Denver's Homeless Problem Is OUT OF CONTROL!

[@ChrisHarden]

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[@checkoutmyyoutubepage]

You still haven’t mentioned those who live in RVs and their cars.

[@Notme-tq4xs]

You guys all started voting democrat. Get it now ?

[@ralphverboten8816]

Na you’re wrong!

[@59thSurvivor-of-VHS]

Bad 12 years ago when I left Down Town Denver, Park Avenue by the Platte looks horrendous vs back then. I am not moving back, thank you for your work broski!

[@daryllect6659]

Could you use "with that said" a couple dozen more times?

[@hangingon]

I remember visiting Denver 15 years ago and saying it's the cleanest city I ever hung out at. Sad to see horrible political policies have ruined that and made Denver look like a mini LA. Maybe one day we'll get leaders that care about their citizens.

[@denver0102]

So you don’t live here and yet you have an unabashed opinion of our city. Don’t believe the propaganda videos like this!! These clips are only about 4 blocks of downtown! And his facts are unsubstantiated. I was just downtown and saw ZERO homeless camps and had a wonderful time.

[@taxicamel]

Well, you are going into a great deal of detail at times, which I think is quite unnecessary. I believe this issue is not at all unique to Denver. It would be far more accurate to say this problem is throughout NORTH AMERICA ....both big and small cities/towns. We have exactly the same problem in Canada. No difference at all. Tent cities spring up in one day. I would not be surprised if the laws in every city are copied city-to-city. Tents are allowed but must be taken down during the day. For some reason, this one simple rule/law is NOT policed every day, so the "cities" spring up and remain until the police do their job ....which then requires city cleanup/sanitation crews to also attend to collect and throw out all the trash that doesn't get taken away by the "owners". There is very little that anyone can do to resolve this problem. It is no different from the saying "you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink". This applies to the majority of these homeless people. Drug addiction is the primary problem and it keeps growing. It starts when these people are younger. WHY are these younger kids playing with drugs in the first place. Well, one reason is society has completely failed to show these impressionable kids what the drug life is really like .....so every year ......there is a new batch of drug users influenced by drug dealers initially giving away free drugs to get them hooked ...and the rest become history ........TENT CITIES. At that point, these kids not only don't want to work, but no one wants to employ them because they are so unreliable and likely dangerous to be around. The problem continues year after year after year. Every tent city is a disgusting trash bin cesspool of people who are high, couldn't care less, and are completely oblivious to the mess. Where do they "wash up"? Where are the bathroom facilities? Where do they eat? What change of clothes do they have? We all know the answers to each of the questions. "Government agencies" exist as a means of employment. None of them has any drive solve the problem. It is called "job security". Every one of them is the first to help when needed. No one is addressing the root cause of the problem for the majority of them. That being said, there ARE some who do in fact have their own illnesses and DO need assistance because they cannot help themselves. Bottom line ......the problem is NOT unique to Denver. .

[@jjc4577]

@@taxicamel I agree with the drug issue entirely. Are there any other commonalities that tend to contribute?

[@ItsNoption]

Government is the cause. Homelessness is just another avenue to collect tax payers money and pocket it. While telling the community how compassionate they are and all the money they are spending to solve the problems they created.

[@Kandralla]

@@taxicamel"There is very little that anyone can do to resolve this problem" The first thing cities can do is stop making it more comfortable for individuals who make no attempt to improve their situation. Cities giving them tents and letting them sleep on the street unchallenged and building them tiny houses (that don't come with expectations) needs to stop. Doing these things out of a sense of kindness is actually a great disservice to those who are in the situation for no reason other than that they've decided that something else is more important. Unfortunately, if being forced to say, live in a storm sewer, is the thing that makes people decide that they don't want to be a junkie, the services to help them dig their way out will be severely overwhelmed.

[@DickWalz]

I grew up in Denver in the 80’s. As a 13 year old kid my brother, friends and I would ride the bus all over town to skateboard and never was it unsafe to do so. I wouldn’t let my 13 year old kid ride the bus there alone today

[@Null-o7j]

That's because you're a helicopter parent.

[@XXXXX8]

@@Null-o7j weak bait.

[@FloridaMan69.]

​@user-rg9xd9mu5r no it's because the homeless leave their used syringe needles in the bus

[@jillsipocz3582]

Colorado used to be nice. Too many people now. So sad.

[@XXXXX8]

@@jillsipocz3582 "THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE. I'M OVERSTIMULATED!!! what a loser.

[@Thehappyet]

It’s insane, they set up camps almost right outside my stores back door doing drugs and all sorts of nonsense. I’ve seen them on camera loading up needles, they will sometimes behave aggressively towards me when I go to take out trad. The girls that work for me are afraid to take the trash out, so we pile it up and wait for days sometimes, or go out in a group with knives and pepper spray. It is INSANE.

[@connorlyons2376]

Grow up, grow some nutz

[@Skateandcreate9]

What a great government we have!

[@jeffg6924]

@@connorlyons2376 I don't think its a stretch to say that people like you are the reason we have a situation like this.

[@steviebonez6708]

net banger -thanks for keeping the city shitty@@connorlyons2376

[@reesecollins482]

you should get a firearm, as a business owner especially.

[@onerider808]

What is amazing is how quickly it turned from nice town into a garbage dump.

[@ChrisHarden]

That’s what everybody who’s lived in the area for a while seems to be saying about Denver.

[@jag92949]

@@ChrisHarden It was very quick as well.

[@seymorefact4333]

🇺🇸 The American dream... has always been a dream! Truth is, it's the American NIGHTMARE. DAILY MASS shootings, mass tent cities, everyone is in GIGANTIC debt, obesity, poor healthcare, and education, poor infrastructure, income disparity, angry people and mental health issues, drug and alchol addictions, and shorter life span than third world, suicide has increase by double digits! ⚠️ Only GOING TO GET WORSE EXPONENTIALLY ⚠️

[@darkgardener9577]

PROGRESS COMRADE!!! IT'S THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD!!!!

[@seymorefact4333]

@@darkgardener9577 🇺🇸 the christian towns and cities that preach god that always end up KILLING the most people, displacing people in tents, hide pedophiles pastors/priest and drug addicts that SCARES ME THE MOST. ALL in the name of GOD! SCARES ME THE MOST.

[@cjc411]

I just moved out of Denver in August. Denver is still a great and fun city in many respects, but it is getting harder and harder to live and make ends meet there for many people. It's sad because Colorado used to be such a great place to live

[@ChrisHarden]

Overall I really like the Denver area despite its problems. There are several parts of the metro area that seem to be very nice to live in still if you can afford it.

[@JesseKlaus]

How much of these issues do you think are caused due to political decisions?

[@ReggieRegenold-uq2bz]

WHEN WE WAS/WE'RE Thurr 🚍 .🐴 🏀 in Nuggetville 🏈 🛏

[@Greg-zr2pf]

@JesseKlaus I live in Denver and Biden is catering to the Venezuelans while ignoring the Americans. The foreigner get a free ride

[@Me97202]

So where are you gonna go? ALL of the best places have become unaffordable.

[@spearfish]

I sold my house in Denver about 2 years ago after repeated break-in attempts by homeless men caught on my security cameras. It was the best decision I've ever made. My anxiety disappeared as soon as I left the city.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Well I'm pretty sure that you made a killer profit on the home sale. Took the mark-up and ran

[@jsauce311]

Same

[@keatonvarone2839]

Where did you move to? I been thinking of leaving Colorado for a bit now but wanna leave more and more everyday, especially being in Denver

[@spearfish]

@@keatonvarone2839 Nashville. It has been absolutely wonderful.

[@1DayMakesGains]

@@keatonvarone2839 if you have a house I will buy it.

[@frozenninja4030]

As the Californication of Colorado continues, complete with the skyrocketing cost of living, ridiculous overcrowding and terrible political bent, this problem will just continue to get worse. I've lived in Colorado my whole life and only in the last few years have I thought about leaving. When you relocate to another state, don't bring all the problems you left the last one for.

[@earlofmar7987]

I'm in a Red Conservative State. We hate liberals and especially Democrats that want to run their mouths off about sexualizing our children.

[@zyrahorihara8419]

I agree with you. Im worried for my beloved Texas.

[@Freakazoid12345]

I came to Colorado from California and I always joke around saying something along the lines of, "I'm from California. You know, a parasite that ruins things and moves on to a new place to ruin that too."

[@earlofmar7987]

@@Freakazoid12345 Wonder why that happens? Why do liberal Californian's insist on cramming their communist's belief's down everyone else's' throats? That state is gone. It won't turn around for another 20 years. It will be a plague on our country with all the crime & the groomers. It is a real concern that resident's will move out as the city services disappear along with the stores and livelihood.

