My wife and I visited Los Angeles last year, and it really is a tale of two cities. Yes, there are parts of the city that are overrun with homeless drug addicts with mental issues. But then, on the flip side, there are parts of the city that are just absolutely beautiful!
Things will continue to get much worse. People being evicted from their homes/apartments - many more job losses as companies close - people are broke with nowhere to go. Families (with children) living in parks - people living in their vehicles -- this is America?????
@@sandyrose2398 "Things will continue to get much worse" Nah, Los Angeles is pretty solid. They are a maritime city with a deep water port, and they have Hollywood. They're not going away any time soon. " Families (with children) living in parks - people living in their vehicles" That's every major city in the world. There have been homeless in Rome since the founding of Rome.
"Yes, there are parts of the city that are overrun with homeless drug addicts with mental issues. " According to maga that's the whole city of LA, lol. Of course, those of us who visit regularly or live there know otherwise. I live up in the SF Bay Area, specifically "Silicon Valley" but fly down to LA/SD quite often. The other thing that critics who don't go there often will usually say is that LA doesn't have public transit, but as you saw in this video, passing by a light rail station and four buses in the first five minutes, there's actually an extensive transit system in LA. I don't know how to drive, and I can get around just fine when I'm down there. 🙂
I literally just saw that and came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed. How the hell did he miss it? Thank goodness he didn’t cause an accident.
@@wookeybradbury Yep! I'm also not from the US but I can assure you, he was definitely NOT allowed to go through the red. That was way beyond careless...he should face consequences for that.
@@Ich854 some cities have cameras that will snap a picture of the license plate and mail off a ticket to the owner. When there are no cameras and no law enforcement sees it, the car driver does not face any issues.
I moved to LA back in 1971 to go to college. For the next 30 years I've worked and lived in Los Angeles, so I've seen the good and the bad. I'm retired now living in Hawaii so I shouldn't complain but occasionally, I still miss LA.
I used to live in Cali; northern and southern; was born there; u do a great job showing it around, gives me flashbacks; luv the technology that we have, Im sitting in my livingroom in Arizona watching u on my 64" TV; keep up the good work ActionKid
Be careful out there, bud. You blew through a red light at the 6:13 mark crossing Main Street. Don’t want anything happening to you or anyone else. 🙏🏻 6:13
Actually Downtown started to become deserted in the 1950s, when the suburban shopping centers were built. In the 1970s only the poor and homeless lived in Downtown Los Angeles. Only recently have areas started to become gentrified.
That's not completely true. And DTLA has been going through a renaissance for the last 15-20 years now. Many historic commercial buildings have been converted into lofts and many new condos and apt towers have been built to the South, East, and West of the historic civic center.
It’s great to see Los Angeles this way through the winsdield , and its great to see different neighborhoods as well😎Thank you for sharing this enjoyable and relaxing drive A K 🙂👍!!!
This was a nice driving tour through DTLA. 6:11 I know you didn't mean to do this. I don't know if you overlooked the red light due to the sun glaring through the windshield, but I'm thankful that were no cars on that one way street. 🙏 You an excellent job covering the different parts of Downtown, the depressing and nice looking areas. Another nice area that you didn't cover in this drive is Grand Ave, but you walked through the area during your livestream. I don't hang out in DTLA much nowadays, so it was nice to watch this coverage. Thank you for sharing this drive, AK! 🤗
@@MzCatz To be fair, AK is a good and safe driver. I've been watching his driving videos since he moved to Miami in 2022, and this is the first time I've seen him made this mistake.
I went back and watched it a couple times- i thought maybe it was on an angle on a different street but nope, definitely went through it… we’ve all done it. Glad there wasn’t much traffic.
DASH buses don't only run in the downtown area as you said. I have taken a DASH bus from Wilshire Blvd. to the Grove shopping center (which is nowhere near the downtown area). Also normally the DASH fare is 50 cents (25 cents for seniors & the disabled.)
