A Horrific Night in a Filthy 1800s New York Flophouse (Lodging Houses for the Poor)

Manhattan in the 1800s was a crime infested living hell and so were the places to sleep! This was the 'Gangs of New York' era city that one journalist (Arthur Pember) decided to report on (after dark) when he accompanied a police detective on a visit to some of the city's worst criminal dens to meet some of its most infamous characters. This is his genuine account of life on the notorious streets of New York. Many immigrants and the poor lived in cheap and nasty 'flophouses' or lodging houses. Prices varied as much as standards, and the conditions of the cheapest in the city's Fourth Ward were simply terrible.
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[@ryanb9930]

That's going to be me in a few more days. I live on ssd and can no longer afford rent anywhere since it has gone up so much everywhere. I'm scared and idk what to do.

[@letitbesaid8888]

Sad state of things. Greed never good for our fellow mankind

[@juliebarks3195]

The way things are going we could be back there soon.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

We are

[@marymoore3585]

Yeah. Just go downtown.

[@tomfournier4941]

We've already achieved that.

[@floridawoman25]

boarding houses in big cities . That's how they keep the homeless. In bunkbeds.

[@7kingkev]

Sometimes we should appreciate how lucky we are !

[@deborahbarry8250]

I do try, I do.

[@wheresmyoldname]

Absolutely! 110% agree with you, we take so much for granted dven the simplest of things that we dont think twice about, i.e turning on a light by flipping a switch, flushing a toilet, etc. Imagine how horrible it would be to have to live this way, especially if you have kids too… just tragic circumstances all around! Take care friend 🤝

[@Katherine-es7fj]

I agree

[@fredflinstone6601]

ALL the time.

[@M070RG0A7]

Lucky to pay taxes? That's communism. I say let us die in the dirt. Billionaires need more money darn it!

[@garylancaster8612]

I'm often surprised that Jack London seemed to have no idea this was happening in New York and other American cities. His People of the Abyss book is a specific indictment not just of the London East End but of Britain in general. He constantly contrasts what he sees as the depravities of working class British life with what he sees as the utopia of the USA. But in reality the same conditions applied in both countries

[@coconutsmarties]

I was thinking the same thing as I listened to this. I've read Abyss several times, and you're right in that he seems to have a strong belief that the degradation of London isn't matched anywhere in the States.

[@richardsanjose3692]

I suspect he was an elitist of his time and probably busy touring Europe or ? and too busy to spend any time inspecting his own country.

[@bluecanary1note]

Yes, it's interesting. Arthur Pember was an Englishman doing a report on poverty in New York while Jack London was an American doing a report on poverty in London. This was a good thing because each country got an outsider's view, which would make the upper classes in each country aware of conditions.

[@ajaxslamgoody9736]

Jack London was a Communist/sympathizer.

[@dank6852]

As a general rule, I would take both an American's view of Brittan and an Britton's view of America with an understanding of the underlying cultural differences and 'rivalries' between these two nations.

[@InglouriousBradsterd]

Fact Feast is criminally underrated! TY for all the great videos, gripping narrations and terrific pictures/editing! One of my favorite channels. Fact Feast reminds me to be grateful that I live in 2023 and not Victorian England or 1800's NYC. We have it good now...no matter how bad you think it is sometimes. It could always be worse!!

[@FactFeast]

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[@karlabritfeld7104]

Now imagine no flophouses in the USA, where people have to live on the streets. Like NOW. 2023.

[@jasonv2323]

People lived in the streets then too. And there are way more free places for homeless people to stay with much better conditions.

[@johngault4790]

If you really think it's worse now you aren't very smart:)

[@conditionallyunconditional5691]

Flop tents.

[@melann7380]

💯

[@richardsanjose3692]

