This is literally my front yard. I can't get OUT of my doorway, walk on the street as I CANNOT walk on the sidewalk. I was homeless for many years here, would NEVER have pitched a tent on Hastings. But it is the same bullshit as back then; the city, the Parks Board, and VFD(it was CP rail back in the day, (where we used to be), all passing the buck, and getting nothing done. So now-fast forward 10 years, it is on HASTINGS. bUT THESE KIDS ARE lazy. And violent. AND FIFTY PERCENT OF THEM ARE NOT HOMELESS, BUT EXPLPOITING THE SITUATION FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. tHAT'S MY RANT.
Sadly, it's on your property.....as today Vancouver Fire Department really want to remove these tents but it seems like a very complex issue....hoping things will go thru smoothly soon.
I used to walk up and down Hastings St when I was a foreign student in Vancouver some 40 years ago saving on bus fares. It is sad to see it has deteriorated to this state. Something is very wrong.
Economic lockdowns, “safe consumption sites” with subsidized, purest form narcotics, combined with years of unprecedented foreign investment into real estate, also real estate money laundering would, probably have a similar effect to this 😂 Why is everyone so surprised 😂😂
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@@heavenlycrystalsandcandles3609 yup, I remember the year very well as that's when I graduated and that was a turning point because we were put in the map. And I would dare say an even bigger catalyst would have been the Olympics in 2010. That's when the real estate started to skyrocket. I can't imagine never moving back to Edmonton (moved here in 82) - but aside from the cold winters there, there's definitely a lot of advantages to getting out of the lower mainland, as much as I love BC
My family & I are here for our first visit from Toronto and horrified at how many homeless people live on the streets. We made a wrong turn and ended up in Hastings. Such a humbling experience and very sad for them all.
Yea it’s unfortunate. With that being said a lot of the block has been usurped by people who aren’t homeless and have homes, especially the large merch tents. Probably only 10-20% of the people on the block face chronic homelessness. If you’re gonna sell hot stuff the tents are the place to do it….Hopefully next time you visit lots will have changed ✊ 🪵
@@coderedemergency911 With that being said a lot of the block has been usurped by people who aren’t homeless and "have homes" What are you up to, I wonder? I know this area very well...sadly full of addicts and mentally....THERE IS NO ONE LIVING THERE WITH A REAL HOME SOMEWHERE!!!!!!!! and no, housing is not the answer...you simply cannot put an addict or the severely mentally ill in a room somewhere, and figure all fixed!!!!
@@ronwatts5827 Yea let me rephrase that. A lot of the people you just see on the street at daytime don’t face chronic homelessness they’ll be living in SRO’s or live elsewhere and just come down to Hastings to be with the bustle. Majority of the tents are people who are homeless except the ones in the Merch tents closer to Carol. I believe everyone has the right to housing and I agree with you in that mental health/ Addiction are the most prominent factors hurting DTES. A place like riverview or with the new St. Paul’s they might do sanction housing in the hospital is needed with support staff, addiction counsellors, therapists etc. Basically the city needs to step up their game. They’ve known of this problem for years and it’s only gotten worse.
It is impossible to imagine how this has come to be in one of the countries most beautiful cities. We just took a drive along Hastings Street this morning, Monday August 1 and it is even worse than it was only a few days ago. Why are these poor souls left to suffer and die before our very eyes, does anybody care ?
They can only help themselves, no one will care until they see that are trying to change. 99% of them are living like that due to drugs. Doesn't help that the sheer number of them makes it feel normalized.
It really is everywhere huh? I remember my ex girlfriend moving to Canada and telling me how clean and safe it was. I strongly believe the root cause of this homelessness crisis are hard drugs. Yes rising housing costs play a significant role as well. Now if you get addicted to hard drugs you're on the streets. I remember back in the day even drug addicts could usually find a cheap shady apartment somewhere. Not sure about the rules in Vancouver BC Canada, but in Portland Oregon in the USA you have to make 3 times the rent of an apartment *after* taxes to legally be allowed to move in and studios now start around $1,500 per month. When I moved into a studio apartment in Portland in 2021 it was $1,250 per month and that was one of the best deals in the city... now that very same complex 1 year later, the same unit is $1,450 per month. There are a *lot* of jobs that don't pay 3 times that or $4,500 per month after taxes like blue collar work, retail workers, restaurant workers etc. Investors/private equity firms have made the housing situation pretty bad. In my opinion if you work 40 hours per week in the USA even if you're working at McDonald's or Walmart or something you should be able to afford a studio apartment. Right now in Portland Oregon you have to make $54,000 per year *after* taxes or something like $80,000 per year before taxes just to afford an apartment. I read a survey that showed people who make 100k per year in the city are barely scraping by. It's getting out of hand with real estate and rental prices... all so some investors (many foreign) and private equity firms can squeeze as much profit out of us as possible.