We do have an issue with homeless people living in tents in Edmonton. They are predominantly in our downtown area, near our Chinatown, and by our LRT (subway) in that part of the city, but they are in other parts of our city too. We have well over 2000 homeless people in Edmonton. When it gets cold in the winter, its hard on them. Shelters can be full. The governments were tasked with removing the homeless from the LRT (subway), but they end up going elsewhere. With the tent encampments, they also also move elsewhere, if the authorities come after them. The homeless issue is not an easy thing to solve, for sure. It's sad to see in this video, or in any city. In addition, it makes you grateful that you have a roof over your head. Cheers!
"We do have an issue with homeless people living in tents in Edmonton." Every major city in the world. There's left wing approaches and right wing approaches, but nobody can completely solve it, there will always be those who fall through the cracks. Unfortunately. 😞
I'm a Denver resident, but my wife is from Thousand Oaks, 40 minutes west of LA. We go to LA often, but it's been a couple years. I miss it. I love the beaches of Long Beach and Orange County.
Many of the boarded up buildings on Broadway are being renovated. There is a lot of construction going on in DTLA in all areas of it except in the 3-4 block radius of skid row. BTW, the businesses you saw closed on Broadway is because it's after working hours. They are not permanently closed as you were implying. You were probably driving around 7:30pm from the looks of it. The Arts District doesn't mean it's about having art in the area. It's refers to an area that historically had artist lofts. There is a very dynamic scene happening there. Many of the historic warehouses have been converted into restaurants, breweries, new lofts, event spaces, art galleries, and even a movie studio. Opening the new underground Metro stations in both Little Tokyo and Historic Broadway will add to that growing scene in these areas of DTLA. BTW, the homeless situation has noticeably improved based on what I see in this video. Just last year you had huge encampments on those overpass bridges on the freeway next to Olvera Street. And there were encampments around the area of City Hall which are no longer there. You even said in your recent walking tour that you weren't going to walk near City Hall for that reason. Yet you said nothing when you drove by City Hall and no encampments were there.
just a couple of points, great video.....looks like you jumped a red light at 06:13, crossing a double yellow line..... and changing lanes at a intersection, on another note not related to you...i didn't see any cops in your video, do they still have cops in LA? or are they all patrolling Beverly Hills....just sayin'
Changing lanes in the middle of the intersection is legal in both New York (where he's from) and California. It's not advised to do but legal. It's not advised to do but is legal, just passing along information.The red light was unfortunate from the sun glare. Lucky timing
That was so good I felt like I was in the car. The sun streaming in through the window. I'd like another (DTLA) if you don't mind ActionKid. I'm watching again now. Thanks.
Discover more, achieve more by driving around various parts of LA....it's challenging aplenty to drive with traffic lights every 100 metre to 300 metre....downtown l remembered was the Kodak Centre...simply stunning sights. Thanks AK for showing us around 🎉😂
Thanks so much! I lived at Wilshire and Rampart for years... (Now back in Manhattan..) you should do a drive along Wilshire.. to the Ocean. OR Sunset to the Ocean. OR drive along Mullholland Hyway in Malibu.. absolutely stunning. Love your videos! Go have Thai food at Sapp Coffee Shop.. my favorite little spot in Hollywood/Thai Town.. Delish! Also, the farmers Market in Hollywood on Sunday.. I could recommend for hours. You're the best. Have fun.
I forgot to recommend some of my fave spots in downtown LA. Philipe The Original French Dip sandwich, near Chinatown. Clifton's Cafeteria, sorta near the Bradbury blding, Sonoratown amazing authentic carne asada/flour tacos, and of course.. Langer's Pastrami, towards my old neighborhood in Westlake - between downtown and Koreatown (Seriously the best Pastrami ever.. ! New Yorkers don't wish me dead please..!)
I moved to Los Angeles in 1966 from New York. California was safe, clean, little traffic, inexpenisve restaurants (including the high-end restaurants), gas was 26 cents/gallon in 1968 when I started driving. Paid $2.60 to fill up - plus the attendant cleaned my windows and pumped the gas. I was poor in those days - 1 or 2 bedroom apartments in a nice area were $150/mo to $200/mo. No road rage; people were curteous; everyone had a job; no one breaking into ur vehicle - or stealing ur vehicle. Things started changing early 1990s. Now - this country is a disaster!!!!
