Dude I was on the path to going there. Ended up relapsing after 7 years after some personal shit but ended up luckily bouncing back and now have 6 months clean!
I remember several years ago I suffered from severe depression and mental disorder. I was addicted to illicit pills, alcohol, and smoking until I was recommended for psilocybin mushroom treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly I'm 8 years clean now. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against anxiety and depression.
To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.
Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in New Zealand. Really need!
Yes, Sporeville. I had the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.
I am poor and live in a rooming house, but not LA. I'm 68, partially crippled, alone, and do not go out at night. I quit drinking in 1986, but I smoke marijuana. France makes good videos so I subscribed.
My sister died on skid row June 25 2021. forever 30. I miss her everyday and wish I could have saved her. 😭😩😩 she suffered with mental health and substance abuse. She was a beautiful person. 😔
Realistically, there is nothing anyone can do to save a drug addict. Especially if they have mental problems. Unless, they choose that they want to get clean, there is no hope. The harder the drug, the harder it is to escape. I used to shoot heroin and cocaine every day for about a year before I finally decided to stop. I saw people becoming homeless and losing everything. I saw friends and family go to prison and lose their life to these drugs. It only takes one strong batch or one batch with too much fentanyl and your life is over with, especially if you're getting high alone. I always carried narcan on me, just in case someone over dosed around me. I used to tell new users to get away and to not even try it. I would tell them, this shit will take your soul and never give it back unless you fight your ass off for it. None of them cared. They wanted to get high, which I believe comes from unhealed trauma, whether it was from childhood or not. Your life is a series of choices. Try to make more good choices with positive outcomes rather than bad choices with negative outcomes. Just remember if you or someone you know is struggling with drug addiction, you/they are not alone. There are a lot of people willing to help. You just have to be willing to put in the work. Good luck to anyone in active addiction. I pray that you are able to overcome your addiction and begin to thrive in society. Live. Light. Peace. Prosperity.
You have a lot of inner confidence to walk along there at night by yourself as you could easily be dragged inside a tent etc. God Bless you my friend and everyone else there. Stay safe and thank you! 🙌
Exactly. Probably 95% of the homeless are decent people... but there's that 5% that you have to worry about... unpredictable because of drugs or mental illness.
I went through a string of extremely traumatic events and then my partner locked me out and in one second I became homeless in Los Angeles and I ended up down there and I don’t even have words to describe what a nightmare it was. I’ll never be the same
Seek JESUS WHILE he can still be found.. REPENT = STOP,THINK and TURN from SIN.. let him heal you.. the DEVIL wants you to live that memory everyday by SINNING.. say yes to JESUS..
By far, this is one of the best youtube videos that I have seen in years. Everybody drives around but nobody walks in a tent city and takes video. You stay safe out there and I did subscribe to your station.
Awesome video! Great footage of the tents and luxury high rise apartments in the background. I like how there is no narration you let the streets speak for themselves.
I lived on LA'S "Skid Row" for a year. Sad to say that most of these folk,who are living on these streets, have reached "the point of no return", and most of them will die in their addiction and on the streets down there on "The Nickel".
@robert jackson cut this shit out you loser, it's not funny even in the least. It'd be one thing if you were funny but you are not funny you're just a moron
People die in bathrooms of od at their work with rigamortis already set in after 7 hours they are finally found after od. This is a person who is employed. Not just homeless problem, it's everyone problem now.
90% of homeless choose to still be out there to do drugs not work no rules travel no responsibility and to live free. It's pointless to help somebody who don't want to be helped. I hung out with these 7 homeless dudes waiting on my ride everyday when I got off work and they told me that. They said they are content being in the streets with no responsibility
I am homeless due to a hit and run car driver that left me disabled right at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and am still waiting for disability.I am 62.
@Kelly Hawkins. How long you’ve been in the drug program? Did they help you with housing? I heard that Phoenix Arizona is like this as well, but I’m not from Arizona.
Drug addiction is a serious problem that doesnt get enough attention in the U.S. I have a step bro that completely destroyed his life on drugs. Doesnt help having a dumb family. Family gave him a chance after his ex wife kicked him out and filed a restraining order against him. His own kids didnt want to see him. It didnt matter that he cost the mother her job. Didnt matter he also got me fired from my job as well. He was extremely violent and a very dangerous person. It took him attacking the mother to finally kick him out of the apartment. He was causing so much pain. 45 plus years old. His mind is so gone from the drugs. He will never be able to hold a job down to any capacity. Extremely racist and sexest to anyone that doesnt fit his messed up mind set. Its going to take years to recover financially from the massive damage he has caused. You cant help someone that refuses to help themselves. I had to cut my friends off walking the same path. Its painful seeing good people you care about destroy yheir lives like that. As for my step bro though. Got no love for him. The serious damage he did with drugs. The amount of chances given and to pi ss all over that. Couldnt live my life since he had control over an apartment he didnt pay rent on. Dont ever touch that junk.
Interesting post. Thank you for posting. Gives me an idea I am not alone or stupid if I run into one like that. Man, they can attack from any direction. I attended AA and it covers the topic, but your post was great.
My heart sees human beings suffering. We are all connected and the truth is most of us live paycheck to paycheck it really could be any of us....I am so sad for the state this country is in. Love for one another....without judgement goes a long way.
Most of these are both and raised in California. The cost of rent is sky high. They have no choice but to live on the streets as their families don't want them.
I JUST MOVED TO L.A. AND SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT ALOT OF THEM CAN'T GO BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE OF DRUGS AND STEALING FROM THEM SO IT'S ALOT HARDER FOR OTHERS TO HELP THEM, MOST OF THEM DON'T WANT HELP ANYWAY.
Girl bye. Some of the homeless people like living down there to continue doing whatever they want. Their families are sick of their shit. And I don't blame them
You're an idiot if you think they live down there because rent is sky high... there's a thing called section 8 where the government will pay for your housing... they live there because they're drug addiction criminals
The man interviewed was very interesting. I would certainly enjoy seeing more interviews as you show the scenes on the streets. Well done. It is important work you are doing.
@Jeffrey Baier That seems so dangerous. There is definitely something in the meth. I hope something gives and the state helps some of these people. Instead, they'll make it almost impossible for anyone to live on the west coast. The 3 states are turning in to elites area.
Addiction is the problem. As long as they use drugs they won’t get housing and shouldn’t. Recovery should be first. They should earn housing. Why should the tax payer pay to house an addict and pay there rent. This is why most politicians don’t want to get involved. The solution first should be to help them get off drugs and alcohol then housing.
Housing for everyone should be a basic human right whether in active addiction or not. How can a homeless person get out of poverty without sleep, showering & clean clothes?BTW being homeless is a full time job in survival EVERYDAY. It's absolute discrimination of the most vulnerable in society.
Parts of Los Angels California is a big problem with homelessness, and drugs. It’s sad that they can’t help the homeless get off the streets, find them a drug program, and housing for the homeless. In New York, I’ve see this a lot in areas of Harlem, Times Square, and by the port authority bus. Where I used to work at, I would see a bunch of homeless people smoking on the stoop and even sleeping on the stoop as well. Absolutely horrible. But my city doesn’t look to bad like skid row, Fresno, and Arizona.
