Lives of Homelessness on Vancouver's DTES - Life with little hope on E Hastings St

[@laarawilliamsen]

Thank you for sharing this video of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Canada. I hope that your video will not only raise awareness but touch the hearts of those who live in abundance. I hope that those with abundance will share this abundance. I am dreaming of a compassionate society where everyone's needs are met all of the time. There is enough abundance in Canada to serve everyone's needs even those in these drastic circumstances. Who will begin to organize this massive restructuring of our society? Will it be politicians? Will it be those with abundance? Or will it be those with a heart full of kindness?

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

Thanks for your words Laara. What I understand is there were a lady donating millions into treatment facility on DTES, the politicians always said working on it to improve DTES but not much better except less garbage and sense of smell on the streets, and local charities daily give food and cloth to these guys. But I am none of the above, by end of May 2023 I still owe CRA $3k plus daily interest.

[@crshh]

What good is awareness if you're not actually doing anything? I already know homeless people exist. The real question is : what is EVC doing about it besides using a camera?

[@crshh]

@@ExploreVancouverCanada How much money are you making off of the homeless with this video? Or are you actually doing anything with the donations people are sending you?

[@laarawilliamsen]

@@crshh It takes a lot of courage to use the camera and expose this tragedy and the truth of our Canada's failure and the obnoxious government and people who would rather ignore our 3rd world country status in Vancouver. Awareness is key to change. Don't knock this especially if you are not doing anything yourself to assist with compassion our dying human beings in Vancouver. I don't have the answers but awareness is the beginning of change. Please understand and support this young man with positive comments. Thank you,.

[@laarawilliamsen]

@@crshh What donations? Are you donating? I hope if he is receiving more donations that he is buying himself a new pair of shoes and a coffee. That is the least we can offer him for his expose of our tragic downtown eastside. Only through awareness will change happen. Canada is like a 3rd world country. The government must face this and take millions from all the other not so necessary funding and repair this neglected side of our country. Otherwise, we are a people without soul. Please think about this and leave more positive comments for this brave young man. Thank you.

[@YuosifAlquraishi]

لاني دارس جغرافية المدن ارى ان تصميم المدينه الاساسي و قياسات شوارعها وارصفتها و واجهات بناياتها قياسيه جدا لكن للاسف المدينه مهمله

[@starbright1256]

They have to want it, the sober life otherwise just carry on as is. Not much can be done.

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

keep dreaming

[@laarawilliamsen]

Did you say to your parents when you were young, "Gee, I am going to be a homeless drug addict when I grow up." You don't know what crushing life events have driven these people here. In the early 2000's the government emptied out Riverview one of the few of B.C.'s treatment centers for mentally ill. Guess where they landed - Downtown Eastside. And on and on. No one chooses this life.. Yes, I know alcoholics and drug addicts must want to stop but these drugs are not purchased in a store like alcohol. Stop the drugs and hospitalize the addicts. That is what could be done.

[@babyreps365]

​@@laarawilliamsenwrong the incidents u speak of barely make up 15% of these people the other 85% choose getting high over working dont lie

[@vallee7966]

@@laarawilliamsenthink of it like a lifeboat out on the ocean. Now think of those 1000s of swimmers swamping your little boat. You gonna go under trying to “save them from themselves”? You give away free stuff, you’re only encouraging this behavior.

[@susanfifer5744]

Vancouver downtown use to be beautiful , sad that all parties involved has let it come to this, another SF or Kensington right here in our own back yard.. Services are much needed for mental heath , addiction and most importantly housing ( affordable housing )

[@laurafulton7023]

Mass deportations are desperately needed immediately to return Canada to Canadians

[@cipherbenchmarks]

Relocating an individual with mental issues to a house won't fix any issues. It's still an individual with mental issues. The best psychiatrists in the world still don't even fully understand addiction.

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

Yes, we need all these 3 things...mental health, addiction, and housing plus an intelligent leader.

[@Meowface.]

