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

[@benallmark9671]

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

[@OrthodoxAtheist]

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

[@IndigoStargazer]

Ridiculous Taxes

[@mkygod]

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

[@tomcollins5112]

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

[@ThePromiseDealer]

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

[@Irishgip1]

High crime w no penalties. No brainer

[@fakerating]

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

[@Oneness100]

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

[@TheJoncic]

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

[@carletonrutherford1799]

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

[@darkangel8068]

When a jewelry store gets smashed and grabbed in the middle of the day then you are denied assurances in your investment as a local business and also concerned about your safety.

[@magyarvandor5321]

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

[@jawkneekat]

Formula retail is dying.

[@paddykeenan7357]

Blane giv for that

[@joetrolo7076]

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

[@Zulonix]

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

[@LeeTheVet]

Joe Biden is the huge problem and Governor Newsom is right there with him and his admin.

[@image30p]

I think 24 dollars for a smoothie pretty much explains why they're out of business.

[@ut000bs]

You just made an atheist say, "Good Lord!" 😉

[@image30p]

@@ut000bs lol!

[@plateofshrimp]

What was Chipotle charging for a meal? $50? Lol. Can't pay the rent there selling $15 burritos.

[@oladeebiazazi4538]

The people there can afford that lol

[@joanieblackman7128]

You can baying a drink wijne 500 dollar are 1000 dollar and 200000 that is crazy narcist life stylethe ren is to much.

[@marthaaweber]

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

[@walkingman9171]

Liberal news cover up.

[@Alan_GA]

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

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

Oh the poor rich 😂

[@defcon2544]

​@@SUGAR_XYLER Idiot-a

[@SA-hz1rs]

@@Alan_GA florida is dying

[@vincentcastor5978]

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

[@Chicago48]

Biz moving to ecommerce.

[@petebusch9069]

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

[@PanzerBuyer]

Jeff Bezos is laughing.

[@YouSmellLikePoo2]

Middle class is being eliminated all over America. 😢

[@Oneness100]

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

[@jimo3393]

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

[@jimo3393]

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

[@99rollo99]

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

[@ladybuginc.4189]

Exactly!!!

[@cindyfowler3526]

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

[@paulluna8099]

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

[@martingo2680]

I still can't believe what's going on in Santa Monica. Unbelievable.

[@janabell3810]

Yes! I live on the Santa Monica border and don’t dare walk along the beach anymore. So much crime and mentally unstable people. So scary.

[@eleghari]

Used to live Santa Monica Blvd...knew it was gonna die when they started getting rid of unique stores and moved in all the chain stores that you can find in every mall.

[@Max14163]

@@eleghari Venice has LOTS of unique stores along Abbot Kinney. But who wants to live in Dog Town?

[@vivarantx]

you need trump asap

[@TheModbeats]

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

[@davidoakley3812]

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

[@lynngraham2934]

@@davidoakley3812 So true!

[@kathleenking47]

CA & NYC

[@rayfabris2512]

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

[@uchibauki2515]

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

[@skytrip5273]

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

[@Barbarra63297]

It'll become apartments for the homeless.

[@chaoswitch1974]

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

[@chaoswitch1974]

​@@Barbarra63297I hope so!

[@ryand4533]

@@Barbarra63297Not citizens illegals only.

[@indianmilitary]

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

[@carlagirl7]

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

[@jm7804]

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

[@bobfrantz534]

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

[@carlagirl7]

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

[@Eduardolluvioso]

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

[@Eduardolluvioso]

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

[@profissaotrader4793]

I saw this video hours after it was uploaded, now with 1.7 million views and counting. Success! You deserve it.

[@franknorman1383]

Just look at California, perfect example of what Kamala Harris wants for America

[@dsbmwhacker]

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

[@nudaveritas6322]

[@MickeyPenn]

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

[@mpls1982]

High crime in Beverly hills?? 😂

[@kingkobrazx]

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

[@peterrabbit3887]

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

[@gretchenburton7184]

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

[@fullcircleessentials]

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

[@EllieM_Travels]

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

[@fullcircleessentials]

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

[@KTannerPaisleyKK]

I wish I had met Elviscocho😢

[@MaryHartman-ei9pv]

I lived in Whittier in the 80s we would be out there every weekend😢 it was so beautiful and you couldn't do anything wrong without getting arrested

[@georgelangheinrich8495]

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

[@MissterX]

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

[@pigdroppings]

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

[@ronbo30]

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

[@tubby_1278]

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

[@ronbo30]

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

[@lolacookie453]

I live a few blocks from Beverly Hills so I have seen it change over the last few years, seeing it happen in real time has been so depressing. So many memories of BH staples gone forever 😢

[@Qwepzy]

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

[@kndsampled377]

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

[@midwestmike613]

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

[@silky900]

truth

[@shottashabazz6721]

Do you consider Ber

[@Alte.Kameraden]