Here in Sydney Australia I met the homeless of Kings Cross and the City in a domestic violence refuge and they told me accommodation was only good every few months or so for a break decent sleep and shower but these women wouldn't do home's permanently. Save the help for those who ask and not those you have to chase up.
In the 1930s during the Dust Bowl Depression, people were squatters. They threw their waste all over the place just like the new squatters. Roosevelt started the Civilian Conservation Corps to put the men to work building America's infrastructure. Then he put the US into conflict no. 2 and everybody had a job in the factories. My grandmother had a job in the factories and she was so grateful; it meant she had a place to live and regular food on the table. There was rationing of certain items, but people wanted their jobs and could eat one piece of chocolate instead of 2. The grinding poverty shown in this video with the contrast to the thriving skyscrapers on the horizon show in horrifying detail the unequal distribution of wealth between the classes. The man you interviewed kept saying that he went away for a while but then always came back and to the same location. He sounds like an old vet with PTSD. The VA needs to create an agency of Homelessness 2021 to reach out and get these guys medical screenings and health rehab. They have cognitive impairment from all the drugs, bad food and water, and exposure to the elements. As the hyperinflation skyrockets, millions more white- and blue-collar workers will lose their jobs and join the underclass already on the streets. The bad drugs and horrible personal hygiene will continue the cognitive impairment to the point of zombies out there who don't adhere to any social customs and rules and being zombies, really don't care because "they're out of it." The State has a responsibility to all Americans to step in here to protect these downtrodden people and thereby prevent the majority of us from ending up on the streets, too. We're all in the same boat; is it going to be the Love Boat or the Titanic? Prez. Joe's daughter is a social worker; I hope she is reading this and advocates ardently on the behalf of rebuilding the infrastructure as done in the 1930s and putting these idle, homeless hands back to work while restoring their health in a variety of rehab programs.
Sound wonderful but you're talking about the same govt that did 9leven, the 8 year phony shoe-ting show, this CovAids hoex and a lot more, is only so much I can get away with saying and are not done with us yet, We are under attack but few care, understand, want to know, easier to pretend voting matters, that they would never do that, won't come to my town and so on, whatever, I am just watching the show, skid row, Kensigton ave etc, this is the least of my worries and should be of yours also. Stay away from nose test and arm jabs.
@@NoNORADon911 You're preaching to the choir, Take America Back. And you are right about how much you can say here. I'm surprised I got to read your comment so will hurry up and respond to it. It's all f@lse fl@gs and fabrications. And maybe this will speak to your heart; more and more of us do care. I answered you once before on Kensington which is the worst skid row in the US and is not fit for human habitation. Working in the helping professions, my enlightenment is based on loving my neighbor as myself. This means paying it forward as often as I receive so many kindnesses along the way. Some family members are very ill, but despair doesn't swallow me up when I pay it forward. We the People belong to one human consciousness, one race, one mankind. Keep on commenting online and others will write back. Take what you need and reject the rest! Many blessings again, my friend!
@@virtualselfie6899 Yeah at least skid row LA folks are functional I notice...I have learned how to work around the al gore rhythem more or less, depends on the subject and how creative I get. Take whats good and leave the rest, I agree with that also. Stay strong 👊
Most of these people are mentally ill and have never had a grown up learning them things. Check soft white underbelly. He intervieuws people on skidrow but also other people with a very disturbing life. Its really sad. Just love eachother a little bit more.
Such beautiful buildings downtown. My son and I had to go to the state building and drove up from San Diego. We drove through about 5 AM and it was still dark. People wander around in the middle of the streets with rakes and shovels. They're like zombies. I can't believe regular folks live down there. I had to go there three times and the same man wrapped in a blue blanket and sitting in a wheelchair was in exactly the same spot every time.
I think the politicians and media have done a great job avoiding the issue and people can see for themselves what happens in a town near you. LA is no longer a glam town
My heart & prayers goes out to everyone at skidrow, not everyone homeless at skidrow is bad or a junkie, there are also very humble down to earth ones that just fell on hard times or had some traumatic event that led to them being in the situation they're in, let's not judge for it is only God's authority to judge and not us whom one day we too will be judge by God!❤
Though I am homeless I do have family that is nice enough to let me live with them I was evicted fir pot I've been a medical Marijuana patient in Utah 4 years
It's because families could afford one income and a home with benefits a pension a retirement. Only government workers get that now. And there are so many more billionaires it's disgusting. The rich and politicians are going to hell for sure. Hope they sleep well on earth.
And those of us living in these hotels are losing our minds.We have whole homeless communities living a few feet away from us affecting our lives as well.
You can spit all the game you want. Your mind will never be clearer and more concise than that a sober one.( this for those with addictive personalities)
@norm simpson Drug addicts have a lot of help, this is not a secret. Especially heroin addicts. I know what addiction is like and enablers are everywhere. I’ve found any type of drug for me is a bad deal, even gangrene lol. Sobriety Keeps me clear headed and focused.
Im from the Netherlands and i heard about Skid Row on many occasions, through movies, records, etc. But it doesn't seem that worse, I mean a few months ago I discovered Kensington Philly, and in my opinion, that ish was scary, SAD, and depressing at once. This site looks cleaner and more organized for some reason. I mean, there's even music. So is Skid Row better or worse compared to Kensington?!
In my opinion, the people on Kensington are more zombified than these here on Skid Row. I don't see people getting their lean on or asleep standing up here.
Man, if I get forced to live in a tent I'm damn sure not going to do it on concrete. I'd find me a nice place out in the country in the woods by a river or lake. You go into town once a month for supplies and that's it. Some of these people have to get at least SSI or something to live on, or disability. You can't live on that in a big city.
I often wonder for the ones on assistance with payees, what happened to their stimulus ¿ I was a SSI payees and we have to take care of their necessities first ¡ I get the feeling some of these people are kept high.
@@ironmaiden4396 When I was in AA I met many drunks who had their benefits checks mailed directly to the local bar they frequented. The bartender would keep the money and serve the man free drinks for the month.
It's terribly sad( to put it mildly) that the US government disregard their own problems and go around the world destroying other countries and continually causing havocs worldwide. I believe -the Universal Law or Karma is at work destroying the very fabrics of the its society....Hopefully correcting mistakes or Evil doings aren't too late to redeem itself. I pray for the decent Americans in USA and outside to live a good and decent lives....Om Mani Padme Hum.
It's not karma and no coincidence that sanctuary cities have the biggest problem with drug addiction since Mexican cartels flooded them with cheap heroin and fentanyl.
It is sad but it's not nationwide. It's only in the cities which are almost all (if not all) run by democrats. Hold them accountable! Get the crooks out of office and get some people who care in there!! Then we could improve this situation.
