What The Hell Happened to Los Angeles, California??

[@NickJohnson]

Here is my entire California playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLq-_cmf3H6yomU5rB6yOC5C9hr0Qnkf1l

[@joannemonast8670]

Research nestle/morongo Indian Hitler mafia gang exempt of consequences of breaking law's and genocidal behavior's in California and beyond since the 1800's!

[@aflo2468]

,HEY NICK, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK BECAUSEU GIVE THE HOMELESS SITUATION A PLATFORM AND PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THIS AND COME UP WITH IDEAS TO HELP GET HOMELESS PEOPLE OFF THE STREET. ESPECIALLY THE ONE THAT WANT TO DO BETTER. ALOT OF PEOPLE WORK AND STILL CANT AFFORD A "DESCENT" PLACE TO LIVE. IT'S RIDICULOUSLY AND SAD. IM SICK OF SEEING THIS KINDA SHIT. IN "EVERY STATE" YOU HAVE SKID ROWS.

[@judithgrace9850]

Thank you.

[@davidstaudohar6733]

Hi Nick it's Dave , Your Footage 🎥🎞️🎞️📺 is more like a Reality 101. Slap in My face every morning , Is this what I Fought and served. In the Marines Navy and coast guard for , ❓❓❓ come see 👁️👁️ anytime As Always 🦅🇺🇸🦅‼️

[@pammpowers3149]

My husband was a native sun born in Hollywood he saw this very thing happening in the late 99s I had by then lived and worked in the LA Basin 33 yrs. Our youngest daughter had to in the. right elementary and middle school to ha be a chance at the best collages and the education. She intended to pursue we moved back to my hometown and she graduated with honors from my alma matre the push line It ain’t that easy in other states so research an area where you want to live

[@freeestyleobsessed]

I’m born and raised in Los Angeles and I’ve had friends and family in Los Angeles since the 1940s, the city has taken such a massive nose dive it’s actually embarrassing to have family and friends come in from out of town and visit because driving through LA is beyond embarrassing and it’s actually really unsafe

[@NickJohnson]

I know it's so ugly now

[@brendamichelle4783]

Not to mention the reputation you have coming to a new state saying you’re from LA. In my travels people are like “oh sh!t another Californian🙄”

[@baddd59]

@@brendamichelle4783 yeah in then90s as a kid people felt this way too .

[@Drumsticksmcgee]

Sounds like Canada, minus the homeless...

[@coiledsteel8344]

LA is Paradise, Compared to Parts of San Francisco.

[@celestepalm6949]

I lived in L.A. for 10 years, & that was 10 years too long. With each passing decade, Los Angeles looks more & more like its opening scene in the sci-fi dystopia _Blade Runner._

[@faraon2012]

Economy collapse and civil war is coming over us, be prepare for the beginnings of the new Atlantis of Francis Bacon in United State of America. (2020/2070) Kent007👓: For Your Eye Only 👁 (KryptoS/CIA)

[@celestepalm6949]

@@faraon2012 Oh noes, not Francis Bacon! I'm also seeing flashes of a Hieronymus Bosch future. Head for the Hills!

[@celestepalm6949]

​@@ogs_Boga1900 Ha, you nailed it. At least it's way prettier where you are, so you're getting something more for the insane $ you pay there.

[@tigerfist2864]

More looks like robo cop orvthe walking dead movie

[@Zazz_Blammymatazz]

You make that sound like it's a bad thing. 🤣

[@lipstickjelly6831]

I visited LA in 2015 for a job interview at SpaceX. I took a day trip to downtown, and I had no idea what I walked into. I went to The Last Bookstore on foot and wandered until I ended up at the Cecil. I was shocked at the homelessnesses issue and it was so sad. I decided against moving to LA, as I didn’t feel safe at all.

[@lindasmith8056]

I’m from LA, born and raised, and so glad I left. It’s an absolute sh*thole

[@jacobtennyson9213]

Good for you.

[@therollsroycetrent7008]

San Francisco is getting worse and worse.

[@frankihatch]

Nah its still a dope city

[@darnellmajor9016]

So Linda is LA really not like what see in the movies? LOL

[@therollsroycetrent7008]

@@darnellmajor9016 I believe as Homelessness gets worse in Los Angeles / California, residence of California will be moving out of California. If not, I would be surprised.

[@randawagner3287]

The guy in the plaid shirt who turned his life around: someone gave him a second chance, he took it and made good on it. Proud of him.

[@danielhackney7806]

@Randa Wagner, He's the one in ten that makes it off the streets. I wish it was more, but the reality is most will continue to make poor choices in life. My father was a drug and alcohol counselor for 35 years. The reality was about 1 in 4 turned their life around.

[@cesarayala7391]

And now he looks down on them and the programs that he used himself.

[@goddessempressal8gned892]

Some of us have done that and to this day thankful I escaped captivity in Pakistan.

[@goddessempressal8gned892]

@@cesarayala7391 he's only stating saddening facts. Been there did that on skidrow.

[@rgcwow]

@@cesarayala7391 You must have watched a different video than this one? But thanks for your virtue signaling anyway.

[@thegoldstandard55]

Lived around Los Angeles for 33 years. In the 1990s you could rent a 3 bedroom apartment for $800 and buy a home for $200,000. Politics were moderate, homeless were just isolated to skid row and Santa Monica, roads were in good shape and it was livable. Fast forward 25 years, and now it's turned into San Francisco.

[@Triple7000]

25 years ago SF was 10 times better than LA.

[@daimyofrancisco-rhodes8536]

1990 one bedrooms were $710 in north Hollywood... What are u talking about with that $800 number? What part of l.a. can u do that?

[@1983jcheat]

When I moved to LA in 2006 a 2 bedroom in Culver city was like 3 grand a month. Parking not included. They wanted like $100 a month for Parking.

[@judithscobee8102]

@@daimyofrancisco-rhodes8536 in 1996/97, I got into a 2 bedroom, 10 unit apt in Sherman Oaks for about $600-$650! Now same apt is over $1,000.

[@brandonwoo8299]

@@judithscobee8102 the increase is not much after 25 year 😁

[@hubertmoody3769]

I've been living in Southern California for 37 years and i've seen LA go from bad to worst and now to no solution.

[@yulyasevelova769]

As I recall 40 years ago, and our return to Los Angeles,the actual city- and our homesickness and nostalgia,was replaced with shock and dismay,at seeing homeless people with nowhere to sleep, no real help available,they were trapped in our old neighborhood. In looking at apartments,there was sticker- shock,at the market rates of the day,and few vacancies at that !!