Oh there still with us and now owned mostly by Indian immigrants with the name Patel and called motels but don't charge a few cents but $100 plus a nite for a dingy room with dirty sheets,a broken tv, a dirty floor u can't walk on bare foot,and a toilet that rocks back and forth. If u want it clean u must borrow a mop downstairs and clean it as there's no room service at this Motel 6 in Dallas,Tx. and they own 2 of them not a mile apart so like so many once proud names in American industry such as Maytag,Craftsman,and on and on it was bought up by greedy wall street types who milked it for every dollar of trust it'd built up over decades and when it was empty tossed it away. In the case of Motel 6 they were sold off as franchises with no more mother hen inspecting them or keeping any kind of standards alive,same as with Maytag,Whirlpool and the others. Now i hear the old Tom Bodett ads on radio talking bout how he'll leave the light on for us at Motel 6 and i shudder and want to tell him to please turn it off as the sights it illuminates ,i don't want to see. The scurrying cockroaches ,the black mold,and the pubic hairs entangled in the sheets I've drawn up around my neck. I doubt Tom Bodett is even still alive outside of the commercial but if he was he'd be horrified at what's become of a chain that once gave a clean room at a reasonable price when my parents and i vacationed in the 60's and 70's and stayed decent up thru their appearing as a target on wall streets radar in the 90's. Many would blame the Indian .proprietors for the state of things however it's not so easy as it was our own people,the 10% who own 90% of the country's wealth and have no nationality but green who deserve the animosity of us all for destroying this country as 90% won't do they want that last 10% and to leave the rest of us twisting in the cold winter wind while their off to Zurich on holiday. Sadly it's too late to stop what's going on as it's in it's last phases currently and when the hose reaches the bottom of the proverbial barrel and sucks air well have no one to blame but ourselves as we were too busy watching reruns of fantasy island and arguing the merits of whether their are aliens on the moon or not to pay attention to our government and demand candidates that could've done something rather than accepting the 2 crooks they set before us. During that last fiasco of an election ul recall Trump and the current crook occupying the white house instead of a Motel 6 he deserves were the only 2 at that elementary school name calling show that passed as a debate of grown men or at least one and a whoremonger who has to pay to play apparently. Where were the other 10.candidates who were running and a few with some good ideas for America? Yeah ,they didn't want u to hear them just to listen to the 2 handpicked shills for the wall street banking crowd. Nothing short of a revolution will change anything as this apple is too full of worms to cut out the good parts and I'm too old to fight now and the millinials are too busy playing Call of Duty becuz even if they had the will and a rifle ,since the dumbing down of schools that started 50 yrs ago and the shop classes that were removed, they wouldn't be able to figure out how to load their rifles. If the destruction of the country took most of my lifetime since Nixon took us off the gold standard sealing our fate,then it'd take another lifetime and more to put back what's been taken by the crooks and i don't see the resolve necessary in the eyes of the youth around us. Just a glazed fentanyl overdose look and a video game input in their hand. Don't know how I got from Motel 6 to where i wound up but i guess it must be dementia and I'm glad for it as remembering how it was as to how it is would make me cry and you too.

[@lancebon2931]

Once More than 50 years ago, i lived for two weeks in a flop house just east of the Bowery. The place was called the rope, 25 cents a week. There was these very long rooms with ropes stretched from one end to the other. they could hold about 60 men per rope. You would go over put two arms over the rope and let your body dangle. If you got there early you could get the middle of the rope. If you came in late you got the ends of the rope and you slept at a 45 degree angle sideways. You learned fast to get there early.

[@coldpotatoes2556]

Wow! That's harsh! What an experience.

[@crumblyfenderfiddle4294]

Fascinating as always!

[@FactFeast]

Thank you! Much appreciated.

[@tomservo5347]

It's funny that we get the term 'hangover' from London slum cubbyholes in which the proprietor would charge a penny to sit out the night at least on a bench. When filled up they'd tie a rope across to keep patrons from falling off. Passed out drunks would literally be 'hanging over' in the morning when the rope was unceremoniously cut or untied.

[@shaynecarter-murray3127]

A hammock and my own blanket beats a bed with dirty sheets any day

[@ghostmanscores1666]

amen

[@margueritemazzeo2904]

You can always wash them..

[@spinrash6000]

😂😂😂a hammock is a must have in tropical countries nothing to do with homeless

[@shaynecarter-murray3127]

@@margueritemazzeo2904 not in the context of this video.

[@emperorofpluto]

Horrifying. Thank you for shining a light on the dark side of history.

[@cleopatra1633]

Nowadays its only the suffering of one people that matters, the rest of history is ignored.

[@keepitforreally4501]

We need to appreciate what we have even if it’s close to nothing because on this channel these people had nothing

[@krisaaron8180]

These people would simply be living outdoors today, and spending the night in a homeless shelter, their vehicle, or whatever they could put together as a makeshift shelter. Colorado is a magnet for homeless people a lot like California and where I live in Colorado Springs they are like an alternate society. Tent cities in any open space, and a small group including a transgender woman who has been raped and beat up (I talked to her once) are down the street from me. After dark they set up a tent behind a 7-ll in a field. They spend much of the day under a highway overpass and one gentleman does the holding a sign at the side of the off ramp thing. I am not sure things are better, just different.