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

[@herbertdaugherty636]

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

[@dawnelder9046]

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

[@herbertdaugherty636]

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

[@missmorena1049]

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

[@dsoule4902]

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

[@ladytron1724]

Glasgow Scotland is the same.😟

[@majordudette]

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

[@karentracy9657]

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

[@crash42modder63]

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

[@sharonhyde7735]

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

[@monicamonica1539]

99 CENTS STORE COMMING SOON

[@melg6834]

Aloha Snackbar 🐷💣🕌💩💩💩

[@OHGuyPVP]

Hello Actions. My name is Consequences. I’m so very pleased to meet you. Terribly sorry this meeting is taking place so late. My work has really piled up these days in SF, Oakland, NYC and LA. You Californians voted for this and now I am here. Remember this in November. Now, please get me a $7 latte and make it snappy.

[@ngutho2438]

they keep voting blindly for Obumer, Drakumala or Galvin NewSOn of a Bi.

[@lrg3834]

WELL said.

[@jaredakajayred]

😂😂😂

[@howardng8534]

We no got $7 latte. $12 OK.

[@starguard4122]

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

[@charlest8153]

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

[@neo4102]

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

[@drewdunn2066]

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

[@phatmantv]

BABYLON FINISHED

[@marlonhouston6685]

​@WeenaMay Red states are Republican States, and Blue States are Democrat.

[@cblondesreport]

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

[@Initwithlove]

Absolutely!!!!🎉

[@tcwhite0104]

Best of times.

[@Turfsurfer62]

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

[@2011woodlands]

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

[@kd6281]

Total blast! Memories of a lifetime.

[@RichardDay-n2o]

The glory of being an actor is over..and so is Beverly Hills!

[@Wft-bu5zc]

Tell that to the actors making millions lol.

[@ameliadiaz8040]

And so is Hollywood.

[@bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149]

​@@Wft-bu5zc Few compared to many actors/actresses. Who get by with the occasional small TV role or small commercial. And have to hold down a job.

[@carinarilk89]

​@@Wft-bu5zcThey are WOKE now.

[@ameliadiaz8040]

@@carinarilk89 And WOKE = BROKE!

[@jamesmaxdavissands]

What people do not understand is that this is not just California, I have been traveling & speaking with folks in all the surrounding states & this is something NATIONAL. There are extremely frightening issues being debated right now in the United States Senate (please look them up). Whatever is happening it appears that it is Top Secret. Everyone had better stop ridiculing & pointing fingers & begin to concern yourself with your community as a NATION. We either Stand United or WE WILL FALL! BTW- My favorite public place was the Venice Beach Boardwalk. An absolutely amazing place with the finest wonderful citizens from everywhere around who were funny, & kind, open, & honest, talented, & down to Earth. Thee exact opposite of Beverly Hills. People that made you proud to be human. You Sir are a shining example & proof of what I say. Thank You for your concern. I now live in the San Francisco Bay area since 1998 & it is exactly the same here. I love our beautiful NATION as an American Veteran of the Air Force & will never turn tail & run. I will always protect this NATION from its enemies be they foreign or DOMESTIC. Together WE stand, Divided WE fall -

[@Imperial0666]

No we would rather argue over the red/blue color of the puppets instead of the owners that's pulling the strings both sides.

[@MickeyPenn]

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

[@James-we7dl]

It's a democrat state what do you expect

[@bekmiller1845]

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

[@GeeEm1313]

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

[@privateprivate9613]

So sad

[@No._1_Karen]

Sad.

[@rjohnson9543]

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

[@jeffspicoli2742]

ballots were fixed I'm sure. Voting does nothing

[@nahbro8232]

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

[@TrumpyBooden]

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

[@nahbro8232]

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

[@TrumpyBooden]

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

[@wonder12374]

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

[@charrua59]

Right. KZbinrs are more popular then movie stars

[@ashleylala4293]

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

[@thedailyhummm]

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

[@Bearwithme560]

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

[@homercuts]

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

[@xjssts7127]

I love this guy, he brings so much information. I live in L.A. and I don't know about it, I have no time to go around.

[@buddhaparadox]

I have no time to go around L.A. either. Plus, gas makes it expensive to simply explore and learn more about the city. How long have you lived in L.A.?

[@skytrip5273]

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

[@simondaughtry4619]

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

[@HK-uj9qc]

Good move.

[@royery]

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

[@richardbarron8869]

GOOD FOR YOU! WISH YOU THE BEST!

[@pallinaferoce9737]

Come in Italia!

[@tlsthoughts]

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

[@manoman0]

By design. All by design.

[@TheVFXbyArt]

It was never really special… just gaudy consumerism.

[@thisistheway7529]

It is : Los Angeles judgment day 😮

[@user-k4d-e59mo28oc]

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

[@Drumsticksmcgee]

All the celebrity diddlers left the country....

