Beverly Hills is Dying , lots of Stores are out of Business. Beverly hills is becoming a Ghost Town

#beverlyhills#rodeodrive#beverlyhillsisdying
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I am driving through Berverly Hills. I could not believe my eyes how many stores are out of business on Rodeo Dr., Wilshire Boulevard and all around the city of Beverly Hills. It is super depressing even restaurants had to close down after 45 years it feels like Berverly Hills is becoming a ghost town certain streets are totally abandoned

[@user-bk7hs4tt9y]

“The government you elect is the government you deserve.” ― Thomas Jefferson

[@BobbyDazzler888]

Government makes poor decisions after they are elected. Democracy is a scam when governments can do whatever they want without a democratic vote.

[@jps3b719]

Best post I’ve ever read

[@richard9970]

If you really think they're "elected" as opposed to selected

[@tcwhite0104]

@@richard9970 so true

[@Oneness100]

No, the Government doesn't control a Free Market Capitalist economy. after 9/11 the economy took a nose dive and it took a while to recover. Then we had Covid Pandemic, which is another major problem, but instead of just focusing on one Country, Covid hit EVERY Country. In LA, they had the SAG boycotts so one of their biggest industries effectively shut down for many months and less people wasting money on expensive shit. You want inflation? MANY Countries have excessively high inflation. There's other Countries that are going through the same thing we are. China has their own collapse in the real estate market. I know the Republicans always want to blame the Democrats, but think of this. Which States are the poorest States? Republican run States. No one wants to live on those States because they have no money and are nothing but Ghost States sucking the money from the wealthy States.

[@benallmark9671]

Nobody wants to invest in a place where there’s no law and order , like nobody. Nobody with any sense anyway.

[@OrthodoxAtheist]

Felony theft in California - $950+. Felony theft in Texas - $2,000+. Texas: weak on crime. Education is important. Read more than youtube comments.

[@lexxlars5762]

Ridiculous Taxes

[@mkygod]

Oakland is a prime example of that. Even In-N-Out couldn't survive there.

[@tomcollins5112]

I didn't see any graffiti in this video, so there must be at least some law and order in Beverly Hills. It seems like there is something very wrong with the economy in California. The business owners either don't want to do business there, or they can't afford to.

[@ThePromiseDealer]

@@tomcollins5112 Beverly Hills must not be claimed turf by anyone yet.

[@tlsthoughts]

I was in Beverly Hills about a month ago, and I couldn't believe how empty and deteriorated the city was! It's a ghost town and SO many of the businesses and places that once made it special are GONE!! It's heartbreaking! 💔💔

[@manoman0]

By design. All by design.

[@TheVFXbyArt]

It was never really special… just gaudy consumerism.

[@thisistheway7529]

It is : Los Angeles judgemant day 😮

[@user-84-rg9-8n2]

Businesses closed . . . but the streets are still full of flashy cars, going . . . . where?!?

[@DrummerDelight]

All the celebrity diddlers left the country....

[@chino1127]

Very sad. As a former resident of BH before and during COVID, I watched the state of decline. I remember trying to drive home before getting stopped by an angry mob of people that was slowly descending into the town. Me and a few other alarmed motorists turned our cars around and hurried out. That was the first day of the infamous riots. We realized the police were powerless. I left BH and moved further west. Turns out the homeless problem is far worse the further west you go. But it's really the burglaries and robberies that are the scariest. My home was broken into twice, the second time a gunpoint. Using a firearm in the commission of a felony used to be a mandatory 'enhancement' charge but that's no longer the case. The police told me that simply breaking into my home and pointing a gun at me wasn't enough to escalate to a more serious response. Crazy thing is, we're not allowed to carry firearms in public or even in your vehicle to protect yourself. So robbers are pointing guns at shoppers in broad daylight at the local mall, or parking lot, or follow you home, and as you pull into your garage, point a gun at your face and take everything you own. Sounds like a movie, but it has been happening. So, people are rethinking going out in their fancy cars, wearing their fancy watches and jewelry and "being seen." Since BH is a town for exactly that - they are suffering quite a bit. L.A. is wild. I grew up in San Diego. We used to leave our front door unlocked! Never heard about any break ins. But that's only part of the story. As a business owner in L.A. we are seeing a permanent transition to remote work. People aren't commuting to offices anymore, and clients aren't requiring in-person meetings, so companies are ditching their expensive leases. It's amazing how much white collar work can be done using Zoom. BH has a huge supply of offices - above all of those retail stores there are countless offices. Without people coming to the offices, there are fewer patrons running errands locally or dining in BH. Ask any retail owner and they will measure their revenue in terms of "pre-pandemic" and post-pandemic. After the pandemic, business never really picked up - so even the big staples that were there for 20+ years didn't have enough revenue to sustain themselves.

[@manoman0]

The police weren't powerless. They were held back. Remember, the police are not here to "serve and protect". That's just a nice little meme. They are the Schlägertroops for the Powerful.

[@xx-vw9ep]

Holy Cow.🐄 That's bad. 😢

[@Channel--Ai]

There was a mass shake out

[@AmericaFirstChic721]

That's the neocon elite globalist. They want this. California is the prototype for the rest of the country. America needs to stand the fck up and take this country back before its too late. IT'S GO TIME FOLKS!

[@PepitaBlue2]

Wow, thanks for the report. Never knew BH was going thru all that. Darn reporters! There's so much to report on yet they don't.... All of these videos on KZbin about ghost town famous urban sites are surreal... Seattle is pretty bad too. Malls of downtown are dead: empty...

[@Irishgip1]

High crime w no penalties. No brainer

[@fakerating]

Foolish comment, based on nothing. Stop watching FOX NEWS. Maybe the rents are too high for no reason?

[@Oneness100]

It's a combination of things, I don't think it's just one thing.. The pandemic certainly didn't help. The BLM riots didn't help. The voters passing a bill making stealing under $1000 less of a crime. The fact that it's harder to attract new people to work for the police department. Property values went up too fast and the economy couldn't keep up. Less demand for super expensive crap. It's anyone's guess.

[@TheJoncic]

​@@Oneness100common denominator starts with an upper-case D.

[@carletonrutherford1799]

@@TheJoncic LOL! **eyeroll** Stupid comment.

[@Darrinbewitched]

@@TheJoncicit’s the “teens” brah

[@magyarvandor5321]

America is Dying; - Beverly Hills is only small part of it..

[@jawkneekat]

Formula retail is dying.

[@paddykeenan7357]

Blane giv for that

[@joetrolo7076]

Not quite, but there certainly are tumors throughout the country called liberal Utopias. Make America sane again!

[@ChocolateSyrupOverdose]

It's spreading rapidly. Hold onto your Butts.

[@Zulonix]

It’s intentional… and Joe Biden is very proud of his accomplishments.

[@softstyler]

It's the same in London, the crazy thing is that we have a situation where there is a lack of affordable housing and at the same time all this empty retail and office space. When you think about all the money tied up in commercial property and how that is amplified by derivatives and credit default swaps, there is a catastrophic financial crash just around the corner.

[@kimberlyphifer2391]

It’s nuts. We live in California and are paying $4k/month for a 1500 sq ft townhouse. But there are so many places “for lease,” because rent is so incredibly high. The bubble is going to burst soon.