[@JoshMaxPower]

What really impresses me is that you guys dug up Boris Karloff to narrate this! 👍👍👍

[@sammyday3341]

😂😂😂

[@scotnick59]

Amazing research story-wise and the rarely-seen photos are a revelation

[@FactFeast]

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Absolutely love this channel. Narration is so captivating and soothing and the added colour image here and there is so pleasing ❤

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[@lynnwood7205]

Ah the good ol days that the 1% wish to see restored.

[@fermageehamilton1402]

True, very true.

[@waynejones1753]

To think of all these unnamed people and their stories, especially the sick man and his wife given the dollar-bill. So many of these and more likely today buried on Hart Island, another documentary in itself. And how the river waters are eroding the place. Not everyone gets to rest in peace. 😢

[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

Good Day All & Thanks F.F.❤

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[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

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[@nelsonnoname001]

Might I make a request - Can we eventually get one on the underground and tunnels of 1800's San Francisco

[@FactFeast]

That sounds interesting! I have a video on Portland's underground tunnels you can find on my channel.

[@tonisumblin2719]

Oh YES!!! That would be awesome.

[@fr3dr02]

New flop houses in NYC have migrants partying on tax payer money 😮

[@annonaQOC]

Bull.

[@cleopatra1633]

In the UK they put them in luxury hotels. Its infuriating.

[@aceboogisback9946]

I think the overall thing people should learn from this is that modern cities with toilets, indoor plumbing, central heating/cooling, and spacious rooms were very recent accomplishments in human history that have been around for about 70 years, and still persist in some places in the world. Although in some cases housing projects and the UK's council flats became substandard themselves, they cleared away tenements and lifted huge segments of the population out of poverty. Before the mid-20th century, indoor toilets, open sewers, and crowded conditions with no trash pickup were common in many American and British cities.

[@bumblebee6156]

Always enjoy your videos.Thanks!

[@FactFeast]

That’s great! Thank you for being a regular viewer.

[@richardhiller3135]

And today we are so kind we let the homeless sleep in the street. It is so barbaric to allow the mentally ill go unattended. Prison would be more humane

[@miapdx503]

We're losing our humanity. The greedy ones are hoarding the wealth and trying to criminalize poverty.

[@blazefairchild465]

People have to step around carefully not to set in human feces on the side walks in nice neighborhood s in SanFransisco because people have to sleep in their cars or tents. There are plenty of jobs just not enough adorable housing. People have bought big homes & live alone or a couple mini mansions & then others in tents on the side walk in front of the homes.

[@annonaQOC]

Was thinking, at least people were slightly more humane back then and at least gave them something to eat before kicking them out.

[@cleopatra1633]

Most homeless people are drug and alcohol addicts that do not want to get clean after given help and they keep doing it. The mentally ill should be in mental hospitals. Its time to protect society against this people. Only people that are homeless because they got fired or got sick deserve our help.

[@spinrash6000]

Are you saying skid row

[@moondancer4660]

Bed bugs are back! There are lots of things that will kill them but nothing will kill them without actually coming into contact with them. It's best to just use rubbing alcohol or vinegar if you can stand the smell of it to spray directly onto the bed bugs. And if you're very patient you might actually get rid of them in time. Vinegar is the cheapest but alcohol smells better and both are cheaper than pesticides as well as less dangerous!

[@johngault4790]

Use heat guaranteed to work.

[@Fire-Queen]

Diomatacious earth is safe, and works quickly for all sorts of bugs!

[@Rudimentary007]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@Fire-Queen exactly right. I also use food grade diomatacious earth for intestinal parasites 🦠. Does all kinds of good.

[@ryshellso526]

Don't invite people that look like they are nasty to sit or sleep in your house. Problem solved.

[@beatrixbrennan1545]

They die with extreme heat. I bought a steemer for an apartment I rented that had a small infestation. It worked! Even terminex came out and said I had gotten rid of all of them.

[@beatrute2677]

i watched this now i cant stop itching.

[@LuisaD93]

Love these videos 😃✨

[@FactFeast]

Very nice of you to say! 🙂

[@8ofwands300]

Mid 19th century NYC, most of these were Irish immigrants fleeing the famine. Awful. The prejudice they faced was severe. Look how they were caricatured in these illustrations with flat noses, wide mouths. It's amazing any were able to rise up in society. Those who did so, joined police and fire departments and became political - Tammany Hall. That's one reason there are so many Irish politicians today.