@@photodumper it absolutely is a nationwide problem in democrat and republican counties. If you have ever visited the true rural south it’s the same as skid row but instead of being surrounded by concrete it’s by trees
@@bengalkeeper I bring no one into my house. That comes from getting burned by helping people. I just hope he can get into housing & get help. He has a much better outlook than a lot of people on skid row.
What many do not realize is that it was originally referred to as “skid” row because all homeless people were known to lack toilet paper and therefore were thought to all have skid marks in their underwear. The real bad ones were called puddle pants.
Thank you for this video... I haven't seen any night footage before, and its pretty heartbreaking.... It might be a weird question, but are there any portable Bathrooms/shower areas for everyone? Anyway..thanks again for bringing this topic out!
Even in a sea of misery, LA will still find room for plenty of liquor stores! Because anytime there's nothing left to live for, there's nothing like a 40 Ouncer of ice cold Night Train from Lee Roy's Discount Liquor Drive Thru!
Of course ABSOLUTELY 💯. But a majority like this life style no work, no responsibility. Nice weather hand outs. But if they want to live like that don't do it on the money of hard working taxpayers. How much did all those trucks paramedics and police cost. All to save some junkie? Imagine how many of those overdoses they get called to!!
How do you take a shower,wash your clothes,use a bathroom, protect you're belongings?I do not drink or drug.Can you whear the same clothes not bathing can't get the free food if at work for 2 weeks till you get a paycheck? Get a dose of reality!
@norm simpson ABSOLUTELY NOT they have to get jobs and get off the alcohol and drugs. If they don't get a job who is meant to pay their rent utilities,food. Way too many of these types thinks the rest of society owe them a comfortable life style. Well life doesn't work that way!!!
@ most of these homeless BOOST everything in sight, for a want or a dope trade. I’ve watched hundreds of these video’s & they have no shame in admitting to the constant thievery. So much for paying their fare share of taxes.
I have permission for the news to use some clips from McArthur Park Video. They can see them but I think the news stations are rooting for Democrats so it’s not in their best interest to show these.
Why so the people that pay a lot of money to live there have to look at that every day and are made to feel bad because they work hard to make their money and they don't want to look at that everyday. I'm a recovering addict and I'll tell you what I would be super pissed if they let those people and all that trash and funk and crime in front of my expensive apartment so I could go to my car which they were currently stealing we're trying to and get raped on my way there?? As much as I have sympathy and empathy is I have been homeless before, I don't think people who didn't ask for this lifestyle or are not suffering it because of some other problem besides drugs should be subject to all that to make a, what?? Example of these people who only crime is working hard for a living what an ignorant statement.
@@walkingtourseurope8526 Ahh a little slab city style revenge....and accidents...and maybe some winter camp fires...the RVs get set on fire too as you know..The RVs leave a nasty mess...
We figure he knows what he is doing. You are correct. That is dangerous. The yelling scares me. Hey, how come no milk crate challenge? What's wrong with these people?
Remember anyone can end up like this and the way the economy is going there will be a lot more homeless. Our govt is more worried about other countries than our own
People will yell at the homeless things like, "Get a job, you bum"! , but it's not that simple. Just maintaining personal hygiene is a challenge. And if you're at work all day, what do you do with your belongings? If you leave them behind, other homeless will steal what little you have.
Such a dumb comment... there's a thing called section 8 where the government will pay for your housing... its called don't get involved in criminal activity, don't use Crack, meth, heroin and etc.... dont overdose like the one person did
There mind is in the same place stuck some guy at 53 went back to the same shit 3 times ✅🤪talking about guidance I guess you didn’t learn your lesson in the world 🌎 of life✅
It's crazy how comfortable everyone is! I've seen places tore down and the people grabbed their things had nice expensive things and portable batteries to power things that cost $500-$1000! Not including everything they use cause of those batteries. They also have cars close by but live like this because they can for free and since the weather is great people come from everywhere. Mental health and addiction is most likely the majority but what about the rest and I get some people are stuck and it can happen to anyone but I know in Michigan we have help available but you have to take it and except the rules and that becomes the #1 issue for most people.
Shelter rules are really difficult. I’ve seen workers tell people they have to give up jobs to attend house meetings, and shelters that take up to $1000/month (I’ve heard $1,500 buy that’s secondhand). if you have an income, just to stay there. You have to be in and out at certain times, do your chores and house meetings at certain times (and the chore times change so it’s hard to work it out with an employer), or you’re out. No food or drinks in your room, besides water, can’t refrigerate your own food/drinks/water, and you can only eat at certain times. I wish there was more help that helped!
Not just in L.A., or the U.S. for that matter:."Nowhere is the problem graver than in Paris. Urban homelessness rates, excluding the capital, grew by 11% in the same 11-year period mentioned above. In Paris, the increase was a staggering 84%. While exact figures are hard to come by, estimates put the number of rough sleepers in the capital at 30,000."
@@朵莉-e4q--I've heard San Diego and a city in Florida have gone a long way getting homeless people places to live. Just running them off doesn't do any good because they have to sleep somewhere. They can't go up in the air. :/
@@Obeijin I live in Ireland there only about 5 million people, and we have thousands of homeless people , but still the Govt, is shipping thousands of people in , who are housed immediately , many are even given bank cards.
@@IIII...... You couldn't be more wrong . As a street photographer I've met many homeless people . Hard to apply for a job when you don't have a street address .
I went on a camping trip before sleeping in a tent and it wasn't comfortable I was glad to get back to my comfortable bed it's a shame for these people they can't go back to copy bed
In Sydney Australia we have heroin but we don't have fentanyl in it with the but there has been a couple times there's but you found with fentanyl in it but it's still not as big in Australia
@@PNWGoodvibes just got a big shipment two days ago in Australia here so it is starting to get here I'll be honest this is my mates laptop I love my Coke love used heroin in Kings Cross in the from 1991 2000 when that and then the heroin drought hit here I started using Coke and I still love my Coke
You are a product of your environment!! 30, 40, 50 years ago these fools thought they were cool; hanging out, doing a little weed with their peers? You are the captain of your own ship and responsible for any course changes!! The condition is self inflicted!!
As you're watching the video, remind yourself this whole place smells like a sewer. Also, I really appreciated the last few minutes of this video shot in front of LA Self Storage. A perfect juxtaposition of billions of dollars of corporatism/capitalism contrasted with arguably the most impoverished subset of humans in the US today.
Impoverished because of self imposed addictions. The capitalism you hate has more jobs than applicants and has lifted far more people out o0f poverty than communism.
@@stevehady915 Was that necessary? Did I say I hated capitalism, or supported communism? No, I did not. Do you personally know any homeless on Skid Row? Pretty narrow minded of you to assume all those folks are homeless because of addiction. Mental illness, job loss, foreclosure, etc etc. You need to take a step back and reevaluate your narrow minded opinions.
I lived on skid row in a small room for four years. Used to ride to down town wlshire on my bike every night. Take the train at pershing square to Hollywood and Highland and coast down to wilshire for my grave yard shift. I wouldnt risk doing this these days. It was dangerous then it must be a literal warzone at present.With the rent being cheaper I was able to save and get the hell out
Kensington ava philadelphia look more more chaotic ,nightmare and in horrible condtions than this place for my eyes .i can not be sure cause we can not know better than to stay few days or month in a place in live
@@cartermcafee568 Sure l am for anybody doing their thing but l don't want to pay for it. In welfare or crime. Or have my taxes paying thousands of dollars when two fire trucks and medics and police are called!!
