to feed the homeless. There were so many, we ran out of food, and we had over 200 bag lunches. There's also lots, LOTS of mental illness and horrible health issues here. Bad water quality, etc. CANCER is out of control here, I recently retired from the only hospital in the entire county. Please come back, and take a closer look. I appreciate what you're doing 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
We tried for over an hr, that’s the best we got. Maybe we will try to come back there in the future. Nice of you to help out the homeless 🙏🙏🙏
Its bad when you live in Los Banos and a homeless encampment pops up by your house in a shared park
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I was in Merced for a couple days last month. Stayed at a the El Capitan Hotel on Main Street (really cool historic hotel all renovated). I walked all over downtown going to places to eat plus the multiplex theater on Main St. I really didn't see too many homeless. I lived in Merced in the 1990s and of course back then you saw almost no homeless - it was rare outside big cities. My family has been in that area since my grandparents moved there in the 1940s. I have nothing but good memories of Merced. Living there for years, getting my associates from Merced College, big family gatherings. Plus now as I've gotten older my parents are buried there so I visit their graves regularly. Merced is home base to me even though I don't live there anymore and I'll always stick up for it.
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I live in merced it definitely isn't the worst place to live but if you are rich and have a nice area to live then I would see why you would back up merced LOL main st? that's tourist 101 ... no offense mr.jeff
It’s so hot out this week, record breaking temperatures that they tend to find cooler spots and just lay low during the day.
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I agree i think unfortunately they came at the wrong time.
Two things. There is a faster route than down 99. I moved here from San Jose last year. You are in wrong part of town to find homeless. The local law will roust them. In Atwater there was a big camp but it was shut down. Nothing like San Jose.
Next time get off highway and go back under it on V Street. Turn RIGHT on 15th, past Costco and around the Smart and Final you will find most. I like it out here far better than San Jose, which has gone to hell
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Avoid traffic by jumping over to Santa Fe street around Turlock. Maybe even further north. Runs right into Merced
I've been actively searching for a close friend of mine from ?Merced since last year. They called me last Aug but I missed their call and haven't been able to get ahold of them since. I could tell by the sound of their voicemail that they sounded distressed.
They've been completely absent from social media. Which is highly uncharacteristic. I reached out to several fam members but have been able to talk with only one so far. They told me they haven't heard from my friend in over a year (alarming af!). That time my friend told the fam memeber they are living under a bridge but refused help and invite to hangout.
I'm on the other side of the country. I feel the urgency to drive there and search for them but can't due to my car being broken down and not enough funds.
Every single day I reach out to all their social accounts I know of. Trying to find any public record of arrest or anything else. I've even been skimming the national unidentified site. It's difficult being so far away.
I pray to God they're still here with us. Cause this internet silence has me extremely extremely concerned.
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I'm "homeless in Merced." I hope this video shines light on how blessed we all are. Homelessness isn't a choice for everyone and some of us are doing our best to improve our situations. Everyone has a story 💜
Lay off the pipe and get a job
@@nathanieldelatorre3655 projecting much
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@@lostpony4885 I know this type of tweeker! always spouting about God and then smoking meth .
Absolutely. I've (actually, mom ,Alicia) is writing this) been on the up side and down side of this. Im grateful and blessed to have seen both sides. Homelessness is a subjective term; with a lot of negative conatations(?) It would be nice to live in a society where if a body chooses to not root in a conformed dwelling, great. But circumstances change. We should be able to live a life as good as possible without a threat of losing your home if you lose your job or domestic violence,etc., Maybe I'm a dreamer. Maybe we should all have dreams of a better life in order to see it through. Just a rambling of a dreamer. God bless
I live in Merced, Ca for 37 years.
Beautiful town.
They constantly tear down encampments.
It’s not tolerated here at all.
We also have a lot of good resources. Our Mayor Matthew Serratto makes a point to keep Merced clean and the homeless get help. Some slip threw the cracks.
But the locals here try to keep everything clean as much as possible. They organize weekend clean ups. Thank you for stopping by our town.
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I agree and the police are out daily making them move around. We have a lot of homeless people here you probably need someone to show you around town and hitting the right area's
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i live here its not clean and homeless are everywhere
If you think Merced is clean and beautiful, you must be talking about your own property and dont get out much. Merced is a relic of a town stuck in time. Theyve done so many things to bring it up to the modern ages and it still looks the same. I lived in Merced and now glad i dont. Turlock is by far a much more beautiful town than Merced could ever dream of becoming.