[@duibhiruimaolmmhauid9039]

Politicians of Irish descent, not the same as being Irish.

[@8ofwands300]

@@duibhiruimaolmmhauid9039 Okay. Feel better? 😐

[@garylancaster8612]

They were notoriously corrupt also though. Tammany Hall is a shorthand for municipal corruption

[@charlottekey8856]

Tammany Hall was not Irish. The Irish hadn't entered politics to any great extent in the 1870s. Tammany Hall was the original nyc stock.

[@8ofwands300]

@@charlottekey8856 What? Tammany Hall was a democratic political machine in NYC that was run by Boss Tweed and was dominated by the Irish. Look it up.

[@mapi576]

In the early 70's. We moved from Henry street. To a co-op building, on Water street. It was quiet and serene there.

[@johnlynch-kv8mz]

12:11 beautiful chalk drawing, really nice charcoal. Beautiful work

[@PIERRECLARY]

though i have not commented for ages, i still enjoy and admire your work very much ... the washington worst street one is excellent , too... this one, alas, reminds one of the trashy hostels used by the west-end druggie homeless community of London West-end of the early 21st century...

[@FactFeast]

Thanks for your words of support 🙂 It’s always nice to hear from a regular viewer.

[@Khatoon170]

How are you doing sir thank you for your cultural documentary channel. We appreciate your great efforts as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level improve our English as well . As always iam gathering main information about topics you mentioned briefly here it’s first of all I looked up for meaning of Flophouse term it’s originally slang means ( lie down to sleep) . American English Flophouse is place offers very cost lodging providing space to sleep and minimal amenities. Flophouse in British English means dose house, synonyms fleabag , flea box , flea house , flop joint? Rundown, boardinghouse. Nowadays in North America no longer has flophouses . Century of regulation shut them down but in Japan they live in modern form in capsule house.

[@FactFeast]

Thank you KHATOON. Flophouse was more commonly used in North America and doss house in the UK.

[@dianemarrah3504]

Eye opening 😢.

[@joegagnon2268]

1:39 one blond kid

[@xcervonix9605]

Ahhh hahahahahahahaha

[@craigdutton6072]

My dad used to say , clean this room up for gawds sake it’s like a doss house 🏡 😂

[@danteardenz2670]

Those are " the good old days " .Not the happy history of the VERY few rich , in the 1800s , of palatial homes ,,beautiful carriages, and tailored cloths ! Or the middle class , only roughly 25% . The VAST majority had nothing , and tiny chance to escape.

[@cargumdeu]

However did so many escape then? Explain progress for us.

[@floridawoman25]

They still have them in NY. The chinese and other immigrants. It's like cubicles with wire fence on top . Got a cot, a small t v and a lock. Can't move or turn around, that's how tiny they are. One shower and toilet in the hallway for God knows how many people. Once in a while fire breaks out because of too many things plugged into the outlets. City shut them down, another one opens up.

[@spinrash6000]

New York history is known for people living in swallow as we listen to this guy podcast talking about what these people went through. They were immigrants from Ireland from Poland from England all these different I are immigrants at that time or no less different from immigrants today so don’t try to reflect and talk about about today is the same thing it’s part of your history in New York You come in as immigrants regardless from Europe wherever and this is what happens.

[@bar-1studios]

"You will live in The Pod" - The WEF

[@spidercherry108]

Now there are only $250 a night hotels or prison like homeless shelters which you have to go through an insane asylum's intake to get to! People then forced to choose the streets instead of the nonexistent flophouse. 😢

[@Khatoon170]

Last part of my research sunshine hotel was single room occupying hotel at 245 Bowery in Manhattan newyork city. Sunshine hotel received media attention in late 1990s and early 2000 s as result it originally office of newyork and Harlem rail company in 1830s and in 1870s and its was saloon and brothel of sultan divine. Sunshine hotel media coverage and art such as in 2002 featuring documentary film maker micheal Dominic made Muti awards winning featured documentary sunshine hotel. Received numerous nominations and awards at film festivals . Student film Phil Bernstein created 30 minutes short documentary and Bernstein was given prize for best black student film maker and best short documentary stock film festival and radio programs too . Thank you for giving us chance to read learn new information improve our English as well. Good luck to you your dearest ones .

[@matts1351]

For all those who wish to go back to yesterday’s simpler times!

[@deanmark11]

Nonsense, most of these was the lowest in society, usually immigrants, many from Ireland fleeing starvation and famine. Most people didn’t live in these miserable conditions, but life was extremely tough either way.