@@galegrazutis964--They're not eligible for welfare if they don't have children but some counties will give them a few dollars for awhile. If they become disabled (alcoholic liver disease, heart damage from drugs) they can get Social Security Disability. Social Security has a supplement if people's earnings give them less than $850 a month and California will increase that by about $150. But they have to have one of their list of disabilities or be absolutely unable to work; no fooling around on that.
@@SFVnative Thankyou that's interesting. Australia has toughened up a lot not only can't you get disability if you for any time of addiction. But even if you get an illness due to any addiction including smoking you still don't qualify for disability?!
well if the city came by once in awhile to clean up the trash gathering in the streets for months it wouldnt be so bad and give the homeless hope for the future
Dude I was on the path to going there. Ended up relapsing after 7 years after some personal shit but ended up luckily bouncing back and now have 6 months clean!
Good deal im 12clean after a 14day coma and 5 days life support 2 seperate incidents God bless them all
Congratulations.
Happy for you congratulations hope ur having a great day buddy
Wait til u get to a year to celebrate..
@@cookie.in.my.lungz650 I’m actually 2 years clean this month!
I remember several years ago I suffered from severe depression and mental disorder. I was addicted to illicit pills, alcohol, and smoking until I was recommended for psilocybin mushroom treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly I'm 8 years clean now. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against anxiety and depression.
To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.
Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in New Zealand. Really need!
Yes, Sporeville. I had the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place.
Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone.
He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on Instagram?
I am poor and live in a rooming house, but not LA. I'm 68, partially crippled, alone, and do not go out at night. I quit drinking in 1986, but I smoke marijuana. France makes good videos so I subscribed.
God bless you Mike!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Best wishes from serbija
Goodforyou, Mike! Keep the faith, .you friend.
Isolation thts wht wrg with this country. They destroyed the nuclear family.
Prayers and many blessing's to you🙏🙏
My sister died on skid row June 25 2021. forever 30. I miss her everyday and wish I could have saved her. 😭😩😩 she suffered with mental health and substance abuse. She was a beautiful person. 😔
Realistically, there is nothing anyone can do to save a drug addict. Especially if they have mental problems. Unless, they choose that they want to get clean, there is no hope. The harder the drug, the harder it is to escape. I used to shoot heroin and cocaine every day for about a year before I finally decided to stop. I saw people becoming homeless and losing everything. I saw friends and family go to prison and lose their life to these drugs. It only takes one strong batch or one batch with too much fentanyl and your life is over with, especially if you're getting high alone. I always carried narcan on me, just in case someone over dosed around me. I used to tell new users to get away and to not even try it. I would tell them, this shit will take your soul and never give it back unless you fight your ass off for it. None of them cared. They wanted to get high, which I believe comes from unhealed trauma, whether it was from childhood or not. Your life is a series of choices. Try to make more good choices with positive outcomes rather than bad choices with negative outcomes. Just remember if you or someone you know is struggling with drug addiction, you/they are not alone. There are a lot of people willing to help. You just have to be willing to put in the work. Good luck to anyone in active addiction. I pray that you are able to overcome your addiction and begin to thrive in society. Live. Light. Peace. Prosperity.
My condolences. I pass through skid and so many tent cities in my night job as security.
God bless her soul
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Sorry for your loss, its so sad too see this with mental health and substance abuse 😢
You have a lot of inner confidence to walk along there at night by yourself as you could easily be dragged inside a tent etc. God Bless you my friend and everyone else there. Stay safe and thank you! 🙌
Yeah it’s getting worse now on skid row.
the homeless down there don't do things like that . i'm native to LA and i've been around down there. they mind their own business generally
@@sliding_by8607 I’ve had a few incidents it’s getting worse now
Give me a f'in break. He is yet another cowardly A hole TH-camr exploiting the downtrodden for click bait and Likes from Rubes.
Exactly. Probably 95% of the homeless are decent people... but there's that 5% that you have to worry about... unpredictable because of drugs or mental illness.
I went through a string of extremely traumatic events and then my partner locked me out and in one second I became homeless in Los Angeles and I ended up down there and I don’t even have words to describe what a nightmare it was. I’ll never be the same
wat happened plz ? like do u get the dole there?
Seek JESUS WHILE he can still be found.. REPENT = STOP,THINK and TURN from SIN.. let him heal you.. the DEVIL wants you to live that memory everyday by SINNING.. say yes to JESUS..
Glad to see your doing ok now.
@@davechristian7543 unemployment payments are difficult to get in america
@@overcomer1921 Amen!!
By far, this is one of the best youtube videos that I have seen in years. Everybody drives around but nobody walks in a tent city and takes video. You stay safe out there and I did subscribe to your station.
Thank You
Awesome video! Great footage of the tents and luxury high rise apartments in the background. I like how there is no narration you let the streets speak for themselves.
Thanks!
What a shame to see an American city come to this. And it's not the only one. San Francisco and Seattle are full of homeless people too.
Ur worried about the city? what about the fkn people u weird fker
Downtown San Diego blew my mind at night time. The same clean street you shop on in the daytime are covered with homeless ppl
And Austin, Dallas, Philly, and on and on...
I live in Indiana and there are a lot of homeless here also!!! Everywhere!!!
and Denver and so on
I lived on LA'S "Skid Row" for a year. Sad to say that most of these folk,who are living on these streets, have reached "the point of no return", and most of them will die in their addiction and on the streets down there on "The Nickel".
@robert jackson cut this shit out you loser, it's not funny even in the least. It'd be one thing if you were funny but you are not funny you're just a moron
Lyslie Pope That's their choice rather than work their way out.
People die in bathrooms of od at their work with rigamortis already set in after 7 hours they are finally found after od. This is a person who is employed. Not just homeless problem, it's everyone problem now.
@@haoadams I am 61 years old and never did drugs my entire life.. No need for them
@@scottr3484 pure blood.
90% of homeless choose to still be out there to do drugs not work no rules travel no responsibility and to live free. It's pointless to help somebody who don't want to be helped. I hung out with these 7 homeless dudes waiting on my ride everyday when I got off work and they told me that. They said they are content being in the streets with no responsibility
Doing drugs, not working by choice, no rules, no responsibility is NOT freedom.
shit im paying 1000 dollars a month for a shit hole...give me a tarp California here i come!
@@ge2623 Responsibility, and Freedom go hand in hand with each other, can't have one without the other.
Yet another RightWingDing expounding beyond the parameters of their knowledge. A knowledge gained from Fox News and Jack Chick religious tracts.
I am homeless due to a hit and run car driver that left me disabled right at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and am still waiting for disability.I am 62.
That’s not even the bad spots of Los Angeles. Try going under some of the bridges where the cops don’t patrol.