[@michaelasay8587]

Hubert...why do u stay there??!!!! Biden is trash....

[@yulyasevelova769]

@@michaelasay8587 It's probably because the land itself is beautiful,and it's home, at least for now.

[@elhajjmalikel6266]

I'm from Orlando, Florida. I've never in my life ever cared to go to LA. Just something in me never quite gravitated or took an interest to Los Angeles. They paint LA as this paradise, but you see how gutter it really is from this. This definitely would not fly in my city. Oh no!

[@SpaceRanger187]

dont move it will get better

[@susanjaneterry1073]

Watching this for a second time, I have to shout out that life doesn't have to be like this. Inverness, Florida is paradise. Please don't tell too many people, though. I love my town. Absolutely love it. Left CA 3 yrs ago and never looked back with regret. Thanks for your work, Nick. You can change the world one person at a time.

[@NickJohnson]

Ok Susan.

[@M13x13M]

I was pleasantly shocked when I visited Florida this winter. As you say it’s paradise compared to San Francisco . I had lived there so long I forgot what civilization was.

[@GarthGoldberg]

LA residents spend the highest percentage of take-home income on housing costs. LA has the lowest percentage of homeownership. LA was once the realization of the American Dream for a working person. Not anymore.

[@SpaceRanger187]

when i grow up im going to move there and be homeless..sun shine and free money..

[@NSgeg765]

Build more housing.

[@fretsward2225]

Only the millions of Mexicans and their children are DREAMing...

[@spark300c]

that because LA is saturated and no more places to build. Only why to own housing is LA metroplex and be affordable is condos. How ever los Angeles ban the building of duplex all the way to the quadplex.

[@listeningmiddle7446]

When a country doesn't have laws anymore or their laws cater to those who who are lawless, this is what you get.

[@dng1377]

Spot on.

[@elgallito1982]

Lol

[@crazycaseyandoldmanangus7143]

Whenever I’m perplexed about a moral issue I always ask myself What would Jesus do? 😝

[@pyramidhead138]

oh this country DOES have laws, but their protecting the wrong ppl

[@SpaceRanger187]

just blame Trump blaming him will fix it

[@melanie4926]

My experience homeless Cali 2014-15 was horrific. My financial problems started in '08 until I finally lost my home. My van was stolen so I was literally on the street, alone. I never knew a homeless person and was totally naive. With God's grace and mercy I've been able to reestablish every material thing I had lost and more. In looking back I'm grateful to have endured the experience which brought me to a deep understanding of hope and faith.

[@teemadarif8243]

thank the Lord

[@denisestephenson2947]

Just wanted to say I was born and raised in LA became homeless at 25 years of age you never want to be homeless in LA God is the one that got me out of there I've been in Fresno California for 31 years now

[@tinawindham6958]

I hope you pay it forward. They need someone who’s been through it I imagine. God speed🙏

[@melanie4926]

@@tinawindham6958 absolutely

[@teemadarif8243]

glad you came out of it safely and wish you the best.

[@Panda-kc8qk]

Thank you for making this video. I grew up in LA and still live here. I spent many years working in homeless services and recently quit because of the chaos. So much of what is said in this video is true. Please continue to make these videos to shed light on what is really going on.

[@supermodern]

Have an email.

[@catchcourtcourt]

Yep, born and raised in L.A. My family has been here 4 generations. It's really become unlivable. And the sad part is, no one really sees it as a product of their voting habits and liberal policies. We are so used to the homeless, the traffic, the insane cost of living and it's become "normal", not realizing that it actually is not.

[@lannywallace6466]

The sad thing is the world's changed and there's nothing we could do about it I mean their family and friends are out there dying they don't care it's all about money right now I mean you don't see border patrol in Tucson anymore which is in Arizona I mean there's nothing really going on anybody can get away with anything right now it is so sad America's gone Lady Liberty is crying

[@yulyasevelova769]

I hate seeing what the politicians' from both parties, remember under Reagan and with Pete Wilson and Deukmeijian, they ignored the homeless since 1980. I'm old enough to remember when there was no homeless people outdoors,until that year. We now have a permanent housing shortage,and thanks to all the people who have arrived for 40 years, no apartments getting built for 40 years,and the homeless shelters and agencies do profit from homeless people. This is now a Third World country. Getting a passport and leaving, because of ball the racial strife and societal violence, and the forsaking of average citizens. Record numbers of people are leaving,and not planning on returning,ever !!

[@22lyric]

And the gangs.

[@yulyasevelova769]

I do wonder, what do the California Native people think of all this humanitarian crisis ?? All this money set aside for housing isn't being USED for that purpose ! Most of it is stolen and diverted. Garcetti should be put in jail for corruption and theft !! Not just him,btw. $1500 is a joke, it will not cover market rents ! Instead of giving money, it should be housing and rehab, not free booze, drugs, cigarettes. Seniors and disabled people are the fastest growing demographic for becoming homeless,and such things like free drugs or $1500 will NOT help THEM. Nothing short of bringing back the good jobs, manufacturing, and a massive building campaign for housing of all kinds will conquer homelessness.

[@douglasstewart3889]

Lol. “Liberal policies”. Look at truly liberal countries, Sweden, Norway, Finland, even Germany. Even there they have problems but in comparison to the USA, the depravity of your capitalist failure resulting in billionaires versus the homeless.

[@Jsart87]

Me in 2002- “I’m going to do anything I can to live in Los Angeles” Me in 2021- “I’m going to do anything I can to live far away from Los Angeles.

[@peterpan8263]

Please let me help you pack you won’t be missed

[@Jsart87]

@@peterpan8263 you’re so funny. Stop it with your funny jokes you funny guy. Where do you come up with this material? You must be part of the comedy scene or something. I’m just gonna stop now before you own me again.

[@SaturdayNightSlamMaster1980]

@@Jsart87 Don’t let Peter Pansy help you pack, he’ll probably steal your copper pipe out of the walls for crack $.

[@davidp2707]

Fact is, many people want to live in LA but it's only good for those who can succeed there. It otherwise sucks

[@Jsart87]

@@davidp2707 true! Same with New York. If you’re not in the industry or job making 125k; absolutely no reason to live in either city. Visit a few times per year if you really like it but otherwise your living paycheck to paycheck and can’t even enjoy the things the city has to offer.