[@ryshellso526]

​@@deanmark11 most escaping Europe through Ellis Island.

[@fleurmartin]

Exactly! It's a nice idea. But I think people forget these things.

[@spinrash6000]

Make American great again

[@misst.e.a.187]

Yes, simply squalid and horrific for the underclasses

[@wizardesoboogiedb2094]

Thanks!

[@FactFeast]

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[@mrjerpsvr4105]

Great channel very interesting and informative

[@FactFeast]

Thank you! Great to know you find value in this history.

[@bearbones4347]

And today is different considering we are living in biffs future in back to the future

[@paulthrutner9114]

When old croaks say “we’ll back on myyyy day”….. Always remember what it was like 👆🏿👆🏿

[@fleurmartin]

Well, when OLDER PEOPLE say that, I think they might be referring to the 40s or 50 s. I understand what you mean, though. They forget how terrible life can be sometimes. But we all sometimes remember things better than what they were.

[@jonthehermit8082]

Great content mr. factfeast.

[@FactFeast]

Cheers! Glad this history interests you.

[@jonthehermit8082]

@@FactFeast same thanks for this. History is much more interesting than any fiction anyone can imagine because it’s true imo.

[@truecynic1270]

What an education! I didn't realize how lucky I am to live now even though life in the world today seems precarious

[@shilohbrutalis582]

Jack London's "The Abyss" is the hardest book I couldn't finish. #TheStruggleIsReal

[@FactFeast]

There are lots of Jack London’s stories on my channel from his travels around East End London, should you be interested.

[@jodygrulich8695]

It REALLY bothers this guy when people share a bed

[@francoischamberland4029]

....and no electricity.....

[@lorraineadams6398]

One members of congress forgot this all walks of life

[@Thyranel]

Fact feast is one of my favorite narrator here on youtube 🤩😍🤩😍

[@FactFeast]

That’s fantastic!

[@conditionallyunconditional5691]

It's been a century since I heard the slang. Wow!

[@sandrasoares9262]

Thankyou I injoy the story It good to injoy a good story to day times or hardiness but God let's us go back in time. Life go on. Thankyou for your time today Massachusetts 😊

[@FactFeast]

Thanks for listening!

[@JudyFayLondon]

Such a wonderful video.

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Thank you! It’s great to know you enjoyed watching.

[@fireeestarter1]

Hi, I'm really digging your content. Thanks 🫶🏽 Binge watching own!

[@Midieee]

In the Netherlands we have those houses. They are very cheap (4 euro i think). I friend of mine lived there for a while. It was dirty and a lot of crime.

[@laurataylor8179]

Interesting thanks for sharing

[@Poppaea-Sabina]

The slums back then were really bad.

[@WitchidWitchid]

You'd be better off spending the night at an opium den. At least you'll be high and numbed to the dirt, vermin, and odors that prevailed

[@lulubelleish]

We have all suffered .. In the past.

[@mikebussy3334]

I'm shocked that there was no American Jack the ripper. It seems like it would be easy pickings.

[@RxTx88]

Fascinating content. Powerful, like and sub

[@FactFeast]

Welcome to the channel! Glad you find this history meaningful.

[@shaw99livecouk]

Round here in Salford we had rope houses.Two arms over the rope and sleep on your feet.

[@gordonspond]

Nothing changed since the 1800s...

[@Wheelchairspeeder]

Honestly a rooming house wouldn't be a bad idea if done properly and kept clean and actually helped others if i was wealthy enough I'd consider a cheap building id turn in to a 5$ by the night kinda place and a ..50$ a week and 100$ a month kinda place..but have a laundry mat with .25 ¢ wash and .25¢ dry and even if a homeless person couldn't get a room I'd still let them use the laundry room and maybe have a gym area ...where they could probably use the facilities to clean up while their clothes are being cleaned..but id probably have brown bags they can get for a 1$ or whatever change they had ..with sandwiches or something..but in the rooming house id dream up if you want a meal 1-2$ a plate or half plate or have like a small fridge and hotplate if you care to cook your own food..but I'd have it fixed where like the police sent the homeless they knew weren't criminals or anything felonious with them introducing them to the place but have a special side for familys and regular poor people but not separated like the poor house..its peoples choice who they converse with but if I had the meanse to start such a place...but too many people in my town especially the well offs .. would say not in my neighborhood attitude if anyone tried to start a place like that..but after being homeless myself and quite recently too before getting blessed with our current home i can understand why a person wishes for cheap safe clean shelter..i love your stories fact feast and feel for those who went before us in these stories but even if I won the lottery i doubt my city ever allow a decent rooming home....