God bless them all who died and are suffering in life.
Pray for us here in skid row thank you for showing people were we live. I live here n help at the mission I'm in a drug program
Get off the street
Have some respect ✊🏽
@Kelly Hawkins. How long you’ve been in the drug program? Did they help you with housing? I heard that Phoenix Arizona is like this as well, but I’m not from Arizona.
Drug addiction is a serious problem that doesnt get enough attention in the U.S. I have a step bro that completely destroyed his life on drugs. Doesnt help having a dumb family. Family gave him a chance after his ex wife kicked him out and filed a restraining order against him. His own kids didnt want to see him. It didnt matter that he cost the mother her job. Didnt matter he also got me fired from my job as well. He was extremely violent and a very dangerous person. It took him attacking the mother to finally kick him out of the apartment. He was causing so much pain. 45 plus years old. His mind is so gone from the drugs. He will never be able to hold a job down to any capacity. Extremely racist and sexest to anyone that doesnt fit his messed up mind set. Its going to take years to recover financially from the massive damage he has caused. You cant help someone that refuses to help themselves. I had to cut my friends off walking the same path. Its painful seeing good people you care about destroy yheir lives like that. As for my step bro though. Got no love for him. The serious damage he did with drugs. The amount of chances given and to pi ss all over that. Couldnt live my life since he had control over an apartment he didnt pay rent on. Dont ever touch that junk.
Interesting post. Thank you for posting. Gives me an idea I am not alone or stupid if I run into one like that. Man, they can attack from any direction. I attended AA and it covers the topic, but your post was great.
When I was a child in the 60's , my mother talked about Skid Rowe. This has been going on for a long time.
Yep, it kills me how people actually think skidrow is something new. Only thing new is the tents
Was skid row in the 60s less tents?
@@miguelarevalo4527 I know in the 80's there were no tents all cardboard boxes which made it worse as far as trash.
@@cobracommander9138 well thats gotta suck
Skid row started in the 1930s
My heart sees human beings suffering. We are all connected and the truth is most of us live paycheck to paycheck it really could be any of us....I am so sad for the state this country is in. Love for one another....without judgement goes a long way.
This is the REAL L.A., not the glamorous romanticized version people tend to believe.
I just moved back to LA after 24 years in NYC and I am shocked at what this city has become. a complete hell to live here.
i notice it beat NY
Lmao like NYC isn’t better
Every city run by DemoRATS are SHIT HOLES or become SHIT HOLES
Vote Democrats, and you will not be disappointed
Why not move to countries like China or Japan
I've been watching videos about the Fentanyl addicts in Philadelphia. Everyone's wasted.
MAL Films? Or king frank?
Zombie land ! SAD...
Most of these are both and raised in California. The cost of rent is sky high. They have no choice but to live on the streets as their families don't want them.
I JUST MOVED TO L.A. AND SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT ALOT OF THEM CAN'T GO BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE OF DRUGS AND STEALING FROM THEM SO IT'S ALOT HARDER FOR OTHERS TO HELP THEM, MOST OF THEM DON'T WANT HELP ANYWAY.
Girl bye. Some of the homeless people like living down there to continue doing whatever they want. Their families are sick of their shit. And I don't blame them
You're an idiot if you think they live down there because rent is sky high... there's a thing called section 8 where the government will pay for your housing... they live there because they're drug addiction criminals
Thank you for taking us to skid row. May God bless them and keep them and you safe.
Thank you for Showing the rats at night time too. They are infesting the places. Great video. Much appreciated.
Hey man some of my best friends are rats 😏
Mean looking! Big! Lash out at normal people
They say, "you're one paycheck away from being homeless"
Not me
Only if you spend every cent you make and get in debt.
The man interviewed was very interesting. I would certainly enjoy seeing more interviews as you show the scenes on the streets. Well done. It is important work you are doing.
You wouldn't want to go near that guy and it's not safe to interview him either. He's a hard core felon.
@Jeffrey Baier That seems so dangerous. There is definitely something in the meth.
I hope something gives and the state helps some of these people.
Instead, they'll make it almost impossible for anyone to live on the west coast. The 3 states are turning in to elites area.
His eyes were scary 😨
I also liked that part. He said he was there thirty years.
Addiction is the problem. As long as they use drugs they won’t get housing and shouldn’t. Recovery should be first. They should earn housing. Why should the tax payer pay to house an addict and pay there rent. This is why most politicians don’t want to get involved. The solution first should be to help them get off drugs and alcohol then housing.
Housing for everyone should be a basic human right whether in active addiction or not. How can a homeless person get out of poverty without sleep, showering & clean clothes?BTW being homeless is a full time job in survival EVERYDAY.
It's absolute discrimination of the most vulnerable in society.
Parts of Los Angels California is a big problem with homelessness, and drugs. It’s sad that they can’t help the homeless get off the streets, find them a drug program, and housing for the homeless. In New York, I’ve see this a lot in areas of Harlem, Times Square, and by the port authority bus. Where I used to work at, I would see a bunch of homeless people smoking on the stoop and even sleeping on the stoop as well. Absolutely horrible. But my city doesn’t look to bad like skid row, Fresno, and Arizona.
I’m from New York myself. When I used to get off work, heading to get the A train, I would see a lot of homelessness by the port authority terminal.
Here in Sydney Australia I met the homeless of Kings Cross and the City in a domestic violence refuge and they told me accommodation was only good every few months or so for a break decent sleep and shower but these women wouldn't do home's permanently. Save the help for those who ask and not those you have to chase up.
In the 1930s during the Dust Bowl Depression, people were squatters. They threw their waste all over the place just like the new squatters. Roosevelt started the Civilian Conservation Corps to put the men to work building America's infrastructure. Then he put the US into conflict no. 2 and everybody had a job in the factories.
My grandmother had a job in the factories and she was so grateful; it meant she had a place to live and regular food on the table. There was rationing of certain items, but people wanted their jobs and could eat one piece of chocolate instead of 2.
The grinding poverty shown in this video with the contrast to the thriving skyscrapers on the horizon show in horrifying detail the unequal distribution of wealth between the classes.
The man you interviewed kept saying that he went away for a while but then always came back and to the same location. He sounds like an old vet with PTSD. The VA needs to create an agency of Homelessness 2021 to reach out and get these guys medical screenings and health rehab. They have cognitive impairment from all the drugs, bad food and water, and exposure to the elements.
As the hyperinflation skyrockets, millions more white- and blue-collar workers will lose their jobs and join the underclass already on the streets. The bad drugs and horrible personal hygiene will continue the cognitive impairment to the point of zombies out there who don't adhere to any social customs and rules and being zombies, really don't care because "they're out of it."
The State has a responsibility to all Americans to step in here to protect these downtrodden people and thereby prevent the majority of us from ending up on the streets, too. We're all in the same boat; is it going to be the Love Boat or the Titanic?
Prez. Joe's daughter is a social worker; I hope she is reading this and advocates ardently on the behalf of rebuilding the infrastructure as done in the 1930s and putting these idle, homeless hands back to work while restoring their health in a variety of rehab programs.