@@sandyrose2398 Yes and no. It really depended on where in Los Angeles you lived. In the 70s and 80s you had a worse gang problem than you have today. Some things are worse today but others are better too like the LA Metro rail system that didn't start until 1990. People of color are also doing better today than before 1990. And the air quality is so so very much better today than before 1990. I remember the days of Smog Alerts as a kid in the 60s and 70s. All cities go through good and bad times. The last three years have been especially tough mainly because of Covid, but we are beginning to come out the other side of it. And LA hasn't been alone in having a difficult time over the last three years.
It would have been good to drive on 6th street so you could drive through the new beautiful 6th street viaduct that goes over the LA River. If you drive through from the East LA side first you have a great view if the DTLA skyline in rhe background. Maybe your next visit and rhen you can drive around the Arts District since its next to this new bridge
Ak, I spent sometime in Chibatown of L. A. Sinxe 1984. Love the Dim Sum. Herbal shopoes and Tza house and the open Xhibse style Bargain lMart. I admire Bruce Lee Lee Shui Lung Wing Chun Style of Kung Fu 😂
I visited LA for the first time in March of this year. It 🌧 rained for much of my trip so next time I won't visit in March. I was uncomfortable going down to one of the subway stations to purchase another TAP card, although I rode the subway numerous times when I visited NYC. As I was purchasing the card, a guy tried to offer me a TAP card he had found. When I declined, he said he was just trying to help me out. I thought to myself, yeah, right, you're trying to apparently sell me a card with someone else's picture on it. Thanks, but no thanks. I got out of there. I will rent a car next time.
I hate that L.A. has that much homeless people. I wish they got housing or a safe housing treatment facility for them to go to rehabilitate. so sad…. 💔 L.A. is beautiful; but I hate that flaw that’s so widely seen from almost everywhere.
23:00 I dunno, looks ok to me. Doesn't really look "run down"? Agree, the SW corner is probably the best part of downtown LA. 🙂 30:05 that's the kind of business -- brick and mortar retail clothing sales -- that's really hard to keep up these days, because you can get all that stuff online and have it delivered....combine that with a significant percentage of white collar workers working from home, and it's tough for them, these days. 🙂 I saw a CNBC video here on TH-cam that said maybe 25% of the malls in each G7 country are actually needed, and the rest are expected to close, unless they attract businesses that are not easily replaced by online shopping. 🙂
Good job about time somebody films a good video of Los Angeles I am not far from Los Angeles Lancaster which is 60 miles north of Lancaster you should film Lancaster to
Oh too bad looks like People’s Market in Skid Row is closed. Cool documentary about it. Community group trying to keep a market open for the residents of that area of LA where unfortunately businesses won’t go/stay.
So how to visit those beautiful tall buildings (I will be in the US for the first time) and at the same time avoid those dirty streets with homeles people that's the question. Is that possible? I will be staying near Pasadena, is it worth to go near Downtown at all??
Almost all the businesses in Little Tokyo are Korean owned. The Japanese moved to Sawtelle. The homeless exploded because L.A. doesn't enforce the "No Overnight Camping" ordinance and the did away with Vagrancy Laws. The only ones who enforce the Laws is Beverly Hills.
It will be interesting to see what LA does when the 2028 summer Olympics comes to los angeles. Like most cities they'll quickly try and clean up the city, bus the homeless out of town and when it's all over they'll all come right back. I do love the Topanga and malibu area.
I want to visit Los Angeles. I did in 2009 I believe I was in Disney Land. My dad said Disneyland close to Los Angeles?? My dad said he would take me to get to California again in the future so yeah I'll come visit Los Angeles in the future.
Could you send me to a more dangerous neighborhood? I'm dreading walking back to the car someone shouldn't crack me over the head and steal my bag, I'll be lying there on the street in this neighborhood and people will spit on me and empty my pockets. I'll lie in the gutter like a bum, like a dog, like a mutt, like an animal! God forbid someone should help me or call an ambulance. No, that's too much trouble to pick up a phone and press a few buttons.
AK, Finkand has the best amoroach to resokves Los Angeles homeless pribkels.The Finnush Governlent buys out the orivate sectoir of houses. So eceryobe can be House. I am thinking of loving to Carlel Valey near San Diego to aviod the Survival mentality.😮
Los Angeles has several programs to deal with the homeless issue including one that buys motels and hotels to convert them into transitional housing. A bigger long term problem is that about 50% of the homeless in LA are not from LA. They come from other parts of the state and country. So it's not the same homeless people. It keeps changing. They keep coming to LA because they know LA has services they can use. It's a catch-22 cycle.