[@sandienochs6132]

We left L.A. a few years ago for Portugal. We sold or gave away everything, house car, every single thing Our rent is one third of what it was and it’s furnished. We can walk to the beach and the grocery store, so no need of a car. We also don’t need a gun, the crime rate is so low, it’s almost boring. But best of all, people here are civilized. Get a passport while you still can, it’s a start. Good luck all.❤️

[@theonlineanimal6009]

You should still get a gun. Better to have and not need it rather than need it and not have it. Sure you don't need one today. But life dosnt warn us when it going to hurt us

[@TaraConti]

Now Portugal decriminalized pretty much all drugs right? I’m just wondering how that looks over there? Is it an issue or do they seem to manage it well?

[@sandienochs6132]

@@TaraConti yes they decriminalized all drugs, and it worked out very well. Crime and deaths are way down and a methadone van is on hand before addicts go to work. Yes I know it sounds strange, but many addicts got bored and went back to work. We had a huge problem with heroine here, it is much better now.

[@sandienochs6132]

@@theonlineanimal6009 When we lived in the states I always had a gun, in fact I am quite proficient with handguns. I understand what you’re saying but it’s just not needed here. It seemed weird to me too but with only ten million people in Portugal, we all seem to avoid gunplay.

[@theonlineanimal6009]

@@sandienochs6132 I say it for more than just people. Me personally, I enjoy hiking through the mountains. And unfortunately some dangerous animals enjoy the mountains too. So it's good to have something that can not only kill a dangerous animal. But it can scare off animals. Preventing violence to either me or the animal. Also its very loud. 3 shots is universal S.O.S. a system that has saved many outdoorsy risk takers.

[@christopherbrown8185]

As a Black Man that was born here in Los Angeles the fall of 1967 life is sad and unappealing. When most of the people around you are sad, broken and desperate you must be strong otherwise you'd become the negative.

[@NickJohnson]

I agree Chris

[@chumpvilla]

The one guy mentions Austin, TX as a city doing something right with the homeless. I live in Austin, TX and the only reason we have removed the homeless camping is because the citizens voted against our City Council and Mayor to overturn their disastrous homeless policy of "camp wherever you want". The state recently passed a "no camping" law as well. Many of our homeless left the town/state after that. We are still fighting the City Council and our DA to get things in order. Nothing changes with these politicians unless the people force them through their votes. Until then, they will just grandstand and use the latest slogan (i.e. homes not handcuffs) fed to them by their political party.

[@skurinski]

Austin is not like the rest of Texas, its a left wing hell hole. With the radical left controlling the city, I dont think it will have a bright future.

[@eduardoe4200]

What’s funny is when they ask how is Austin helping those people and he said “they have a no camping policy “. Yes but how are they helping them ? Lol

[@bunnyben5607]

@@eduardoe4200 You just can't, it's not their fault and it's not the city's fault, but for the vast majority (think 99% of homeless people) it's completely impossible to help them. People have tried rehabilitation programs, housing subsidies and so forth, none of it's worked. If you try to help homeless people with housing projects they'll just find ways to destroy it or make the situation even worse. The only thing you can do is take your hands off the issue and say "not my problem" then send them across the country, sounds cruel because it is. This is what people aren't willing to talk about, this is the dirty secret.

[@basedcon1262]

@@bunnyben5607 This. It's a shit situation, but you cannot help these poor souls.

[@craigsheil4294]

The democratic party is the true evil of this world

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

L.A. might be the worst place in the state for out of control homelessness, but northern CA has its share. Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, and smaller cities up and down the Interstates. The natural beauty of CA is blocked by blight. The on-ramps and off-ramps form concrete "shelters" where people live like trolls and beg for $$ when traffic is brought to a stop at red lights. No sanitation, rat-infested, trash-filled encampments inhabited by people that have lost their way in life - lost jobs, lost minds, lost health.

[@michaelasay8587]

And where do u live in the terrible US?

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

@@michaelasay8587 in northern California - the Bay Area. I don't think that the US is terrible; rather, times have changed and the homeless crisis continues to grow without apparent solutions.

[@whatadollslife]

I live in San Jose ...it makes me cry to see people camped on freeway onramps ...I believe people should be able to choose what level of lifestyle they have ,even an urban nomadic life ...but there should be safer areas where people can camp/live/park their tents and RV's with some sort of dignity ....not some soggy weedy side of a busy highway ....also San Jose is not interested in having new laws preserving mobile home parks in the county anymore ,which in the past were a viable life for retired/poor people to live .......if big tech wants to continue to control the land use here they should have to build hundreds of thousands of low cost living situations as part of the zoning ...talking to you Google

[@prissymegan5202]

Seattle has the third most homeless. La is second and nyc is first. Idk Seattle is getting very very bad too

[@mikehayne538]

Argentina, America!

[@coolbreez773]

You can't blame people for 'giving up' Working a regular job is an absolute con. You work 5 days a week to own a home - which is empty most of the week! The 2 days off are mostly spent doing chores to maintain the home - for the 5 days when you are back at work! You also spend a good percentage of your wages just to up-keep a vehicle so you can travel to work! Then (if you're lucky) you retire at 65 to die at the average life expectancy age of 78. How this blatant con has been ' kept alive ' for so long completely baffles me....??

[@giddyupgazboy1]

Trick is to get a skill that let's you earn money from home and work less. Keep learning in the extra time you have. You're right it's OK having a job but when you stop learning from it then your just wasting your life

[@awifeinterrupted]

I worked a regular job as an accountant for 25 years and then retired. You may consider it a "con", but it's how I got to where I am today. Did I have days where I dreamed about doing something else? Of course I did. Did I get tired of the commute? Of course I did. But I just kept my head down and kept working. That type of "con-job" may not work for everyone, but it worked for me. Today I tell young kids, go to trade school and learn a skill customers need and will pay for. It's not necessary to incur hundreds of thousands in college debt in order to obtain a career....unless you have your heart set on becoming a doctor or a lawyer.

[@coolbreez773]

@@awifeinterrupted Where are you today? If you had your time again would spend it as an accountant? I did 20 years 'in the system' and regret 90% of it. We only have one life so I say do what makes you happy (without hurting others of course) And not what 'society' expects you to do.

[@awifeinterrupted]

@@coolbreez773 - I began my career in Accounting in the 1980's. It was a good career for the times. I don't regret it. Did I love it every single day? No. But I did provide a benefit for my clients and that was satisfying. Would I choose the same career today? No, because of technological advances accounting has become commoditized. I was focused on the end goal which was to have a paid for house before I retired an no debt. That career got me there. Now I trade in the financial markets for a little spending money and spend my days hiking with my dog. Or doing whatever else I want to do. I'm still plenty young enough to enjoy life.