[@yuraefimen]

100 %

[@maxmeier5832]

I am shocked! The last time I was in Beverly Hills/Rodeo Drive (10 Years ago) it still was crowded and with full Bars, Restaurants and Shops. Now it just looks like an abandoned movie-set. No people, empty tables etc. I will not travel again there and I am glad that I experienced the best time of California in the 80s for the first time as a little boy and later as an exchange student in the 90s.

[@jasonwebb5964]

That's one way to combat crime. Make it unaffordable for businesses to operate so they're forced to close. No stores, no theft. Brilliant! 🤦🏻

[@kathrynmcelroy5658]

🙃😉

[@katiedoes3698]

Sad but true. That's exactly what's really happening when they tell you crime is down.

[@GS-zc4sk]

Com'on Man 🤡

[@missmorena1049]

The savages are adapting by going into homes now!

[@eeddieedwards3890]

@@katiedoes3698 That and the Biden administration has made it OPTIONAL instead of MANDATORY for cities to report crime stats to the Federal government and so many of the top 10 most dangerous cities in America aren't reporting their crime stats and that includes Baltimore, D.C., etc. so the politicians gaslight us and say the crime rates are down - it's all smoke & mirrors folks.

[@personofearth5076]

Celebrities mean nothing anymore.

[@CALILIFE8251]

They never have people just have always praised them like they are god

[@Buttsac]

Now a celebrity is you or me. Just need a camera and a room

[@rabidsminions2079]

Most of them go along with being a Democrat because if they are a republican they won't get work.

[@gregoryunderwood4121]

That's because our lives are flooded by a surplus of them. If you're a KZbinr, podcaster, Instagram "model", Only fans content creator/pornstar, drug dealer, etc, etc, they're all celebrities in most people's eye. It's a very sad world.

[@CALILIFE8251]

@@gregoryunderwood4121 I agree

[@SunitaSingh-mm6ce]

Very informative. Never knew this was happening. So sad.

[@jessicacereceres6211]

I know I had no clue BH was going down like this

[@brittanyb5942]

This is happening EVERYWHERE! It’s so sad! I think Covid made people realize they didn’t need to shop at brick and mortar stores anymore and it was just easier to buy online. There is honestly no coming back from this unless the internet completely shuts down.

[@CharlesJones-wi7tz]

Covid isn’t the problem, leftism is.

[@moonknight2865]

Exactly. Online shopping has made these stores obsolete. People want comfort more than anything else.

[@loriswafford4672]

All by design

[@mobo_67]

@@moonknight2865 That's not a sufficient explanation. Somehow this isn't that prevalent outside the US. Shopping streets and malls in Europe and Japan are full of people.

[@tias.6675]

I wish people would stop blaming COVID for everything. Some of us were doing a lot of online shopping before it became extremely popular.

[@skytrip5273]

When the Beverly Hills Hotel closes then you know its really over

[@Barbarra63297]

It'll become apartments for the homeless.

[@chaoswitch1974]

When cheesecake factory closes, it's really over. Nobody shops at stores anymore. It's easier to shop online.

[@chaoswitch1974]

​@@Barbarra63297I hope so!

[@ryand4533]

@@Barbarra63297Not citizens illegals only.

[@indianmilitary]

@@ryand4533 Yes. Millions of refugees are allowed due to impending de-dollarization which also means complete reset of big cities (built using billions of dollars printed out of thin air). De-dollarization also means decoupling from China. So, millions of "illegals' are needed as cheap labor to ramp up local manufacturing. Dedollarization also means devaluation of USD, hyperinflation, hig interst rates, lack of affordability. It also means enforcment of communist digital currency for earning and spending control (to counter hyperinflation). Party is over for not just America but for west in general.

[@rjohnson9543]

California had their chance to get rid of Newsome, but they kept him, so they got exactly what they voted for.

[@jeffspicoli2742]

ballots were fixed I'm sure. Voting does nothing

[@nahbro8232]

You aren't very familiar with the demographics here, bud. Republicans are outnumbered 4 to 1 here, he was never going to get voted out.

[@TrumpyBooden]

@@nahbro8232It doesn’t matter. Schwarzenegger made it as a Republican governor. People need to smarten up. Yes I am from this area.

[@nahbro8232]

@@TrumpyBooden he won because of his name and governed as a moderate.

[@TrumpyBooden]

@@nahbro8232all these CA governors have a good name, people need to wake up and realize the persons motives, not the party matters.

[@user-st7fi8ov2g]

"Criminal activities are equivalent to a lack of business opportunities. Fear of theft or other criminal acts can discourage people from investing or starting new ventures."

[@HK-uj9qc]

I cant believe beverly hills even allows an ice cream truck there.

[@anunusualnick8340]

Why not?

[@vincentcastor5978]

As a small business owner in LA county, only a few miles from Beverly Hills, The government with all its regulations, ordinances and defund the police antics makes running a small business almost impossible. The middle class and small businesses are going away in California.

[@Chicago48]

Biz moving to ecommerce.

[@petebusch9069]

@@Chicago48 I didn't know you could get your hair styled online.

[@PanzerBuyer]

Jeff Bezos is laughing.

[@ronaldraygunpew]

Middle class is being eliminated all over America. 😢

[@Oneness100]

I can understand the slashing LE due to budget cuts as tax revenue is down. What regulations and ordinances are you talking about that's impacting a small business?

[@starguard4122]

This is not just in Beverly Hills, this is happening everywhere.. and I fear that the worst is yet to come 😳

[@charlest8153]

Yes, in blue states. absolutely. I live in a red state. It's business as usual here. You do the crime you do the time. Law and order.

[@neo4102]

@@charlest8153 its seeping into red states too I live in a houston suburb and crime is shifting outward at least here we can legally defend outselves unlike cali

[@drewdunn2066]

@@neo4102 Houston is crazy man. That's one big crazy, hot, place. Much love for Texas. The same thing has happened here in VA too. Every asshole and there mother's brother has moved here from up north and the state hasn't been red since before Obama. The place feels like Maryland now.

[@phatmantv]

BABYLON FINISHED

[@WeenaMay]

@@neo4102I’m from the UK but what is red states and blue states. I’ve never heard those terms before. I love the US and it’s such a shame this is happening. It’s a s****t show in the UK atm too in so many ways.

[@annette8409]

Celebrities are so rich . The poor don't want to hear of them anymore . I live below poverty . I'm so grateful for what I have .

[@jdmbeats]

Amen. I use to be well off, didn't have to worry about money, but after some events, lost everything. It was shocking at first, but now it's like you said; I learned to appreciate what I had.🙏 Take Care and God Bless ❤

[@xx-vw9ep]

Not necessarily.

[@xx-vw9ep]

That's an illusion and Stereotype. Fame is very fleeting.

[@SagaciousSilence]

No one needs overpriced retail stores when everything can just be bought online in for cheaper.

[@altblechasyl_cs2093]

Bullshit...

[@marthaaweber]

This video should be on the national news, every station…. It is horrific to see this level of destruction.

[@walkingman9171]

Liberal news cover up.

[@Alan_GA]

Ordinarily one expects such scenes of retail death in either southern rural towns or cities like Baltimore, Detroit. It's now getting prevalent in affluent districts like Beverley Hills.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

Oh the poor rich 😂

[@defcon2544]

​@@SUGAR_XYLER Idiot-a

[@SA-hz1rs]

@@Alan_GA florida is dying

[@Replays96_]

When you are soft on crime you lose hard working people who won't stand for it!