[@thissupernova6491]

Nothing has changed, except, the "time". Nothing!

[@MistyMcLane]

There was no bed bugs back then in the USA but these places had head lice bad from what I’ve heard.

[@zeo5009]

* Insert like-worthy quote about how present day US is worse than this or something *

[@eyeseeeee]

Sounds like homeless shelters of tdy 🤷🏻‍♀️😆

[@goodoldbubba6620]

It isn't much different today.

[@leversforever9748]

Hasn't change much!!

[@pinkchaos.]

Now look up Kensington Ave in Philadelphia. Things have changed? I think not! *Suspenseful music plays*

[@springsummerwinterorfall]

There are roaches, everywhere and bedbugs. Everyone that comes in, brings in bed bugs from another slum area roaches mice, rats.

[@brianoneil9662]

Ah, Arthur and his majestic mustache, once more unto the breach! Huzzah!

[@FactFeast]

Pember accompanied the moustache!

[@johnlynch-kv8mz]

3:16 I don’t know, I’m liking the hammock setup, it bed bugs? Yikes!

[@mito88]

1:23 that's not an original photograph, right?

[@FactFeast]

Late 1800s police identification photo.

[@SlumberBear2k]

we're probably headed back to times like this, unfortunately.

[@travishaynes1180]

Not only a good place to get a trim but also syphilis !!😫

[@myoldvhstapes]

1:35- Whoever colorized the photo decided to include a random blonde child in that family!

[@anthonywolfe3873]

And it was better than what new york has to offer the homeless and poor now

[@650nelson]

Manhattan in 2023 is a crime ridden hellhole

[@Melynnest]

Now 2023’s version…. HMOs

[@myreasonforlife.9511]

So everyone had to stink, uughhhhh.

[@nara808]

Nothing has changed since then.

[@jacobmartinelli7496]

could literally save $1 or more in 10 days/$30 a year by renting the cheaper or cheap beds.

[@nyahanan]

Really bad conditions some hundreds of years ago, tuberculosis was a major reason for death, typhus was another reason to die!

[@acharyajamesoermannspeaker6563]

WOW that is the largest mustache I have ever seen.

[@FactFeast]

It’s famous around here 🙂

[@davec2107]

THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE With no flop houses that offer some sort of shelter People now are living out on the streets in epidemic numbers!

[@karenettinger2999]

Wow...suChe'PitCherUPaiN't...

[@axisgalaxis]

So basically we still have d same homeless problem as old days. Now that’s capitalism at work baby.

[@cleopatra1633]

What a bad comparison. Most homeless in the past were hard working poor people. Most homeless now are drug and alcoholaddicts. The ones that are on the streets because they lost a job or got sick need our help. Not the addicts. There are consequences if you have no discipline and refuse to get clean, can't blame capitalism for that.

[@therealhellkitty5388]

This is the objective of MAGAism, by the way….

[@toerag1242]

Inalienable Rights to UN-Bidonville as of 2030🙃

[@suzannederringer1607]

So what has changed since then???

[@haroldbell213]

Ticks, flea's and STD s

[@johnlynch-kv8mz]

15:31 woe. This is truth. Notice who’s in Charge here.

[@philipp1966]

Same as now don’t work no money

[@maxssister1985]

Millennial girlies when they say “I was born in the wrong era..” 💅🏼

[@wenburke7974]

Very horrible but it’s not a POW camp and it’s not a concentration camp, which would even be worse

[@annonaQOC]

Hard to believe that people still pushed for capitalism after this.😮

[@cargumdeu]

Hard to believe that some people still believe socialism would ameliorate poverty. Nowhere in the world where its been tried has that worked. Incidentally it was taxes raised through capitalism that enabled welfare programs to be allocated to deal with this problem.

[@carolewynn9407]

????????

[@chris.bcfc.keeprighton.5685]

​That's because you can't have real socialism in a capitalist country and capitalist world.

[@chris.bcfc.keeprighton.5685]

​The world's capitalist system is slowly collapsing. Many economists believe that the world's capitalist system has already peaked. Capitalism is a rigged economic system against the workers of the world. The so-called communist countries bear no resemblance whatsoever to the type of world Marx and Engels proposed. The so-called communist countries are actually capitalist regimes.

[@aidanliddane1242]

And they still find money for war......

[@threeten310]

ahh Sensual & Modest AmeriKan History -Proud to be USA |🇱🇷 -yAy