We're neighbour....different rules and policies but ended up the same SHIT....nowadays we face inflation in grocery, gas and rental. These 1 2 3 essentials drive all of us (middle class) going crazy and nothing we could do about them. Sitting at home to save gas, eating less to save the grocery, and turn off all electronics to save the hydro bill, but I could not do any. Home rental in Vancouver may be a bit more expensive than Portland. I don't know much about this because I don't pay rent. Keep working as a bee to avoid ending on the street.
If you make 100k a year and "barely scrape by" you are doing something seriously wrong. I earn half that and never have to worry about money in the slightest.
@@tomlevitt4133 I've made literally 15,000 Canadian a year in the past and never had any problem with money either. It has to do with intellect and some people are just not smart enough even if they make millions of dollars a year, they are going to lose it all.
Has this societal infection spilled over from next door? Or what’s happened here? We don’t have anything like this in Australia. Scary world we’re leaving our kids.
Last year was bad enough walking through there but this year? Holy crap,ive never seen hastings street so plugged with tents and the people there now?its really quite sad to see,knowing how these were just little kids at one time and they grew up into this state.not sure what to think of that honestly
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Vancouver needs to win their olympic bid and then a month before the olympics start, the homeless will mysteriously start to vanish..... Just like they did back on 2010!
What a sad depressing state major North American cities have become. You should make your video a walking tour because some scenes are too fast or maybe the frame rate is wrong. This has to be captured and shared so thanks for doing that.
Sad. However, it will never, ever change. These people (although some may), will not change their way of life. It scares me to live like this, so I work my ass off. It's a tough world, gotta be strong and PRAY!!!
The government want this, they get stronger as higher is the number of people at its knee depending of government social programs. Increasing the cost of life to the moon and being sympathetic to drugs is part of the process.
Thank you for sharing this. I lived in Vancouver for 25yrs. (escaped 4 yrs ago) I personally witnessed the horrific transformation of this once beautiful city. Drugs, Homelessness, class and race segregation with out right abuse. There's a large portion of people that are completely ignorant (by choice) to the insane problems in front of them and they help perpetuate. The ones that help have their hands tied politically over and over and over. The way everything is set up by the govt is to divide and control. BUT the rest of British Columbia is NOT like this one city. I highly recommend people go and explore, but for gods sake do not get involved with or visit Vancouver.
Thanks for sharing your words Gord, surely what it is. The ones who can solve this, are the Leaders, or else Vancouver is dying as Aaron Gunn (journalist) described.
I work near the Tenderloin in San Francisco. Seriously this looks worse. Visited Vancouver a few years ago. Don't think I spent any time in the Eastside. This is truly shocking to me.
I returned to Vancouver a city my Grandfather came to in 1891. 6000 ppl at that time. I was in Haiti the last 4 years volunteering. Helping US Marines build schools. I am ashamed now. Of my city. We sold it out to the highest bidders from China. Multicultural...I think not. Is a cold, soulless horrid place. I pray I never set foot in it again.
Would you dare to walk along this stretch at night ? If these people moved to the downtown core, would they still have this way of life as they currently have ?
I walk this stretch every night to work never have I felt fear . I work graveyard shifts in an sro and I don't fear it in anyway . Only in my own sro ,where I live do I feel fear sometimes.
When I lived in Burnaby mid 90,s would drive through occasionally Back for holiday 2020. Amazed by the shear amount of how many more druggies now. Insane failure that has no answer.
I just saw another homeless video from Philadelphia PA. There were people all bent in half all over. The narrator says it’s a veterinary tranquilizer called xylazine. When combined w Fentanyl it causes severe CNS depression and you basically stop breathing. It’s spread rapidly over the last few years.
The helplessness of politicians is maddening. They have been afraid to make decisions for many years. Here, - is not in such a situation - democracy is needed, as people are dying. Immediately prepare rehabilitation and medical camp in Surrey. Prepare for life. Teach through work. This is the only way out. After that immediately remove everyone from the street move to Surrey and take investment steps in the East End.
Deprimente. Essas pessoas andam arqueadas, parecem tomadas, sem alma. Muita pena… desigualdade. Muitos carros de luxo. Pessoas se drogando no meio da rua. Comida cara. Cidade com tanta natureza, mas com muita tristeza.
Being homeless means you don't have a home, that's it. There are tons of drug addicts, alcoholics. and, individuals with mental health challenges who have homes. This is about poverty. POVERTY, that is what you see here.