[@larry6793]

4th generation coloradoian, thanks Californication. Left last summer for Texas. Love it here.

[@skater1191]

I’ve lived here my whole life and the problem has never been worse.

[@jeffhaynes1590]

I lived there my whole life till this year. Sad

[@twmccoy100]

Agreed. I live in Littleton, and the homeless, drugs, and crime have spread to the suburbs. You don't have to look hard to find bums or piles of trash pretty much everywhere. It's a bleak, depressing place now.

[@DieselRamcharger]

@@twmccoy100 Bleak and Depressing. Just what the Communists want.

[@terrymckenzie8786]

@@MrPerfectWasMurderedAs long as idiots like you keep blaming libs, the problem will never be solved. Texas and Florida is no better. Nine out of ten poorest states in America are red states. Democrat cities like California pays for most of the welfare checks for these states.

[@federalreservebrown2507]

well put and EXACTLY@albertbundy8857

[@edwardshumate8266]

I have lived in Boulder, Co for 34 years now. One thing that I noticed that was not mentioned much here is just how dramatically the homeless are being far more violent AND destructive.

[@jimchambers7336]

Keep voting for the demorats your from Boulder it's people like you that vote this shit in

[@MR-bp3in]

Sorry to hear you're stuck in Boulder,, that's where the insanity started.

[@MisterWhatWhat]

We left Colorado in 2020. It became way too expensive for us to live. Seriously, a home that’s a dumpster fire could sell for 300K+. Even in areas north and northeast of Denver, like Fort Collins and Greeley have become super expensive to live. The homeless problem has gotten worse and worse there, especially in Denver. Such a beautiful state that’s very overpopulated.

[@dianejensen3420]

TRUE!!

[@sierrasky2491]

300,000 sounds like a pretty cheap home to me. I live in an area in California where the beginning prices of homes are a million.

[@cmc5394oparva]

@@sierrasky2491 It's cheap because $300K in the Denver metro will get you a 1000-square foot dump with the pipes torn out.

[@happycows]

O,o 300,000 is cheap? I think anything too much over 150,000 is already getting too expensive for a home, but what do I know? Most folks where I live could never afford to pay much more than 150,000 or less. People barely make enough to survive around here and the average salary is under 25k/yr before taxes. They take so much in taxes and there is hardly any money left for basics like food. You can also forget about transportation. You can't get to most places without a vehicle to go to the doctor or work. People around these parts can't even afford basic medical procedures like cataract surgery. I guess they want to price most out of existence.

[@sierrasky2491]

@@happycows do you mind if I ask what state do you live in question mark and what area in that state

[@dvan7117]

I moved out of the Denver area, and Colorado, eight years ago. After living there for 65 years, I have no regrets.

[@yannip2083]

Where did you move to?

[@fixnkev]

We just got back from a trip to Denver 4 weeks ago. We lived there for 40 years and it was really sad to see how bad the homeless situation is in Denver/Aurora. Not only that, but the streets are in really bad shape and the weeds were never mowed down the entire summer. The city officials don't care and are letting the entire state turn into a real S*it Hole.

[@jarredlkling]

That's what happens when you vote for liberals.....

[@RockyMtnFuzz]

It seems my state would rather spend 26 million on a Best Western Hotel turned into a homeless shelter than spend money on services our city direly needs. Watch Denver starts restricting things like the streets getting snow plowed this year because it's not in budget anymore...

[@mwbl310]

​@@RockyMtnFuzzthe voters voted for it

[@heavenlydays2838]

​@@mwbl310Liberalism. Is a mental disorder. STOP VOTING for Democrats!!!

[@markoliver630]

The Democratic city leadership.

[@kyleklukas4808]

I don't call that homeless . I call that phentanyl addiction . I've been homeless , never was lying on a sidewalk in the middle of the day , or at night either

[@komlat253]

Well I guess it's both but yea

[@lisaharlan618]

You're not wrong.... I was working off of 22nd and California.... It's not OK.. At all

[@MichelleNovalee]

Good point. I was homeless as a child and would live in different shelters with my family. We never slept on the street. These people are choosing to sleep on the street. They are choosing drugs over a home. Therefore they are not homeless. The street is their chosen home.

[@MightyWomanOfGod9050]

Exactly! It's a drug problem mostly!

[@timmywitty1432]

@@MightyWomanOfGod9050 it’s much more systemic than drugs, drugs are a symptom, childhood trauma and a huge increase in cluster b personality disordered individuals is a main culprit along with the Satanic beast system we are all living on. This is all by design of the ruling psychopaths, the elites aka the parasites.

[@cynthiaraufmann7625]

I had the hardest time trying to become employed with a good outcome and gave up to do gig work because I couldn't stand the nasty people I had to work with. In addition to the high expense and the poor air quality, I left in April after 5 long years.

[@ChrisHarden]

Dang, that sucks that you had an experience like that

[@jag92949]

I was able to be self-employed with Lyft to pay the for a single bedroom apartment in Northglenn.

[@ytgytgy]

I experienced the exact same thing in Denver, insanely high turnover jobs with little pay. I left the state in 2015 after doing a Nike commercial at mile high.

[@Null-o7j]

Wow 5 long years? You're not even a local. Tf are you complaining about?

[@jag92949]

@@Null-o7j 5 years in current Denver sounds like a nightmare. I spent 3 years in Greeley, and that was very unpleasant.

[@ayyyejesterdazed]

Been in Colorado since 1993…. The homelessness is a huge problem. I use to work off 16th mall in my early 20s, party at Beta Nightclub. Now in my 30s…. I only drive- thru Denver. Never stop, never walk around leisurely, don’t do any of the Denver activities I did a decade ago out of fear of my safety

[@robertkitchens6341]

I’ll walk with you and keep you safe

[@razorhawk9808]

This is what happens when kids NEVER are given any chores growing up. They donʻt wanna work, and then we got explosions of unpredictable bums not wanting a job across the US. Itʻs annoying when people tell me "oh they have mental illness." Yeah, the mental illness is called not wanting to work. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@davidbeppler3032]

@@razorhawk9808 That is what happens when rent goes up 67% in 3 years and pay goes down 28% at the same time.

[@razorhawk9808]

@@davidbeppler3032 I agree with you. When I wrote the comment, I was thinking 5 years ago. Not in the present.

[@davidbeppler3032]

@@razorhawk9808 The important question is why did rent go up 67%? The answer is multi billion dollar real estate firms bought 30% of the rental properties. They found a new game. Buy properties, jack up the price, everyone sees the price hike, and copies it because it is now the market price. Boom, billions in profit! Homeless are just a result. Not their problem, but it is your problem.

[@BajatheChickenMan]

Sad to see Denver go this way. It seems as if all cities as doomed to meet this fate.

[@wayneroberts6642]

Greed and Stupidity...

[@dennisweidner288]

Almost true --all DEMOCRATIC cities.

[@WELVAS.]

Yes all democratic cities because Republicans bus their homeless out to them rather than take care of their own citizens.

[@HamhocksUnlimited]

Only Democrat run cities

[@schan9547]

@@dennisweidner288 Why are other countries; Uk; Canada, dealing with the same explosion of homelessness?

[@drewwho4512]

I was in Denver in June 2023 from out of state. I spent a couple of days there and drove around the state Capitol building and much of downtown, etc. It had been years since I was in that area. I was amazed by how much new construction took place in the form of condo buildings and the like. I was more amazed by how extensive the homeless encampents were. It was really sad to see how sketchy downtown Denver has become. Meanwhile, home prices have skyrocketed in and around the Denver metro area. If I want to live in a suburb of a large city, I'd still want to visit the city itself. But not really Denver any longer.

[@nahbruv3621]

california single handedly ruined denver

[@recentparty8369]

Go make a Pyrolyseur ( for plastic oil ) an Electrolyseur ( for Hyddrogen pee ) a Digestor ( for Methane poo ) with around a Premium camping and maybe you will Run to be the Governor who solved the problem ethically ...

[@montanaminck2226]

In the 90s, I would walk all by myself from Old Chicago, to Coors Field ,NEVER WAS SCARED, OR FELT UNSAFE, UNBELIEVABLE THEY RUINED SUCH A WONDERFUL CITY

[@jeffg6924]

What changed was city and state management. The focus turned away from drawing in businesses, to a focus on catering to the homeless. They build million dollar toilets, relaxed camping rules, setting up safe injection sites. The capital went from being beautiful into what you see in this video. There's so may housing programs and always have been, but these people do not want homes. People fled CA because it was like this, they voted in the same type of management, so its not a surprise Denver is turning into San Fransisco.