There are housing options, there’s housing workers who help find you a place to live, there’s subsidies available to reduce rent costs But you have to be able to act civilized You have to be able to live without drugs If you’re in active addiction there aren’t a lot of options until you’re willing to get help I used to live on the street just like these people I’ve seen lots of normal people turn completely feral from drugs Meth and fentanyl will make anyone act like a lunatic N when they get clean they return to normalcy Most of the people you see who look like they need a mental asylum just need to get clean Sure there are some genuinely mentally ill, but they’re a minority compared to the ones just suffering from symptoms of addiction

[@rickk2012]

too much GREED NOW

[@YalalAlisalman]

اشرارة راديو القمر الصمتعى سبوتنك المحترم نحن سكان كوكب فيطا نود ان ننساعد طوكب الارض😊

[@tamaraflalo1891]

שלום חברים מכוכב אחר תחריבו את הכוכב הנגוע ותבנו טוב יותר 😂

[@MorchelHansHubert]

Dude, I wouldn't even drive through these side roads and you are just walking directly to groups of spooky creeps. Respect man

[@crshh]

People like this are a dime a dozen. They're only making videos like this because they've found out people will send them donations.

[@laarawilliamsen]

Thanks so much for acknowledging the courage it takes to make these documentary videos that expose the governments mismanagement of social issues; mental illness, drug addiction, homelessness and hunger. He does deserve lots of respect. Thank you so much for your comment!

[@Inf7cted]

@@laarawilliamsen So you call other humans who have addictions and suffer daily "Creeps" and its scary? Nothing in this video looks scary.

[@cornstar1253]

​@@Inf7ctedlack of personal responsibility is scary though

[@laarawilliamsen]

@@Inf7cted That was not me or my comment.

[@YuosifAlquraishi]

طريقة عمل الحاويات على الرصيف فكره جيده

[@kuznecss]

Два вопроса Почему у большинства бездомных кроссовки новее чем некоторые у простых людей? Куда они ходят в туалет, это же много людей?

[@phoenixman8569]

OOOOOOHHH!!!!! I've suffered hardships in my life and poverty so I've turned to drugs to cope because that's what you do, Yea right!!!! "IDIOTS" "BUMS" "LOOSERS" I'm low income in b.c myself don't have much and have had major hardships and misery including my dad passing away leaving me with little family left, but you have to hold on to hope for a better tomorrow and turn to services to get help, not numb yourself into a zombie like state, and a slow drawn out self-induced death....

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

Thanks for sharing your story dude. Hoping more guys will follow your footsteps into a brighter days and so on.

[@lynnbaker2336]

Are rents ten grand a month yet?

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

Roughly 3k

[@cornstar1253]

​@@ExploreVancouverCanadathen move...

[@ZoraDrinic]

KATASTROFE ..GOD HELP .

[@LordTyh]

What's wrong with your sound? I can only hear lousy footstep noise in the background.

[@tomcervenka7883]

I'm not sure who's burning less calories, the zombies or the police.

[@titusmccarthy]

ACAB

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

zombies burn more. cops stand still, sometimes play with gadgets

[@tedandress2741]

Yes its sad however I don't think anyone has the right to destroy business and streets like this

[@titusmccarthy]

They are human beings, Cletus. Where are they supposed to go? Homeless shelters couldn't begin to support all these people.

[@NestleSnipes2040]

@@titusmccarthy Let natural selection run its course.

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

Entrepreneurs don't run business in this hood.

[@iworkout6912]

@@titusmccarthy These people made the choice to use drugs. No amount of free housing, food, etc. will help them unless they want to be helped. Vancouver us following Portland and SF on the road to ruin by making using drugs okay.

[@laarawilliamsen]

@@titusmccarthy Thank you. A good response. We all need to be compassionate actually, I do not understand those who have no compassion for this suffering.

[@NestleSnipes2040]

I see Mayor Ken Sim's sweep of the area was successful. 😐

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

costed taxpayers an arm and a leg for decampment.

[@cheetabis]

life is a choice.

[@alangrant5684]

I have a great idea: let's hand them all a free and "safe" drug supply and send them back out so they can "keep going". At least they won't die anymore than they already have. Wait ... apparently that's already been suggested??

[@lynnbaker2336]

This formerly homeless person never drank or did drugs! Yes ,we do exist!( faints)!