"There are tons of drug addicts, alcoholics. and, individuals with mental health challenges who have homes." Those are functional drug addicts, if you can't do drugs and maintain your life you shouldn't be doing drugs. most of them choose poverty, there is a lot of help in canada, they choose drugs over everything else. It's a choice of hard work or lazing around getting high, they really don't look like they care at all. Anyone not on drugs 24/7 would be bored out of their mind hanging around on the street all day.
You can’t give money to people who use that money to support their addiction. That would be irresponsible and immoral. They need to sober up before they can get housing or money.
Well, the tents aren't going to be going anywhere. Oppenheimer? If not for a once in a lifetime health crisis, i.e. Covid-19, that park and the disease, crime, fires, assaults would be tripled by now. This is a national crisis...aided by actions by Vancouver city hall and Victoria. A survey taken by the city 4 years ago determined that nearly 80% of the "homeless" (most addicted or severely mentally ill) were from outside BC. If we believe these folks called "advocates", that the answer is housing...we are being conned: show me an addict who has recovered from the addiction because he/she had a roof over their head (silly talk). Or the same for those suffering from schizophrenia.....how does housing address schizophrenia...These people need intense intervention and treatment....not a place to lie their head down. (i wish it were that easy...no don't be conned, it is a serious problem, that takes serious action to address)
@Augusto Pinochet Alrighty, so much for personal responsibility, drugs, and the shift in wealth. Time to move these people out to some rural farm and teach them self reliance.
I can’t believe how many a store fronts were actually open. Business must be lacking from the perpetual loitering. My question is who owns a majority of the empty stores that these people are encamped in front of?
These sights remind me of Bob Dylan's song, "Like a rolling stone" which probably turns it into a new American culture. He sang, "When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose."
This Is just gross .... I mean most these ppl get sent here to kamloops and now our city is starting to look like we'll what was showed on this video so please stop fucking sending them here we have no more fucking room and it's turnd out very gross n dirty n not safe for our kids I'm sorry we don't want you go,anywhere but kamloops
Canada was good to me for many years for which I'm thankful but I made the decision to leave 3 years ago and the more Canadian news I see the greater it reinforces my decision
@@ExploreVancouverCanada speak for yourself. I live downtown Halifax and this crap just started here due to covid and crappy government. Maybe you westerners will put up with this crap (because you have for decades) but us east coasters are not having it
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I'm a "normal" person, as you describe.. I WORK and pay PLENTY of taxes.. my taxes PAY when an ambulance is needed to revive these worthless pieces of $&# OD and why? So they can OD and do it all over again? That's certainly a waste of MY taxes.
Build a giant jail and put them ALL in it! All of them are either lazy good for nothing criminals or drugs addicts! No one is homeless for years on end if you are normal.
Army and Navy, Real Compassion Society, 7-11, First United Church, Value Village...many more honorable mentionable relied upon community resources all gone now... What a great year its been.... The decline here is real.
I think if they are relocated it will bring new buisnesses into that street and help growth people want to work and not be afraid to go to work. This is a problem in a lot of countries but you can't expect the government to be blamed everytime a person can't get thier life on track after years provinces can't afford to pay for everyone and everything your responsibility is to make what the province offers you work. Other countries would never tolerate a person that paid for a buisness not being abe to open it.
@@ExploreVancouverCanada I know man, I'm from langley, spent almost every weekend in Vancouver. These people are just lazy drug crazed morons that don't want to contribute to society, yet expects society to help them. Why? Most of them don't want help, they just want money. To get drugs. And it's getting worse every year, so I say fuck it, find a job and fix your life, of get the hell out.
Before 2016 when fentanyl and meth took over. All the drug addicts stopped waving and slumping around cause they stopped selling heroin and cocaine. Those two drugs made them do this kind of dance. People called it the Hastings Shuffle. Now you don't see one person doing it. Doing the Hastings Shuffle could get you into trouble cause addicts with no money it would trigger them. Go down there and see if you can find cocaine.
It seems to me that they are not the citizens of the country. Why the developed countries issue the visa for others if they couldn’t provide the shelters to their own ppl?? I feel literally so sad.
4:47 It's ugly but it holds a gem that some elderly are aware of. Around 11am there's a corner where all the thieves bring there stolen meat. You can buy high quality beef for half price. Me and my dad bought 400 worth of prime rib steaks for 200 $$$. Lot's stuff my dad brought back that amazed me. I come to protect my dad not from the homeless there but the other people looking to buy meat cause fights break out. It's who's got the cash first.