Sound wonderful but you're talking about the same govt that did 9leven, the 8 year phony shoe-ting show, this CovAids hoex and a lot more, is only so much I can get away with saying and are not done with us yet, We are under attack but few care, understand, want to know, easier to pretend voting matters, that they would never do that, won't come to my town and so on, whatever, I am just watching the show, skid row, Kensigton ave etc, this is the least of my worries and should be of yours also.
Stay away from nose test and arm jabs.
@@NoNORADon911 You're preaching to the choir, Take America Back. And you are right about how much you can say here. I'm surprised I got to read your comment so will hurry up and respond to it. It's all f@lse fl@gs and fabrications.
And maybe this will speak to your heart; more and more of us do care. I answered you once before on Kensington which is the worst skid row in the US and is not fit for human habitation.
Working in the helping professions, my enlightenment is based on loving my neighbor as myself. This means paying it forward as often as I receive so many kindnesses along the way.
Some family members are very ill, but despair doesn't swallow me up when I pay it forward. We the People belong to one human consciousness, one race, one mankind. Keep on commenting online and others will write back. Take what you need and reject the rest! Many blessings again, my friend!
@@virtualselfie6899 Yeah at least skid row LA folks are functional I notice...I have learned how to work around the al gore rhythem more or less, depends on the subject and how creative I get. Take whats good and leave the rest, I agree with that also. Stay strong 👊
They can't help their situation but they could at least keep the outside of their tent clean..that's a damn disgrace!
Most of these people are mentally ill and have never had a grown up learning them things. Check soft white underbelly. He intervieuws people on skidrow but also other people with a very disturbing life. Its really sad. Just love eachother a little bit more.
As Dr. Phil might say: "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?"
What do they do for shower, toilet and laundry? How do they keep food?
There's shelters that provide all of that within a few blocks of each other.
The world is their toilet.
Thank you for the real content 🙏
Such beautiful buildings downtown. My son and I had to go to the state building and drove up from San Diego. We drove through about 5 AM and it was still dark. People wander around in the middle of the streets with rakes and shovels. They're like zombies. I can't believe regular folks live down there. I had to go there three times and the same man wrapped in a blue blanket and sitting in a wheelchair was in exactly the same spot every time.
Very good video, you have big bolas going out there to film at night. Why are we so fascinated with this? It looks like hell on Earth.
I think the politicians and media have done a great job avoiding the issue and people can see for themselves what happens in a town near you. LA is no longer a glam town
Ppl r afraid of going to hell ! When they r already there ! WTF...
My heart & prayers goes out to everyone at skidrow, not everyone homeless at skidrow is bad or a junkie, there are also very humble down to earth ones that just fell on hard times or had some traumatic event that led to them being in the situation they're in, let's not judge for it is only God's authority to judge and not us whom one day we too will be judge by God!❤
What needs to be said you deserve an award sir
Many of the homeless like myself wish ti be heard the humanity
Though I am homeless I do have family that is nice enough to let me live with them I was evicted fir pot I've been a medical Marijuana patient in Utah 4 years
Federally legalizing Marijuana will do allot of good toward helping these people
Maybe it would help get people off these demonic substances like Meth Heroin you name it
I had over 25 years into drugs in the badlands of Philadelphia I found God and I'm 18 years clean and sober living in Wyoming
Congratulations your one of the hard working ones that wants to live and change. Nice!
In the old days this never happened because they enforced vagrancy laws.
Vagrancy was overturned as being unconstitutional
Seriously?
It's because families could afford one income and a home with benefits a pension a retirement. Only government workers get that now. And there are so many more billionaires it's disgusting. The rich and politicians are going to hell for sure. Hope they sleep well on earth.
The irony of seeing rows of tents with homeless people living right in front of motels......
And those of us living in these hotels are losing our minds.We have whole homeless communities living a few feet away from us affecting our lives as well.
Technically those are not hotels, they're called SRO's. Single Room Occupancies.
@@khalilminorel747 Yes,SRO'S, but they're referred as hotels.
@@tishreni5183 yes yet there are no hourly or daily rates if I'm correct, monthly only. I use to live in one on Grand Av and on the nickel.
@@khalilminorel747 Glad you got out of this madness, it hard to do.
It’s a drug problem not a homeless problem…….
If you don’t think so, how many of them would be homeless without their drug problem?????
I think in my humble opinion about 10 percent.
You can spit all the game you want. Your mind will never be clearer and more concise than that a sober one.( this for those with addictive personalities)
@norm simpson Drug addicts have a lot of help, this is not a secret. Especially heroin addicts. I know what addiction is like and enablers are everywhere. I’ve found any type of drug for me is a bad deal, even gangrene lol. Sobriety Keeps me clear headed and focused.
I couldn't help but notice the one over filled city trash can being shared by what a hundred or so people seemed sort of symbolic
I'm in africa I never seen an america dream like dis
The American Dream... you gotta be a sleep to believe it
Yet y’all rushing over here lol
Welcome to the Democrat nightmare.
Im from the Netherlands and i heard about Skid Row on many occasions, through movies, records, etc. But it doesn't seem that worse, I mean a few months ago I discovered Kensington Philly, and in my opinion, that ish was scary, SAD, and depressing at once. This site looks cleaner and more organized for some reason. I mean, there's even music. So is Skid Row better or worse compared to Kensington?!
You could freeze 🥶 to death in Philly !
Skid row is not bad I was there for a bit now I live in dtla in a nice high rise I guess it’s bad for someone never around the hood
I live an hour from Kensington and I've lived in LA. And seen skid row. In my opinion Kensington is alot worse
In my opinion, the people on Kensington are more zombified than these here on Skid Row. I don't see people getting their lean on or asleep standing up here.
It’s way better tbh. Philly and Baltimore are another level of hell. I been too all 3.
Man, if I get forced to live in a tent I'm damn sure not going to do it on concrete. I'd find me a nice place out in the country in the woods by a river or lake. You go into town once a month for supplies and that's it. Some of these people have to get at least SSI or something to live on, or disability. You can't live on that in a big city.
@Vic Rolmann Many of them do. But many street people don't. They're on the street because they're broke.
I often wonder for the ones on assistance with payees, what happened to their stimulus ¿ I was a SSI payees and we have to take care of their necessities first ¡ I get the feeling some of these people are kept high.
Aint no heroin dealers in the woods
I wonder how they receive their mail? That is, if they get benefits...po box? but that costs money...hmmmm...
@@ironmaiden4396 When I was in AA I met many drunks who had their benefits checks mailed directly to the local bar they frequented. The bartender would keep the money and serve the man free drinks for the month.
It's terribly sad( to put it mildly) that the US government disregard their own problems and go around the world destroying other countries and continually causing havocs worldwide. I believe -the Universal Law or Karma is at work destroying the very fabrics of the its society....Hopefully correcting mistakes or Evil doings aren't too late to redeem itself. I pray for the decent Americans in USA and outside to live a good and decent lives....Om Mani Padme Hum.
osama and Gaddafi are laughing their heart out from their graves
It's not karma and no coincidence that sanctuary cities have the biggest problem with drug addiction since Mexican cartels flooded them with cheap heroin and fentanyl.