I applaud AK for showing the unpleasant side of LA. That these areas exist should nag all of us into doing something constructive with this country. That means electing the right people.
Wow... at 2:30. Someone dares to wear a Biden AND Hillary bumper sticker!? I thought everyone woke up out of their spell by now. Guess there are still slow learners.
Do you know what's even sadder? The government leaders on all three levels the federal, state and municipal governments are ignoring the plight of the homeless and attempting to lay the blame on each other
There is a long history. "The history of homelessness in LA. The history of homelessness in Los Angeles goes back nearly 150 years, to the late 19th Century. The introduction of rail lines to the now infamous Skid Row neighborhood brought with it seasonal workers looking to capitalize on the industrialization of the area, many of whom were poor..." "Skid Row was established by city officials in 1976 as an unofficial "containment zone", where shelters and services for homeless people would be tolerated. During the 1970s, two Catholic Workers - Catherine Morris, a former nun, and her husband, Jeff Dietrich - founded the "Hippie Kitchen" in the back of a van." There are now several different homeless shelters in the skid row area which is why you see more homeless concentrated in this area of LA
My wife and I visited Los Angeles last year, and it really is a tale of two cities. Yes, there are parts of the city that are overrun with homeless drug addicts with mental issues. But then, on the flip side, there are parts of the city that are just absolutely beautiful!
It really is a tale of two cities, thank you so much for watching!
Things will continue to get much worse. People being evicted from their homes/apartments - many more job losses as companies close - people are broke with nowhere to go. Families (with children) living in parks - people living in their vehicles -- this is America?????
@@sandyrose2398
"Things will continue to get much worse"
Nah, Los Angeles is pretty solid. They are a maritime city with a deep water port, and they have Hollywood. They're not going away any time soon.
" Families (with children) living in parks - people living in their vehicles"
That's every major city in the world. There have been homeless in Rome since the founding of Rome.
"Yes, there are parts of the city that are overrun with homeless drug addicts with mental issues. "
According to maga that's the whole city of LA, lol.
Of course, those of us who visit regularly or live there know otherwise.
I live up in the SF Bay Area, specifically "Silicon Valley" but fly down to LA/SD quite often.
The other thing that critics who don't go there often will usually say is that LA doesn't have public transit, but as you saw in this video, passing by a light rail station and four buses in the first five minutes, there's actually an extensive transit system in LA. I don't know how to drive, and I can get around just fine when I'm down there. 🙂
Im flying over from the UK alone for the breeders cup at santa anita, staying in rosemead. Are rosemead and pasadena safe areas?
6:10: WTF man?! You just FLOORED that red!
I literally just saw that and came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed. How the hell did he miss it? Thank goodness he didn’t cause an accident.
Yep I noticed that! I’m not from the US but wondered if some law allowed him to drive on.
@@wookeybradbury Yep! I'm also not from the US but I can assure you, he was definitely NOT allowed to go through the red. That was way beyond careless...he should face consequences for that.
@@Ich854 some cities have cameras that will snap a picture of the license plate and mail off a ticket to the owner. When there are no cameras and no law enforcement sees it, the car driver does not face any issues.
Oh my gosh, I didn't realize I ran the red light. It's a huge error on my part and I'm relieved I didn't cause an accident!
I moved to LA back in 1971 to go to college. For the next 30 years I've worked and lived in Los Angeles, so I've seen the good and the bad. I'm retired now living in Hawaii so I shouldn't complain but occasionally, I still miss LA.
I’m could watch hours of DTLA driving videos. So fascinating to witness the tale of two cities.
I used to live in Cali; northern and southern; was born there; u do a great job showing it around, gives me flashbacks; luv the technology that we have, Im sitting in my livingroom in Arizona watching u on my 64" TV; keep up the good work ActionKid
Be careful out there, bud. You blew through a red light at the 6:13 mark crossing Main Street. Don’t want anything happening to you or anyone else. 🙏🏻 6:13
In Downtown Los Angeles , The ActionKid never knows what to expect from one block to another. The contrast is remarkable. 🐼
Absolutely, there are so many different parts of Downtown LA to see!