All the pastors where are u all gone ..ask your Jesus to help them ..I think Jesus is busy in his grave 😂😂😂😂😂 rip pastors ,parents are the real gods without them u will be on streets like this 😊
pretty brave riding in a car and filming these people which are humans, not content for folks like u taking the time to imo illegally film individuals who have done nothing to u in life but feel a need to display the same stuff over and over again its invasive rude completely disgusting
This is literally my front yard. I can't get OUT of my doorway, walk on the street as I CANNOT walk on the sidewalk. I was homeless for many years here, would NEVER have pitched a tent on Hastings. But it is the same bullshit as back then; the city, the Parks Board, and VFD(it was CP rail back in the day, (where we used to be), all passing the buck, and getting nothing done. So now-fast forward 10 years, it is on HASTINGS. bUT THESE KIDS ARE lazy. And violent. AND FIFTY PERCENT OF THEM ARE NOT HOMELESS, BUT EXPLPOITING THE SITUATION FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. tHAT'S MY RANT.
Sadly, it's on your property.....as today Vancouver Fire Department really want to remove these tents but it seems like a very complex issue....hoping things will go thru smoothly soon.
So sad. I feel for you
Hahaha that’s western democracy capitalist system Please doesn’t blame the China communist system ya
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@@1jh963 Yeah, the Chi-Coms just round you up, shoot you, and harvest your organs. Either that or a slave camp.
I used to walk up and down Hastings St when I was a foreign student in Vancouver some 40 years ago saving on bus fares. It is sad to see it has deteriorated to this state. Something is very wrong.
I live in Vancouver since Expo86. Things are continuously heading wrong directions
Economic lockdowns, “safe consumption sites” with subsidized, purest form narcotics, combined with years of unprecedented foreign investment into real estate, also real estate money laundering would, probably have a similar effect to this 😂 Why is everyone so surprised 😂😂
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I was lucky to grow up in Vancouver when it was a beautiful city, the lights and entertainment ✨️ ♥️ was amazing back then 70s and 80s
You're right. Vancouver was a very surprising city when I moved from Saskatchewan during Expo86
@@ExploreVancouverCanada it was after Expo 86 when Vancouver was starting to go downhill 😔
@@heavenlycrystalsandcandles3609 yup, I remember the year very well as that's when I graduated and that was a turning point because we were put in the map. And I would dare say an even bigger catalyst would have been the Olympics in 2010. That's when the real estate started to skyrocket. I can't imagine never moving back to Edmonton (moved here in 82) - but aside from the cold winters there, there's definitely a lot of advantages to getting out of the lower mainland, as much as I love BC
I think turning Granville into a pedestrian mall was the beginning of the end. I remember that happening.
It is incredible.I visited here in 1990,no homeless in the down town.
there were some but not as many as today
Got worse after giving free drugs and legalizing pot. Making it doing drugs it is ok.
My family & I are here for our first visit from Toronto and horrified at how many homeless people live on the streets. We made a wrong turn and ended up in Hastings. Such a humbling experience and very sad for them all.
Yea it’s unfortunate. With that being said a lot of the block has been usurped by people who aren’t homeless and have homes, especially the large merch tents. Probably only 10-20% of the people on the block face chronic homelessness. If you’re gonna sell hot stuff the tents are the place to do it….Hopefully next time you visit lots will have changed ✊ 🪵
@@coderedemergency911 Where did you get that shit?
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@@coderedemergency911 With that being said a lot of the block has been usurped by people who aren’t homeless and "have homes" What are you up to, I wonder? I know this area very well...sadly full of addicts and mentally....THERE IS NO ONE LIVING THERE WITH A REAL HOME SOMEWHERE!!!!!!!! and no, housing is not the answer...you simply cannot put an addict or the severely mentally ill in a room somewhere, and figure all fixed!!!!
@@ronwatts5827 Yea let me rephrase that. A lot of the people you just see on the street at daytime don’t face chronic homelessness they’ll be living in SRO’s or live elsewhere and just come down to Hastings to be with the bustle. Majority of the tents are people who are homeless except the ones in the Merch tents closer to Carol. I believe everyone has the right to housing and I agree with you in that mental health/ Addiction are the most prominent factors hurting DTES. A place like riverview or with the new St. Paul’s they might do sanction housing in the hospital is needed with support staff, addiction counsellors, therapists etc.
Basically the city needs to step up their game. They’ve known of this problem for years and it’s only gotten worse.
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It is impossible to imagine how this has come to be in one of the countries most beautiful cities. We just took a drive along Hastings Street this morning, Monday August 1 and it is even worse than it was only a few days ago. Why are these poor souls left to suffer and die before our very eyes, does anybody care ?