[@kndsampled377]

It’s not that there soft on crimes it’s people are becoming for desperate and don’t care about the consequences no more it’s a bad world

[@midwestmike613]

I think it's all planned before a major revitalization/gentrification the areas get extremely out of hand very high crime rates and dilapidated properties. Then the developers come in buy it for pennies on the dollar and clean it back up. 🤷‍♂️ just my thoughts it's been their M.O. in the past don't see why it would change. Either way sad to see the decline of our country all the while 100 billion given to Ukraine Isreal and Taiwan this month.

[@silky900]

truth

[@shottashabazz6721]

Do you consider Ber

[@Alte.Kameraden]

​@@kndsampled377 Not really. We have tones of homeless pass through my city in Illinois yearly. They're all heading to California because well free handouts, all the drugs they want, high tolerance one crime etc.

[@midwestmike613]

The internet/online shopping is killing a lot of brick and mortar stores at first it was big box killing mom and pop shops now the big box facing a bigger threat. Commercial real estate better turn into residential really quick if they want a future because it's not coming back any time soon. Sad to see really the world's changing very fast.

[@christine-pv3wc]

I have had some wonderful meals and some wonderful memories from Beverly Hills. Very sad, that it’s losing many of its stores.

[@TheModbeats]

Shoplifting is killing retail in California. Not to mention the assaults and crime in general driving people away.

[@davidoakley3812]

I remember always saying to my parents and friends that I would love to live in America. Not anymore after seeing what that crazy president has done to he's own people he's flooded America with millions of the worlds criminals breaks my heart to see it on the news

[@lynngraham2934]

@@davidoakley3812 So true!

[@kathleenking47]

CA & NYC

[@rayfabris2512]

where I live in Sacramento the sheriff's department has a big garbage truck looking thing with a crane that just picks up these homeless camps and loads it in the truck they don't mess around in 5 minutes you'd never know it was there but I was talking to 2 of the sheriff's standing guard they have a program to help the homeless get off the streets they said only 2 people took the offer and there's a lot more that turned it down because there's no alcohol and drugs allowed so they'd rather sleep on the sidewalk and do their thing it's crazy how many are mentally screwed up and shouldn't be on the streets around the stores I've seen them remove them from the safeway then they go hitting the cars of customers shopping and it takes the sheriff's forever to respond

[@uchibauki2515]

There’s no country that would allow people to steal only America 🇺🇸 😅

[@gretchenburton7184]

I worked in Beverly Hills and Century City in 80's. It was thriving.

[@fullcircleessentials]

That was the best time....80's yes. That was around the same time when they filmed DIE HARD with Bruce Willis. The BEVERLY CENTER was once a beautiful mall as well. When they did the makeover it went to crap. Worked there in my senior high years and met so many celebrities. Yeah it will never be like it used to be. The 80's was the business (NO MORE).

[@Melinda_Ross]

Me too

[@EllieM_Travels]

I remember working in Beverly Hills in the 90’s. Still pretty busy back then.

[@fullcircleessentials]

@EllieM_Travels yes early 90's it was still happening. I left Cali in '93....The prices of things were starting to rise early. SO I BOUNCED

[@KTannerPaisleyKK]

I wish I had met Elviscocho😢

[@Azoicum]

Hi, buddy. Thanks for the side seeing. Greetings from Deventer, The Netherlands. 🐎

[@jamiecoyne1494]

It’s like this in most places. Rents are too expensive for stores to remain open. This is were city councils could help with a rebate. Once stores start to close it’s the beginning of the end. New businesses aren’t going to open on a street that is half empty.

[@majordudette]

BH has been dying for awhile. Movie stars don’t all live there anymore, the Persian community took over since the 80s then they were replaced by Arabs. Slowly the great luxury shops closed. The black lives matter riots were a turning point. The riots showed Los Angeles residents on local TV that the police just stood by while rioters smashed and looted parts of LA like Melrose Ave with impunity. It was a shock to the system. So-called restorative justice, which really means no more law and order, began, vagrants all over the country learned you could camp out anywhere in LA and not be bothered, so that population exploded. Then the Covid lockdowns put the nails in the coffin, and growing lawlessness drove out many residents and businesses. We will not see the vibrant Los Angeles and grand Beverly Hills again in our lifetimes. RIP LA. RIP Beverly Hills. So, so sad.

[@karentracy9657]

💯. Really miss the vibrancy and mystique that was BH. Every time I pass thru there now it has worsened. Interesting that Saks moved into the old Barney’s building. Knew they we’re have financial issues with that gorgeous Saks building and its old school shopping vibe. Too much negativity to fathom.

[@crash42modder63]

Quit blaming BLM. You make no mention of large companies leaving for texas or overseas etc and you dont even mention the effects the beer bug caused.

[@sharonhyde7735]

It's seems cut your nose off to spite your face,! They have an issue but instead of making something work they want to destroy it😢 I'm not sure /understand why

[@monicamonica1539]

99 CENTS STORE COMMING SOON

[@melg6834]

Aloha Snackbar 🐷💣🕌💩💩💩

[@jimo3393]

A lot of businesses are leaving California or have left. Shoplifting on the rise because of soft on crime policies. High taxes. California is not a business-friendly state . Less tourists because of the crime, homeless problem, and increased cost of airfare,hotel rooms, and restaurants.

[@jimo3393]

@MimiVerbana Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive are tourist destinations . Rich people from all over the world would shop there. Those people don't buy designer clothes from Amazon.

[@99rollo99]

It's OK. They just keep spending money on ultra big stadiums, museums, advertising [LA all the time on yt for instance], and other very important things.

[@ladybuginc.4189]

Exactly!!!

[@cindyfowler3526]

I KNOW I WOULDN'T SPEND 5GRAND TO GO THERE A WEEK AND DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!! CALIFORNIA IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE WHY YOU ABSOLUTELY NEVER LET SHOPLIFTERS GET AWAY OR OPEN BOARDERS EVER!!! THEIR ABSOLUTELY GETTING EVERYTHING THEY DESEVE......

[@paulluna8099]

@@cindyfowler3526 there are problems here, no dispute about that but this is not unique to California and it's not lawless like you think it is as far as violent crime we are ranked 15th if you actually look at the statistics. As far as crime rates is worsening the information is unclear at this time. As far as open boarders' theory why don't you come on down and see for yourself if it's open or not.

[@xx-vw9ep]

I was born in that area in the mid 50's. It's very sad to see it dying. I'm also very sad to see that the GIV can no longer stay in business in Venice as well. I loved watching these videos.

[@stormyweather4898]

Please... Beverly Hills deserves what they are getting close stores. I am not crying for them either. That goes for Brentwood too

[@MickeyPenn]

I'm in LA now for work. It's really bad here. Last Monday I witnessed a fight that turned into a gun fight and I think one of the guys was killed. And tonight my co-workers car got broken into. They tried to steal it. I knew they would come back with a key so I took the fuses out. And they just came back less than an hour ago but couldn't get it. Every time I go anywhere the homeless are hassling me for money. The people drive like ass holes too, they cut you off and get mad at you like YOU did something wrong. It's filthy here and everything is so expensive. I hate LA and I used to love this place but it's changed too much. I'd get out if I was you brother.