[@coolbreez773]

@@awifeinterrupted Hey Sandy I'm glad your career choice paid enough for you to acquire what you wanted and retire young enough whilst you're still young and able to enjoy life, but for most people this is rarely the case. Life is precious and 'regular jobs' rarely enhance peoples lives, in most cases they sabotage lives. I think more and more folk are finally seeing past the old BS American Dream / work hard and you'll be rewarded mantra. So they're 'opting out' and searching for alternative lifestyles, and who can blame them?

[@suziex4190]

Appreciate your interviewing style, and what your interviewees shared.

[@NickJohnson]

Thanks!

[@broosewee]

Glad I found your channel. Really insightful analysis with on-the-ground reporting and first-person narratives from actual people. Good stuff!

[@jonothandoeser]

Liberal ideas = Hell on Earth.

[@tomoc4586]

I used to live LA and my husband income was low so it was difficult to find 2 beds apartment because we have 2 kids. So we tried to apply low income apartment. They said you need to wait about 5-10 years. Yes that is the time we decide to leave LA. And that was great decision:)

[@davidp2707]

LA has enough low income people. Sorry that there wasn't more room.

[@judithscobee8102]

Ca has a housing crisis, more low income people and not enough apts available, like HUD subsidized housing, especially for disabled/Seniors! Many HUD apts only have like 50 apts, more or less! This the long waiting lists! You need to wait for someone to move out or DIE to get an apartment! Ugh!

[@judithscobee8102]

This creates a homeless population!

[@tammanyfields3583]

Ya know what is disgusting is families on welfare are taught to teach their kids the minute they turn 18 to get on the waitlist for ten years and wait for their number to come up.

[@ABa-ve3ul]

@@tammanyfields3583 😳😳are these in certain areas and how much?

[@Dagger-Moose]

Friend of mine was a contractor out there. He left for Florida two years ago and doing much better. Reason for leaving was certain people bid on jobs lower than he could because they dont pay taxes or pay liability or workers comp. I asked him how they get permits and he said he didnt know but thought they were paying off inspectors.

[@denisestephenson2947]

They're making money off the homeless people and only people that's making money is a friends of them people this at the top

[@Leonida4507]

Omg ! I don’t get it , receiving $1500 a month from the government ? Government is taking so much tax from me as a hardworking middle class ... I am so sad to think about this ..

[@hockeyplayersnetwork3307]

Yes, corruption is a huge issue. I am not making excuses for it but when you are rank and file guy who is traying to survive in Ca you do whatever it takes, this is what folks don't understand prices go up and up and people simply can't afford it so they steal to make up the difference.

[@denisestephenson2947]

@@hockeyplayersnetwork3307 I understand I was born and raised in LA and I was homeless at one time when I was very young and my early twenties but it's nothing like it is today it's horrible and I understand you got to do what you got to do to make ends meet I was there too La pushes you to do that

[@ABa-ve3ul]

@@Leonida4507 how exactly do they give that much money??🤯

[@pamiejay]

Wow. What a powerful conversation. I’m born and raised in California. Inherited my childhood home and I’m ready to leave California but I don’t know where I’d like to live. I’ve researched so many places and not many appeal to me. I’m single, have a pension and work a job and it’s still hard to make it here! Plus I feel as if the government doesn’t care about the working class! I owe every year when I file taxes. Student loans are too high! It’s becoming very depressing here and I’m miserable. I think about selling my home every month. I’m so confused, disgusted and unhappy!

[@whodidit99]

LA is a sprawling metropolis. If you live in a nice area, you can isolate yourself from most of the depravity. Some people rarely leave their area.

[@TS-gf6ou]

Exactly..here’s what people don’t get. SoCal is freakin massive. These videos are always in skid row where 99% of people who live here will never even see it.

[@mchammer9184]

There’s NO SUCH THING as a “nice area” in Los Angeles anymore. You must not live there…Even the pompous and snobbish Westside has been overtaken by homeless and tweekers…..And Ive got the receipts to prove it…LA is TRASH….The entire county is GARBAGE….It doesn’t get better until you cross into the OC…

[@ffarmchicken]

@@mchammer9184 I agree. It’s everywhere in Los Angeles basin. It’s tolerated too.

[@TS-gf6ou]

@@mchammer9184 what did LA do to you? Lol. Pasadena Area, Palos Verdes, Torrance, Manhattan/Redondo/ Hermosa Beach/Culver City, Sherman Oaks, Porter Ranch, Glendale, Woodland Hills are still very nice places to live. There are not homeless just wandering down every street in LA county. That is just not true.

[@TS-gf6ou]

@Vantum Noir live in OC work in LA.

[@ed5308]

I grew up in LA in the 50's and 60's, went to school, went into the service, worked for the City of LA for 30 years, retired and left. First it was so beautiful. Yes there were homeless people but they were near downtown by the bus station and were not in the thousands. It so sad what LA and the entire state has become. I miss the clean streets and the ability to go out and visit different parts of LA without looking over your shoulder. This was thirty or forty years ago if you were wondering.

[@rojoknight]

Same came to the promise land in 1963 still live in San Diego county in a upscale community but also have a cattle ranch in the mid-west. Best of two worlds weather wise in California and crime wise in Missouri. But than again no heaven on earth believe me folks been all over this world and just not here.

[@xxxYYZxxx]

There were over 1000 murders in L.A. in 1980 (42 years ago). 1992 was a peak crime year in L.A. The homeless epidemic, overcrowding and arguably quality of life are worse today, but L.A. isn't literally more dangerous now than "30 or 40 years ago".

[@sebastianniittyvuopio5017]

LA is the uggliest city lve ever been.

[@hotsoupknor5657]

You mean while the crack and gangs were in their highest range ¿?

[@wimvanaerde6249]

The Charles Manson saga in the late sixties is unimaginable, greetings from belgium Wim

[@Oceanwind-hj2kc]

Nick you have NAILED it, California has changed, extremely, over the years. I'm moving out of CA by next summer. I can't wait, everything in this video is SO TRUE!

[@keitharvd]

Nick your videos are getting really good! You’re hitting on factual points and exposing the truth. Great guest’s on the show!

[@kaynehalliday4616]

It's pretty sad. This same thing is happening in Seattle. I left Seattle and moved to Redmond to the East. It is so different and way better. All the money Seattle spends on the homeless problem is doing nothing and it shows.

[@swtv1754]

I left Seattle too, but moved east to Kirkland. It's like night and day to compare the two. I really hope Seattle can solve this problem. They need to stop enabling a segment of the population who refuse help. That would be a major start.

[@SpaceRanger187]

this is nothing go to Oakland

[@the9likesfemdom]

I left wish I was in the Redmond Kirkland area but i am in Port Townsend now Yeah Seattle is ruined so sad

[@oldsalt8011]

Seattle is great for the homeless and druggies but not as nice as LA. Winters are hell in Seattle.