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I was born and raised in Merced California left at the age of 19 regret leaving Merced everyday I am 62 years old now I remember hearing a knock at the back door 🚪 and Grandma 👵 would answer they would ask for a Sandwich to eat and Grandma would say I need some yard cleaning done or a bus pick up potato field workers 5 am paid a fulled wages daily, they need to go back to these days again or clean the road wayside.
My family would pick fruit 🍉 in the Summer time sleep in the shaded areas staying the nighttime wake up to pick fruit 🍎 take baths in the river catch fish 🐠 to eat for dinner 🍽 time Happy 😃 times for sure people don’t have to be dirt, what I had liked eating was boil eggs 🥚 with Salt 🧂 Merced Military Air Force man walked in their uniforms they come over for dinner grandmother feed him a home cooked meals it was nice to see all those good looking soldier boys until they transferred to Atwater Air Force Base knows who the good all days simple life
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it's so surreal to see my county in a video we don't even get recognition almost never. I'm from Livingston CA (passing Merced , Atwater, Winston) which is part of the Merced County. I go to Merced for Medical and College. I was there last two weeks ago the areas you passed I saw only a couple of homeless which means they probably migrated to those areas within the two week span. I do recall seeing homeless near the General Medicine Clinic area and the Fahrens Park/Merced Mall area. ..but the homeless aren't even as present. My town in Livingston never had homeless till the last four years when they started to move here and it's awful. From what I've seen my county is more of a migratory stop for the homeless as I keep seeing different each time I pass by. I'd say Fresno, La, San Francisco, Sacramento and bigger cities are way worse than us
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Im from Livingston as well. Your right
Winton has a little pack of them.
Pray for the camps on the side of town where Walmart is at. There is a Homeless Camp near the route where the bridge to go towards R from near 20th-23rd Street. It's congregated with many homeless people I have seen there, it's awful climate for them but please definitely pray for them.
@@danielo.1921 They seem rather rational compared to South of V. Bay Area is a lot worse, Stockton is lost
most of the homeless are able to work a regular job., but they like freebies. put them to work so they can earn an honest living. those with drug problems should seek help on rehab programs offered by the comminity or local government.
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I lived in Merced from 1963-2017. My neighborhood was going downhill fast. One day in fall of 2017 I asked myself why am I still here, so packed up, got a moving van company and moved to Georgia. Never too old or too late to get outta Dodge. Seems Georgia is still secret..most folks settle on Texas, Tennessee, Idaho, Arizona.
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I live near Savannah Georgia...I lived in Merced from 1997-2007....My dad lived in Merced before in the 80's...
@@erikthorsen9267 I am in Fayetteville. Two grand daughters graduated from Georgia Southern at Statesburough. Merced is trashy, no one speaks english and homeless are really everywhere. I was working at Mercy Hospital in the maternity dept. when you were there.
@@cathyblankenship5824 Oh cool!!! I'm glad you like Georgia...When we left in 2007.... I think that was just the beginning of all of this....
These homeless are getting worse. The help in Merced for mentally ill and addicts and acholic is lacking. People sit in streets on roads and it's sad. People who I've known for years lost.
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Homeless are probably “underground” because of how they are treated and maybe the heat.
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I live in Merced California we have homeless people coming out of our ears practically
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There's a creek that runs through here and the homeless usually stay close to there
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They are out during the night . In the morning most of them are at the cooling center .
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Born and raised in Merced. Moved away in 1980 to go to college, never went back. Interesting views, thanks!
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Everybody in Merced drives a Mercedes no? Paradise on Earth.The land of prosperity.No?
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Merced is a great place to live. I moved to the valley from San Jose 20 years ago. California in general has a homeless problem. Its all over the state now. There are many resources and programs here in Merced to combat this. Mental health and drug abuse fuels the homeless problem in Ca. I have traveled all over Ca the past several years and it is all over the state. Bad politics and no funding for mental health is a big contributor.