Actually Downtown started to become deserted in the 1950s, when the suburban shopping centers were built. In the 1970s only the poor and homeless lived in Downtown Los Angeles. Only recently have areas started to become gentrified.
Thank you so much for the insight
That's not completely true. And DTLA has been going through a renaissance for the last 15-20 years now. Many historic commercial buildings have been converted into lofts and many new condos and apt towers have been built to the South, East, and West of the historic civic center.
Some of those buildings are really beautiful
6:11 did you not just go through a red light?
It’s great to see Los Angeles this way through the winsdield , and its great to see different neighborhoods as well😎Thank you for sharing this enjoyable and relaxing drive A K 🙂👍!!!
Much appreciated, thank you so much for watching!
This was a nice driving tour through DTLA. 6:11 I know you didn't mean to do this. I don't know if you overlooked the red light due to the sun glaring through the windshield, but I'm thankful that were no cars on that one way street. 🙏 You an excellent job covering the different parts of Downtown, the depressing and nice looking areas. Another nice area that you didn't cover in this drive is Grand Ave, but you walked through the area during your livestream. I don't hang out in DTLA much nowadays, so it was nice to watch this coverage. Thank you for sharing this drive, AK! 🤗
I saw that too...an easy mistake that happens to us all
@@rogerwilliams2367 I agree.
Yeah, can not miss seeing him ran the red light. Then he goes and judges others on how they drive.
@@MzCatz To be fair, AK is a good and safe driver. I've been watching his driving videos since he moved to Miami in 2022, and this is the first time I've seen him made this mistake.
I went back and watched it a couple times- i thought maybe it was on an angle on a different street but nope, definitely went through it… we’ve all done it. Glad there wasn’t much traffic.
Fascinating city, I hope to one day live and work there. With all it's ups and downs, it still looks like a remarkable place to be in!
Daaamn! @6:08 went through a red light, hope know one saw you, AK.
you passed a red light a 6:11 :D
I completely ran the red light! Big mistake on my part and I'm relieved I didn't cause an accident!
@@ActionKid I was scared in that moment. But on the other hand i knew nothing happened. Be safe !
6:11 🛑STOP🚦😮OMG AK! Do you review your videos before posting?
I didn't see you run a red light. Thanks for the ride around town Action kid. From New York
Actually he does run a red light at 6:11
DASH buses don't only run in the downtown area as you said. I have taken a DASH bus from Wilshire Blvd. to the Grove shopping center (which is nowhere near the downtown area). Also normally the DASH fare is 50 cents (25 cents for seniors & the disabled.)
Excellent, informative driving tour of Downtown Los Angeles. Thanks for the great video, Sir!!
We do have an issue with homeless people living in tents in Edmonton. They are predominantly in our downtown area, near our Chinatown, and by our LRT (subway) in that part of the city, but they are in other parts of our city too. We have well over 2000 homeless people in Edmonton. When it gets cold in the winter, its hard on them. Shelters can be full. The governments were tasked with removing the homeless from the LRT (subway), but they end up going elsewhere. With the tent encampments, they also also move elsewhere, if the authorities come after them. The homeless issue is not an easy thing to solve, for sure. It's sad to see in this video, or in any city. In addition, it makes you grateful that you have a roof over your head. Cheers!
Thank you so much for sharing!
"We do have an issue with homeless people living in tents in Edmonton."
Every major city in the world. There's left wing approaches and right wing approaches, but nobody can completely solve it, there will always be those who fall through the cracks. Unfortunately. 😞
At 6:16 on counter near city hall you ran a red light😱. Must have been your facing the sun. Please be careful.
I'm a Denver resident, but my wife is from Thousand Oaks, 40 minutes west of LA. We go to LA often, but it's been a couple years. I miss it. I love the beaches of Long Beach and Orange County.
Many of the boarded up buildings on Broadway are being renovated. There is a lot of construction going on in DTLA in all areas of it except in the 3-4 block radius of skid row.