[@postscript5549]

I have lived in Seattle for decades. Since around 2016 everything has gone downhill. More violence and theft evident in the past two years. Awful.

[@erics6822]

Drove by a fire station and saw across the street a burning trash pile in the middle of the side walk with a homeless person sticking a needle in their foot injecting something. I was dropping my four year old off at daycare and he asked me why was he putting a needle in his foot....It was then I made it my priority to leave this hell hole.

[@NickJohnson]

Run!!

[@mritzs5142]

please leave, At North Hollywood Park there were always syringes in the grass ,get your child out of there LA is over ,Good Luck

[@Declan_Payan]

Downtown LA is absolutely disgusting. If I was the mayor of LA, I’d be embarrassed

[@jacobtennyson9213]

I been through that city 15 years ago. It's wasn't that much homeless encamping on sidewalks.

[@Declan_Payan]

@@jacobtennyson9213 The city is so dirty, and rundown. You can’t even walk on the sidewalks without stepping on human feces and needles

[@jacobtennyson9213]

@@Declan_Payan Now it is. Even in Hollywood.

[@TS-gf6ou]

I actually work in DTLA and have for 7 years. It’s actually not bad at all as most of the homeless are kept towards skid row. These LA videos are usually all on skid row which doesn’t represent all of LA.

[@TS-gf6ou]

@@Declan_Payan no it is not. Only if you’re in skid row. I work in DTLA and have for 7 years so I would know.

[@Baheieujlsksnen]

Thanks for the great video. It's really helpful.

[@Mountaintrucker909]

Nailed it! Moved from Los Angeles to the mountains and will eventually move out of California. Sad thing is that people are moving to the mountains and bringing "Los Angeles" with them.

[@TS-gf6ou]

@Tara Mabry very hospitable of you making them feel unwelcome. Says a lot about your character.

[@qjtvaddict]

Hopefully when they leave the country they don’t bring their US culture with them

[@rnsteve2265]

Dang Nick, you're crankin these vids out lately.

[@scovell7]

There is much to chronicle in the collapse of our civilization.

[@sciencescripture]

Corrupt Democrats ‘happened’ to CA.

[@a012345]

No Mappy to get in the way.

[@derekwhite9932]

We need it to try slow the collapse.

[@Heyymynameisjbells]

I moved here right after 2010 and its crazy the decline since i have moved here. Its ashame because california is beautiful but the homeless everywhere is super disheartening. But with homeless comes the crime and there are not enough police for the population.

[@keyshawnscott12]

Hey your so damn good looking btw but it's due to everything being so expensive living isn't even a right

[@christopheralonge7758]

Just a bunch of drunks drug addicts and felons with no desire or motivation in life. They are NOT all mentally ill. I am getting sick of hearing that bullshit

[@womansworkproductionco]

@@christopheralonge7758 I agree. I remember bringing some fast food to a homeless guy and his sister and he said, "What the f*ck am I supposed to do with that?" Later I saw him carrying a case of beer. Since then I have no sympathy for them. When they ask for spare change, I say, "I don't carry cash." Misguided bleeding hearts should stop giving them money. They're only encouraging the behavior.

[@MiguelHernandez-rj2uz]

The city needs its citizens to step in if not then def gonna end up worse. Citizens not the Gov

[@paralyzdtheory]

As a kid, my mom drove me through skid row to show me what a life of drug addiction would lead to. It freaked the crap out of me, and this homeless dude ran up to our car window and was trying to unlock the door.

[@realityobserver7521]

Omg that's scary but desperate times call for desperate measures nowadays. That was good parenting. Did it work?😅

[@paralyzdtheory]

@@realityobserver7521 im a project engineer now, so i say yes😂

[@coptertim]

As long as homelessness is big money for those who manage the money, nothing will change. We have also returned to the easy on crime, activist judge mentality of the 1970's. It sounds great to our, "Touchy Feely" crowd until the wolf is at their door. Its defund the police, support the homeless an 911 when the problem hits their door. I'm 66, you can't begin to imagine what California was like before its current condition. So much has been lost. It truly was the Golden State.

[@ruthlittledean4343]

Regretfully, 100% agree. The corrupt are making a mountain of money off of human suffering, and there's no way to stop this train. The votes aren't there.

[@rosesummers5075]

Exactly

[@quetzalcoatl9993]

I was told by people from Kansas that people from other states pay for them to go out here to California yet say we're the problem smdh

[@qjtvaddict]

@@quetzalcoatl9993 kick them out

[@learnmathwithme3864]

@@quetzalcoatl9993 Yes, the load them onto busses, and trains. Homeless people across the nation come to California, due to the weather.

[@elizabethgrogan8553]

2 days ago, I watched an LA Utube family make decisions on how to donate $100 per child to charities. They chose American charities which support African/Asian families. I was shocked that they didn't look at the 3rd world conditions on their own doorstep.

[@harukrentz435]

They want to keep their delusion of american being the wealthiest country in the world.

[@jasonjames4254]

They want to donate their money where it will actually do some good rather than just be used to enable someone's drug habit.

[@strega_babeharestreets2339]

Some people are delusional. Walk backwards forward.

[@then8ivepatriot]

I lived in LA for 6 years and I left 2 months ago. Best decision I ever made. I’m in TX and don’t have to deal with LA bs that was going on. The girl at the beginning was right; fights on the bus and metro and you just learn to ignore things around you. You learn to turn a blind eye to the amount of homeless people. It’s really sad.

[@blueeyedwolf2205]

Texas is getting bad too.

[@jtommyboi]

@@blueeyedwolf2205 its just Austin tbh

[@then8ivepatriot]

@@blueeyedwolf2205 it seems fine. I haven’t been to Austin but I hear that’s getting bad. I’m in west Texas and I haven’t had many problems here

[@jtommyboi]

@YT Flava houston sucks for different reasons. Mostly the horrible traffic. A lot of cities have that problem. But thats way different than the kinds of problems you get from liberal policies - being overrun by homeless junkies and stepping over human feces everywhere

[@zinta1]

Problem with moving to Texas.. is that sooo many Californians move here and start to VOTE for the SAME liberal trash policies that is destroying California.

[@kellyb.3600]

Whoever would have thought it would be okay to shoplift under a certain amount... Insane.

[@jbloun911]

I'm traveling to Kali just to take a dump on the sidewalk and then leave.

[@asullivan4047]

The diabolically destructive democratic😈 city council of (LA) condones it-!!!😉.