[@James-we7dl]

It's a democrat state what do you expect

[@bekmiller1845]

Yes! We went to NYC and expected what we saw in LA. You know movies and tv and all. We walked in Times Square at 2am with our kids and yes we kept them close but we actually had no fear. Pepper spray stayed in our pockets. Flew across to LA and we kept the pepper spray in one hand, an arm wrapped around the kids 100% of the time and quickly procured a safety device as we were scared for our lives. We were at the great Dolby theater and the famous Chinese Theater where it’s all glitz and glamour and saw the most terrifying people either shooting drugs or screaming at their own reflection in windows and hassling everyone for everything. Hollywood itself was how I imagine hell to look. Venice Beach we actually refer to as murder beach now. The tour bus drove away and we immediately regretted all our life choices up to that point. Holy hell how do they portray it so clean and wholesome when it’s vile, covered with needles and all the buildings were filled with stench and people doing drugs and demanding money.

[@GeeEm1313]

Yeah. L.A. hasn't been relevant since the Sunset Strip scene died in the early 90s.

[@privateprivate9613]

So sad

[@healing_awakening368]

Sad.

[@anonymousgirl799]

The news doesn't show this much truth. Wow...had no idea it was this sparse in Beverly Hills. Thanks German!!!!

[@sofiaalonzo807]

The news media wants us to believe the USA economy is doing well. But we can feel and see what is happening, stores closing masses layoff, high rents, inflation, high food prices , high gas prices . The governments wants to brainwash us. But they rather send money overseas than help the American taxpayers.

[@sugipulaboule9]

Whole world,,,, same. Pay CASH everywhere you go people, NEVER use the device or kard to pay.

[@SA-hz1rs]

Its a lie

[@sugipulaboule9]

Pisstube deleting all I say

[@marvelmoviessuckass]

The news only portrays one point of view in the benefit of the failing government.

[@maryclebeau]

Loved the tour!😊

[@latortillachip]

I used to work at Cafe Roma since they opened in 82. It was so beautiful seeing all the famous artists coming for lunch or dinner and talking to them, having fun and enjoying their jokes. Farewell Cafe Roma.

[@latortillachip]

Also Giuseppe Franco used to be my favorite barber. Very nice person, I recommend him to do your hair.

[@carlagirl7]

It’s NOT just rent… it’s also crime. A ridiculous law was passed that allows people to shoplift and not be prosecuted. With all these stores out of business also shows how many people were experiencing job loss! So sad!!!

[@jm7804]

That's only partially correct. The law says shoplifting under 950 is a misdemeanor, not a felony. They can absolutely be cited and prosecuted and given jail or even prison time. And it was a ballot proposition voted on by the people. It was not written and passed by the legislature and signed by the governor. Blame it on the people. These are the same voters who just approved a bond measure for 6-8 billion in bonds to fund mental health and housing for the homeless when the budget for next year is already short 68 billion. The voters are insane.

[@bobfrantz534]

​@jm7804 but they aren't jailed or charged..that one big reason why people, businesses leaving

[@carlagirl7]

@@bobfrantz534 Yessss! It just blows my mind that this is what it’s come to. It is crazy!

[@Eduardolluvioso]

No there has not been a law passed allowing shoplifting. It seems they did pass a law banning critical thinking.

[@Eduardolluvioso]

@@bobfrantz534no, it’s called Amazon and the lopsided and ultra expensive commercial leases.

[@skytrip5273]

Business owner here. California makes it hard on businesses because of taxes, regulations, and fees. They need money for the free stuff they give away. I left California In Dec 2023

[@simondaughtry4619]

hardy congrats to you ~ I hope you find success and peace wherever you have gone.

[@HK-uj9qc]

Good move.

[@royery]

Only because of that it's why you left? Hmm bet you're gonna keep voting democrat no matter where you go...

[@richardbarron8869]

GOOD FOR YOU! WISH YOU THE BEST!

[@zorgzorg2013]

Socialism doesn't work. I know what I am talking about, I am French... All our gouvernement has been socialist for almast 50 years. Our country is dying...

[@loci1400]

Stores are closing due to a widening divergence between of high rent and lower disposable income of the public. Not hard to figure out.

[@Ramsfan760-Dee]

We live in a digital world and it shows. Why pay for gas and parking? When you can order something online and get free shipping 😊

[@karl8056]

Ok, agenda 2030 en marcha...

[@tias.6675]

Lazy sheep.

[@timwang6705]

@@tias.6675 me behind you

[@imacorgi6470]

Chicago too. Most of stores in Michigan avenue is closed. Business can’t survive from smash and grab.

[@2006gtobob]

My wife and I used to love walking up and down Michigan Avenue and shopping for watches, etc. We haven't been there since 2016 and have zero plans to return any time soon. Between the flash mobs, smash-and-grab robberies, and "peaceful" rioting with zero to little police response or prevention, we have zero desire to visit anymore. We also used to love dining at the Drake, Swissotel, Four Seasons, and The Signature Room. We just aren't comfortable walking or driving through the area anymore. It's really sad. Wherever, and I mean wherever the people vote "blue," running a business becomes a challenge, so much so that many, if not all, business owners close or are considering closing.

[@mariecampbell3373]

Downtown Chicago looks like the 'hood.

[@cblondesreport]

... I am just glad having been able to experience and enjoy L.A. in the 80s and 90s.

[@HansM-bg8lm]

Yeah I Bet!

[@Initwithlove]

Absolutely!!!!🎉

[@tcwhite0104]

Best of times.

[@Turfsurfer62]

I loved it in the 80s myself. There was things to do 24/7…

[@2011woodlands]

LA was probably at it's high watermark for success in the late 1980s / early 90s, LA riot in 92 was a wake up call. Hollywood is run by greed.

[@patricialong5767]

Long time no see, bud! Good to see you are back! :))

[@BagofRust]

This was a real eye opener, this is what happens when your Government has no leadership or direction or innovation.

[@Falconlibrary]

I'm sorry to see this. I lived in Beverly Hills for five years within walking distance of Rodeo Drive. I knew it was only a matter of time until the rot unleashed on LA would reach Beverly Hills, but actually seeing that come true is depressing. Most people think Beverly Hills is all glitzy shops and mansions perched on high hills. It's not. I lived in "the flats" with working people who live there for a clean, well-run, low-crime city. (58% of Beverly Hills residents are renters, as I was). If even Beverly Hills has gone this far, then California is past the point of no return.

[@skarol420]

HOPE YOU LEFT THEN

[@bigtoke5220]

@@skarol420Don’t worry little guy it will only be you and the homeless left soon lol

[@clairetrinkle3034]

AGREED 1000%…CA is In Quicksand with Newscum…Homeless …FILTH…DRUGS…Housing Prices…..ILLEGALS….HIGH TAXES…VERY SAD….San Francisco..OMG….yes TONS of Stores Closed..Homeless…FILTH…UGH….

[@tatankawhiteplume6038]

Should've stayed n made it better if youre worried bout it that much 😅😅😅

[@medina8221]

J'ai regardée le film : Beverly hills quand j'avais 7ans Et c'était une classe

[@herbertdaugherty636]

Retail will never be the same in this country. High rents, theft, lack of accountability, online shopping all contributed to this. There are exceptions of course.