[@Falconlibrary]

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

[@CheetosReef]

HOPE YOU LEFT THEN

[@bigtoke5220]

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

[@clairetrinkle3034]

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

[@tatankawhiteplume6038]

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

[@Beautiful-t3b]

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

[@Bizzy-Bumble1131]

This is happening all over not just Beverly Hills. I worked in an office on Canon Dr. Beverly Hills itself is not dying, but the downtown area has many empty stores who couldn't sustain post C o v 19. Some have just closed or moved to other locations. As everyone knows the real estate market has not declined in California as many have anticipated. Plus the overall economy has not been favorable for many people and their businesses during these last few years.. Very nice video ❤

[@jumperstartful]

So how many people can afford a million dollar home? I never will. And I was born here in '45!

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

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

[@SA-hz1rs]

Bh retail vacancy rate is 5.3 Try again

[@JuanPeron007]

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

[@bruinman1012]

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

[@garycook1376]

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

[@Blessed_Beyond_Belief]

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

[@jackbest6677]

Thanks for sharing. The whole country is dying.

[@earnold1896]

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

[@lucydayLucida]

It's happening world wide.

[@robertruffo2134]

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

[@WalterFuerst-m1p]

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

[@ricopedrajrs]

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

[@imacorgi6470]

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

[@2006gtobob]

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

[@mariecampbell3373]

Downtown Chicago looks like the 'hood.

[@raydemos1181]

I used to love to go to water tower place and into Marshal fields , when they closed in 2006 Chicago had a fatal heart attack

[@wil-zc2iv]

heading back to catalogue shopping?

[@jacknguyen5677]

And the new mayor approved such action…

[@ariekanarie1828]

Thanks for showing us many places you visit. I am from the Netherlands and right now we are still traveling. We started in Miami to Orlando, Daytona Jacksonville, Nashville to Memphis and flew from there to Phoenix. From there on we traveled to the Grand Canyon, Williams, Zion Park up to Las Vegas and now we are in LA with our last trip going to San Francisco. I have been on both sides of the States when i was a military and some things it schocked me indeed. Also in Memphis in Bealestreet lot of closed stores a lot of homeless people as also here in LA. I think due to the covid time and especially now the inflation everywhere you can see the impact. The average family has a hard time to survive. The house prices are insane also happening in the Netherlands. I remember filling up the car with gas in the usa around 1999 the price of a gallon was 1,14 USD now here in LA it is about 5,50 USD. This is because the government is throwing money away and printing it out of nothing. When you make money out of nothing there is an abundance of it what makes the dollar and also the euro less value. So that means we need to spend more money for the same product. The money we have is not money but valuta and not backup by gold. This is a huge problem worldwide and we are facing it right now. Anyway thanks for making does videos 👍🏽

[@MissterX]

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

[@armitage9204]

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

[@MissterX]

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

[@MissterX]

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

[@robertuebel7068]

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

[@MissterX]

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

[@anonymousgirl799]

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

[@sofiaalonzo807]

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

[@sugipulaboule9]

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

[@SA-hz1rs]

Its a lie

[@sugipulaboule9]

Pisstube deleting all I say

[@HippyMetalhead]

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

[@dr.perfectsmile4175]

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

[@Memovox]

It's the United Shat-oles of America.

[@kimberiysmarketstrategy]

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

[@samuellopez1957]

​@@kimberiysmarketstrategyTemecula. Lake Elsinore Beautiful ❤❤😊

[@JAZPETES010]

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

[@robbytherob]

Orange County is beautiful. Different world there

[@Itlookslikeaduck]

It’s interesting to watch your videos, just the few years I’ve seen them your attitude has changed. It’s not that you don’t have the optimistic mindset but I feel that you have been impacted by the change in our times. You have been so loving of our history and to see the change, I’ve seen the change in you. It’s a sad world. Inspiration is fleeting.

[@mikehayne538]

I'm new to GIV. He seems upbeat.

[@Jennifer-je1mc]

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

[@christianvanneuves9958]

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

[@Cinderella23Queen]

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

[@Charles-bz8px]

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

[@Cinderella23Queen]

@@Charles-bz8px, ridiculous

[@ExcelCannabisLimited]

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

[@paldri]

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

[@paulsawczyc5019]

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

[@jtg4002]

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

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

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

[@SA-hz1rs]

Not 2020 anymore

[@SA-hz1rs]

@@jtg4002 florida is dying

[@robschaffnit7457]

Can’t believe my eyes ! Yes this is so changed ; I have driven down those streets and never saw the businesses closed up like this : Good reporting !

[@martinzitter4551]

It's simply undergoing turnover, a normal evolution. A new $5 billion hotel and residential development just two blocks away recently broke ground. House prices continue to go up. Get ready for the next great Beverly Hills.

[@OrangeArdmore]

It's the same look in NY and SF. Retail is not the same with the ease of online purchasing.