It is sad but it's not nationwide. It's only in the cities which are almost all (if not all) run by democrats. Hold them accountable! Get the crooks out of office and get some people who care in there!! Then we could improve this situation.
@@photodumper it absolutely is a nationwide problem in democrat and republican counties. If you have ever visited the true rural south it’s the same as skid row but instead of being surrounded by concrete it’s by trees
Not forgotten. Bless u still.God bless.
I like the gentleman around 5:30 in the video. He has hope & the mindset of people helping people.
That guy is a loon.
Try bringing him into your home and see just what happens.
@@bengalkeeper I bring no one into my house. That comes from getting burned by helping people. I just hope he can get into housing & get help. He has a much better outlook than a lot of people on skid row.
SOMETIMES NOTHING WE DO WILL SAVE A PERSON FROM THEIR DEMONS AND THE STREETS 😑😑😑
Housing is a basic human right, so is health insurance, but not in the US
I love that you used Away the no copyright song it's chords are so beautiful
What many do not realize is that it was originally referred to as “skid” row because all homeless people were known to lack toilet paper and therefore were thought to all have skid marks in their underwear. The real bad ones were called puddle pants.
Interesting
they couldnt just use the leaves off a tree?
@@benprince6121 even still … every homeless addict you see on the street is wearing shitty brown underwear.
Not true
@@rubenruiz4091 sure it is, check your pants.
How do you wrap your head around it. It is what it is. I suspect that it aint all bad. Comradery
Shared Thanks for putting this together coming to main street America soon.. Your out in front of doing this at a risk and expense.
Thanks!
So sorry for your loss 🙏🏻💜💞❤️
Dnm.! OG with the durag or head cap dropping some of that knowledge though
Not really
Thank you for this video...
I haven't seen any night footage before, and its pretty heartbreaking....
It might be a weird question, but are there any portable Bathrooms/shower areas for everyone?
Anyway..thanks again for bringing this topic out!
Only a few toilet stations scattered around. 3 are maintenance staffed.
No... thats why it smells like piss and shit through their
Yes we would like to see more night footage.
They tried portable pottys in Philly, but the gangs took them over and charged a dollar to use one.
Organize the homeless take back the toilet kick the gangs OUT. 👎🏼😵💫🤬🇨🇦
Even in a sea of misery, LA will still find room for plenty of liquor stores! Because anytime there's nothing left to live for, there's nothing like a 40 Ouncer of ice cold Night Train from Lee Roy's Discount Liquor Drive Thru!
Or red dog , shotgun it.
I hustled down there for 4 years catching drug cases ,I had to get from down there
Most of the homeless on the streets are capable of working and supporting themselves if they conquer drug and alcohol abuse issues.
Of course ABSOLUTELY 💯. But a majority like this life style no work, no responsibility. Nice weather hand outs. But if they want to live like that don't do it on the money of hard working taxpayers. How much did all those trucks paramedics and police cost. All to save some junkie? Imagine how many of those overdoses they get called to!!
How do you take a shower,wash your clothes,use a bathroom, protect you're belongings?I do not drink or drug.Can you whear the same clothes not bathing can't get the free food if at work for 2 weeks till you get a paycheck? Get a dose of reality!
@norm simpson ABSOLUTELY NOT they have to get jobs and get off the alcohol and drugs. If they don't get a job who is meant to pay their rent utilities,food. Way too many of these types thinks the rest of society owe them a comfortable life style. Well life doesn't work that way!!!
@ I ABSOLUTELY 💯 DISAGREE with every point. People with views like your are the reason the country is down the toilet!
@ most of these homeless BOOST everything in sight, for a want or a dope trade. I’ve watched hundreds of these video’s & they have no shame in admitting to the constant thievery.
So much for paying their fare share of taxes.
Great video. You should go to the news station to share this film
I have permission for the news to use some clips from McArthur Park Video. They can see them but I think the news stations are rooting for Democrats so it’s not in their best interest to show these.
They art to set up tents in front of those luxury high rise. Good job !!!! and be safe out there walking.
Why so the people that pay a lot of money to live there have to look at that every day and are made to feel bad because they work hard to make their money and they don't want to look at that everyday. I'm a recovering addict and I'll tell you what I would be super pissed if they let those people and all that trash and funk and crime in front of my expensive apartment so I could go to my car which they were currently stealing we're trying to and get raped on my way there?? As much as I have sympathy and empathy is I have been homeless before, I don't think people who didn't ask for this lifestyle or are not suffering it because of some other problem besides drugs should be subject to all that to make a, what?? Example of these people who only crime is working hard for a living what an ignorant statement.
why the expensive huge fire truck - what a waste of money
6:48 looks like smoke soot going up the business walls from their winter fires...wth
Some were tents fires and people have been burned in the tents. Tents set on fire as well as accidental fires.
@@walkingtourseurope8526 Ahh a little slab city style revenge....and accidents...and maybe some winter camp fires...the RVs get set on fire too as you know..The RVs leave a nasty mess...
IT REALLY IS VERY SHAME FOR LOS ANGELES THESE VISIONS OF A HORROR TALE ¡¡GREETINGS FROM CDMX ...
wow. is that guy talking at 6:00 ever high? buzzer!
Please be careful.....Bleach your clothes and shoes after you visit the area, and do not go alone at night. God Bless You❤❤❤❤❤
We figure he knows what he is doing. You are correct. That is dangerous. The yelling scares me. Hey, how come no milk crate challenge? What's wrong with these people?
I live in a tent on skid row.i wish I could find a legal way to get a ticket back to Maryland.
This is a city collapsing from within
Yes it is!
Come for the weather. Stay, live, experience scenery in paradise
Remember anyone can end up like this and the way the economy is going there will be a lot more homeless. Our govt is more worried about other countries than our own
Man. That place is so depressing. I dont know how people live like that. Just cement, graffiti dirty streets, tents everywhere.... No kinda life
People will yell at the homeless things like, "Get a job, you bum"! , but it's not that simple. Just maintaining personal hygiene is a challenge. And if you're at work all day, what do you do with your belongings? If you leave them behind, other homeless will steal what little you have.
Great points
Exactly
Such a dumb comment... there's a thing called section 8 where the government will pay for your housing... its called don't get involved in criminal activity, don't use Crack, meth, heroin and etc.... dont overdose like the one person did
There mind is in the same place stuck some guy at 53 went back to the same shit 3 times ✅🤪talking about guidance I guess you didn’t learn your lesson in the world 🌎 of life✅
Damn, looks like a ‘Solent Green’ movie, or a ‘They Live’ movie , art imitates real life.
Whats this ''More rats r out at night'' do u mean ppl mate? sorry confused as i didn't see any rats.