[@wwspic36]

I stayed in an Hilton Garden Inn in the Tech Center that was accepting homeless vouchers. The police had to be called because a guy in the lobby couldn't get his voucher card to work. There was a baby in diapers in the pool. Bands of men were looking into cars parked in the parking lot with flashlights try to figure out which cars to steal. The room across the hall was noisey with men coming to visit a woman during the night. The elevator smelled like marijuana smoke. I had prepaid for the room. Needless to say I got out early in the morning. I not going to Denver again.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Hahahahaha

[@lealmelisa]

And that was a fancy area of the city. I was there for 3 years and everything was horrible. I moved to Chicago and i am feelinf much better.

[@masonkanterbury3007]

Definitely don't consider moving here. It's all about partying and men visiting women at night.

[@yungdavinci2878]

@@masonkanterbury3007 you dont like to visit women at night is what im reading

[@KN-ko8ez]

@@yungdavinci2878Shit take. Nobody wants to be living next to hobos and fentanyl-addicted hookers.

[@tonette9532]

I am a native to the Denver area. Rent prices are through the roof and only getting higher. I personally know a man that lives on the streets that holds a full-time job and still cannot afford an apartment. I am retired, on a fixed income and I live with family, as there is no way I could afford my own place. Although many of the people without housing may have addiction issues, that is not the case for the entire population. There are families and retirees within that number that simply cannot afford a place to stay. I recently priced studios in the metro area. They start at about $1300 a month and go up from there. Yes, a no frills studio apartment. That is insane. I don't know the solution, but there are many factors that make this a very complex problem.

[@AliceWonders22]

The problem is that Denver along with every liberal run city/state will always fail b/c they do not put GOD first. They serve BAAL....another god. NOT my JESUS. It is very sad. We don't go to Denver for ANY reason. We just stay here in Castle Rock and go back to Texas, Kansas, or OK lol only travel to RED states.

[@manbtm1]

Yes it’s a tough situation, the only problem is this seems to be rampant it all over the whole country, cause you even go to small communities that are fairly nice and the rentals are crazy. Unless someone wants to live in a place that is not particularly wonderful or out in the middle of nowhere, you can’t escape high rents or high property acquisition costs. It seems to be everywhere and spreading. This makes it extremely difficult for people on low income or making modest salaries, especially with families. Also, incidentally this is worldwide, not just here, that’s for sure

[@manbtm1]

@@SaintTrinianz , Bidenville ? Do you think this would change under Trumpville? Like Donald Trump is going to do anything to change the world economic situation., good luck it’s worldwide, funny how a certain element ( guess) people blame everything on Biden . They carry on about how it was so much better economically under Trump, not realizing if your going to use this reason, that Trump inherited a booming economy when Obama was President, Biden inherited a mess with the pandemic, , the disasters and economic situation we have is primarily due to Covid , which incidentally Trump was the president under 2019 2020 ( Covid19?.), so if you want to blame any president for its ramifications, guess who should be blamed. It’s nonsense anyway to blame either president, nothing more than a convenient silly excuse to try to degrade someone. Some don’t even seem to have the ability to notice that this is going on in every country around the world. Many, far worse. A study on world economics is in order for a lot of people it seems.

[@brianhawk1854]

Blackroock

[@billredding2000]

I think the rents in Colorado Springs (COS) -- although also high (thta's CO for you presently) -- are lower even now, and they've dropped quite a bit since I left (October 2022). TMK, CO housing costs can be ranked most expensive to least expensive "geographically" -- meaning, from North to South. So Boulder is the most expensive, then Denver, then COS, then Pueblo (but who would want to live in Pueblo). I prefer COS (lived there twice) and plan to go back in 2 years (late 2025) IF the mortgage interest rate goes down big-time AND home prices fall some as well. Right now I'm in (way cheaper) TX, but prefer to live in CO (for several reasons) -- only in COS though, NOT the other 3 major cities (as I listed) -- even IF I could afford a house there. ;-) -- BR

[@lauraabc123]

Thank you for making this video! Light needs to be brought to this issue as I feel not enough people are talking about it! It is completely heartbreaking seeing the city decline. I only moved here in 2020 because my husband is from here, and even in these few years I’ve seen a massive change for the worse. It seems like the government is doing absolutely nothing, the roads and streets are filthy and unkept, and on top of that everything is so dang expensive. I hope bringing awareness to this pressures officials to take action. Save Denver!!

[@jarredlkling]

That's what happens when you vote for Democrats

[@VirtualCowboy007]

I lived in Denver 10 years ago, what made me leave the state was rent $2400 for a studio and taxes.

[@doubled3962]

Same with me , could not afford to live in Denver . Only people that could afford it , are people with family money and parents that helpted their young adult children .

[@Matt90541]

I see studios in new buildings listed for 1600 now near Downtown. Very cheap for a city. Maybe prices went down.

[@Ch1n4Sailor]

Was it at least a NICE / Relatively NEW Apartment???? $2400, that's Los Angeles Rent for a SHITTY 65 year old apartment!!! I didn't think Denver was that Expensive....? I was renting a ROOM (master bedroom with twin bed & adjoining toilet / shower) in Redondo beach, that was $1800 / month, Just a single room. But I bailed at the first chance and came back to Tokyo, where I pay, (as of Nov 2023) $695 for my 1K apartment "Relatively" new, 4 mins from the train station, 15 mins from downtown Tokyo, and view of Tokyo tower from my balcony.... There is NO CRIME.... I could leave my doors unlocked... But there are foreigners coming in, so always have to be careful!!! God Help the USA with what that CORRUPT POS BIDEN administration has done & is doing...

[@willhamilton4838]

​@@Matt90541$1600 for a studio is cheap? So the person has to clear $5000. A month to secure it? On $15. Dollars an hour? Smh

[@terrymckenzie8786]

@@doubled3962Or if you got an education and get paid $100,000 a year.

[@dave23024]

When a state keeps shaking down the good people, eventually they get pissed off and leave. That's Colorado in a nutshell. The people still living there only do so because they can't afford to go anywhere!

[@F8...]

that's not true...if u are already paying rent in Denver u can go lots of places and get completely set up with that next rent check

[@dave23024]

@@F8... Yeah, Colorado has a funny way of giving free handouts until they go over budget and make all the white men pay it back.

[@Oakoms]

@@F8... if i was to sell my app i could buy a 3bed house in most states, Denver is rough

[@Riceman-o1p]

Yes, and wherever they move to they will also find homelessness and similar problems. It's best just to run from problems rather than be an active member of your community and seek solutions. I hope your selfishness serves you well.

[@dave23024]

@@Riceman-o1p Thank you, father. That was some top-notch preaching! 🖕

[@TanyaCardwell]

I’m one of those Denver business owners. I moved from Denver to Littleton, as the Defund the Police campaign from the left has left the city lawless. My business is still in the city and my staff are becoming afraid. Meth heads abound.

[@ChrisHarden]

Such a shame!

[@gregorylyon1004]

They had to defund the cops. America is going broke paying lifetime pensions to retiree's

[@davidbeppler3032]

Wow. You don't know what defund the police means? It means hire health professionals instead of thugs. As a business owner did you know that rent went up in Denver? Do you know why? Did you also know that the amount of empty properties also went up? Do you know why? If rent goes up by 67% in 3 years, and greedflation reduces pay by 28% just 3 years later. What happens? As a business owner, can you do the math? How much does the lowest paid employee make after taxes? How much is rent? How much is insurance, car payment, food, electricity, rent, entertainment, and savings? I bet you got a negative number.

[@lionessathena8679]

​@@davidbeppler3032Apparently you don't know what defund the police means - it means lack of law enforcement and the result is crime. Hiring health professionals and social workers to deal with bad situations on the street means more people will be hurt and killed - if you think otherwise, you're living in a fairytale. Also, all of the other problems you mentioned are a function of terrible policy & inflation which lead to a terrible economy, and gee, who's responsible for that?

[@adnsmusic3842]

@@davidbeppler3032Anytime a white woman says woke, or defund the police, they’re Extremely racist. That’s code talk for I am jealous of black people

[@mnrichards100]

When Colorado was red it was where a lot of people wanted to go. Now that it’s blue it seems like a place where people want to leave. Vote blue and it’s the people you screw.

[@sailingaeolus]

Odd how that works.