[@OrangeArdmore]

@@martinzitter4551 Keep in mind deals of that size were made years ago! Talks could've started back in 2017. Approval could've happened in 2020. Construction was suspended for years and now we are finally back to breaking ground on a lot of delayed projects. Please don't think this was something approved recently.

[@ReeseL4D]

All these closed businesses should be converted into free shelters for migrants.

[@mpls1982]

You know malls are dying all over America, right?? You realize small town mainstream USA used to be lined with shops, and they also died, right?

[@jamesroberts2115]

Even the Clampett family moved out. They packed up and went back to Bugtussel 3 years ago. The bum taking a bath in the cement pond was the last straw.

[@AlexandreGalinMtl]

For many years we ve been living in this illusion that money was everywhere. It s all credit and chickens are coming home to roost. If people are denying this well there are massive commercial buildings selling for 36 cents but comes with a debt of 800 million $. And these are not isolated cases, it s a growing trend.

[@samholdsworth420]

Southern California is the land of debt

[@OllieMissouri-is6ei]

Put back the land, farms so we can have more affordable food.

[@robertromero8094]

I just watched a video on farmers they are in debt like crazy. We not gonna get any relif till trump comes back. ​@@OllieMissouri-is6ei

[@mrgarrison3516]

I hope they let the homeless live in the abandoned shops .....🤔

[@mrd2581]

I agree

[@kimberlykay1614]

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

[@LKaramazov]

Bidenomics.

[@chop3625]

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

[@MomandBuggs]

Online shopping?

[@revekat2053]

Mass shootings?

[@dorothyhodges2542]

Mass shootings in Beverly Hills? 😳

[@videomaniac108]

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

[@advancetotabletop5328]

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

[@OllieMissouri-is6ei]

Sounds interesting

[@johnschick5827]

Keep voting Democrat, and watch things get worse!

[@yodservant]

San José as well....

[@lyndaarnold]

This breaks my heart!! I lived in BH for many yrs, my kids grad from BH High!! When I moved to SM CA I was shocked, shocked, it's worse than BH Ca, I moved from BH to SM, I'm truly just sick to see this happen, thanks Joe biden!!!!

[@ambientsoundstv2856]

I worked on Rodeo Drive as security in many of their upscale stores; places that sell wrist watches for $175,000 and up. I can tell you firsthand Rodeo Drive today is as Ghetto as it gets on the weekends. Those stores, which were used to clientele paying with an American Express Black Card, now have to keep massive amounts of cash on hand because the drug dealers will drop 20 - 30K in wrinkled, skanky-of-unknown-origin cash for a shoes and purses. And those are the ones that feel like paying. California's major cities are a Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland these days.

[@karinaalexander1385]

I worked on Rodeo Drive as a luxury timepiece store manager for 15 years. Very sad.......

[@nahbro8232]

High rent and no punishment for people stealing their merch or the homeless guy doing drugs on their door mat. Thanks democrats.

[@davidmachado432]

ITS CAPITALISM.

[@Kat00000]

​@davidmachado432 No, it's democrat policy's. Wakey wakey

[@night5091]

@@davidmachado432Democrat bail reform. Weak on crime policies. Socialism doesn’t work.

[@night5091]

Bail reform and weak on crime policies. That is main cause of stores closing. Plus high rates and record high inflation.

[@elinoreberkley1643]

High rent means high profits for City Government. Abolish property taxes!

[@patbrown2699]

How depressing. So glad I escaped California in 2017, grateful everyday

[@xstensl8823]

i left America in 05, live like a Prince now

[@PakistanIcecream000]

Where did you move to?

[@PakistanIcecream000]

Where did you move to?

[@JamesAllen-xk8bc]

Funny. Same year I moved out. I've been happy ever since!

[@kharyzma4u]

2017 was the last time I visited.

[@muziktrkr]

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

[@thatsbadbusiness7050]

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

[@JustK009]

Finally someone got it right

[@adamw116]

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

[@NK-ot5tc]

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

[@chronicles8324]

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

[@davidlevinson2460]

Damn. I spent most of my life in L.A., now living in the Southeast of the U.S. It's happening everywhere. Amazon, online stores, and landlords charging too much for rent. BH doesn't seem to have a huge homeless population so can't blame it all on crime. It seems like people don't want to be around other people in the U.S. We've spent a lot of time in Europe in the past year where people still walk around and spend time together. How can we change that sentiment in the U.S.?

[@virginiaalt1245]

It's Econ-101. Americans are getting poorer because they have to share what they had with over ten millions of refugees/immigrants which is costing them billions, so they cannot afford to go out anymore, they cannot afford to put gas in their cars, they cannot afford restaurants or food or fancy clothes to go out in. Americans are being pushed into poverty by the 50% of Americans who want open borders, free health care for all the poor who want to come to America. Somebody has to pay for all this--and the debt has been forced upon the American worker instead of the ultra rich corporations and elites which just keep getting richer.