[@Daoistify]

50 years ago, every young person in the whole country when starting out in life dreamed of going to LA. Now it's a shithole. Thank you Nancy and Gavin.

[@kennethmorgan7957]

And Garcetti

[@TS-gf6ou]

And guess what they all came here lol. Which is why CA is so crowded.

[@michaelasay8587]

@@TS-gf6ou so yr defending LA? Liar... Like Biden...well yr whole US is trash now and most of the people in it!!

[@TS-gf6ou]

@@michaelasay8587 lol what did you say? Yr.

[@SR-zc6lk]

Started way before Gavin. The problems in LA started in the mid 60s.

[@imonittonite]

Many props to the dude who got saved and turned his life around. God is there for those who seek him.

[@carolynbell2246]

Amen.

[@pdcdesign9632]

Apparently your god is doing a LOUSY job not helping out with the homeless population 🙄

[@peterjpavlov]

@@pdcdesign9632 Apparently, you know nothing about God. I suggest educating yourself by reading The Bible before saying something dumb.

[@goddessempressal8gned892]

AmenAseAse🕊️🤍🕯️

[@stacey_d]

Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

[@lindabriggs5118]

I was born and grew up during the 50's, 60's and 70's in the LA suburb of Inglewood. In the area of LA there were very few homeless, unless you were driving past McArthur Park and down by skid-row. It was a safe place to live. Our backdoor was never locked even. But in the early 70's I moved to Palmdale, then to Utah. Now I live in NC. I am so glad I got out of California when I did. But when I did live there, it wasn't a bad place to live. It really started to fall apart, I think during the 80's. I'm so glad my parents have passed on so they don't have to see what has become of LA and California now. Even the majority of friends and family have moved away from California. So sad, it truly was a nice place at one time. 😪

[@TS-gf6ou]

It’s still a nice place. I live here and love it. There are definitely some places that aren’t as nice but that’s why you can just avoid those places.

[@markfurman4386]

Friend of mine used to call it Inglewatts.

[@happydays7648]

Regans policies as governor is what caused all these problems.Just like what he has done to America.

[@celestepalm6949]

My grandparents lived in Inglewood up until the mid-'90's. Whether you blame it on immigrant & gangsta inundation, white flight, middle class dropping to working class from the insanely rising cost of living, or a combo thereof, yes, the neighborhood sadly tanked about that time.

[@markfurman4386]

Oakwood has gone through the same demographic changes as Inglewood and virtually all other LA communities. It's a function of population trends as much as mass relocations. Compton was a nice place, Santa Monica, a quiet seaside village with farmland between it and LA. -- At one time, that is. Used to be a dirt road from Rose Av to LAX. Few houses along the coastal areas, but Venice as it exists today was all rural. That dirt road is now Lincoln Blvd south of Rose but it WAS Lincoln Hwy after they upgraded LAX by paving it. My mom's family lived in Santa Monica from the 30s onwards. She met my dad at the WWII era corner gas station at 4th and Pico, while she worked at the old SM post office with all that really nice wood paneling. They got married at St. Monica"s church after he finished piloting a B29 and came home.

[@sunnysanjo]

I really appreciate that you got people with a variety of opinions to speak on the subject. And while I definitely don't agree with some, it was very helpful to see that.

[@NickJohnson]

Ok!

[@payersystempro]

I left Los Angeles and California for good in 2011. I'll always miss the mountains and desert, but will never go back. When I sold my home in LA, I purchased a 10-unit apartment, a 3-unit apartment, and a modest home for myself with the proceeds in a nice midwest city. Almost all of my closest friends and acquaintances, about 30 people total, have all left California as well.

[@vmvm3857]

Except that you’re now in the Midwest.

[@Nix_IoI]

@Citizen De Watts California wack

[@TS-gf6ou]

@LEONARD Maltin-Gae have you ever lived in CA?

[@djm5687]

@Citizen De Watts Do you feel the same way about immigrants that come from dictatorships and poor countries and then "talk smak" about their former homelands?

[@djm5687]

@Citizen De Watts Organges have more nutritional value than apples.

[@Columbus1152]

Man this is a great video, voices from the street, and I'll bet none of L.A's "leaders" heard a word of it. California is clearly an aristocracy, a class society for those who can afford it or else you're in the sub class. I'm glad these people got out, sounds like it turned their lives around.

[@brianticas7671]

It didnt use to be like this man. Everybody had enough man. Even if you lived in the hood you had your nice pair of kicks and were able to pay your rent. Never thought la would be upside down luke this. Its the politicians that did this 2 man.

[@teemadarif8243]

well definitely need to hear these voices

[@hockeyplayersnetwork3307]

I lived in Los Angeles from 1984 through 2005. I left in 2005 because I saw this entire mess coming years ago. I could go on and on about all of the reasons why, what I can tell you is that it was once paradise. During those years the state was run by republican's I just don't see how any clear thinking person doesn't or can't admit that the demise of the state is directly attributable to leftists' policies. I don't like to call the Democratic because they aren't this is leftists' policy. I think what would make up some great and very interesting videos would be if you interviewed the folks who are complaining about the situation but continue to support democrats in elections? They just got all the signatures required for a recall election and put the same party in charge which has destroyed the state? Somebody is voting for democrats, I would love to know why you continue to place the same people in charge year after year after year that are destroying the state. Even if you are a hard core democrat I just don't how you could vote democratic after seeing what has taken place in Los Angeles it's mind numbing.

[@NickJohnson]

Great idea

[@howdareu964]

Makes one think how prevalent fraud is

[@nagasako7]

It seems liberal elites in NYC would never allow blight and crime sprees that are allowed and zero dollar bail in California. It's almost like (elite) liberals of California get off to seeing people struggle. Because they don't live in Central LA. They live in Hills or Lake Tahoe.

[@morenomoreno7230]

Could you name 5 policy changes that conservatives can implement to make California a better place to live and work. We need a change...

[@morenomoreno7230]

@Citizen De Watts Thank you citizen De Watts for your thoughtful reply. I will contemplate the policy initiatives you have outlined. Have a good evening.

[@theaviator9869]

Left LA back in 1996 and don't miss it.

[@johngarbarini1048]

Plus, the stock market has not even crashed yet. Look at all these bigshots in the last 2 months selling all their holdings. Rats fleeing a sinking ship. Wait 'til that crashes, and another 1 million nationwide go into the streets. Your analysis is correct for the current state of affairs, and still, it doesn't include a market crash, which is 2 years overdue. Every day, I stop and reflect for 1 full minute, that I have a paid-off home and a modest, but solid income. In the next 2-3 years, if you even have a roof over your head, be thankful. People don't like my saying this, but be prepared.