Yes rats not people there’s some crawling in the video
@@walkingtourseurope8526 oh ok
It's crazy how comfortable everyone is! I've seen places tore down and the people grabbed their things had nice expensive things and portable batteries to power things that cost $500-$1000! Not including everything they use cause of those batteries. They also have cars close by but live like this because they can for free and since the weather is great people come from everywhere. Mental health and addiction is most likely the majority but what about the rest and I get some people are stuck and it can happen to anyone but I know in Michigan we have help available but you have to take it and except the rules and that becomes the #1 issue for most people.
Exactly right Mercedes Nice rides parking next to tents
There are so many of them. They need help but our government has dropped the ball.
Shelter rules are really difficult. I’ve seen workers tell people they have to give up jobs to attend house meetings, and shelters that take up to $1000/month (I’ve heard $1,500 buy that’s secondhand). if you have an income, just to stay there. You have to be in and out at certain times, do your chores and house meetings at certain times (and the chore times change so it’s hard to work it out with an employer), or you’re out. No food or drinks in your room, besides water, can’t refrigerate your own food/drinks/water, and you can only eat at certain times. I wish there was more help that helped!
That’s crazy. I wonder if people leave their stuff or if they just have to sit there or take shifts watching it
I think you mean *accept* the rules
Where is this at?
LA, Skidrow
Not just in L.A., or the U.S. for that matter:."Nowhere is the problem graver than in Paris. Urban homelessness rates, excluding the capital, grew by 11% in the same 11-year period mentioned above. In Paris, the increase was a staggering 84%. While exact figures are hard to come by, estimates put the number of rough sleepers in the capital at 30,000."
Do they have tent cities there?,or do people just sleep in sleeping bags outside?
@@tishreni5183 It appears to be a mixture, but mostly 'tent cities', which are constantly being dismantled by the gendarmes and popping up elsewhere.
這個國家的警察，政治客都在幹甚麼
@@朵莉-e4q--I've heard San Diego and a city in Florida have gone a long way getting homeless people places to live. Just running them off doesn't do any good because they have to sleep somewhere. They can't go up in the air. :/
@@SFVnative 這裡你們回應我的我都無法複製去翻譯
這裏也沒冷看到翻譯出的文章所以我都無法了解你們說什麼
5:45. The way he said We need each other. Naw Bruh! You cant ride this wave🌊
Holy Smokes that’s really messed up there I never see that kind of stuff I live in the country just cows crop and horses around me.
Yeah I think that would be quite the change. Come on down
Yay, we do too😁 love Northern Ireland 👍
those tents at 13:00 have a beautiful view ngl
an equally beautiful view of the rats scuttling into that guys 'tent doorway' bottom right @4:28 lol
Mean while thousands of Afghans are getting a free ride here .
Free housing / schooling / food / medical ....
It’s the same in nearly every country , it makes me sick ,
@@classicangel887 In California we have over 50,000 homeless and over one million illegals !
Maybe the whole world is finished .
@@Obeijin I live in Ireland there only about 5 million people, and we have thousands of homeless people , but still the Govt, is shipping thousands of people in , who are housed immediately , many are even given bank cards.
@@IIII...... You couldn't be more wrong .
As a street photographer I've met many homeless people .
Hard to apply for a job when you don't have a street address .
My son asked me how did we get around in life when I was younger without a GPS I said well we used our brain!
I went on a camping trip before sleeping in a tent and it wasn't comfortable I was glad to get back to my comfortable bed it's a shame for these people they can't go back to copy bed
In Sydney Australia we have heroin but we don't have fentanyl in it with the but there has been a couple times there's but you found with fentanyl in it but it's still not as big in Australia
Give it some time. It's inevitable.
@@PNWGoodvibes just got a big shipment two days ago in Australia here so it is starting to get here I'll be honest this is my mates laptop I love my Coke love used heroin in Kings Cross in the from 1991 2000 when that and then the heroin drought hit here I started using Coke and I still love my Coke
Politically, socially, environmentallly California is the perfect place for the homeless.
It's the weather! You can live outside in tent year round in Los Angeles. LAPD is one of the most brutal police forces in the country.
Is that a shelter building in beginning
Yes people live there
You are a product of your environment!! 30, 40, 50 years ago these fools thought they were cool; hanging out, doing a little weed with their peers? You are the captain of your own ship and responsible for any course changes!! The condition is self inflicted!!
Was the camera concealed?!? Because people are not reacting to being filmed at all...
No it’s in open small but some people realize after I pass and it’s to late or they don’t care
But I had a camera knocked out of hands and broken and a couple drug dealers don’t like me so it’s more dangerous now.
@@walkingtourseurope8526 which camera are you using?
As you're watching the video, remind yourself this whole place smells like a sewer. Also, I really appreciated the last few minutes of this video shot in front of LA Self Storage. A perfect juxtaposition of billions of dollars of corporatism/capitalism contrasted with arguably the most impoverished subset of humans in the US today.
Indeed it does
Impoverished because of self imposed addictions. The capitalism you hate has more jobs than applicants and has lifted far more people out o0f poverty than communism.
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@@stevehady915 Was that necessary? Did I say I hated capitalism, or supported communism? No, I did not. Do you personally know any homeless on Skid Row? Pretty narrow minded of you to assume all those folks are homeless because of addiction. Mental illness, job loss, foreclosure, etc etc. You need to take a step back and reevaluate your narrow minded opinions.
Great video!
Sad way for humans to exist.
I lived on skid row in a small room for four years. Used to ride to down town wlshire on my bike every night. Take the train at pershing square to Hollywood and Highland and coast down to wilshire for my grave yard shift. I wouldnt risk doing this these days. It was dangerous then it must be a literal warzone at present.With the rent being cheaper I was able to save and get the hell out
My condolences over loss of her sister to lose😥💜♥️😥 a sister or mother is like losing the best friend in the world
Great content 👌
Kensington ava philadelphia look more more chaotic ,nightmare and in horrible condtions than this place for my eyes .i can not be sure cause we can not know better than to stay few days or month in a place in live
Looks like they keep it clean. You should see north Philadelphia,PA
I feel bad for ALL the shops and business's....MANY of these people LOVE this way of life....DRINK/ DRUGS...Do whatever you want....
It's called "doing your THANG".
@@cartermcafee568 Sure l am for anybody doing their thing but l don't want to pay for it. In welfare or crime. Or have my taxes paying thousands of dollars when two fire trucks and medics and police are called!!
@@galegrazutis964--They're not eligible for welfare if they don't have children but some counties will give them a few dollars for awhile. If they become disabled (alcoholic liver disease, heart damage from drugs) they can get Social Security Disability. Social Security has a supplement if people's earnings give them less than $850 a month and California will increase that by about $150. But they have to have one of their list of disabilities or be absolutely unable to work; no fooling around on that.
@@SFVnative Thankyou that's interesting. Australia has toughened up a lot not only can't you get disability if you for any time of addiction. But even if you get an illness due to any addiction including smoking you still don't qualify for disability?!
That guy who they showed first up was some awesome poet!!!!
What festival is this
well if the city came by once in awhile to clean up the trash gathering in the streets for months it wouldnt be so bad and give the homeless hope for the future
They have crews every moray and mid day but by morning it’s full again