[@ngutho2438]

@@virginiaalt1245 they keep voting blue for this

[@JeffreyBrown-f4e]

America is not 'woke'. Nobody 'co-exists' with each other. Blacks avoid Latinos. Asians avoid Blacks. Muslims keep to themselves. Jews don't come out in public. Everybody's only goal is to punish us for being racist.

[@chino1127]

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

[@manoman0]

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

[@Channel--Ai]

There was a mass shake out

[@AmericaFirstChic721]

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

[@PepitaBlue2]

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

[@Thundercloud25]

I would never had thought Beverly Hills would end up like this

[@TerryKeatley]

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

[@phamhieu1947]

It's all because of Putin hahahaha

[@keluargaboyboy8]

Indonesian mall is dying too especially the hypermarket Many goes online

[@villanelle8888]

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

[@TerryKeatley]

@villanelle8888 very true.

[@V.E.R.O.]

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

[@petbull7038]

It's a shame what has happened to southern California. I grew up there but left for Texas 25 years ago and haven't looked back. I still have family there that struggle to make it with some of them finally leaving, but others clinging on. The weather is beautiful, I love the beaches and mountains, but the politics are poison ☠️

[@SA-hz1rs]

Texas lmao

[@josesousa272]

People voted for this. Let them deal with it.

[@SA-hz1rs]

@@josesousa272 deal with what lmao

[@BrunoHeggli-zp3nl]

Texas is much worse!

[@maryclebeau]

You make your videos very fun and you have a sense of humor love your channel.😊

[@photoenduro]

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

[@johncoker13]

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

[@OGsuburbanite]

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

[@joelfrombethlehem]

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

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

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

[@themountainwanderer]

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

[@criticalthought5698]

The movie industry in Hollywood is on a sinking ship. Many of their lead players are headed to jail.

[@winning3329]

The jig is up

[@EvelynElaineSmith]

Meanwhile, River Oaks (Houston) & Highland Park (Dallas) are alive & doing well.

[@Jiidwag]

@@EvelynElaineSmithI just came from TX to visit local friends, TX is a sh*thole state no one likes it there

[@palace927]

@@EvelynElaineSmith BS! Houston is struggling.

[@EvelynElaineSmith]

@@palace927 --That's what some posters say. I was at Neiman's in Fort Worth & Highland Park in Dallas around January 1st, & it looked like it was business as usual.

[@Colorado68]

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

[@unspokenheartstillness]

People don't want all those expensive items. They are srambling for housing, food, and water. Rich people have left or are leaving,

[@AmericanPatriot-1776]

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

[@1daydecorating]

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

[@AmericanPatriot-1776]

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

[@dennisdonoghue9202]

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

[@charrua59]

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

[@selcukcilek555]

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

[@RedSpiralHandTV]

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

[@kevinbuda7087]

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

[@bradgarnerjackson5channel897]

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

[@acooksla]

We moved to Spain, couldn’t be happier.

[@bradgarnerjackson5channel897]

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

[@norwegianblue2017]

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

[@NoosaHeads]

Not dying - dead. I went there in 2001 and even then, I could see the rot was terminal. In the early 1960s it was heavenly.

[@PapaMagnum]

You should make a video about 1960s Beverly Hills!!

[@SA-hz1rs]

You hsvent been in 23 years You dont know shit

[@NoosaHeads]

@PapaMagnum I wish I had the skills and the time to make such a video - but what would be the point? Had someone in AD 450, made a video of Rome at the time of Augustus Caesar, that would have only created a burning sense of nostalgia. Read Gibbon's Decline and fall of the Roman Empire. It could almost be a book about the United States 1954 - 2024.

[@SA-hz1rs]

23 years ago Lmaooo

[@PapaMagnum]

@NoosaHeads I wasn't alive in the 60s but I'd love to learn the history better. I always have enjoyed it. But I also understand what you mean

[@maximpestsolutions3696]

'Nothing' lasts Forever ♾️👍. Period.

[@William-Bill-Munny]

10 years ago I gave up hope on California after almost 50 years. I spent an my youth and adulthood surfing HB, going to local races, music events in Hollyweird, car culture and great weather. But eventually I had no more tolerance for wokeism and my family had been there since the 1940's. Businesses do not just close for nothing - they stop the bleeding and move on to a better location just as I did with my small business. Thanks for reminding me of a very good life decision.

[@AlwaysHopeful87]

Sounds like ot was fun for awhile. Hope your new home is ok.

[@ChicanoPhD]

So you want to be openly racist? Gotcha. Bye girl.

[@matchpoint14]

William, sounds like you had a fun time in the past, you were fortunate.

[@alexp3752]

LA native, have lived in OC since 1965. OC actually is an oasis in a cesspool of crime, blight and foreign languages.

[@shelbynamels7948]

your use of the word 'Hollyweird' makes me question your authenticity.