[@sailingaeolus]

@@Noname-v2w5w Good question. The answer has to do with "honest money" versus "print money out of thin air" fiat banking system. The former is the conservative view of money while the latter is the liberal view of money. In short "print and spend" or "spend your way out of debt" is a democratic party staple. Moreover, the democrat party has become the party of white person's self hate, nihilism and un-equality based on race. Notice that San Francisco has the greatest wealth disparity in the world and California's "black only" amber alerts. In short, democrats generally represent un-American views.

[@TheOutsider69]

It has never been more prosperous a city lmao. Cope. Also West Colfax has always looked like this, I've lived here all my life and even lived right there. My 85 year old grandmother used to walk to that EZ Pawn all the time and never had any problems. This is literally all just fascist propaganda. You idiots are pissing your pants over poor people suffering over draconian RIGHT WING drug war policies. Stop pretending you give a shit about poor people or homeless people, this concern trolling fools no one.

[@tomneff7030]

I'm old enough to remember when Denver was red. And I mean red for decades. You are correct.

[@LisaMichelleyt]

I use to want to move there but I visited and it was in bad shape. There was human feces in the street, aggressive homeless people, camps, and generally just felt unsafe. I hope it gets better.

[@LanceKeller-it2nj]

Housing prices skyrocketed in about 2015. So many people with money were moving to Denver that demand was greater than supply. As a result rents went up and apartments that previously took section 8 and other such benefits opted to kick out people who received those benefits in favor of people who could just pay out of pocket. Denver's seen a building boom since then but rents have continued to go up.

[@gregorriusadolphus2729]

I lived in Central Denver close to downtown. I paid way too much for my townhome to be stepping over homeless and dodging drugged out homeless on my daily walks. I moved out of city and state and to the suburbs in Texas in 2021 after just two years. The city really went to sh*t when the pandemic hit; it's kinda sad.

[@silverianjannvs5315]

Homeless, crimes, corruption and lunatic liberalism will follow you to Texas

[@sdlausen1]

I hope you vote republican in Texas to prevent it from turning into a socialist hell hole like Denver.

[@KCM1]

Yikes…I live in the suburbs of Colorado (about 40 min from Denver) and the homeless have reached over here…very sad. I was looking into moving closer to Denver because of work but now…I’m not so sure because of how trashed downtown is…

[@mutiny_on_the_bounty]

You should leave Texas.

[@Blazex1x1]

That's the best part. Everyone pay to run away from their problems. Then the same problem slowly migrate nationwide regardless.

[@spg5658]

Polis is a terrible Governor! Not complicated. Elect a better leader and this will end

[@joyceleadbetter2600]

Polish is a California transplant, enough said.

[@KN-ko8ez]

No more progressives!!

[@jimchambers7336]

It was Mayor Johnson who did this

[@lorilannholm6224]

I live in Denver and both of them destroyed our once beautiful city and state. We have too many dumb liberals here😢

[@wednesdayschild3627]

I wish libs were to blame, but it is far more complicated. A lot of red states are too 🔥. The Texans and Florida's just chase them out, which is not a solution.

[@desireewhite7807]

As a native of Colorado, this is no surprise to me. It has gotten worse since the legalization of Marijuana. I have been here all 31 years of my life, and I am super sick of it. Colorado used to be a wonderful place to live, but now it is just overpopulated, filled with more crime, and the beautiful landscape is being torn up just to be filled up with apartments and shopping malls. Not to mention that they do little to nothing to control tent cities. I'm ready to move to another state 😂

[@autoselectricos-americalat9276]

So what city are you going to move? I see homelessness everywhere in the States: New York, Miami, LA, San Francisco, Hawaii, Seattle?

[@austinn8208]

I grew up near Boulder and after 35 years in Colorado packed my family up and moved to Texas. Denver was a really great city from probably early 2000s until weed was legalized. I think that one change significantly impacted the quality of life there in a negative way. It’s not all bad there of course-I’d move back if I could talk my wife into it, but she’s loving Texas.

[@staceytroffer8287]

It has NOTHING to do with Weed. It has EVERYTHING to do with heroin , Fentanyl, and Meth use.

[@desireewhite7807]

@autoselectricos-americalat9276 Yes, this is true. I would move to a smaller town that has everything I need, is more affordable, and there are homeless on every corner. I want change since I've lived here for so long. I also don't like what my town has turned into over the last decade. There are so many factors within the decision to move. The cost of living is tremendous here, and they also don't pay someone enough to cover the cost of bills. Don't get me wrong, the state itself is extremely beautiful because of the mountains. There are no other mountains like Colorado mountains. But the increase in rent, population, and lack of well paying jobs just kills it. Obviously, there is no perfect place, and someone will run into some flaws, but there are locations that could fit a family better with all things considered.

[@desireewhite7807]

@austinn8208 I agree. The quality of life has definitely degraded since they legalized Marijuana. I don't have anything against Marijuana as it can be useful as a medicinal treatment, but the people who had to flock here and take advantage really ruined the state. Now, I'm not saying everyone moved here for that, but the ones that came just for that and brought their bad habits are the issue. Any increase in population is going to bring issues with it. I am a person for change, so moving sounds fabulous! 😂

[@Inc0gnit030]

I lived in Denver for 7 years (2014-2021), and I really enjoyed the first half of the time I was there. Some of my happiest memories were in Denver. But then it started to become more and more of a toxic place to be and I ended up leaving.

[@prakdescott8667]

It’s only going to get worse, much worse and it won’t matter where you move. In 5 years it will literally feel like living in a zombie movie

[@stevenmoran901]

Yep. Taking in over 3 million third world immigrants a year. The government is deliberately wrecking America

[@mariabeverly8263]

@prakdescott8667 You ain't lying!!! I agree ! 100%

[@bansheezs]

Vote blue, and get the blues

[@kevinfinnerty8414]

Orange Man Bad

[@recentparty8369]

Go make a Pyrolyseur ( for plastic oil ) an Electrolyseur ( for Hyddrogen pee ) a Digestor ( for Methane poo ) with around a Premium camping and maybe you will Run to be the Governor who solved the problem ethically ...

[@pablosmith9515]

I lived in denver for 3 years and just moved to a mountain town a little over an hour west of Denver a yearish ago. The traffic and homelesness along with the obsurd cost of living drove me out. I'm way happier now and have no plans of ever moving back to Denver.

[@JB-kx9bx]

I visited both Denver and San Francisco this year and found the homeless problem far more visible in Denver.

[@All.Natural.]

Same. I live in Napa Valley but travel to San Francisco often. I went to visit my brother 2 months ago in Denver, and my heart broke. So sad.

[@CodyCole80]

Wow! That’s saying a lot about Denver cause I would’ve thought San Fran had the most.

[@Maki-00]

When I lived in Denver a few years ago and visited my cousin in San Francisco, SF seemed a lot better! I saw a few vagrants, but I never saw whole encampments like in Denver. They should have never been allowed to camp out like that right in the middle of the sidewalk like that in the first place.

[@nohlanfisherman5185]

So heartbroken to see, but people in Colorado still won't admit that this is a huge problem in Colorado and not just somewhere happening everywhere else

[@Greencloud8]

I went to San Francisco in 2022 and all the restaurants were closed I couldn’t find any place to eat. Went down to the wharf like no one there I thought I was in the twilight zone

[@msx701]

I miss old Denver, we are a violent blue state now, sad…..

[@koolaidbomber]

Blue, it's deep blue. The GOP in CO are a joke, and the Dems have a super majority at the State level.

[@ezstreete]

Welcome to Denver, Colorado. The Woken empire....

[@Allen-yv3ue]

- Well, there ya go 👍

[@JuneKatMcGuire]

I was homeless in Denver for 3 years! I finally got out and now rent a 1 bedroom house in Oklahoma. During my time there, there was no places that I could afford to rent. There was not enough low income housing, it can take 5 years on the list! I'm thankful and grateful for my house!I left August 2019.

[@suzanneblaylock9598]

You could have rented a room! There are rooms for rent right now on Craig's List for good pricing! Scheez. Yes, I lived in Denver for 33 years. I think you had other problems keeping you from coming up with 600. a month. Please explain.

[@gregorylyon1004]

Nobody who doesn't earn 100 thousand dollars a year can afford to live in Denver. I'm glad that you were able to get out and rent somewhere else. I respect you for standing up and doing something about your situation

[@gregorylyon1004]

​@@suzanneblaylock9598 You can't rent a cardboard box in Denver for 600 dollars. Try being homeless and getting anyone to rent to you. I just think that your one of the privileged.

[@JuneKatMcGuire]

@@gregorylyon1004 thank you so very much!

[@suzanneblaylock9598]

@@gregorylyon1004 You are a drama king and completely wrong. I have been on craig's list and found many many options. Lived in Denver 33 years, just left. Rent is still affordable there. Learn to co-habitate, friend.