Thanks for sharing your own story....the reality/image is always there but sometimes is worse than everyone could think of
They can only help themselves, no one will care until they see that are trying to change. 99% of them are living like that due to drugs.
Doesn't help that the sheer number of them makes it feel normalized.
How far East does it go on like this? I looked up on the map, trying to see how long it goes on like this but hard to tell.
@@tabathaogost4982 its a whole neighbourhood like this im pretty sure
It really is everywhere huh? I remember my ex girlfriend moving to Canada and telling me how clean and safe it was. I strongly believe the root cause of this homelessness crisis are hard drugs. Yes rising housing costs play a significant role as well. Now if you get addicted to hard drugs you're on the streets. I remember back in the day even drug addicts could usually find a cheap shady apartment somewhere. Not sure about the rules in Vancouver BC Canada, but in Portland Oregon in the USA you have to make 3 times the rent of an apartment *after* taxes to legally be allowed to move in and studios now start around $1,500 per month. When I moved into a studio apartment in Portland in 2021 it was $1,250 per month and that was one of the best deals in the city... now that very same complex 1 year later, the same unit is $1,450 per month. There are a *lot* of jobs that don't pay 3 times that or $4,500 per month after taxes like blue collar work, retail workers, restaurant workers etc. Investors/private equity firms have made the housing situation pretty bad. In my opinion if you work 40 hours per week in the USA even if you're working at McDonald's or Walmart or something you should be able to afford a studio apartment. Right now in Portland Oregon you have to make $54,000 per year *after* taxes or something like $80,000 per year before taxes just to afford an apartment. I read a survey that showed people who make 100k per year in the city are barely scraping by. It's getting out of hand with real estate and rental prices... all so some investors (many foreign) and private equity firms can squeeze as much profit out of us as possible.
We're neighbour....different rules and policies but ended up the same SHIT....nowadays we face inflation in grocery, gas and rental. These 1 2 3 essentials drive all of us (middle class) going crazy and nothing we could do about them. Sitting at home to save gas, eating less to save the grocery, and turn off all electronics to save the hydro bill, but I could not do any. Home rental in Vancouver may be a bit more expensive than Portland. I don't know much about this because I don't pay rent. Keep working as a bee to avoid ending on the street.
If you make 100k a year and "barely scrape by" you are doing something seriously wrong. I earn half that and never have to worry about money in the slightest.
@@tomlevitt4133 I've made literally 15,000 Canadian a year in the past and never had any problem with money either. It has to do with intellect and some people are just not smart enough even if they make millions of dollars a year, they are going to lose it all.
Has this societal infection spilled over from next door? Or what’s happened here? We don’t have anything like this in Australia. Scary world we’re leaving our kids.
Vancouver has hundreds of beautiful locations to look at
Canada doesn’t have nearly as strong of a social safety net as Australia.
So surprising to watch many tent in the road!
Another aspects of a big city!
Thanks a ton for your good report.
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Just as bad in Rural Canada and rural communities? Full of FreeDumb and Qnutters
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Last year was bad enough walking through there but this year? Holy crap,ive never seen hastings street so plugged with tents and the people there now?its really quite sad to see,knowing how these were just little kids at one time and they grew up into this state.not sure what to think of that honestly
The problems remain unsolved.....maybe spreading bigger day by day.
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Very sad... but very real...
surreal
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porque los dejan ahi?, no hay un parque o terreno donde los puedan mudar?
The rougher you look,the safer you are.
this phrase sounds interesting
Vancouver needs to win their olympic bid and then a month before the olympics start, the homeless will mysteriously start to vanish.....
Just like they did back on 2010!
100% agree, home cleaning first before guests arrive, right?
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Now, now, don't mention that too LOUD. Culling isn't PROPER. Except when they call it Fentanyl.
What a sad depressing state major North American cities have become. You should make your video a walking tour because some scenes are too fast or maybe the frame rate is wrong. This has to be captured and shared so thanks for doing that.
Check it out, there are some walking videos. thanks for watching
Sad. However, it will never, ever change. These people (although some may), will not change their way of life. It scares me to live like this, so I work my ass off. It's a tough world, gotta be strong and PRAY!!!
The problems are unsolved and getting worse by hours or days. The images around this neighbourhood are worse than you think.
The government want this, they get stronger as higher is the number of people at its knee depending of government social programs. Increasing the cost of life to the moon and being sympathetic to drugs is part of the process.
@@jun1orIV true true!
Interesante recorrido
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They don’t care about themselves. Why should anyone else.
Most people said...just give them a little chance. would you?