[@tetra4411]

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

[@griswald7156]

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

[@theashpilez]

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

[@jacobkubacki2719]

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

[@kazaabitboll2026]

Wow, that is really shocking

[@YOUARESOFT.]

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

[@maxmeier5832]

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

[@kellysnyclife663]

Exchange students were a real thing 😮😮😮

[@simplechronology2605]

The best time was actually the 1950s and 1960s, but there were still wisps of the old glory left in the 1980s. Not now, though.

[@gregmonks]

Speaking as a rural person, we used to drive through town and laugh at the city-types. All those buildings full of expensive junk that didn't interest us in the least. It was fake, rotten to the core, from the very beginning. Inflated prices for junk no one needed in the first place. Good riddance! The old corner store in my town has been there for over 80 years and will be there at least as long. When you sell groceries and toilet paper, instead of $500 runners that wear out in a few weeks, everybody benefits.

[@pchaparala]

internet retail, shoplifting, lack of law enforcement, city ordnances, high rent, less disposable income - a number of factors have contributed to this depressing

[@gabriellazar4133]

Incompetence is the first factor

[@jumperstartful]

let's not mention lib politics. that never counts!!

[@raydemos1181]

and you forgot to say the weather is too nice year round for the zombies

[@bernardmauge8613]

you forgot thr drug epidemic and the easy access by subway to cities that were insulated for years by class statut and rent or land ownership.

[@scasey1960]

Absolutely

[@WopRicci]

Wow! I was a USPS letter carrier in Beverly Hills back in the early to mid nineties. I did the Bedford and Rodeo drive routes often as a relief carrier. It's an absolute shell of what it once was. When i transferred out in 96 to be closer to home, most of the old, big name Stars had all passed on by that time. Many lived on both Bedford and Rodeo just across Santa Monica Blvd from downtown. Yes, used to be many doctor and law offices on Bedford. Would see many celebrities coming and going from those offices. To be able to live in Beverly Hills then wasn't impossible, especially in the one two, that's 90212 south of Wilshire. You could actually rent a house there for 3k a month, I almost rented a 3k sq ft condo across the street from the BHPO on Maple Dr for 2200 a month , would have lived right around the corner from Edgar Winter. Most of the people that can afford to live there now, probably can't afford to shop there or do want to. I'm sure it's very expensive to live anywhere around there now. BH was an extension of Hollywood then, Hollywood is in hospice and dying and so BH will probably die with it. It's been said the commercial real estate market in California is very big trouble and might even bring down the banks with it.

[@OllieMissouri-is6ei]

Excellently said, the post man knows; they see everything.

[@stevenwright2476]

Sounds Great ,,, Civil War Was Started Over Banking !!!!!!!

[@CornPop09090]

As Obangutang himself said - electing democraps has consequences!

[@Guerilla281]

What has also hurt is BH has lost exclusivity on many of the stores there today. Other American cities have grown up (Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Miami, etc.) so there is no need to be in BH, let alone online shopping. The aura of hollywood also has been washing away so people care less about celebrities nowadays. I wish I could have seen this place in its glory days though. Must have been nice

[@brandonclark8395]

​@@Guerilla281 Yep

[@softstyler]

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

[@kimberlyphifer2391]

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

[@yuraefimen]

100 %

[@ivelamancheva5742]

Not true ! London is far away from the disaster that we can see on this video. London is full of life !

[@MP-vc4nu]

All the money are in Ukraine and Isreal right now, I see they’re having castles and sci fi tech tanks and military there now 💪🏻

[@MP-vc4nu]

@@ivelamancheva5742 Full of life, but empty of business in central London. As in big brand, fashions & skincare’s in Oxford street. Only things open are food shops, cheaper restaurants and cheap retail shops selling cheap shoes. The decline is obvious, but yeah London’s still better than this. US is dragging whole Europe down as they see they’re screwed now 😂

[@cklg88]

I used to shop up down the streets here and walk with my chihuahua, go to lunch at Barney’s, dinner at Spago’s, morning muffins. It’s so very sad!! 😢

[@michaelmann8981]

Hey, Mike I was born in San Bernardino and worked in Riverside until I retired in 2015. It was evident we couldn't afford to stay. Drugs, crime, and lousy government helped me decide to leave for AZ. Thanks, best decision I've made. Mike from Lake Havasu City

[@outbackgearforu]

Just don’t keep voting left and cause the same problems in Arizona

[@garycook1376]

I'm from San Bernardino and the crime is better then the 90s or 2000s and employment is up only thing is yes rent is high but even in Arizona or Nevada it's high the whole country is high in rent you just a desert rat like them from the high desert area

[@shannyrenee17]

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

[@bperez8656]

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

[@mwfmtnman]

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

[@richardkaltenbach3961]

NEITHER IS SAN FERNANDO VALLEY!!

[@bperez8656]

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

[@shannyrenee17]

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

[@robertlyman9789]

Thanks Newsome! That’s what he wants for America!