[@jamesf4405]

Many of the homeless belong in mental hospitals, but we closed most of those back in the 1980s. It's one thing Reagan did that turned out to be a bad idea. It's terrible that we've got billions to send to other countries, but can't take care of our own. This problem is nation wide., not just in Denver. Billings, Montana has a huge homeless problem, as does Cincinnati and even Northern Kentucky.

[@ge2623]

It's all made up money anyway. It's not like $106 billion dollars is sitting in an account somewhere.

[@davidgribble263]

One word ??? Democraps !!!!

[@goldenlordofnightmares]

Nah, it's economic downturn from the pandemic now.

[@skyqueen1148]

On his way out of the door, the liberal legislature in Sacramento, under Liberal Gov Jerry Brown Sr. of CA, passed the legislation that ended mental institutions. Gov. Ronald Reagan got stuck with the aftermath of that horrible legislation. See how these freaks operate? Bush did the same thing with the 2008 bank bailouts. Passed it right before he left office, so The Kenyan wouldn't be held liable for the socialist grift.

[@cmc5394oparva]

@@TheCrusher72 Yeah, those hospitals were already beginning to close because of controversies over patient abuse by staff members that were reported in the 1970s. Reagan simply accelerated the process.

[@Matt-wf7ry]

It's time cities start enacting laws and/or enforcing them where you can't just set up shop on the street and live there. Give them the option that they get the choice to sleep in a shelter or go to a mandatory detox/rehabilitation jail/camp to get their lives in order. Letting people sleep in tents on the street is not helping them and just exasperates the problem.

[@Dogma7]

People don't want to pay for these shelters/rehab centers with their tax money, sadly most of us just want the poor people to go away

[@ma3stro681]

*exacerbates

[@earlofmar7987]

Start voting Republican. Let them clean it up.

[@davidbeppler3032]

Wrong laws. It's time for cities to enact laws taxing empty homes and apartments 2x, 3x, 4x per year for being empty. That would end homelessness in just 4 years.

[@necromancer3]

There is a ban on public camping in Denver. DPD/City can't enforce it because it has been challenged.

[@NebraskaWriter]

It's like the early George Orwell novel about his experiences being homeless in England. There would be free meals all the time--but never in the same city. So, a person like Orwell at the time who wanted to eat on the regular, had no choice but to join the pilgrimage of homeless people who walked from city to city every day, chasing that day's meal.

[@lisalee3067]

When you have corporations posing as government this is what the world looks like.

[@av2245]

When you have corrupt ideologist posing as government. You really cant find many GOP cities like this, and if there are... it most likely just switched to GOP. Democrats govern the most violent cities, of which used to be nice cities. They have done this for the last 50 years. That has never changed. One could argue that maybe it is Democrat policy.

[@requiem5179]

The video starts in Edgewater. I used to live there. It wasn't the nicest part of town even 15 years ago but I liked it. That entire city is a shell of it's former self. The peak of Denver was 2005 to 2012. If you weren't there you missed out and will never know. I left in 2016 and I don't miss it. All my friends eventualyl left too and some were natives.

[@ChrisHarden]

It was close to Edgewater. It was right inside the Denver city limits along Colfax.

[@ReggieRegenold-uq2bz]

Denver City is a 🔥 Hot Mess.

[@hughestodd]

Leave a place and then claim you are so much smarter than everyone else to leave in just the nick of time. Going somewhere else now and leaving when it doesn’t suit you? Maybe you are part of the problem.

[@ytgytgy]

big same. I grew up there and left 2015, it became a huge struggle having to move every 4 months because my new landlords kept filing for bankruptcy. Must be nice for all the wealthy coming in and ruining it.

[@jongallardo8006]

What big event happened in 2012 ? /s

[@lairheron9489]

I've been all over the US the past 5-10 years and this is what most major American cities look like now. Its not just Denver, its most of the country.

[@ChrisHarden]

I've been all over different parts of the country too. Head to the Midwest and you'll see nothing like how bad it is in Denver currently.

[@randallkohn6089]

You are correct

[@fordgtguy]

More than $32 an hour to rent an apartment is ridiculous. The combination of taxes and inflation has made it almost impossible for a lot of people to afford a place on their own.

[@carystevensky]

The new normal in the United States, Canada, UK, etc.

[@Ricky-mo6mv]

Unless you have some sort of prestigious and very well paying job, it’s impossible to have your very own place anywhere.

[@holson2112]

Thank the democrats and these policies😂

[@kevinfinnerty8414]

Orange Man Bad

[@stus2159]

@@holson2112 The democrats made landlords greedy and made homebuilders only build outrageous homes that only the wealthy can afford? Instead of small cheaper housing? Please do go on...

[@FrankaiVideos-DetroitsComeback]

Since Detroit had to be bought up for embellishment, it's not even close to this. No tent cities, mural art has replaced graffiti, illegal dumping is being prosecuted, and construction, renovations, urban farming and infrastructure improvements are citywide. It's downtown is the cleanest and the River Walk has been named the nation's finest. You are correct that other cities will end up like Detroit, but Detroit has moved on from that place and is on the right track. How do we know this? We actually live around here and have seen the history firsthand. The last 10 years have been a turnaround and in 2023, Detroit is the comeback city.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope all the losers moved out cause nothing there

[@area.man.]

I have been to downtown Detroit a few times in the last 10 years and it is much better than downtown Denver. I can't say that once you get a few blocks outside of downtown however.

[@jakewilson7112]

Detroit is still a massive crap hole. Most us MI residents laugh at the suburban yuppies "saving" Detroit by gentrifying a block or two.

[@code4est.95]

The shot at 11:15 actually speaks a lot. The architectural design of the base of the building is literally fenced off because those pillars would be absolutely utilized by homeless individuals.

[@ChrisHarden]

Solid observation

[@gregorycyr9272]

This is happening in Raleigh NC as homeless has skyrocketed.I got off work early today and parked my car at home and took the city bus(It is free)to downtown Raleigh.There are homeless everywhere in Raleigh but not as bad as Denver.

[@spg5658]

I was in Raleigh just a few years ago and saw absolutely zero. It was a pristine downtown.

[@Matt90541]

@@spg5658 yea, and Denver isn't as bad as these videos say either. They don't know what bad is. I'm from the northeast...try Baltimore, Camden, Newark, Detroit, all once great cities. Denver's problems are a joke compared to those cities!

[@spg5658]

@@Matt90541 Baltimore and parts of Jersey are worse yes. Denver is not the worst.

[@smelltheglove2038]

@@maidenthe80sla I live in Philly, the “housing crisis” has absolutely nothing to do with it, it’s 100% drugs.

[@ytgytgy]

I grew up in Denver and left in 2015 because I was about to become apart of the homeless problem. I've never moved so many times in my life like I did between 2014-2015 just to stay housed. It was never insanely expensive like it is now. 16th St Mall is nuts and no fun anymore, it was always shitty in LoDo but now it's like all of downtown.

[@recentparty8369]

Go make a Pyrolyseur ( for plastic oil ) an Electrolyseur ( for Hyddrogen pee ) a Digestor ( for Methane poo ) with around a Premium camping and maybe you will Run to be the Governor who solved the problem ethically ...

[@ytgytgy]

@@user-uv3gy7bq1o you can't read, this is about 10 years ago we are talking

[@ytgytgy]

@@user-uv3gy7bq1o you can't understand what you read, but don't let me stop you, it's funny 😆

[@Null-o7j]

​@@recentparty8369Electrolyzing pee? Does that generate more useable energy out than you put in? Only heard of #1 and #3

[@recentparty8369]

With subventions ... @@Null-o7j

[@Dirkmez]

Lakewood and Aurora are completely separate cities form Denver. They are also in their own respective counties. I live in the metro Denver area, I have my whole life and I don't recall the homeless problem ever being this bad. Its gotten to the point, where some homeless even use the bathroom at Union Station as a campsite, with sleeping bags on the floor next to the toilets. With all the empty parking lots you keep passing, I don't know why the city can't designate an empty parking lot as a camp site and then pay whoever owns the lot, for its usage. Another solution is if a non-profit is able to build tiny homes for the homeless residence. I think Los Angeles did that. Denver also has abandon buildings it could re-fit as homeless shelters.

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

When I lived in Denver in the 00s, we had some absolutely atrocious winter storms. It sounds like the last 5 winters have been relatively mild. I think it's time for another BAD winter to remind people that this is not the place to camp out. I would ride my bike from downtown up the Cherry Creek trail regularly, and I would see a tent here or there, but nothing this crazy.