[@jeffhepburn3039]

Sadly, the homeless have little to look forward to .That might explain why 3 weeks surviving on the street followed by a week in a hotel might seem pretty sweet..

[@melanie4926]

Getting a shower and having a door with a lock on it doesn't sound like much unless you're homeless. I paid $100 a night when I could for a room. From having your own home 20+ years to the street is almost like an out of body experience. Your comment was spot on.

[@ABa-ve3ul]

How about renting a place for that amount and getting a job?

[@therollsroycetrent7008]

As the economy collapses, expect way more homeless in California. Sad but true.

[@frankihatch]

At least the weather is good

[@SummerlinRealtor]

Born in LA grew up in the valley and west LA in the 80’s and it was awesome! The 90’s after high school is when things got bad for me. I left LA in 2003 for Las Vegas and have been back to take care of my mom in Northridge until she died in 2020. I couldn’t believe the changes I saw. Homeless all over the place blocking sidewalks etc. so glad I left but sad that my home town has turned into a mad max world.

[@djolivas1818]

Mad Max would be a step up

[@elliotmann8882]

I moved out of California in 2010 after my parents passed away. The only reason I want to go and visit that state is to hang out at Zuma Beach, or maybe Catalina Island. But for the most part, there's nothing California I want to ever see again.

[@davidortega357]

I bought a home in bay area of LA county for 15 .000 dollars in 1976 home wear cheap in Torrance homes were 45.000 then real estate boom began inflation now it's impossible to but a home unless you win lottery

[@aimeekreutzer-malkawi]

I feel the same way. I left on 2006 and never looked back. I visit every now and then since most of my family is there but when I try to visit people I’m stuck in traffic most of the time so it definitely makes me not wanna go often

[@daniloandrade8119]

Not even Disneyland? The happiest place on earth???

[@judithscobee8102]

I miss Venice Beach and Santa Monica Pier!

[@judithscobee8102]

Left the west side of L.A. in Dec 2015! Moved to Lodi, Ca areas!

[@GarthGoldberg]

German In Venice has a video where he interviews a guy living on the sidewalk in Venice, who gets $1,300/month in SSI benefits. There are certainly places in the country where a guy could live on that money but this guy would prefer to live in the sunshine in a tent on the sidewalk.

[@TS-gf6ou]

Exactly. A lot of homeless I have worked with in LA are in the same situation and choose to stay because of the weather when they can have a roof elsewhere..

[@malcorub]

Tijuana has the same weather, lots of expats stretching their SSI down South.

[@fofofofo3076]

@@malcorub but its not safe

[@glowingstar71]

Considering how many million dollar homes there are in Venice, including little shacks, that’s not a bad way to live!

[@frankihatch]

@@TS-gf6ou los Angeles has the best weather in the country

[@GarthGoldberg]

Marsha Berzon on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is a leading person responsible for the present situation on the West Coast. By taking away the ability of cities to enforce their anti-camping ordinances, this is what you get.

[@syberpunk]

I’m sure she herself lives in a pristine, gated California community.

[@bettyschneider5268]

@@syberpunk i know right! 💍💎👗👙👖👠👠🏯🏫🌉🏫🌉🏡🏠🛩🚙🚐

[@fretsward2225]

All we have to do is just one thing: Enforce our immigration laws and stop mothers in their third trimesters pouring across the border, giving birth as soon as they step foot on U.S. soil to claim the child a an American...

[@bettyschneider5268]

@@fretsward2225 I agree! 🎭🇺🇸 They should have let Donald Trump finish the wall & enforce immigration laws! 😱 and we wouldn't have this problem! Thank Mr. Joe Biden Administration! 🎭🤹👨‍👩‍👧👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👪🤰🤰🤰🤰🤰

[@teemadarif8243]

a piece to the puzzle

[@JKL_04]

Left LA about 8 months ago due to a job transfer after living there for 10 years. These pictures of how much the tent cities have extended across the city are shocking. Don’t remember it being that wide spread before I left. When I started noticing more tent setups in the Valley, literally miles away from Calabasas under the overpass, I knew it was getting out of hand. Not controlled at all. LA is beautiful, offers great employment options (imo), and an overall different quality of life…..if you can afford it. Rent, mortgage, property taxes, state income tax, and gas prices are crazy. Oddly enough you get used to it, until you start to realize your income will go further somewhere else. But it comes with a lot of adjustment if you’re not originally from there. It’s not a place for the weak by any means.

[@antn8387]

the "unhoused" industrial complex is a money maker for the state. CA wants to keep that federal income stream coming!

[@jacobtennyson9213]

What fed housing for LA? Too much polittricks! There will be such fed housing in Cali for a long time. So the homeless problem will keep on poling up.

[@MasterofLightning]

Man, Nick has really locked in on this topic since I've watched last. "Shitty parts of the country and why they're shitty."

[@Ret_Chrogames]

No one gets $1500 a month “from the city.” The guy you interviewed is misinformed. He might be referring to SSI/SSDI benefits, which are state disability benefits, not “city or county.” County offers general relief, which is 221 of cash aid and 200 on food assistance (food stamps) per month. The issue with LA is it’s focused on building “housing,” however whst they fail to capture are the people who refuse these “housing.” A lot of people are homeless by “choice” unlesss they get housing of their choice, which is usually an apartment over by Malibu that is fully furnished, and not shelter, shared housing, or even subsidized apartments in lower income neighborhoods. Additionally, a lot of folks who are “homeless” have records that makes it impossible for them to get housing even if it’s available, such as being registered sex offenders, history of evictions, convicted of manufacturing or distributing meth… etc.

[@michaelfried3123]

I caught that too. Dude has no cred after saying that. In fact, this whole video smacks me with the vibe that republicans would do a better job. LOL what did Trump do for LA? NADA....all talk, both sides.

[@respecthumility1417]

Fact

[@rc2488]

Definitely ssdi/ss, $1500 from the city, wth he talking about. Politics, all about the $$$$, They're making money off the homeless, just putting a bandaid on gunshot wound

[@EM-lf2jb]

Lots of states don't want to deal with people who have drug or mental illness so they tell them to go to California then blame the state.

[@davidortega357]

Those people who had mental problems and gangbusters in jail or prison hardly ever worked after they retire they get SSI maybe 800 a month those who worked all their lives like me started after military 22 years retired at 65 we get SSA. 1500 dollars a month those who get a pension get 5.000 a month it pays to stay out of trouble and stay sober youll live longer and happyer I'm a home owner to use to live in Wilmas now live in northern CA

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

I live in Los Angeles, and it is an embarrassing mess. I don't think it will ever be fixed. What a shame. If you remember the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and the 1980s, then today's L.A. makes you cry. So glad I lived when I did.