[@alangrant5684]

@@lynnbaker2336 Granted you do, and I commend you, but how many of those people you see here are like you?

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

BC lost about 8 per day, buddy.

[@cornstar1253]

​@@ExploreVancouverCanadaand increasing with ridiculous NDP/ Liberal policies

[@racko6ix]

Them alleyways got my gag reflex stirring up.

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

interesting laneways.

[@racko6ix]

Nothing like poo and pee tokes on a sunny Sunday morning just before finding breakfast.

[@brandonwoo3778]

Trudeau has done a great job. 😂

[@valeriagabrielli1308]

Che degrado e sporcizia...volevo fare una vacanza in queste zone ma anche no

[@cuocsongdailoan8538]

Nice video, thanks for sharing my friend

[@catarmy6927]

Why they like to sit on the floor? What are they doing?

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

sun tanning maybe?

[@timmartino7269]

Ha ha ha.. No one to buy something to those store.. fraid of homeless 😂

[@anonymous_anonymity]

What is so funny in that? You laughing at those people at distress? U anus-hole!!

[@lorityson79]

go inside the carnegie. you scared?

[@cornstar1253]

"Get high. Dont try " DTES

[@redmusichouse]

No fate but what we make. These people made a choice.

[@lynnbaker2336]

These people are individuals. I am a formerly homeless person who never drank or did drugs! Yes, they do exist!😂

[@NestleSnipes2040]

@@lynnbaker2336 Choices are many things, not just about drinking and drugs. We all make many choices in life; some wiser than others. Luck certainly plays a part. Life is often not fair. Let natural selection run its course.

[@lynnbaker2336]

@@NestleSnipes2040 well, having been homeless, I will say that 80 to 95 percent of them are substance abusers. But there is that very slim minority that are not. I have known less than ten people in my entire life that escaped homelessness permanently.

[@NestleSnipes2040]

@@lynnbaker2336 Sorry through whatever circumstances you ended up homeless but kudos for pulling yourself out.

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

Most of the time we made wrong choices. I often do.

[@nedhappily]

Largest in Canada

[@modtomodern]

Poor tied up doggie.

[@helbitkelbit1790]

Exactly....I feel sorry for the Dog !!

[@davechang2949]

Existence life drama awareness, reality truth knowledge philosophy experience death ,,,,,,,,,,,, Hope.....,GOD.....,

[@TRAVELOWL]

so bad

[@faustozambrano4901]

Quit saving face, Sarah...you have a problem with Tranq

[@PontiacS.]

1 minute in and I Couldn't deal with the Volume of your Footsteps. Too Annoying. I'z Outz.

[@mosquitobight]

Canada is becoming severely overpopulated. It was already one of the world's most expensive places to live because of its harsh climate and rugged geography. The population is larger than that which can sustain itself economically and an increasing percentage will become unemployed and homeless. Even the "successful" people are finding it more and more difficult to feed themselves and keep a roof over their heads.

[@phoenixman8569]

You are correct about this to a point, But have you ever heard of a toxic street drug called fentanyl?????

[@ExploreVancouverCanada]

Overpopulated? Right. Canadians mostly live in the big homes with 2 people.

[@mosquitobight]

@@ExploreVancouverCanada Even before Canada's economy started to decline, the way we live was becoming unsustainable, with urban sprawl into the countryside and cars being the only way to get around. It was briefly affordable during the post-WWII boom and people made the mistake of falling in love with it and wanting it to be the new norm. Mark my words, in 50 years most of the city suburbs will become ghettos with boarded up windows, weeds and garbage on the lawns and streets in disrepair.

[@Inf7cted]

@@mosquitobight Sooner than 50 years! Try 2040 - 2050 if it even lasts that long into the great reset. Robotics will takeover many jobs soon enough even as AI becomes apart of medical and educational programs. Though their tactic at this point will be universal basic income and that will just keep you alive enough. I looked at single rooms in Canada and almost felt sick from their prices. One room in Vancouver was asking 1500.00 lol. Or many asking 500 weekly.

[@cornstar1253]

​@Inf7cted glad I bought rentals when they were cheap 12 years ago.

[@user-cf1se1kk5x]

a liberal utopia.

Escape artists.