Thank you for sharing this. I lived in Vancouver for 25yrs. (escaped 4 yrs ago) I personally witnessed the horrific transformation of this once beautiful city. Drugs, Homelessness, class and race segregation with out right abuse. There's a large portion of people that are completely ignorant (by choice) to the insane problems in front of them and they help perpetuate. The ones that help have their hands tied politically over and over and over. The way everything is set up by the govt is to divide and control. BUT the rest of British Columbia is NOT like this one city. I highly recommend people go and explore, but for gods sake do not get involved with or visit Vancouver.
Thanks for sharing your words Gord, surely what it is. The ones who can solve this, are the Leaders, or else Vancouver is dying as Aaron Gunn (journalist) described.
I work near the Tenderloin in San Francisco. Seriously this looks worse. Visited Vancouver a few years ago. Don't think I spent any time in the Eastside. This is truly shocking to me.
These tents were up within 2 or 3 months. City tried to remove but unsuccessful
Vancouver’s skid row is right next to china town, so not only is there a horrible stench in the air, but also shit-rats running around everywhere.
Slowly expanding, some parts of Main street are occupied.
I returned to Vancouver a city my Grandfather came to in 1891. 6000 ppl at that time. I was in Haiti the last 4 years volunteering. Helping US Marines build schools. I am ashamed now. Of my city. We sold it out to the highest bidders from China. Multicultural...I think not. Is a cold, soulless horrid place. I pray I never set foot in it again.
Vancouver still remains a beautiful/expensive living city except one or two sucked corners
How was Haiti?
Where are all the Chinese in the video?
@@myleshagar9722 unofficial chinatown is located in Richmond BC,
Would you dare to walk along this stretch at night ? If these people moved to the downtown core, would they still have this way of life as they currently have ?
If you live in Vancouver you should know that they are surrounded by invisible fence
@@ExploreVancouverCanada What does that mean?
Yes, it isn't particularly dangerous, just sad.
It seems the US cancer is spreading.
I walk this stretch every night to work never have I felt fear . I work graveyard shifts in an sro and I don't fear it in anyway . Only in my own sro ,where I live do I feel fear sometimes.
skid row?
kind of
what are the reasons for this
none, use your knowledge to figure out
7:08 casually walking through with a set of golf clubs ⛳️ lol
Maybe more sharped items inside as well
When I lived in Burnaby mid 90,s would drive through occasionally
Back for holiday 2020.
Amazed by the shear amount of how many more druggies now.
Insane failure that has no answer.
the numbers keep growing
Can someone see if Fran Brantley is there anywhere? Please.
If someone see Mr. Brantley....please update/contact
Miss. Not mr
The issue is not housing, it is about drugs and mental illness but mostly drugs. The solution can be government treatment camps for drugs treatment.
very complex issue....housing, drugs, mental etc
Is the Gravity fucked up in Vancover? Why are 90% of the people almost bent in half....lol
It's called the "the fentanyl hang". Its a sign that someone is on fentanyl.
Free or supervised injection SITE could be one of the reasons
A friend of mine in Calgary has a daughter living on Hastings. She saw her a couple weeks ago said same thing, her daughter was hunched over.
I just saw another homeless video from Philadelphia PA. There were people all bent in half all over. The narrator says it’s a veterinary tranquilizer called xylazine. When combined w Fentanyl it causes severe CNS depression and you basically stop breathing. It’s spread rapidly over the last few years.
The helplessness of politicians is maddening. They have been afraid to make decisions for many years.
Here, - is not in such a situation - democracy is needed, as people are dying.
Immediately prepare rehabilitation and medical camp in Surrey. Prepare for life. Teach through work. This is the only way out. After that immediately remove everyone from the street move to Surrey and take investment steps in the East End.
Sounds like educate these people....Not much a chance?
How Wonderful City
you really mean?
Deprimente. Essas pessoas andam arqueadas, parecem tomadas, sem alma. Muita pena… desigualdade. Muitos carros de luxo. Pessoas se drogando no meio da rua. Comida cara. Cidade com tanta natureza, mas com muita tristeza.
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Dystopian… Just missing the burn barrels
VFD nearby, they come quickly
Being homeless means you don't have a home, that's it. There are tons of drug addicts, alcoholics. and, individuals with mental health challenges who have homes. This is about poverty. POVERTY, that is what you see here.
Just pray for them as they keep suffering thru days of their lives
But how is throwing more money at them going to solve the problem? Especially when the money is just going to be wasted on booze, drugs, etc. ?