[@dawnelder9046]

Given a choice I prefer to buy directly. See what I am buying. But I live in a area were it is safe to shop. Small town, so some things need to be ordered. But I buy what I can directly. Guessing the crime was the real issue.

[@herbertdaugherty636]

@@dawnelder9046 I also live in a very safe area, Coronado over the bridge from San Diego. But nothing beats ordering toothpaste and shampoo from Amazon at 10:43 pm and having it at your door when you wake up in the morning.

[@missmorena1049]

They are using bm for their nature, never built anything and never will! So the govt has unleashed them

[@dsoule4902]

The retailers own the merchandise. It's legal to take it. They can't afford to supply paying customers with goods .... "you will own nothing "

[@ladytron1724]

Glasgow Scotland is the same.😟

[@chrystal108reading4]

Thank you for this interesting tour...and greetings from Germany :)

[@creativelady7]

Thanks for showing us reality!!

[@dsbmwhacker]

High crime...no penalties...what could possibly go wrong?

[@nudaveritas6322]

[@MickeyPenn]

Yet the politicians tell us things are better than ever! 😂

[@mpls1982]

High crime in Beverly hills?? 😂

[@afghan.snow.leopard]

@@mpls1982lol these kids never been to cali and thinking everything in cali is either oakland san francisco san bernardino or compton 😂 beverly hills is just one of alot of nice places in so cal there's even a city in so cal that's the safest city with 300k people and barely any crime 😂 meanwhile these goofy goobers are saying high crime no penalties they're just salty they can't afford cali

[@peterrabbit3887]

Expensive rents and people shop online at Amazon. Jesus how stupid are you.

[@Mike_Davidson]

They didn't go out of business. They fled California en masse. 🤷‍♂😂😂😂

[@tnickknight]

Great to many people want to live in CA

[@Mike_Davidson]

@@tnickknight Those aren't people that fled, just jobs and businesses that did. 🤦‍♂🤣🤣🤣

[@malindaallinson5749]

Wow And don't blame the Democrats blame capitalism ... Which by the way is Republicans and trickle-down theory so there you have it.

[@glotime382]

New generation they shop online

[@Jamie-lb7eh]

Corrupt politicians bad policies laws and illegals.

[@SV438384]

Thank you so much for this video, I am shocked.

[@actualfacts1055]

The internet killed off Hollywood and Beverley Hills.

[@user-tm9co5tv8i]

Im from England and so many shops throughout our country are exactly the same. Seems to be everywhere. Really sad.

[@phamhieu1947]

It's all because of Putin hahahaha

[@keluargaboyboy8]

Indonesian mall is dying too especially the hypermarket Many goes online

[@villanelle8888]

Blame the internet, everyone purchases online now. People don't even have to leave their homes to go on a shopping spree. It's a sad state of affairs.

[@user-tm9co5tv8i]

@villanelle8888 very true.

[@V.E.R.O.]

@@villanelle8888 That's true, I do most of my shopping online. I only go to the store to buy food.

[@photoenduro]

The internet killed everything. Everything is viewed online, ordered online, and today is also lived online. Celebrities don't go out like they used to, and the average person doesn't have the money to afford all those restaurants, expensive boutiques, hairdressers... Today, people look online for recipes to cook dinner at home, people search online how to cut their own hair, people watch online youtubers how they sleep in a camper, not in Beverly Hills.

[@johncoker13]

You are correct!! I was thinking the same exact thing this morning .

[@OGsuburbanite]

The internet just exposed that the USA is a shithole and scam. Shitmerica is just a jobs program to be constantly ripped off by suburban middlemen. I'd rather watch a youtuber in a camper than support insurance agents, bankers, car dealers, govt bureaucrats, landlords.......

[@joelfrombethlehem]

Exactly. plus this COVID thing has changed a lot for retail and other work.

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

No you are so wrong. Looting stores made them close all the stores. But you guys want to blame Internet so that you don't hurt your own reality denial

[@themountainwanderer]

No, it's just the American lifestyle. Go to any European city and you'll actually encounter pedestrians en masse. Here, lots of cars, scant foot traffic. Cities are dead. Unsafe, expensive, little to do there.

[@HayabusaOrlando]

Beverly Hills What a joke No one needs a $2,000 purse. No sympathy for people like that. They can bulldoze the whole block of overpriced stores

[@lorihoop3831]

2k purse? Try up to $500k for one. Ridiculous

[@pursedelighted]

That is crazy

[@interviewboss8782]

Thanks for sharing! American living in the Swiss German region ❤

[@wonder12374]

There is also a direct connection to the fact that Hollywood is dying people aren't interest in actors and musicians anymore so the stars cant afford to go to these places like they use to

[@charrua59]

Right. KZbinrs are more popular then movie stars

[@ashleylala4293]

That’s because they revealed who they always were during the plandemic. Propaganda puppets tasked with socially engineering the populace in the direction that the establishment wants. They alll pushed govt propaganda all plandemic long. I tuned the F out and avoided the experimental injections like the plague. I was particularly disgusted when Rage Against the Machine had a vaccine requirement for their concerts . Rage. AGAINST. The. MACHINE. Unbelievable. They’re about to crash our currency, bring on the CBDC and put us all in a digital prison with social credit scores. They don’t need the celebrity puppets anymore.

[@thedailyhummm]

True, I haven’t been to a movie theater since 2007. It leaves me wondering if they’re still making new movies nowadays.

[@Bearwithme560]

@@thedailyhummm Excellent movies are coming out of Europe, South America, Mexico... just not Hollywood. The privilege, greed, sus(sex) trafficking, pervasive sense of entitlement, offshore accounts are vanishing as their cornucopia of lies are being finally exposed.

[@homercuts]

That's not true there's a lot of hip bars and restaurants that have now opened post covid in Hollywood taking advantage of great leases and cheap rent

[@dr.perfectsmile4175]

I visited California last year, the only civilized and non-filthy place in L.A.was Beverly Hills, Hollywood and Santa Monica were shocking, full of homeless on Fentanyl and garbage everywhere, hanging around between Monaco, Dubai and St.Moritz I couldn’t find any”glitz & glamour” even on Rodeo Drive; I was wondering how long would take Beverly Hills to fall dawn as well. Thanks. for showing reality❤

[@Memovox]

It's the United Shat-oles of America.

[@kimberiysmarketstrategy]

Riverside County ( Lake Elsinore all the way up to Temecula is still good, Republican sherrif though)

[@samuellopez1957]

​@@kimberiysmarketstrategyTemecula. Lake Elsinore Beautiful ❤❤😊

[@JAZPETES010]

Meh, I suppose that's correct if you are talking about touristy areas. Though there are many filthy areas all over LA, there are nice place clean places in Los Angeles, but these places are more for locals. Like South Pasadena, Alhambra, Whittier, and etc.

[@robbytherob]

Orange County is beautiful. Different world there

[@franklinhernandez683]

Remember the phone ads when they started saying now you can talk to your friends overseas now you can talk to each other far away you don't have to worry about it or guess what that's exactly what happened people moved away from each other physically and mentally everybody is torn apart by the economics and the technology

[@Johnnash001]

Thanks for providing real news..

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

I lived in L.A. for 44 years on and off, including in Beverly Hills for 10 of them. I hate to say it, but almost the second after Beverly Hills got ransacked in the 2020 riots, and then the same crowd inexplicably started piling into Beverly Hills every weekend and turning it into "the Shaw" of the 80's and 90's, Beverly Hills lost its mystique. Four years later, and videos like this are possible? It's not coincidence. It's that, and the L.A./CA political idiocy that has done this. Their own policies backfiring on CA businesses.