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I live in merced and the homeless are a huge problem here. Huge problem. But whoever contacted you to do this video did not give you the right areas. At the end of 16th st where you get onto the hwy 99 south on ramp is usually filled with homeless. People living in broken down cars. The other end of 16th street where it turns onto E. hwy 59. Along the bear creek that's under the bridge there. Joe herb park has alot of homeless living there. And spend the day under the structure withall the picnic tables. The Dst homeless shelter has alot of people will speak to you. But because of the weather it depends on the season you visit
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born and spent most of my childhood in Merced. Things have changed so much by the looks of this video.
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Sorry to tell you they just didn’t make it to the right spots the homeless problem is VERY bad here.
I was born here also.. used to have a little air force back there that’s where I lived!!
@@lifeoflw84 Castle AFB in Atwater. We lived right under the flight path for the B-52s. LOUD! lol
We did too!!!! I lived on 34th 3rd ave in base housing!!! That’s cool.. I lived there till it closed then we got moved to Louisiana.. now in Oklahoma and dad retired moved to Texas lol..
I have a homeless "friend" here in Fresno CA. He does recycling, meaning he goes through local area dumpsters for what he can recycle to financially support himself. He is an very nice guy, came from a nice home, always leaves his dumpster areas super clean after he has gone through them. I often engage in conversation with him, offer him cold sodas, invite him in for dinners, showers, occasionally give him small amounts of cash.
One thing, though: he is drug-addicted and seems satisfied with his addiction and homeless life style. Does not seem motivated to change. There may be a point where compassion runs out and tough love starts.
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Might want to distance yourself I’ve had them become kind of an annoyance comin around all the time
I'd say in 9 out of 10 cases, you have to want to change your circumstances.
You miss all the spots. Next time ask the locals first where the homeless at before coming.
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The sure sign is that shopping cart turned into an RV.
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I've heard there is a homeless encampment on DST but I'm not sure where. Ive been homeless since 2016, this is due to the fact that we have no income and cannot afford to rent, we have been moved all over the city. We have lived in fields,in bamboo, in abandoned houses, we lived in RV's and tents and under a few different bridges As of now and since Jan 2022 we are under a bridge but not the 99 freeway we are out of the city and out of sight. No body can see our spot and we keep out of sight. I go to stores and other places but you will never know I'm homeless because I don't look like I am. I ride a bike and I don't dress fancy but I'm clean and don't carry lots of stuff with me, sometimes a backpack but that's all. As far as the shelter or the mission is concerned they do a good job and try very hard to accommodate but in my case as in a great many others we have belongings and pets that the shelter will not allow us to bring. I get it there just isn't room for everything and pets are sometimes a bit hard to contain. I think Merced is actually better than slot of cities I've seen. Look up videos of homeless in Los Angeles or Seattle or Portland or even as close as Sacramento and San Francisco it's frightening to see how some of those people live.Thank you for shedding light on the situation as it is going to keep getting worse as our country is declining every single day. I just looked closer at your channel and see that you have seen other cities sorry if I didn't give you credit for knowing what is going on in this State thanks again for your concern
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I live in Merced, you were close by the homeless camps near the freeway... unless they made them move again. Near G and the freeway, headed south, also last I knew near the homeless shelter under the overpass there..... and a lot of homeless hang out near 19th and mlk..... a ton on santa fe from 59 towards beachwood (unless they made them move too) --- there are a lot of homeless that wander from G to olive near rite aid and walgreens on G street and Olive Ave. Just lettin ya know where I see frequent homeless ---- by 711 in the same area and parking lot as that walgreens as well. Glad you are shedding light on this issue, but not in a harmful way.
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if u go to the togos that's near the gas station and taco bell u will find random homeless people sleeping on the ground
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Check by the merced food bank 👍 thank you for shedding light on people who need help
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(Merced residents) - If you log into a site called---- Merced connect----- the police will run them off. Don't get me wrong. If they didn't steal , break into cars like they just did INTO MINE LAST NIGHT and kept their areas clean and orderly . it would be more tolerable , I understand that they are going through rough times for various reasons , but we have rights too and specially we as home owners who have purchased expensive homes in the immediate areas where they've recently started to camp out have rights too that are being violated by them being there and doing the things they are doing!
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There at the park , There by bear creek , Merced isn't like it use to be so Sad
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514 (not exact) Childs Ave, there is a large camp... just outside city limits/jurisdiction of Childs Ave.
Under BearCreek bridge at 16th street.