"There are tons of drug addicts, alcoholics. and, individuals with mental health challenges who have homes." Those are functional drug addicts, if you can't do drugs and maintain your life you shouldn't be doing drugs. most of them choose poverty, there is a lot of help in canada, they choose drugs over everything else. It's a choice of hard work or lazing around getting high, they really don't look like they care at all. Anyone not on drugs 24/7 would be bored out of their mind hanging around on the street all day.
You can’t give money to people who use that money to support their addiction. That would be irresponsible and immoral. They need to sober up before they can get housing or money.
DRUG ADDICTION* corrected that for you.
Sad.
very sad
This is unbelievable I had no idea it was like this. Toronto is not like this at all
Thanks JJ in TO
“Hey what should we do with all these homeless?”
“Give them free drugs, and money so they can buy more drugs 👍🏻 “
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I'm surprised it took a whole minute 30 seconds to see someone shooting up.
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The irritating music is irritating! Thank you.
sometimes music makes you feel less intense
Well, the tents aren't going to be going anywhere. Oppenheimer? If not for a once in a lifetime health crisis, i.e. Covid-19, that park and the disease, crime, fires, assaults would be tripled by now. This is a national crisis...aided by actions by Vancouver city hall and Victoria. A survey taken by the city 4 years ago determined that nearly 80% of the "homeless" (most addicted or severely mentally ill) were from outside BC. If we believe these folks called "advocates", that the answer is housing...we are being conned: show me an addict who has recovered from the addiction because he/she had a roof over their head (silly talk). Or the same for those suffering from schizophrenia.....how does housing address schizophrenia...These people need intense intervention and treatment....not a place to lie their head down. (i wish it were that easy...no don't be conned, it is a serious problem, that takes serious action to address)
Beautiful words/idea.....hoping some Leaders read thru this.
Когда проходила олимпиада в 2010 году все говорили что Ванкувер самый комфортный город для жизни .
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What the f'ck happened to Vancouver?
Mayor Stewie, city councillors building homes only for the rich and the BC NDP government leading the province. That’s what happened.
@Augusto Pinochet Alrighty, so much for personal responsibility, drugs, and the shift in wealth. Time to move these people out to some rural farm and teach them self reliance.
This is a complexity. Last week one person passed away by police shooting pellet or bubble gun
I can’t believe how many a store fronts were actually open. Business must be lacking from the perpetual loitering. My question is who owns a majority of the empty stores that these people are encamped in front of?
These shops really need subsidizing. Most are social housing
These sights remind me of Bob Dylan's song, "Like a rolling stone" which probably turns it into a new American culture.
He sang, "When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose."
That's right I have nothing to loose as well
wow i didnt know that many homeless people in canada
North America big cities have one
This Is just gross .... I mean most these ppl get sent here to kamloops and now our city is starting to look like we'll what was showed on this video so please stop fucking sending them here we have no more fucking room and it's turnd out very gross n dirty n not safe for our kids I'm sorry we don't want you go,anywhere but kamloops
Only MP's and MLA's have the answers. Do they turn a blind eye?
Canada what happen to you?
Hot summer camping tents
That's why there is something called " zakat "
Hey dude we got some local charities bringing lots of food and clothing
Canada was good to me for many years for which I'm thankful but I made the decision to leave 3 years ago and the more Canadian news I see the greater it reinforces my decision
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Disgusting. I an no longer proud to be Canadian! Out Country is falling apart thanks to politicians
A little dark corner couldn't hurt the Vancouverites, therefore we, Canadians are ok
@@ExploreVancouverCanada speak for yourself. I live downtown Halifax and this crap just started here due to covid and crappy government. Maybe you westerners will put up with this crap (because you have for decades) but us east coasters are not having it
Good to know I’m not missing anything in your country
loud and clear
Black eye for Vancouver
more bruises if you come closer
Some go into gutters some go high off the ground or sleep sitting up. Never mind standing
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You know what's really scary about this? The "normal" people walking around without a care as if this homeless problem is normal.
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THE INCOME COCAIN FOUNTAIN IS TRICKLING ..
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I'm a "normal" person, as you describe.. I WORK and pay PLENTY of taxes.. my taxes PAY when an ambulance is needed to revive these worthless pieces of $&# OD and why? So they can OD and do it all over again? That's certainly a waste of MY taxes.
The fuck theyre supposed to do ? They got their own problems like making it to another month.. the hell you on about ?
Stay aawy as far you could
@@ExploreVancouverCanada Oh, I am as far away as I can be!
We used to have a hospital that treated and helped the people in this video but to save money? They kicked 2000 of them to the Streets.
Hoping they will come back to the hospital again but not overcrowded or screw up the healthcare system
Build a giant jail and put them ALL in it! All of them are either lazy good for nothing criminals or drugs addicts! No one is homeless for years on end if you are normal.