[@SA-hz1rs]

Bh retail vacancy rate is 5.3 Try again

[@JuanPeron007]

What is "The Shaw" of the 80s and 90s?

[@bruinman1012]

@@JuanPeron007Crenshaw BLVD. Boys in the Hood style.😆

[@garycook1376]

Hmmm what about the rest of the country then ? Good sir answer that for me

[@Blessed_Beyond_Belief]

This answer makes no sense 🙄 it’s not a Crenshaw thing , it’s an American thing. God bless you 💕

[@georgelangheinrich8495]

This is going to have a negative impact on the smash and grab industry in California. Good work Governor Newsome.

[@MissterX]

Newsome claimed on a TV interview that he didn't have anything to do with the not prosecuting under $1,000. He lies like a rug!

[@pigdroppings]

Numbskull Newsom and Brainless Biden working hard to create an impoverished America.

[@ronbo30]

Getting so bad even the thieves won’t have stores to rob. 🤣🤣🤣 maybe the thieves can financial assistance from newsome?

[@tubby_1278]

If they can't smash and grab from stores they'll be going after Amazon trucks like pirates lol all your packages will go missing over and over and over 😂😂😂 We love Democrats

[@ronbo30]

@@tubby_1278 watch the movie mad max with Gibson. Then think about California.

[@wanderingweh405]

it was the perfect storm online shopping, reality TV, KZbin, covid, economy, crime

[@Micke12312]

Huh ? How about tax and rent?reality TV...

[@wanderingweh405]

@@Micke12312 I said economy

[@cut1986]

And Democrats.

[@davechapman7735]

E commerce has also made a big difference to retail trade now people sit at home on the PC and order product that gets dropped on their home door step, all at the expense of the retailers who pay premium rents and overheads. this is a world wide shift in shopping

[@jackbest6677]

Thanks for sharing. The whole country is dying.

[@earnold1896]

Theft seems to be rampant in America from what I've seen.

[@lucydayLucida]

It's happening world wide.

[@robertruffo2134]

Yes! What we need is a dictator like Trump! Because countries that are dictatorships are so awesome! Now why don't you move to Russia, where's Trump favorite world leader rules. Brings your own rations for the front lines though... Plan ahead!

[@user-zx5sn9mv9e]

@@lucydayLucida No, only the decadent West is dying slowly

[@ricopedrajrs]

No it isn't. People are just buying everything online. Relax and adapt!

[@muziktrkr]

Television shows depicts Beverly Hills as “best of the best” stores but this is “cold hard facts” of the retail industry. Amazon is “Rodeo Drive”

[@thatsbadbusiness7050]

THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED!!! Everything that the stores don’t have you can get online.

[@ktmpl]

Finally someone got it right

[@adamw116]

Where is an online competitor for Amazon already? There's gotta be right wing investor multimillionaires who want to put some money in an e commerce site. I'm not giving my money to a company that supports gender reassignment surgery for children!

[@NK-ot5tc]

Not only luxury goods. They also buy cat litter, laundry detergent, kindling (i'm not kidding), mouthwash, light bulbs etc. Really generic stuff that they could get locally.

[@chronicles8324]

yep thats 60% of it, all retail is dieing all over the world thanks to Jeff bezos (aka Zorg) from The Fifth Element

[@ainsleylucky3511]

All good things must come to an end. The next thing you know ...Beverly Hills is taken over by the unfortunate homeless. Wouldn't that be something! Where will those "untouchable-I am better than you" big shots go? Be wary folks, your decadent time is running out. Thanks my German friend. Keep up the good reporting.

[@reneeleerykers6762]

San Francisco Beverly Hills and London all empty shops extremely large taxes

[@user-vq9kn2ix4n]

That's heartbreaking. indeed!! Berverly Hills represented a place that I didn't ever imagine would be financially crippled like THAT!!!! 😔

[@lisalambrecht6676]

Kinda like New York’s Times Square.

[@goodhumourwagon]

" Berverley " LOL

[@xx-vw9ep]

Me neither. Not in my wildest dreams.

[@RichSmithson]

People say "Retail is dying". But you can go to a country like Australia and the malls are absolutely thriving. They are still building multi story malls across the country. The difference is you go to jail in Australia for shoplifting and for being anti social in public.

[@euphoricgemini1124]

For being not social lol 👷‍♀️👷‍♀️👷‍♀️

[@imtheitchyouneedtoscratch]

I'm from Australia too and this guy is talking crap as Australia is no different than America especially in my state and town alot of places have closed down or moved to another location and it's like a ghost town where I am. No thanks to the fall out of the lockdowns and now the cost living gone up so much.🤦😡💔😪

[@evernit]

You are talking nonsense. You can go to jail for shoplifting anywhere, you little Einstein 😅

[@RichSmithson]

@@imtheitchyouneedtoscratch The malls in Brisbane and Sunshine Coast are thriving. Im not talking crap you utter clown, i lived there from 2017-2022. Not a single empty store in the sunshine coast mall in Marchoydore.

[@RichSmithson]

@@euphoricgemini1124 Oh look he doesn't know what "anti social" means. Criminal behaviour, loitering, annoying random people.

[@jujubees711]

Aw, that's so sad. I'm from New York. I was in Huntington Beach, CA a few years ago and loved it. I wanted to visit Beverly Hills and L.A. sometime soon, but I guess not? :(

[@NC-qm8dc]

I used to work for Cedars Sinai Medical Center which is right next to all of that & it was super nice back in 2017, busy & bustling with people, businesses booming. This is really sad of wut it used to be just a few years ago too.

[@videomaniac108]

I live in Berkeley, CA and can say that a similar situation exists in many California cities: San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, San Diego, ...

[@advancetotabletop5328]

Yep. There’s a KZbinr who is doing an entire series of videos of Bay Area cities and neighborhoods where businesses have left. ):

[@OllieMissouri-is6ei]

Sounds interesting

[@johnschick5827]

Keep voting Democrat, and watch things get worse!

[@glory2cybertron]

Expectation: glitz and glamour Reality: zombie apocalypse

[@muspobear]

That’s for SURE!!!

[@MassageandReiki-ee5xg]

Demoncrat policy purging the people

[@Jouantiese]

Reality: woke zombie apocalypse..

[@yolandamontalvo3557]

😵wow ghost town

[@ShaferHart]

Nah, it's just a another US city: old architecture, outdated layout.. Any major city in Asia looks way more glamorous and glitzier than this. Beverly Hills is just a brand.

[@cyphaborg6598]

I didn't expect Beverly Hills to be this vacant.

[@ss6830]

And now insurance companies are leaving, so I bet we will see MANY MORE buildings up for lease. Thanks for posting, I like seeing the actual streets.

[@crystalthepistol4770]

Santa Monica is so dangerous now. My husband and I went last summer. Couldn’t believe the homelesss. I feared for my life. I meant transient not homeless. They are on drugs. ( edited) sorry for any confusion. Santa Monica is one of most unsafest cities listed in California now.

[@judithscobee8102]

So sad!