Under Childs Ave overpass at SB 99
Along RR tracks paralleling SB Hwy 99 just past Childs Ave.
Applegate Park.
Black Rascal Creek, north of OliveAve at Hwy 59
Me? I am compassioned out. I am tired of these people trashing my town. Wasting my tax dollars wiping their rears. I am all for a camp patrol, stopping the camps from developing. Just try doing a cleanup... buckets of urine & feces, needles all over mixed with all types of garbage.
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Merced is waaaaay better then Modesto. The Homeless usually stay by the rivers in Merced. By Black Rascal and Bear Creek.
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Alot of are on bearCreek under the bridges and on bearCreek and McKee under the bridge on child's ave
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Merced is pretty bad. There are many areas that you didn't get to. All up Bear Creek is where you'll find the homeless camping. Black Rascal creek out near highway 59 is another area.
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What is the reason for doing this? There is a lot of homeless people in merced but they're like little communities in different spots. Not right of the freeway but by the park, mental health, cemetery. But do you help these people or are you just showing them off? We know people are homeless but their not tourist attractions. Have a purpose behind this.
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I just came across this video and I live in Merced CA. Drive by 13th & G street near the 99 S freeway on ramp. The city & DART pushes the homeless over there and Child's Ave have camps. Also drive by Dollar General on X street. They're scattered.
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I'm surprised nobody gave you the tent city spots around town when requesting this city... You missed some gold
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I live in Merced.. I'll be more than happy to show you the more heavily populated homeless areas.
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I live in merced, moved here 2yrs ago from monterey county where I worked as a social worker for adult services.
Its not as bad here in Merced as it is in the cities of Monterey, Salinas and, Marina, CA which are in monterey county.
The old fort ord located in the city of Marina houses a whole community of homeless people who live in the old abandoned military bunkers. I know cause my husband and I lost our rental during CV and had no where to go so we parked our very old RV to live out there 3mo until we were able to move here to Merced.
I know first hand what its like to struggle. We had no running water, no electricity plus, we had 3 dogs.
At the time I was working as a social worker in the city of Marina so that helped but, as you can see, it doesn't matter your job or social status, when $h!t happens, it happens to anybody.
We saw and experienced the hardships that come with homelessness, a very humbling experience.
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Mercedian here.. thank you for shining a spotlight on our homeless community... In all my years of seeing this, this is the worst it's ever been.. I agree with other comments, you did miss our high areas of homeless.. not only by the shelter, but our bear creek. They tend to hide in the brush all along our Creek and under black rascal creek as well. There's pretty much a village under that area.. would love to see that spotlighted..
Plus, since it's been really hot lately, they tend to come our during late evening or night..
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BULLSHIT . DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED CITY...DEMOCRATIC RULE OF LAW .... MOVE THEM TO NANCY PELOSI HOUSE ...
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The larger cities usually have the biggest homless problem.
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I got off the freeway last year in Merced to get gas and was shocked at how awful it looked there. So much of central California is a shitehole.
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this is true
You can't judge a place by gas stations off Hwy 99. Merced isn't a shithole. Its not some rich coastal city, but its not a shithole.
@@jeffmorse645 bro i live here it’s pretty shit holey. some parts more than others but it could be better
@@ohwowchris I lived there for many years, my family has been around there for decades and I still go there regularly. The only truly bad parts of town are South Merced and around Loughborough Dr. Most of it looks pretty good - especially the new areas in the north side of town and around the university. The longer the UC is there the better it gets.
Ik a shorter older black woman that lives under that bridge on R street when I worked at the kwik serve gas station I used to always hook her up with stuff
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Way off lookin in wrong places there 20 times that this makes it look like it's not a problem here you should get to know the area better and try again so it don't take away from the big picture here in merced please ide be happy to take you there personally
We drove over an hour around Merced, didn’t want to post 1 hr of driving. Only post the spot we saw homeless. Thanks 🙏
Thank you its weird that merced can dedicate an entire motel to imagrents or try finding a stray dog were talking human beings drug induced or not no one should get left behind who are we going to look for help if it happens to us greed is a fucked up drug so keep getting high see you out here
Goto Atwater next to Merced there’s a park there where all the homeless live next to hwy 99 👍
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Merced started pushing homeless out and charging fines so they came to Chowchilla and now they light fires along the slough and break into neighboring houses and vehicles 😂 had a dude pull a gun on me in my own front yard that was homeless like wtf man
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They live in the tree bushes under the freeway
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That exit you got off on, that whole right side in the foliage, was a big encampment. They kicked them all out a few months back. Driving down Bear Creek you'll find them there too. Been in merced 5 years so not that long.