[@adamw116]

That's why we have to make sure he never ever gets near the presidency.

[@ashleylala4293]

They’re going to install that puppet to oversee the demolition

[@George-hl2xm]

Blame Reagan

[@8PMFORMULA]

Trump wants to end democracy. You support that. You are bottom of the barrel sub human.

[@8PMFORMULA]

@@adamw116 you support a criminal for president. You have zero credibility.

[@lindatallon9217]

The 90s were the best decade from 1990-2000 was the most booming prosperous time...

[@Westside777-j5s]

1990-2015

[@TuTuFox]

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

[@chanjackie2299]

Well, what happened to all those zombies ?

[@labased2539]

Amazon, online shopping.

[@gregmcable]

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

[@chrispnw2547]

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

[@doods20fer41]

well almost everybody are doing their shopping online now

[@rossb.7471]

You are an excellent independent reporter. The media would have us think the economy is doing fine, but you are reporting the actual facts from the street.

[@largol33t12]

Sadly, KZbin practices open censorship. Don't be surprised if this video is removed suddenly. They do this to videos that don't mesh with KZbin's political leanings.

[@diembommarito1776]

I was there in the mid 90s , there was a lot of good things to see. Especially back then because Pretty Woman came out, everyone liked to go in the Beverly Hotel. It’s sad to see it dead. You get what you vote for.

[@florrojasc5834]

Pretty woman is a man , let’s be real it was a lie Hollywood a lie and corruption to the highest leves Child trafficking and Pedofilia everywhere that’s what happens,cause Trump is cleaning up

[@miguelbalisi9952]

Seriously, are there a lot of businesses closing??

[@Alanoffer]

Internet shopping has also killed the stores , in france here shops have been closing the last five years ,

[@rampar77]

All those closed stores sold expensive goods to rich people. Many rich people had moved out of Calf so no one was buying. No tourist could afford the price so they had to close.

[@Jakesullivan2112]

Now those businesses moving to cities like Austin or Dallas . Don’t you worry money always trails the money.

[@tonybudzevski9406]

Thank you for showing the reality.

[@Steve-Thirteenpoint]

It’s kind of horrible to see the state that California has become, but thank you for bringing us along on the tour Mike. As usual, your videos are second to none. Thanks again.

[@j.g.t7006]

It's not an American dream anymore. UNFORTUNATELY 😔 It's a nightmare 😫

[@BrunoHeggli-zp3nl]

Wrong!

[@vivianapereyra6529]

It’s so empty! Wow, the US is definitely not the same anymore.

[@stephenellis2866]

It’s a no go area,lived there 50 yrs was great wouldn’t go there for any reason !

[@Zizzyyzz]

You are witnessing its collapse. 🥁🍿🎬

[@jacknguyen5677]

They busy invading other countries

[@latortillachip]

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

[@latortillachip]

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

[@bulldozer99]

I'm waiting for a financial settlement and I was planning on having a nice lunch at Cafe Roma on a Saturday before I relocate to Las Vegas..... Well, I'm still planning on seeing a movie at the Chinese Theater as part of my farewell to California. It's quite amazing that I visited all those places in Beverly Hills when I first moved to Los Angeles from New Orleans back in November 2016 but I haven't been able to go back since 2019..... Sad but true

[@dextermoore278]

I loved going to Cafe Roma when I lived in Beverly Hills in my twenties. Beverly Hills was so beautiful back then. I can't believe that they have literally shut down and closed Beverly Hills. It's so sad.

[@frankfarago2825]

@@bulldozer99 Good move, I myself got the flying heck out of Kakafornication back in early July of 1976. You won't be missing anything in Kakaville, trust me.

[@matteoromenghi]

It was a great place.

[@victorharris5226]

Wow... If Beverly Hills is in trouble, that's no safe haven for any other cities it's really sad

[@C5Z06CarGuy]

Cities ran by Republicans are doing fine.

[@marytague6268]

Thank you, Gavin!👍. I moved out 5 yrs. ago seeing what was inevitable.

[@ryanretirement6662]

I live in California for 26 years i move to Neveda last year. Because california high cost of living, shoplifting, crime, homeless people, gun violent. Everyday homeless people keep rising and more thelfts stealing in the store.

[@josegarza6179]

Jist don't vote democrat.

[@peter-xw1mu]

Yea and you'd prolly vote left. Youre just gonna fuck up another state like a million other Cali refugees.

[@chuckh4077]

Hopefully not to Vegas or reno. They have the same problem with homeless

[@lefthand1973]

Wouldn't gun violence just be considered crime. Thanks for the bias.

[@loci1400]

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

[@CaritoWest]

Lawless

[@vanwunderlich8749]

Not acknowledging that it's mainly due to high levels of crime is like sticking your head in the sand.