[@philvie]

Been like that since I lived there in the 80s

[@KenAndersonMD]

I lived in Santa Monica and then in Beverly Hills from 2003 to 2012, and it was a vibrant and busy and safe area. There were no homeless people. No vacant stores. Venice was even blowing up. I went back last year to Santa Monica and was *shocked* at how many stores were for lease, how dead the area was, and all the homeless tents and people all over the place. It is unbelievable. My impression from when I had lived there was that the place would continue to grow and thrive and that property values would continue to rise and I thought Venice would have turned into something more like Santa Monica by this time, but wow, was I wrong.

[@aeonsbeyond]

@@KenAndersonMD Youre drunk. I was in santa Monica 2010-2012 and the homeless issue was always there. Youre a doctor. Rich People Are Blind

[@hellygeer]

Reaganimics. The trickle down never happened

[@RedSpiralHandTV]

I was a 3rd generation San Diegan...we lived near the beach. So glad I left in 1991. Tried a few places in the U.S. and then lived in Oregon for 24 years. Now Oregon is becoming another California so we pulled up and left in 2022. We are in central Mexico now!

[@kevinbuda7087]

cant be that good if you are telliing californians where you are...

[@bradgarnerjackson5channel897]

Michigan up north crime free just get alot of snow in the winter

[@acooksla]

We moved to Spain, couldn’t be happier.

[@bradgarnerjackson5channel897]

@kevinbuda7087 I bet it's better than were your at!!

[@norwegianblue2017]

San Diego is not like LA or the Bay Area. We never went woke or defunded our police or allowed shoplifting. Tourism is back to 2019 levels and there are now strict anti-camping laws banning homeless from setting up tents and shelters anywhere near parks, schools and many other areas. They cannot refuse alternative shelter if offered either.

[@jenniferbryn]

thank you for the fun narrative tour! I've never been a California person so I have nothing to compare it to, but it's the Jay Luchs signs that concern me most. That dude has so many listings! Find Jay, and you'll find answers. Fishy Jay is what they call him. 😂😂😂😂

[@guitaruncle3801]

Excellent explanation🙏😊 Excellent videography✍️

[@Jennifer-je1mc]

Omgosh! I can’t believe it! Yes it’s the rent. I lived there in mid-late 80s as a teen. It was SO beautiful. People EVERYWHERE. Outdoor cafes, all of the high end shops, and OH the Cars! It was just the whole atmosphere. Even the AIR smelled good. This is sad. San Diego is home now, all of LA is Dead.

[@christianvanneuves9958]

Yep, once upon a time in Beverly Hills - there was something.

[@user-lk6gv5gy1f]

​@@christianvanneuves9958, Georgia doesn't play with slum living

[@Charles-bz8px]

It's like Shannen Doherty in 92010 is dying of cancer.

[@user-lk6gv5gy1f]

@@Charles-bz8px, ridiculous

[@ExcelCannabisLimited]

I wanted to move to San Diego sooooo bad but now you couldn’t pay me to move to California

[@AmericanPatriot-1776]

Not good for restaurants since Newsom decided $20 an hour was a great idea. Plus since crime is legal in California there's no interest in opening in that city or any city in the state. Thanks for taking the walk. They won't be back.

[@1daydecorating]

At Newsom's restraunts, one in Lake Tahoe they only pay $16 an hour.

[@AmericanPatriot-1776]

@@1daydecorating Isn't that interesting. Rules for you and not for me. He's brain dead just like Biden.

[@dennisdonoghue9202]

The martyr who claims he is for the people. Lets increase the mim wage so corp businesses will increase price and the mom and pop shop will collapse. AI is what he created and it is on purpose. Especially a place like CA that has many migrant workers in places that are corp run like fast food restaurants. Already there is massive layoff in these places. Gavin is as disgusting as these places that have more money than god but their greed is more important. At the end of the day, corp policy for a company to make more money is a decision any company owner has a right to do but when a head of state makes a policy to destroy the lower or middle class worker that is what we call the fake liberal

[@charrua59]

Tell me how workers gonna live in California with lower pay? You want them living outside restaurant in a cart box.

[@selcukcilek555]

WTF! Since you can ruin a car factory, get bailed out and the outgoing CEO is being rewarded in ruining the business with 22 M USD ask yourself WHAT is causing this downfall. The USA is a non market ecomomy intervening on behalf of a few big corporations and punishing small businesses or even tax payers if they can't pay their taxes or mortgage to end up on the street. And there goes Fed.Reserve boss Yellen to teach China that they are doing wrong by producing too much cheap goods. What the heck this world has turned into. China has a market economy and the USA has converted to Socialism.

[@mjb8274]

Visited there a few years ago. Some homeless, but didn't really feel too dangerous during the day. Very few people walking around and the few that were looked tense. The whole place felt kind of dead. Energy was missing.

[@luthientinuviel1981]

Ach du meine Güte, Mike...das ist ja entsetzlich. Ich habe gerade eben ein paar Beiträge über Downtown LA angeschaut. Am Hollywood Blvd. und der Main Street sieht es genauso und noch schlimmer aus. Niemals hätte ich gedacht, dass sowas in Beverly Hills möglich ist..einfach nur traurig.

[@luthientinuviel1981]

Lost Angeles ☹️

[@paldri]

Why would you open a store in a place where a “group of teens” can just run in, steal all your products, and leave without any repercussions?

[@paulsawczyc5019]

It's like this everywhere I go - even in "good" areas. It's not teenagers, people have no money to blow.

[@josefgerken4002]

When thieves have more rights than business owner, this state is screwed. Buy hey, Californians, keep voting democrat.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

​@@paulsawczyc5019Please. That's bs. Bussed in kids were doing this crap in an expensive Chicago area. I was there. They had to use cops to combat the spoiled brat hoardes that don't even live there. Because it stf wasn't people that raise their kids right. Lightfoot ALLOWED rioting at Best Buy. We were there for that, too. F that and F her in particular. Time to friggin go. See how that plays out when the high tax base is gone!

[@SA-hz1rs]

Not 2020 anymore

[@SA-hz1rs]

@@josefgerken4002 florida is dying

[@kimberlykay1614]

Beverly Hills is dying and we all know why….😮

[@LKaramazov]

Bidenomics.

[@chop3625]

It’s far from dying. If you don’t feel safe there it’s time to pack in life.

[@duskbatrabbit1199]

Only thing great about it is watching me some giv

[@MomandBuggs]

Online shopping?

[@revekat2053]

Mass shootings?

[@josiahhosking3211]

Wow! So surprising this has so much damaged the reputation of Beverly Hills. Rodeo drive I used to shop there years ago. I used to have a friend working at Gucci and Burberry his name is Michael Isreal. He does not work in Rodeo anymore. He works now in downtown New York. 💚🙂

[@chyira8077]

Lived up the hill in Hollywood Hills for 25 years there has always been vacant stores in Beverly Hills for the last 15 years. But there is less offices in BH.

[@TuTuFox]

Walk through any mall & its practically empty. I remember the days when the mall was filled with people shopping. Those days are long gone🥺

[@chanjackie2299]

Well, what happened to all those zombies ?

[@labased2539]

Amazon, online shopping.

[@gregmcable]

Funny, not in the malls I walk through here in Los Angeles.kinda crowded.