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They have caves on bear creek also. I have pictures.
Both Bear & Rascal creeks. The homeless currently have an American flag erected at the bridge where Hwy 59 meets 16th streets. Exiting 99 south on 16th. Pretty sure you’ll see the flag by tracks and bridge.
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at the intersection of G st and Olive Avenue is an arco and 7/11. Its in the same parking lot as a rite-aid. And at night, strewn across the parking lots and next to the convenience stores are dozen(s) of homeless posting up for the night.
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Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾🙏🏾
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There are so many homeless in every town and city. Until w3 actually address the situation it won't change Drugs alcoholism mental health are the real factors.
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most homeless here in Merced are by highway 59 by the train tracks off of the roads, bear creak, 16th street bridge that ive seen in my day to day here.
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great people
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In Merced it’s not big of a city they have the homeless moving all around the police move them around they don’t have a for sure spot they always switch it up but you will always see the same ppl roaming around sometimes I feed them give them water and sometimes money I feel
Bad it shouldn’t be this way
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We don’t have large homeless encampments, most are very small compared to Modesto, Turlock. When they start to get large, the city cleans them up and they move on. You’ll see some along the tracks, on hwy 59, & Santa Fe.
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Any place where there's allot of trees and bushes.
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We had a homeless guy walk up and down our street. When he was high on drugs he would walk past our house with a spring in his step talking to himself. I see him once in a blue moon but now there's no spring in his step he walks like a old man.
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Keep in mind at least merced doesn't look like San Francisco let's be grateful
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Thank you for sharing
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The corner of Highway 59 and Olive nearest Santa Fe there’s train tracks where all the homeless hang out
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You did not hit the spot where they are, there at Childs Ave off the north 99 bridge
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There are many homeless people all along Bear Creek and in Applegate park in Merced.
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BTW black rascal creek has a lot of homeless people...I also randomly see people in the parking lots of stores in a car..they appear to be living in their car..
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Nguyen, that is a long drive from San Jose to Merced. Did you take the Gilroy route thru hwy 152 or 680 over the Altamont then hwy 99?
Robert, we went 680 bc we didn’t want to go on 152. 680 easier to drive. Thanks for always watching 👍👍👍
I take MLK st-> 59 west-> hwy 152 west -> 101 north -> Tully or Capital… ===> San Jose downtown
It took about one half hour. Never heavy traffic!!!! I go to there every month.
You stayed in the same area. You didn't go in to town. Check it. D street shelter, southbound on ramp from G street, CA59 and Santa Fe, and up Olive Ave. There's a guy near food Maxx with 2 beautiful dogs with a story. We are out here bro, you just gotta know where to look.
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I live in Merced , We have homeless everywhere
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I came to Merced area when I was stationed at Castle Air Force base in 1986. I raised my kids here & taught them to give back to the community by giving g food to hungry people, never lying, stealing or disrespecting other people or their property. They painted off graffiti with me & didn't complain when I let a few people over the years stay a short time in our yards. They have been disappointed along with me when I donated good clothing & a friend donated a quilt & went back a couple weeks later to find them piled in trash heaps because they needed to be washed. When interviewing some of the people from the "camp" I found that most there were sent there after leaving jail because they were registered sex offenders. Some with ankle monitors. That was over 10 years ago. Since then a church in Merced lost it's building & sold its property because the city of Merced passed a no camping within city limits law & the church defied it, allowing homeless to camp in their parking lot. Then the homeless left their garbage piling up on the property instead of using the dumpsters provided. The homeless that wanted to work got help getting jobs & getting housing. That left between 10 & 20 that didn't want to work, just wanted a handout & became unhappy with the church expecting them to go to church or let them even pray for/with them. These refused to leave the church property & with the legal issues from the city, the property was cleared by police & fenced off so the homeless wouldn't be able to stay there. The no camping law is still in effect, the shelter on D street still has people lining up, but mostly in the winter months. There are cooling centers for days that are over 102 degrees & the bus is free(& cool) until the end of September. I ride Amtrak often & Merced has had a lot of improvement as seen from the train. Stockton, however; has NOT improved their homeless situation, which is extremely disgusting from not only the Amtrak, but also when driving through in a car. I can also say that Portland, Oregon isn't a nice place to see from the train OR by car on the freeway as far as the homeless problem is concerned. The homeless can wander from their tents straight into traffic on the freeway with no fence barrier in many places in Portland, while right across the river in Vancouver, Washington there are barely any homeless to fend off. There were some downtown in Vancouver, but you have to go to the right places to find them.