BTW, the businesses you saw closed on Broadway is because it's after working hours. They are not permanently closed as you were implying. You were probably driving around 7:30pm from the looks of it.
The Arts District doesn't mean it's about having art in the area. It's refers to an area that historically had artist lofts. There is a very dynamic scene happening there. Many of the historic warehouses have been converted into restaurants, breweries, new lofts, event spaces, art galleries, and even a movie studio.
Opening the new underground Metro stations in both Little Tokyo and Historic Broadway will add to that growing scene in these areas of DTLA.
BTW, the homeless situation has noticeably improved based on what I see in this video. Just last year you had huge encampments on those overpass bridges on the freeway next to Olvera Street. And there were encampments around the area of City Hall which are no longer there. You even said in your recent walking tour that you weren't going to walk near City Hall for that reason. Yet you said nothing when you drove by City Hall and no encampments were there.
just a couple of points, great video.....looks like you jumped a red light at 06:13, crossing a double yellow line..... and changing lanes at a intersection, on another note not related to you...i didn't see any cops in your video, do they still have cops in LA? or are they all patrolling Beverly Hills....just sayin'
Beverly Hills is a separate city with their own police force. BTW, he drove by the LAPD headquarters in this video.
Changing lanes in the middle of the intersection is legal in both New York (where he's from) and California. It's not advised to do but legal. It's not advised to do but is legal, just passing along information.The red light was unfortunate from the sun glare. Lucky timing
In 1988 I was in LAX for a day. We rented a car and drove around but not downtown. Thanks for sharing! ❤️❤️
Nice experience. Thank you for sharing
“This guy is turning left here when he’s not supposed to. That’s LA for ya”
*Drives straight through red light*
6:11
That was so good I felt like I was in the car. The sun streaming in through the window. I'd like another (DTLA) if you don't mind ActionKid. I'm watching again now. Thanks.
Discover more, achieve more by driving around various parts of LA....it's challenging aplenty to drive with traffic lights every 100 metre to 300 metre....downtown l remembered was the Kodak Centre...simply stunning sights. Thanks AK for showing us around 🎉😂
My pleasure, thank you so much for watching! There are so many different parts of Los Angeles to see!
Despite the downtown look like desolate, but the 101 freeway is always as packed as it used to be..
Indeed! It's a very busy freeway!
Wow
@6:12 you ran the light. Lol
the pershing square was close because to the 3rd sept there are concerts and stuff thats why there was no able to acces the park
I been watching you for so long, I love all your videos. I really want to get into traveling the world like you. I love travel vlogs ❤❤😂
I visit Los Angeles for the first time at 2019 for now I saw those buildings and Disney studio in california
Great great video tour!
Thanks so much! I lived at Wilshire and Rampart for years... (Now back in Manhattan..) you should do a drive along Wilshire.. to the Ocean. OR Sunset to the Ocean. OR drive along Mullholland Hyway in Malibu.. absolutely stunning. Love your videos! Go have Thai food at Sapp Coffee Shop.. my favorite little spot in Hollywood/Thai Town.. Delish! Also, the farmers Market in Hollywood on Sunday.. I could recommend for hours. You're the best. Have fun.
I forgot to recommend some of my fave spots in downtown LA. Philipe The Original French Dip sandwich, near Chinatown. Clifton's Cafeteria, sorta near the Bradbury blding, Sonoratown amazing authentic carne asada/flour tacos, and of course.. Langer's Pastrami, towards my old neighborhood in Westlake - between downtown and Koreatown (Seriously the best Pastrami ever.. ! New Yorkers don't wish me dead please..!)
*casually runs through red light*
I love LA. I wish I could afford to live there. 😝 But I also love Santa Barbara and Monterey. 😉
They're all awesome places
Beautiful places too, but maybe even more expensive than LA in some ways.
What's the general speed limit in downtown LA?
LA, I'm coming!!!!
How did you get that video without insane traffic?
43:12 Wow, a right hand turn from a left turn only lane. Only in L.A.
Man you travel everyday 🎉🌍 You're so amazing bro. Your life is everything ❤️🙏💪
Thank you so much!
Where do u get the energy? Caffeine lol but gudos
I was born in 1963. LA has always been pretty seedy during my lifetime. My mother remembered when it was a nice shopping area, but I don't.