[@ChrisHarden]

This is an assumption but I feel like the majority of people who moved to the Denver area were clueless about what winter would be like there.

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

@@ChrisHarden My buddy in the "herb" business had a good insight too. TONS of folks up and moved there with no money in their pockets, thinking they were gonna strike it rich with the green gold somehow, too naive to know that the business was locked up tight on day one. A half-million in investable assets might break you in, but otherwise you're broke on the streets.

[@AcridDread]

Camping and homelessness are seperate

[@raventhorX]

you seem to believe they had much of a choice. for all you know a majority of these people could have been Colorado natives that fell on hard times and have no means of getting anywhere that would be easier to live while homeless.

[@59thSurvivor-of-VHS]

Then they go away to VIVA LAS VEGAS, that is a winter time bum hang out and the mole people

[@keithstringer1140]

This is why legalizing Weed is a bad idea. I went to Amsterdam in the 90’s and it was exactly like this! If you make it legal, all the losers will flock to you!! 😞😒😬

[@xploration1437]

Your ignorance is showing.

[@jamesf4405]

This problem is nation wide. Billings, Montana has a huge homeless problem. So does Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. This is everywhere you go.

[@gasovensforqcult]

This is not due to weed. It is due to rent increases of 300% over the last decade by greedy property management companies and the fact that right wingers are opposed to rent control because they should be free to charge whatever they want to rent their building. Capitalism good. Socialism bad. Not so much, huh?

[@amarsta]

I walked all around Amsterdam in 2017 and only saw 1 homeless person. The smell of weed was everywhere though 😵‍💫

[@amarsta]

We did our walk at midnight and it was completely safe. I wouldn't try that in any American big city, even in the daytime 😳

[@MichaelSmith-on1ig]

Man, even Cartman can’t jump all of these homeless people to solve this problem

[@sharonjbe6496]

We had a very healthy looking guy about 35 years or so set up an encampment on our property. We saw him a couple times and each time he was vaping. He could have had a decent job if he weren't on drugs. We contacted the town police and now he's gone. This large number of homeless in areas all over the US is due to drugs . . . and is a relatively new phenomenon. If one tent is allowed, a second, a third will appear and, before you know it, it's a tent village. Drugs are the fruit of the Devil.

[@ildyivy]

It’s not drugs, there was very little homeless in 1960 and there were way better drugs back then and people were wealthier, more free market, less gov power to ruin lives.

[@randallkohn6089]

Cost of living not drugs - omg

[@andys3035]

I'm a Denver native. Mayor Mike Coffman went undercover and became homeless for a week to find out what was driving homelessness. He said after the full week of being on the streets the #1 problem was drug addiction. Probably not a surprise to a lot of people. He said pretty much all homeless people had access to food, shelter and resources. I would add to this problem is the legalization of weed and mushrooms and decriminalization of other drugs and the number of people moving from California and other bigger cities. It was a combination of a a few things that turned this city to a liberal hell hole of sorts.

[@andys3035]

@albertbundy8857 don't know what that means

[@andys3035]

@albertbundy8857 ohhhh, you're a Nazi? Thanks for letting me know.

[@stus2159]

People tend to turn to drugs after their life becomes hopeless. Weed and mushrooms have nothing to do with it. I actually am homeless and do live among these people, they don't want or need weed or mushrooms, they want meth or heroine, or nothing at all.

[@somapersona]

Polis didn't do that. Mike Koffman did

[@andys3035]

@@somapersona my bad. Thanks for the correction

[@mikenichols3849]

twenty years ago you'd have to look hard to find homeless encampments in denver. but since the state's population has doubled. home prices exploded and so too did rental prices. my old loft two bedroom apartment cost me $1200 at the time. i've long since moved back to the high country where i grew up. that said out of curiosity i checked to see what rent was running now. surprisingly my old loft was available to lease but no longer $1200 but rather $2900 a month. point being many of the 'new' homeless previously were renters who barely scrapped by prior to the population boom and corresponding increases in the housing market pushed them into being homeless. of course this hasn't been the case for all but is the root cause for a sizeable number. until we figure out a way to make housing affordable for low income coloradoans, and assuming there is a remedy, this blight on denver and other front range communities will only worsen. even denver's new mayor's first small scale efforts to create a few tiny home micro-communities has faced "nimby" backlash and figurative road blocks. i can empathize with sentiments on both sides of this issue. however that said many of those disgusted by the proliferation of homeless on the streets fail to realize that preventing such fixes or solutions such as micro-communities in effect are contributing to the homeless problem. it's a scenario where "you can't have your cake and eat it too." they want the homeless off the streets and out of sight while standing in the way of potential solutions. figuratively speaking it's very much a vicious circle with nimbyism at it's core. the homeless aren't going to just majically disappear unless everyone agrees to accept some compromises so solutions can at least be attempted and this blight along the front range can addressed, made better. it'll never go back to how things were but if something isn't done, soon it'll morph into what's currently happening in locations such as san francisco, new york, etc. lastly regardless of causes or blame there can't be a one size fits all solution but absolutely something must be donne and now!

[@markmay8942]

Denver was once considered a cow town where nothing happened and then the Denver leaders decided we should be just like every other big city. Wish come true. Welcome to East Los Angeles.

[@stevenmoran901]

Same with utah and idaho. White people create a nice place, "diversity "" follows and ruins it

[@joyceleadbetter2600]

People of Denver have no one to blame but themselves. They voted for it. Last time Denver had a Republican mayor, Eisenhower was President.

[@cmc5394oparva]

Yeah, but the mayors prior to Hickenlooper coming in at least understood that the city needed to have some form of public standard of behavior to maintain itself as a functioning area. Hickenlooper started the trend of 21st-century liberal public officials determined to show why the 60s hippie "do what feels good, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan" ethic is a dead end for liveable societies.

[@joyceleadbetter2600]

@@cmc5394oparva When Denver elected Hickenlooper mayor 2002, that's when Denver started to deteriorate to the level it's at now.

[@hughestodd]

As long as Republicans support MAGA, they will not convert anyone over.

[@seriejohnson698]

Well B, why is it a problem in Florida as well? I guess you get what you vote for, right. Stfu.

[@cmc5394oparva]

@@seriejohnson698 If it was raining soup, Denverites would be outside with a fork.

[@relishcakes4525]

Incredible how cities are all voting for the same things and then don't understand how they are getting the same results.

[@keeneboy7700]

Denver, like most major cities, has always had some level of homelessness problems. In the late 90's/early 2000's, the homeless youth community congregated at Skyline Park on the 16th Street mall. But I don't recall them being a truly huge deal, just had to remember not to smoke a cigarette walking by there unless you wanted to be hit up by everyone there for one. 😅 Downtown, South Broadway, Cap Hill were all legitimately safe and fun until probably the mid 2010's. 16th Street and Colfax could get a bit weird at night, but not to the level of open drug use or defecation in the streets. Over the past decade, it's because an overpriced, overcrowded and overrated prairie town. Half the people are about one paycheck from living in a tent themselves. The other half are insufferable geriatric millennial yuppies who pay a MASSIVE premium to make weed, skiing, and microbrews their ENTIRE personality. I lived there for 30 years. It will always be my home. But it stopped feeling like home a while ago. I hope you made your way up to Westminster and Arvada, which were always my true stomping grounds.

[@ChrisHarden]

Haven’t filmed any of the suburbs… yet. Will in the future at some point I’m sure.

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

You forgot to mention Subarus as part of the personality profile.

[@nomadclan3604]

Grew up in Summit County and my Grandparents lived in Arvada, I refuse to go back anymore. It doesn't even look like my home anymore. So sad!

[@nomadclan3604]

Subarus are awesome in the snow! I love my subie!

[@Greencloud8]

Tell me about cherry hill now. In 1993 we went and visited Denver and my aunt and uncle were talking about all the gangs. I as a 12 year old onlu though gang problems were in Los Angeles

[@RyanABXY]

Here in Portland it's definitely seen a dramatic increase in the last few years. It's all very similar to everything you've mentioned. Where we rank, I'm not too sure, I'm seeing mixed results from most sites posting data. Though most lists show Oregon to be higher than Colorado per 100k. What's interesting is LA and NY are more than double that rate than Denver. While everyone ends up on the streets in different ways, drugs tend to be the most common denominator. I lived downtown for quite awhile and most I interacted with were respectful and peaceful but the ones who weren't stood out like a sore thumb and if that's people's first or main impression, it's going to be hard to get support. Shoplifting also has seen an increase and I'm sure its all related

[@cancel.lgbtq.6892]

And yet , you idiots keep voting for the same people hoping it will change ....