NO one could enforce against human rights
@@ExploreVancouverCanada Where are the HUMANS here? I see parasites.
I think these people need a good water cannoning ! When you shit on the pavement like a rodent .. you are worthless.
Army and Navy, Real Compassion Society, 7-11, First United Church, Value Village...many more honorable mentionable relied upon community resources all gone now...
What a great year its been.... The decline here is real.
Overhead costs are skyrocketed....tough for these businesses
I think if they are relocated it will bring new buisnesses into that street and help growth people want to work and not be afraid to go to work. This is a problem in a lot of countries but you can't expect the government to be blamed everytime a person can't get thier life on track after years provinces can't afford to pay for everyone and everything your responsibility is to make what the province offers you work. Other countries would never tolerate a person that paid for a buisness not being abe to open it.
Tent city has been decamped last couple weeks by the City's with hundreds of cops.
They're not walking dead. They still need food water and shelter. They need help.
They are struggling and needed BIG help
I say if you don't want to contribute to society, then get the hell out. There's plenty of Canadian wilderness to pioneer your own society.
This society consists of all kinds of weird things dude
@@ExploreVancouverCanada I know man, I'm from langley, spent almost every weekend in Vancouver.
These people are just lazy drug crazed morons that don't want to contribute to society, yet expects society to help them. Why? Most of them don't want help, they just want money. To get drugs. And it's getting worse every year, so I say fuck it, find a job and fix your life, of get the hell out.
Before 2016 when fentanyl and meth took over. All the drug addicts stopped waving and slumping around cause they stopped selling heroin and cocaine. Those two drugs made them do this kind of dance. People called it the Hastings Shuffle. Now you don't see one person doing it. Doing the Hastings Shuffle could get you into trouble cause addicts with no money it would trigger them. Go down there and see if you can find cocaine.
This is my commute route. So I see different images every single time.
@@ExploreVancouverCanada I have a feeling they are gonna head to the bridge. Next to it is a lot of empty land.
That’s human rights ya Freedom money welfare free food and lodging and money for graass
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It seems to me that they are not the citizens of the country. Why the developed countries issue the visa for others if they couldn’t provide the shelters to their own ppl?? I feel literally so sad.
Yes we are the citizens
Looks like the great Depression horrible. Why would anyone want to live in a city like this. I WOULD WALK OUT BY. 🚶♂️🚶♀️🚶♂️🚶♀️
Most areas are nice. It's like this in Seattle now too.
go looking at the major cities of the world and then you have to move to the woods
@@ExploreVancouverCanada I lived in big cities in Asia, Europe and the Middle East for 30 years but never witnessed anything even close to this.
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Oh,It is Vancouver, not Manila or Calcutta.It may be tourist camping on footpath to save the cost. 55555
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Drugs are cool they say...
Hands down the most overrated city I can think of
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4:47 It's ugly but it holds a gem that some elderly are aware of. Around 11am there's a corner where all the thieves bring there stolen meat. You can buy high quality beef for half price. Me and my dad bought 400 worth of prime rib steaks for 200 $$$. Lot's stuff my dad brought back that amazed me. I come to protect my dad not from the homeless there but the other people looking to buy meat cause fights break out. It's who's got the cash first.
Who the hell would buy meat in this dump. Handled by dirty junkies.
Just proves the point that junkies are theiving SCUM! And should have the fullest force of the law down on them !
Yup all the righteous theives
I'm sure they handle the meat properly Lol
@@TheBasedCanadian They do, if it's open or even a hole. They keep it for themselves to eat later. My buddy pays a driver and goes all around town.
Why don't they find a job?
who want to work and whom want to hire
Why find a job, when you are taken care of by tax dollars from hard working people...
Why do Normies assume they don't have jobs .?
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Trust me, this video says a lot about your city😂😆
Becoming a 3rd world country now., lol
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3rd world countries live better than this.
All the pastors where are u all gone ..ask your Jesus to help them ..I think Jesus is busy in his grave 😂😂😂😂😂 rip pastors ,parents are the real gods without them u will be on streets like this 😊
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Look over there that Man got a house go up on his rent he needs to live out side this is the u.s.a/now get out side shut up.
Vancouver BC
How other race wanted to go to canada what they are going to here ?
NO clue
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a beautiful sight. Canada should continue spend all their funds for Ukraine . god bless Canada.
ironic! I don't think Trudeau wants to visit this, but this is more like local issue
pretty brave riding in a car and filming these people which are humans, not content for folks like u taking the time to imo illegally film individuals who have done nothing to u in life but feel a need to display the same stuff over and over again its invasive rude completely disgusting
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