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My dad was stationed at Castle. My parents raised me and my sister in Dos Palos, Ca which is also in Merced County.
Hey if you wanna see what the homeless population really looks like in merced because its big here come back down I'll give you a tour.
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On Santa Fe and 59. At Applegate Park. Over by the fair grounds. Bear creek under bridges. Old mercy hospital. They are all over the place.
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Most of the homeless people here are gang affiliated here in Merced
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Kinda weird going around and filming the homeless imo.
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Spend an hour or two in the Merced Walmart Parking lot... There is plenty that stroll through all day long.
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Not sure how you could've missed em, there's quite a few spots to choose from. 16th st. past G St., Childs Ave by 99, all along 59, Home depot parking lot, etc. Etc. Etc.
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Yeah next time definitely try the spots people mentioned. Joe herb park, Applegate park along bear creek and near the fountain area is always popping. Right outside walmart is becoming bad and the train tracks by 59 and Santa fe is where they usually camp out at.
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what do you do when you find homeless people?
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Drive another 20 minutes north to Turlock, plenty there. Continue north to Modesto, exit 9th street and head to LA Loma area, can't miss it.
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You really should have asked where they hang out, you missed a bunch.
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I also have a family member who is homeless a lot of them choose to be homeless and some do not choose to be homeless because the rent is too high for them it's too high for a lot of us but a lot of them are on drugs and they drink so they prefer to be on the streets so they can have this stuff and I've been living in Merced all my life
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the removed the big homeless camps 2 months ago located under the freeway entrance 99 southbound off of Gst
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There's a famous homeless guy called reaper in merced
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I am also a resident in Merced and there is a homeless problem. The city has picked up some encampment. Thank you for showing and acknowledging the need here.
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Its a lot homeless people by childs ave on merced inn and childs and G st passing G st its a camp
It takes 2 and 30 min to sacramento from merced
2hrs to san jose
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What's the point of your videos? We already know the population is high everywhere, but what do you do to help? It's not a circus.
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Over by Walmart, over by Joe herb park, the park behind 7-11 on Loughborough
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So you have to drive around Merced for a couple of hours to find some homeless folks. Those streets looked very neat and clean to me. The homeless whom you eventually found, if you will ask them, come mostly from OTHER States. California is, after all, a nice State in which to be homeless. The weather is fantastic!
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I live in Merced and that's not the case at all .
It gets extremely hot in Merced.
@@jane9469 It gets extremely hot in summer throughout the entire Central Valley of California, which includes Sacramento, Merced and Fresno. Yesterday it was 101 degrees in Sacramento, 104 in Merced, 105 in Fresno.
The other three seasons are much more moderate. It almost never snows in the Central Valley.
Not a few Central Valley homeless folks migrate over to the California coast in summertime, where summertime temperatures usually reach only into the 70s, and then they migrate back to the Central Valley in winter, when nighttimes get chilly along the coast, but both daytime and nighttime remain very comfortable in the Central Valley.
Many homeless, it seems, know how to work the weather systems in California.
@@fredphilippi8388 very well explained 👍
And Santa fe and hwy 59, bear creek, Applegate park in most of the alleys
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He totally missed all the homeless areas
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Thay are mostly at the north end of 16th Street and the south end of 16th Street and Yosemite park way
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The Navigation Center on 13th and B st. was recently opened to attend to the homeless problem. Too bad, you guys couldn't tour that solution to the homeless problem to see if that can help with bridging the chronically homeless into potential permanent housing solutions. For you, it could be reporting on the problem and solutions of homelessness. Encampments: Hwy 59 between 16th and Olive, and beyond (along the Westside), D st, from the D St. homeless shelter to the 99 underpass near G st.
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