[@mh0862]

Yep, I live in Denver. Have a squatter in my garage that I'm needing to go through the courts to get rid of. Thank you Colorado Legislature. As soon as I get him out (court date next week), this place goes on the market. I'm done.

[@WallyTony]

I used to work at the Marquis Theater, Summit, Ogden, etc and the homeless problem was insane then. Now I can only imagine how bad it is. One time I found a dead homeless man in winter on the steps of Ohpellia's.

[@jimapplegate3523]

I understand that mental illness or drugs are factors. But I also can’t help but think that attitude also plays a part. Parenting skills seem to often be lacking, in the sense that values & a strong work ethic aren’t taught from the beginning. When I was young, the prevailing attitude was “I’m hungry & need a place to live so I guess I’d better work.” Or, “I have a job, but still can’t afford to live, so guess I’d better find a roommate, or a 2nd job”….(or move to a less expensive city & give up some of the perks that I think I have to have). Now, the attitude seems to be “I don’t wanna work, everybody GIVE me somethin!”.

[@amarsta]

BINGO

[@r3sfernjbb]

This generation acts like getting a job is the worst thing that could happen to them.

[@salokin2410]

@@r3sfernjbbhow old are you? When’s the last time you’ve been active in the workforce or applied for jobs? If you think it’s an attitude problem I hate to inform you that you are projecting. There are a lot of young kids working our asses off to make something of ourselves and it isn’t easy in the environment we’ve been introduced to. Also if you are older, if you just take your line of thinking a little bit further you’d realize that poor attitudes are a result of poor parenting… While I understand your point, I completely disagree and I believe you’ve been misled.

[@r3sfernjbb]

@@salokin2410 waaaaa. Nobody cares.

[@Justin.R.Ferris]

Eventually, like in Rome, the poor and downtrodden will rise up. My family and I are also going to be homeless in 9 days - Pandemic debt was too great. Everyone thank God if you got to keep your career. Next time you see a fellow on the streets, just know he could have just as easily been your tutor for historic architectural studies. Lifes a trip!

[@salokin2410]

Good luck brother

[@williamsmith8205]

Ain't nobody rising up with a needle in their arm. As that is 80% of the homeless population. Topped off with mental illness. None of these people will rise up. They can't even rise up out of bed to get a job. Which are extremely easy to get in Colorado. There literally is zero excuse to be jobless in Colorado.

[@kennynunez6792]

Great vid! I moved to the Denver metro area before the world ended. Every year it has gotten worse and worse across the front range, not just Denver. You have Denver ranked either 1 or 2, depending on the time of reading this for Vehicle theft. In the top ten for violent crime in general. You have unsustainble rent increases and home prices that are starting to compete with California. Not there yet, but as you stated, very expensive. On a side note, as you may have noticed, drivers out here are some of the worst in the country. Colorado is one of the gems of this country for overall natural beauty, but living here is becoming less and less attractive as the homeless and everything else has started to spiral out of control.

[@lealmelisa]

Omg the driving is terrible, i lived there for 3 years, people were so angry when driving. i moved to Chicago a year ago and my lufe has improved in every sense, i am not freaking out all the time that i am not gonna afford food and rent or that i am gonna get robbed or harrased by a homeless person.

[@lealmelisa]

I am glad you made this video, we need to talk about this issue, homeless destroyed this city. The rents are so expensive but the city is all trashed by homeless, is not safe around, you are always feeling afraid to be robbed.

[@NuxDriver]

I was born and raised in Detroit. Lived there for 40 years. The author is correct in predicting that Denver will become Detroit. Homelessness ruins cities, period. Set up homeless camps in the middle of nowhere. Give them drug help, mental help, and employment help. If they can’t make it, then they live in a camp.

[@tatertott2390]

A camp? So you want to take all the homeless people and put them against their will into a camp ??? A CAMP!? ...sounds like a nice place where the "undesirables" can concentrate 🤔🤔🤔????? SEEK HELP. This is America.

[@jasonlee8156]

@@tatertott2390 Maybe that's better then having them downtown or in residential areas where their presence will be a problem. They need to be isolated from the rest of the community.

[@NuxDriver]

@@tatertott2390Dude, in case you haven’t noticed, they’re already camping on the streets.

[@NuxDriver]

We already put people in “camps against their will”. It’s called prison. Everyone gets due process first. The homeless get due process too. They can get help, stay, or go. But they don’t get to live on the streets anymore.

[@imthelizardking]

we'll send them to your house. got an address we can give them??@@tatertott2390

[@His_Name_Was_King]

Cost of living is nuts....

[@ChrisHarden]

Yup

[@lajuanaraye]

Average rent for a 2 bdrm is $2100. To qualify a person needs to make 6300. Thats 75k a year. Median income is 57k. The majority of people in Denver cannot afford housing.

[@OneWomansviews]

As long as we keep taking in migrants and not providing enough help for its current residents, it will not get better. It has gotten too expensive and many that are housed could be a paycheck or two away from also living on the streets. You can’t afford to get sick and miss work. Yet we take in people who cannot even afford to live here. Colorado doesn’t need to be a sanctuary state when there’s already a housing crisis. They need to be sent to places where the cost of living isn’t so outrageous.

[@hughestodd]

I live right around the encampments here and immigrants are not a cause, immigrants come to work, not get hooked on drugs and hang out. These encampments would be here with or without migrants.

[@cmc5394oparva]

@@hughestodd The mass foreign migration is connected because they also need housing, along with all the other infrastructure and services that any community requires just to function on a day-to-day basis. It's simple supply and demand--it's obviously not the sole cause, but it's certainly a contributing factor. The state legislature has a contradictory paradigm in place that says Colorado can take in an infinite amount of foreign migrants and out-of-state newcomers, but development should be limited because that causes "sprawl."

[@cokesquirrel]

Didn't seem to see a lot of migrants in those videos buddy Just so lots of nice white people Take a deep breath and try not being a racist doucheTake a deep breath and try not being a racist douche

[@adnsmusic3842]

@@hughestoddYou sound like a Fool. They are homeless drug addicts also, if they were productive they would be enjoying life in their third world country

[@TomMcBoston]

Those figures for number of homeless are understated.

[@flyleelee5351]

Yup everywhere the cost of living is sky high

[@TomMcBoston]

@@flyleelee5351 And the price of fentanyl and tranq is dirt cheap.

[@ChrisHarden]

There's probably a lot that haven't been counted for. Those numbers were also from this past January.

[@ipenguin3918]

It looks like you need to beef up your illegal population. I'll have Texas start sending you buses.

[@ezstreete]

​@@ChrisHardenI've been out and about in Denver and 9000 is a very low estimate of homeless people... The HMIS homeless data statistics are very inaccurate as they can't even possibly record the proper number on the streets, in shelters, or hiding out of sight... I bet the number is closer to 20,000...

[@themetalhead1463]

Years back, Hickenlooper provided free housing for the homeless. Many moved out because they actually preferred being homeless. People who are homeless and don’t want to be usually get back on their feet within a year. Many contractors that I know offer them work and sometimes a place to stay and none of them ever want it. Yes, some want to get back on their feet but many don’t want to work. Many are drug addicts and providing injection sites is only making the problem worse. Now, developers have to subsidize a certain number of apartments in each building which has caused developers to not want to build here which means less supply and higher prices. What a dumb move. Cities are cesspools and I’m glad I moved away from there several years ago.

[@Crismodin]

Oh nice! We have "The Zone" in Phoenix, AZ that is much like the same as this setup here in Denver. Don't worry, it's only going to get much worse, and everyone is going to be pointing their finger at who is to blame while doing absolutely nothing to help. The only help these people are going to get is politicians parading around throwing monetary figures in the $0,000,000-$00,000,000 ranges highlighting the fact they're just taking taxpayer money and lighting it on fire.

[@dskillzhtown]

It's every single major city. Politicians only care about those who contribute to their elections. Screw everyone else.

[@bweaver760]

These are all ruled by the liberal democrats policies! You get what you accept! They think this is ‘cool’! I have noticed since the legalization of recreational use of marijuana in these places, the homeless move in!!

[@recentparty8369]

Go make a Pyrolyseur ( for plastic oil ) an Electrolyseur ( for Hyddrogen pee ) a Digestor ( for Methane poo ) with around a Premium camping and maybe you will Run to be the Governor who solved the problem ethically ...

[@Riceman-o1p]

That's well said. And I like the fact that you didn't blame either political party. This is a human problem not a political problem.