[@CookieCurls]

@@vanwunderlich8749but it’s not though. Have you lived there? Crime is not that high. Up? Yes, but not even nearly as high as it was in the 80s and 90s. I’m LA born and raised and it’s way nicer in LA than it was back then where it was truly dilapidated due to gangs and drugs. The smog was so thick you couldn’t see the tops of buildings! And people act like this is a new problem… lol. I just have to laugh at it all. If Faux News told you to jump off a mountain you would! Politics and safety have nothing to do with it. It’s greedy, foreign landlords especially from China that have bought everything up and then leave the buildings empty. Thats part of their culture. They would rather have a building sit empty than lower rents. Because if they did their property values would decrease, and they only see property as an investment and nothing more. They have destroyed many cities, but especially LA where wages are not as high as other big cities, but COL is now higher than any other except maybe Manhattan. West LA is more expensive than SF if you can believe it. I get it, it’s a beautiful area. But it’s also the most susceptible to greedy landlords: not a lot of room left to build except up, and landlords would never allow that to happen.

[@AnthonyJackson-v5l]

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

[@lisalambrecht6676]

Kinda like New York’s Times Square.

[@goodhumourwagon]

" Berverley " LOL

[@AnthonyJackson-v5l]

@@goodhumourwagon There's no "e" in Beverly Hills!!!! 😐

[@shamelashayah5445]

Left California right after high school 2011, and never went back. I saw this coming. Some family members are still there, hopefully they will listen to me and move someday.

[@shinobirising8196]

This reminds me of the advice given when you see the water suddenly drawing back in the ocean. It's a tell tale sign of an incoming tsunami. Those who know and are wise, head for higher ground. The foolish stand and watch, mesmerized by the curiosity, until disaster strikes.

[@christopherfleming7505]

Great comparison! When the water reaches your feet, it's already too late to run.

[@annawood3074]

Good analogy

[@johnruvolis874]

A Truthful report by the GIV. Thank you.

[@cinziavittino5014]

Hi Mike, even here in Italy many shops and restaurants closed😔, everything has increased and for those who have a business it is very difficult

[@sailingaeolus]

@QueerdoLoc I think all [formerly?] European nations have been told white people are evil and are dying.

[@kurtjammer9568]

Yes I see your pain .when traveling in italy but just the same .the people were wonderful there .in a nice country..our problems in canada are getting worse..cheers

[@tammanyfields3583]

My Nephews girlfriend in Italy had her cell phone ripped out of her hand and was pushed so hard she nearly fell down a flight of stairs.

[@judithscobee8102]

Yes, even London has changed, lots of stores closed, there, too and homeless people as well!

[@uscgirlmeg]

I was a California native for 35 years. After Covid everything turned to 💩 and the last straw was a homeless man in his RV settling 20 feet from our front door and the police not being able to do anything for three months. We had video of a man hanging out on our driveway and watching me get in my car and leave and then looking in our windows seeing if there was one open. Police didn’t even care to look at the video. My husband was livid. Homeless camps in my hometown Torrance and Lomita (South Bay Area), the once lovely and safe Del Amo mall having riots and shootings, heavy unnecessary traffic down once light trafficked streets. Just messy, loud, depressing, annoying, unsafe. We left CA behind and I miss it 0%

[@valvlog4665]

Venice, CA was like that in the 80s. Off Rose Ave, endless lot of people living in campers. Venice is ultra left but even they have to establish no parking regs to prevent the place looking like a 3rd world country.

[@mondoenterprises6710]

NYC saw a massive drop in crime with their 'broken window' form of policing in the 90s, whereby small offenses were prosecuted as a way to teach people to not go down that road. I will always remember sitting in Union Square Park at that time, and about to open a beer when a cop walked by and asked if I was drinking beer from my paper bag, but I had not yet opened it. He said, you better not be. But Broken Window and Stop and Frisk was deemed prejudicial.

[@bgandjsco1]

Well, I'm glad someone in NYC remembers The Good Old Days. Everyone in NYC including the people running it seem to have amnesia. NYC in the 90s was heaven on earth. Unfortunately, the Idiots that live in the city weren't smart enough to keep a good thing and now NYC is a filthy dump.

[@advancetotabletop5328]

Now, in parts of CA, if you shoplift under some amount of money, it’s not a crime or something. Totally the opposite of ‘broken window’. ):

[@contessalouannec8064]

Mike You bring us the real news. Thank You for all the updates.

[@jimoncken6936]

Love your Arnold impression! Please do it often. Never tired of it.

[@benheveroh5275]

My guess is this guy is from Hawaii, speaking pigeon.

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

I love his clip on ponytail

[@robertwalker2052]

This is not an Arnold impersonation. That's just how he talks.

[@CherieAllen-g2y]

Who said it's an impression??? 🤣

[@standepain]

When I was in art school the dream was to move to NY or LA and get a job. Most of the excitement was to work with other creative people and of course the pay was usually 2-3x more than the same job everywhere else...so was the rent but it was just for the experience. Those days are long gone since no one wants to leave home anymore.