[@chrispnw2547]

I'm sorry but you are wrong, In the Carolinas the mall parking lots are full. The restaurants are busy AND store theft is not out of control. Gas is around $3/gallon. The news makes you as if everything is out of control everywhere in America but this is not true. Some economies are overheated (Miami, NYC, CA) and others are not.

[@doods20fer41]

well almost everybody are doing their shopping online now

[@MissterX]

Large amounts of people leaving the state, activist judges, lazy police chiefs and leaders who are voted in are the big part of the problem.

[@armitage9204]

Amazon, ebay, etc. are the reason for all the empty stores. It's not only a calfornian problem. You can see this development all over the world. I'm from Germany and you see more and more empty stores in every single city. So, your politics can't be the main problem. It's plain and simple capitalism.

[@MissterX]

@@armitage9204 LOL, if you don't live here you have no idea what the issue is. Do some research.

[@MissterX]

@@armitage9204 Yeah ok, thanks for telling Americans what you see the problem is from Germany 🤣. This is not happening all over the US, you don't know what you're talking about.

[@robertuebel7068]

@@MissterX The person from Germany sees the problem very clearly. Traditional brick and mortar retail is having a hard time all throughout the western world and throughout our country. You're the one who doesn't know what he's talking about.

[@MissterX]

@@robertuebel7068 California doesn't prosecute shoplifters if they steal less than 1,000 dollars that's activists judges and politicians and it's a fact and it's majorly impacting retail stores. GIV literally has video of a group smash and grab regarding this on his channel IN Beverly Hills. And those large group smash and grab are happening all over LA, again FACT. Rents are outrageously high all over California also driving tenants out, another fact. Walmart, Walgreens etc. are closing stores all over cities in California and in NYC because of theft (that is up because these people aren't being prosecuted) another fact. If you haven't seen this on the news or read it, you need to read and watch outside of your echo chamber. YOU don't know what you're talking about. You're just salty because you voted these people in who are negatively transforming our country and letting this crap go on.

[@jdmbeats]

Hey @GermanInVenice you should tell them to give you a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 👍

[@desertsunman5880]

Yes, BH rocked in the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90's - Sad, indeed to see the decline - I still have my Tommy Hilfiger sneakers I bought for our Christmas party in the Bank Bldg at Wilshire & Canon - wonder if the Law Firms are still upstairs ... Guess bothing lasts forever😉😎

[@Colorado68]

People get what they vote for. Thank you for showing the truth GIV.

[@henrylam5]

My parents proudly left California in 1995... Best decision for our family ever.

[@afghan.snow.leopard]

it happens all over america kid, people buying stuff online rather then going in person and stuff being expensive especially in california because everyone wants to live here. so they can't afford to keep their shop especially in a rich area like beverly hills

[@afghan.snow.leopard]

so yea

[@lisabaltzer4190]

My late husband and I left in 2003. We closed down our business and 46 people lost well paying jobs with full benefits. There is now an apartment complex where our business used to be.

[@peterrabbit3887]

Then they missed out on 400% profit of selling their house. 😂😂😂😂 idiots.

[@RitaRevenaugh-bh5ie]

We live couple years in San Diego we drive going to Beverly hills beautiful now out of business also new York too

[@angusorvid8840]

I'm a retired building contractor, but when I was still in biz I had several jobs running in Beverly Hills, some of which began before and some of which were completed during Covid. To see how the town was before and after Covid is a shocking study in contrast. But I do have an explanation for why the world's richest people can't sustain the businesses in BH. It's because they don't go out shopping as much as they used to. They are addicted to ordering from Amazon and other online sites. Also, if they want to be fitted for a new suit, they have a tailor visit them with massive bolts of fabrics and a shop on wheels and they make them what they want when they want it. I can't even explain how the rich live compared to the rest of us. It's The Twilight Zone. And since we're talking about the richest people in the world keep in mind that many are not fulltime residences anywhere. They spend four months in BH then Zurich then Paris or London, Manhattan. The old Hollywood crowd was actually a bit more homebound, often frequenting Brooks Bros and The Friar's Club, etc. You have a very different kind of wealth in BH now.

[@TrumpyBooden]

Yep. Now you have a lot of old money kids that inherited their homes but all they have is that home, no other wealth. The taxes are breaking them. The other thing is online shopping. People would rather get exactly what they want ordering it online rather then dealing with parking and the obnoxious rodeo dr tourist.

[@lrvracer3515]

@angusorvid8840 - Good comment. This is just cyclical economic times. Beverly Hills went through a brief slump in the early 1980s - lot’s of empty storefronts, etc. However, you are on point in that online shopping has been a game changer for all storefront retail nationwide.

[@joevarga5982]

Nah. The rich are still rich. Real estate is still worth a fortune. These stores are closed due to theft and crime.

[@Puzzoozoo]

When AI really gets involved in the movie production process, actors and actresses A list or not will become at times surplus to requirements, think of the effect the talkies in movies had on the actors and actresses that had made it big in the silent era. Then even more one rich/wealthy people will be vacating the place, not to mention the tech crowd, as look what happened to that bank they used.

[@glenn6583]

The rich taste terrible!

[@tetra4411]

A few years ago a guy shot a woman execution style and stole her diamond ring. Now locals are afraid to go there.

[@griswald7156]

In swanky areas of London ..posh watch theft is common..

[@theashpilez]

Cali people work on a knee jerk reaction to when things are taken from them or things do not go their way. When itz the other way around it is called a successful business model. Itz about time things came crashing down. Anyone born west of the fault line may have this mentality. There are some good people, but they are watchers and fade into the woodwork instead of having something called morals and a spine to back it up.

[@jacobkubacki2719]

You mean California’s strict gun control laws failed to protect her!!? No way! (sarcasm)

[@kazaabitboll2026]

Wow, that is really shocking

[@YOUARESOFT.]

i need to know colors. although im pretty sure i already do

[@mikebreslaw9651]

this video shocked me. i spent many saturday mornings with my family at Nate'N Als,then would stroll around shopping. i mean we werent going to Bijan, but there were lots of interesting stores like gearys and cloths stores. I would say this was around the late 70's and the early 80's. beverly hills was great then. i now live in las vegas, so this video was the first i have seen beverly hills in probably 20/25 years

[@msbee5183]

All cities are losing shops. Life is soo different. San Francisco downtown is almost 80% empty. Such a shame. I live in a "upscale" (im not rich) suburb and during covid, i swear those rich people shopped, still do. Weird.

[@srl21500]

Lived there almost 10 years. Wasn't safe anymore. SaMo, Venice, and MdR are no longer livable either. Sad times.

[@bperez8656]

Beverly Hills and West Hollywood are the safest neighborhoods I’ve been in It’s not safety. These businesses are concerned with its government, corruption, and taxation and wages, forced by a socialist government.

[@mwfmtnman]

Dude, Venice was always nasty, well since the 70s. Mexican gangs painting graffiti on people's fences, people getting jumped, a friggin disaster.

[@richardkaltenbach3961]

NEITHER IS SAN FERNANDO VALLEY!!

[@bperez8656]

@@mwfmtnman That’s what I’m saying. These areas with crime seem to have always had spotty parts that just festered Beverly Hills and West Hollywood are safe as hell from what I’ve seen.

[@srl21500]

@richardkaltenbach3961 I only went there once. It was for my former company to meet someone. He was so concerned about my safety. It didn't seem much worse than west LA was turning. Idk!🤷‍♀️