[@KingJames1981]

I lived in and around Denver from 2016 to 2021. It is sad to see what it's become. Democrat run cities are shitty.

[@kirkturnage3426]

I have lived in Denver since 1989… 1. Colfax has always been a sh!t hole, nothing new there. 2. I no longer go downtown, hell I hate going north of 285 and east of Wadsworth. I used to work at the Pavilion on 16th street mall… I remember it being a little crazy walking down 16th street at 2am, now… I’d be insane walking that same route these days. Incredibly sad what has happened to my town!

[@Bodiddly55]

Below freezing temperatures coming should clear out a lot of it, at least until spring.

[@ChrisHarden]

Idk about that. The homeless population only grew by 3,000 from 2022 to 2023.

[@christinaaguirre201]

That happens every year. A certain number of homeless die every year because of that. Their numbers only increase the year after.

[@NilsBeck-kk4nb]

Usedt to be, Icouldn't imagine leaving Denver, now I am anxious to move away. Denver has become totally undesireable

[@ndNowMiguel]

I 💯 agree. I have to keep working for at least 5 more years before I hopefully can retire. I'm leaving soon

[@jeffhaynes1590]

I left Denver after 57 years. Sad but I am so much happier.

[@RCJH2022]

🙄The bleeding hearts" "They Cant Afford Rent" But they can afford drugs! 🤔

[@nohlanfisherman5185]

This is what I've been trying to tell everyone about Denver and Colorado this whole time, but the sad thing is no one will talk about these problems here and only brush it off like it’s no big deal. It feels very sad to see what Colorado has become SMH

[@recentparty8369]

Go make a Pyrolyseur ( for plastic oil ) an Electrolyseur ( for Hyddrogen pee ) a Digestor ( for Methane poo ) with around a Premium camping and maybe you will Run to be the Governor who solved the problem ethically ...

[@mj-np9sy]

There is not a single person who lives in metro denver who doesn't know about the homeless situation and doesn't talk about it

[@cmc5394oparva]

@@mj-np9sy They must enjoy it, because they vote for the same moron Democrat politicians who can't actually solve the problem, because vote blue no matter who.

[@gregorylyon1004]

This isn't just a Colorado thing. Try all 50 states. Homeless people all over America and the UK.

[@cmc5394oparva]

@@gregorylyon1004 Turns out western civilization can't take in half the planet like Klaus Schwab believes.

[@flyleelee5351]

Yup everywhere the cost of living is sky high

[@ChrisHarden]

Yup, unfortunately so.

[@hughestodd]

It’s much more complicated than that, you could double wages or halve rents and it would hardly make a dent.

[@jamesm9560]

Nice job. You might have mentioned the light rail bringing homeless into the suburbs like never before.

[@joannunemaker6332]

I enjoyed this video, but the homeless situation is so sad.😢❤

[@ChrisHarden]

Very sad indeed

[@ronlarson6530]

Denver has the potential to be quite brutal in the winter!!! I have no idea how they would survive that 😮

[@MichaelInTheDesert]

The same way they survive in Las Vegas in the summer.

[@DreAmeoba1]

As a resident “old geezer”, I recall some very brutal winters in the past…(where some homeless unfortunates, would wake with completely frozen limbs, often in need of amputation, or simply froze to death)…

[@timwarcloud]

​@@DreAmeoba1serves 'em right 😂😁

[@rushrush1209]

I'm sure some die, unless they find someplace indoors to camp out at. Or maybe there's an outdoor generator or heater they stay near. They probably learn to be resourceful.

[@jillsipocz3582]

Here's hoping for a harsh winter.

[@devanyzortman5237]

I love how no one seems to remember when they legalize urban camping and it directly resulted in this fucking problem! I absolutely loved living here. It's really sad to see how bad the city has gotten.

[@christophereverett5695]

it started when they passed the laws to make pot legal then people flooded in and then the homeless problem started shortly after

[@ChrisHarden]

That’s what a lot of ppl say.

[@hughestodd]

It is true, but do we know it’s not just a coincidence?

[@soarornor]

It started when they decided to allow people to setup their tents anywhere they wanted. The red carpet was rolled out for people who mostly don’t care. City streets became campgrounds and toilets.

[@christophereverett5695]

that's the breaks of being a democratic ran sanctuary city they care more about the illegals more then they do they're own citizens

[@area.man.]

This has been my observation as well. You aren't exactly attracting society's best when their reason for moving is that they can get high.

[@Soggygranite]

massive influx of transplants from 2000-2020 + easy access to highly addictive drugs + a sympathetic attitude from locals + massive inflation = this result. I live in Portland now but I used to live in Denver recently. Denver is basically where Portland was about 5 years ago and they’re treating the problem the same way so it’s going to get much worse before it gets better. The homeless industrial complex is just getting going in Denver. It’s a highly profitable all while hiding behind the veil of being a non profit

[@RockyMtnFuzz]

You are very smart for seeing the money people are making from others homelessness. Our city spent 26 million on a hotel turned homeless shelter, I'd like to see the receipt showing exactly where all our tax money is being spent. Because I know people are benefiting from this and it's not the homeless.

[@psilocybemusashi]

this winter is gonna be brutally cold. get a bus ticket to LA asap homies

[@dalejensen5828]

Providing homeless money, hotel rooms etc. only attracts more homeless. Give them nothing.

[@caperucito5]

New York provides them basic housing and doesn't look nearly as bad as Denver or Portland.

[@jag92949]

Correct, we need more people like you.

[@Phaserdeath]

What’s “out of control” is how the “price of living” keeps going up and up. Yet we don’t get paid more. These greedy corporations make billions. They not hurting. Also mental health isn’t taken seriously. This country is getting all the bad karma back.

[@quartytypo]

giving the homeless money just makes liquor stores raise their prices

[@ChrisHarden]

Careful… ppl out here might try to cancel you these days

[@SpookyDookySr]

I work in Denver. Denver has great shelters. The city is really doing its best to help these people. The people you see sleeping in tents, or on sidewalks are people who’ve been ejected from the local shelters. These people will go into local shelters, and fight, steal, etc.

[@slumlordracing8054]

Yeah I don’t even go downtown anymore unless I absolutely have to. I live 20 minutes outside of Denver and still have the same thing around my house. Disgusting and sad for what used to be such a beautiful city.

[@aroquet]

I’ve lived in Denver for ten years and have never seen so much open foil drug use in public. It’s disgusting

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

Homelessness is a shame, and the problem is only getting worst and worst with the rents still moving up. Something needs to be done...Just offer affordable housing to people, that's all needs to be done.

[@staceytroffer8287]

A drug addict will not make any kind of rent payment - expensive or inexpensive - they spend every dime in their drug of choice. Every single dime.

[@marclayne9261]

I lived in Denver in 1973, while waiting to get into the Outward Bound School...it was clean & safe...I lived at the YMCA, across from the Continental Oil Building..

[@phaedrussmith1949]

Why is the headline always "Homeless Problem Out of Control" when it should be "Greed in the Real Estate Industry is Depriving More and More People From Having Homes." I can't imagine anyone is homeless by choice, but every single person who is greedy is doing so by choice. We condemn the symptom and ignore the cause.

[@zAlaska]

People continue to have children who grow up and need to have a home that is not being built. My apartment at 1150 Dowling was $169 a month for rent in 1982, now it's $1,200 a month. You have to pass a background check have two credit cards and triple the income to rent this apartment now. I didn't have to do any of those things in 1982. Memorial weekend we went up to the mountains in 1976 and it was gridlock and no place to park, the 6th Avenue freeway in the mountains. I escaped to Alaska in 1983 and cannot imagine how Interstate 25 it is below surface level at Washington Street. I can guarantee you will not find homeless people in Cherry Hills or Greenwood Village. I miss Denver but so many people, unlike here in Matanuska Valley.

[@d.o.5238]

You will find homeless in Greenwood Village too. My kid works at a fast food place there and over the last couple of years she has seen quite a few of those coming into their place, one even claimed he was the owner and demanded to be served for free. But at least you won't see them camping in the streets, at least not yet. Keep electing progressives to the cities' governments and that will come, I'm sure.

[@RontheJohn]

Denver Basic Income project is a joke and should be disbanded.

[@AlchemicalForge91]

The cost of living everywhere is insane

[@ChrisHarden]

Pretty much.

[@johnhcorwin]

San Francisco is already in a downward spiraling death loop. Most of the downtown businesses have closed down. I was just there last November and it was a ghost town inhabited by zombies, mostly drugn users. Looks like Denver is on the same path. Looks like enabling certain behaviors doesn't work very well.

[@jillsipocz3582]

Not even just enabling - virtually rewarding.