That's pretty cool you were born in LA! It has its seedy parts for sure.
That's complete BS. I'm a native Angeleno too around your age and that's far from the truth.
I moved to Los Angeles in 1966 from New York. California was safe, clean, little traffic, inexpenisve restaurants (including the high-end restaurants), gas was 26 cents/gallon in 1968 when I started driving. Paid $2.60 to fill up - plus the attendant cleaned my windows and pumped the gas. I was poor in those days - 1 or 2 bedroom apartments in a nice area were $150/mo to $200/mo. No road rage; people were curteous; everyone had a job; no one breaking into ur vehicle - or stealing ur vehicle. Things started changing early 1990s. Now - this country is a disaster!!!!
@@sandyrose2398 Yes and no. It really depended on where in Los Angeles you lived. In the 70s and 80s you had a worse gang problem than you have today. Some things are worse today but others are better too like the LA Metro rail system that didn't start until 1990. People of color are also doing better today than before 1990. And the air quality is so so very much better today than before 1990. I remember the days of Smog Alerts as a kid in the 60s and 70s.
All cities go through good and bad times. The last three years have been especially tough mainly because of Covid, but we are beginning to come out the other side of it. And LA hasn't been alone in having a difficult time over the last three years.
It would have been good to drive on 6th street so you could drive through the new beautiful 6th street viaduct that goes over the LA River. If you drive through from the East LA side first you have a great view if the DTLA skyline in rhe background. Maybe your next visit and rhen you can drive around the Arts District since its next to this new bridge
Ak, I spent sometime in Chibatown of L. A. Sinxe 1984. Love the Dim Sum. Herbal shopoes and Tza house and the open Xhibse style Bargain lMart. I admire Bruce Lee Lee Shui Lung Wing Chun Style of Kung Fu 😂
That's awesome! I'm glad you had a great time
This video took me back to my GTA San Andreas days🤎. Memories..😔
That's awesome
Great😊
What I like about LA is that there are no surprises. You know what you will get😂😂😂
That's the LA they don't show. Thanks for this AK.
You're welcome!
5:54 “Just the facts, mam.” 👮🏻♂️
Went through red light 😂 6:08
Otherwise, I am very much enjoying this video.
at 6:10 you go through a red light ? what am I missing as a European ?
I visited LA for the first time in March of this year. It 🌧 rained for much of my trip so next time I won't visit in March. I was uncomfortable going down to one of the subway stations to purchase another TAP card, although I rode the subway numerous times when I visited NYC. As I was purchasing the card, a guy tried to offer me a TAP card he had found. When I declined, he said he was just trying to help me out. I thought to myself, yeah, right, you're trying to apparently sell me a card with someone else's picture on it. Thanks, but no thanks. I got out of there. I will rent a car next time.
I hate that L.A. has that much homeless people. I wish they got housing or a safe housing treatment facility for them to go to rehabilitate. so sad…. 💔 L.A. is beautiful; but I hate that flaw that’s so widely seen from almost everywhere.
640 thousand homeless in the United States, the reason LA is so popular it’s the weather.
Love You LA❤No Matter What❤
hello today we are going...yeah yeah yeah (fast forward)
23:00 I dunno, looks ok to me. Doesn't really look "run down"? Agree, the SW corner is probably the best part of downtown LA. 🙂
30:05 that's the kind of business -- brick and mortar retail clothing sales -- that's really hard to keep up these days, because you can get all that stuff online and have it delivered....combine that with a significant percentage of white collar workers working from home, and it's tough for them, these days. 🙂 I saw a CNBC video here on TH-cam that said maybe 25% of the malls in each G7 country are actually needed, and the rest are expected to close, unless they attract businesses that are not easily replaced by online shopping. 🙂
Good job about time somebody films a good video of Los Angeles I am not far from Los Angeles Lancaster which is 60 miles north of Lancaster you should film Lancaster to
Oh too bad looks like People’s Market in Skid Row is closed. Cool documentary about it. Community group trying to keep a market open for the residents of that area of LA where unfortunately businesses won’t go/stay.
So how to visit those beautiful tall buildings (I will be in the US for the first time) and at the same time avoid those dirty streets with homeles people that's the question. Is that possible? I will be staying near Pasadena, is it worth to go near Downtown at all??
Did this guy run a red light at 6:15?
Little italy is in san diego
i was raise out here and still here
Almost all the businesses in Little Tokyo are Korean owned. The Japanese moved to Sawtelle. The homeless exploded because L.A. doesn't enforce the "No Overnight Camping" ordinance and the did away with Vagrancy Laws. The only ones who enforce the Laws is Beverly Hills.
It will be interesting to see what LA does when the 2028 summer Olympics comes to los angeles. Like most cities they'll quickly try and clean up the city, bus the homeless out of town and when it's all over they'll all come right back. I do love the Topanga and malibu area.
Yes it will be very interesting to see when the Olympics come!
The homeless issue has already improved from the days during the worst of Covid.
I want to visit Los Angeles. I did in 2009 I believe I was in Disney Land. My dad said Disneyland close to Los Angeles?? My dad said he would take me to get to California again in the future so yeah I'll come visit Los Angeles in the future.
DTLA is jumping at 7 a.m. and completely shut down 7 p.m.
Insider tip: everybody calls it Cesar Chavez (absolutely nobody calls it Cesar E Chavez)
Just like GTA 5
Many months the L.A river had no water?? HA! More like decades it didn't have water.
Be careful about the light you ran at 6:13 in the video
Thanks actionkid 🖐️...Can Turkish feature be added to subtitles?
Much appreciated! I'm not sure, TH-cam might add it on as a feature when it's processed!
Looks deserted to me 🦜
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And did you know Sacramento has legalized jaywalking in California? 🤯 They say it is discriminatory against poor folk
But do you drive through Chinatown
Could you send me to a more dangerous neighborhood? I'm dreading walking back to the car someone shouldn't crack me over the head and steal my bag, I'll be lying there on the street in this neighborhood and people will spit on me and empty my pockets. I'll lie in the gutter like a bum, like a dog, like a mutt, like an animal! God forbid someone should help me or call an ambulance. No, that's too much trouble to pick up a phone and press a few buttons.
AK, Finkand has the best amoroach to resokves Los Angeles homeless pribkels.The Finnush Governlent buys out the orivate sectoir of houses. So eceryobe can be House. I am thinking of loving to Carlel Valey near San Diego to aviod the Survival mentality.😮
Los Angeles has several programs to deal with the homeless issue including one that buys motels and hotels to convert them into transitional housing.
A bigger long term problem is that about 50% of the homeless in LA are not from LA. They come from other parts of the state and country. So it's not the same homeless people. It keeps changing. They keep coming to LA because they know LA has services they can use. It's a catch-22 cycle.
😔 Skid Row...
I applaud AK for showing the unpleasant side of LA. That these areas exist should nag all of us into doing something constructive with this country. That means electing the right people.
Thank you so much for watching!
gta 5 did a great job remaking downtown LA, all i see is gta 5 now lol
Wow... at 2:30. Someone dares to wear a Biden AND Hillary bumper sticker!? I thought everyone woke up out of their spell by now. Guess there are still slow learners.
Do you know what's even sadder? The government leaders on all three levels the federal, state and municipal governments are ignoring the plight of the homeless and attempting to lay the blame on each other
OMG to many homeless in LA left n right 🤔💭 what happen to america..
That's only on a few blocks in DTLA. Though things did spread to other areas of the city during Covid. Many cities have the same problems
Thought I was watching @charlibo313 video for a second there
I wonder why did homeless chosen that area to 🏕️.?
There is a long history.
"The history of homelessness in LA. The history of homelessness in Los Angeles goes back nearly 150 years, to the late 19th Century. The introduction of rail lines to the now infamous Skid Row neighborhood brought with it seasonal workers looking to capitalize on the industrialization of the area, many of whom were poor..."
"Skid Row was established by city officials in 1976 as an unofficial "containment zone", where shelters and services for homeless people would be tolerated. During the 1970s, two Catholic Workers - Catherine Morris, a former nun, and her husband, Jeff Dietrich - founded the "Hippie Kitchen" in the back of a van."
There are now several different homeless shelters in the skid row area which is why you see more homeless concentrated in this area of LA
@@mrxman581 thank you very much!