[@sweetdrahthaar7951]

I went to both LA and San Francisco numerous times for concerts when I was young in the mid to late 70s and early 80s. It didn’t seem dirty or dangerous. Then was back in about 2005 to take my daughter to Disneyland and it still didn’t seem that bad. What’s going on now has happened in the fairly recent past. I have no desire to go back.

[@johngarbarini1048]

At 31:00, the young lady talks about her family owning a cement company. My advice is: be careful around cement workers, because they get away with "mortar!" (nyuk-nyuk-nyuk) Seriously, I moved from NYC to Ecuador. I bought 5 acres of farmland for $55,000, and put a house worth $70K on the land. 2,300 sq ft. Take your California home profits (NY and other areas, too), and get out while you can. Moving overseas may seem extreme, but when you're put in a vise grip, consider it.

[@majuq.1958]

Ecuador best weather in the world.

[@bigguyCIA4u]

California, where you're either rich or you're poor. Like a 3rd world country

[@spark300c]

​@Eidelmania You forgot Texas. Its petty big economy.

[@lewiss.3786]

@Eidelmania lmao "where almost literally half the world wants to live". I think you need to step out of your bubble. Californians have such a deluded view of themselves and their state. The world isn't fooled anymore by Hollywood propaganda. California is going to the dumps.

[@alonsolaw8380]

It's not like a third world country. IT IS A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY

[@alonsolaw8380]

Rent a dive house in LA for $5,000. A month

[@alonsolaw8380]

LA is a dive

[@TheRumblewagon]

The misconception is that you can just move (flee) to "greener pastures". However, we are witnessing a realistic version of zombies in that this blight will simply follow and spread to those greener pastures like a human plague.

[@glowingstar71]

For some of us, these are the green pastures. You can make a six figure salary as a secretary here. There is a lot of fucking money in Los Angeles. But the green pastures are not in the video, they are in other neighborhoods that Nick failed to drive through for “some” reason.

[@ThunderKat2012]

Well said…enough people are fleeing rather then staying in LA.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

Speak for yourself there, Dracula

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

@@glowingstar71 Yeah horseshit

[@glowingstar71]

@@The_Conspiracy_Analyst sorry you couldn’t make it here. I won’t be thinking about you when I go to a sexy party with onlyfans models in the Hollywood hills this evening ;)

[@rajeshshah5296]

Excellent coverage Nick. Salute to you. I live in Australia and I find it very hard understand such facts from horses' mouths,.,.! God bless you Nick

[@StevenGrahamHypnotherapist]

So I can go camping on Venice Beach and, pretend I’m homeless and collect a $1,500 check? How does one prove they’re homeless? Recent homeless arrivals from anywhere seem to be fast-tracked into that crazy system. How do I sign up, lol? Common sense seems to be a rare commodity in LA politics.

[@SpaceRanger187]

just go to the court clerks office and sign the papers

[@Zzzsleepzzz]

I don’t think it’s $1500 unless they were collecting unemployment during covid everyone was getting the max but you have to qualify for it- an old employer that signs off on it.

[@lokdwn4561]

Ikr 🎯👍😌

[@hadamerryweather577]

😳😂Good point!

[@angcil88]

The woke leftist doesn't have common sense..

[@goldensgreensandblues3858]

When I was a bartender I got big tips from homeless. I tried to refuse once and offend guy who said he was equally able to give to others like people just gave to him.

[@BillLaBrie]

He was probably making more money than you were at the time.

[@Thunderbyrd.]

Governors and mayors have put more criminals and drug addicts on the street by not prosecuting them, then when other criminals find out they won't be punished they move there also. With higher amounts for a felony, handing out money, and not prosecuting crime creates a rich environment for criminals, crime, and homeless.

[@aubreebey1SD]

Where you gonna put them in a overcrowded jail or prison...

[@KevinPlaysGuitar]

That's why you see a lot of "smash-grab-and go" a lot lately.

[@teemadarif8243]

possibly LA has been lost to some other entity , as if folks in charge just up and walked off the job for some apparent reason but the reason in it's entirety hasn't been made clear

[@8bitgoonies]

I moved to Australia 10 years ago from America, its amazing how much better off people are here, very few homeless and those that do choose that lifestyle still have full healthcare...

[@prdubi]

Born and raised in Los Angeles proper, Melrose, Bancroft, Fairfax. It has changed a lot and it sure isn't the same at all anymore. It is really sad now.

[@erikhernandez7197]

That part of The City looks Bombed out.

[@victoranker2916]

Me too!!! Bancroft '64 and Fairfax '67.

[@episodebeats2817]

Nowadays you get robbed on Melrose while having lunch in outdoor seating on the sidewalk. Heck, people are even getting shot having lunch in Beverly Hills.

[@prdubi]

@@victoranker2916 I bet you were at Bancroft when they had archery and air rifles? I know we had archery in the 80's but the air rifle stuff went away.

[@erikh9991]

The first thing I did was go to Melrose when I moved down here in the 80's. I loved going to Aardvarks (?) and get a pair of Doc Martins or clothes at the punk stores!

[@Julian_TheApostate]

I remember being a teenager and dreaming about moving to Los Angeles, many years ago. These days, not so much. Really loving your content, man. Keep it up!

[@boundariessetinstone5893]

Sounds good cause we can’t fit anymore ppl coming from a many generation native like 7-8 generations.

[@ABa-ve3ul]

@@boundariessetinstone5893 yea it’s already wayyy too crowded and all this is insanity!!

[@melissas7589]

I had friends that paid huge money for a condo in Long Beach then lived as neighbors with the subsidized people as the condo association rented to them after they bought, and it was havoc. The one took his dogs outside and was chased by a crazy with a machete and thought he was going to die. They moved to another state.

[@ns711-y6n]

I moved out of Los Angeles in 2018 to England, I loved it here, I have a stable job with very civilized colleagues, good income, much less on housing, free healthcare and more importantly safe and secure. I gave up everything I built in Los Angeles for good and now I live with peace of mind away from toxic fake Los Angeles culture. Instead of paying for 12 bills, I only pay 1 bill here. Thank God🙏

[@lisapalmeno7434]

I love England, but I don't think I could move there, not unless I were forced to leave and to choose a place. Then it would definitely be England.

[@ns711-y6n]

@@lisapalmeno7434 apart from its weather during winter, England is a very stable safe and secure country specially for families. People are real and care for each other, as they have a rich culture..

[@lisapalmeno7434]

@@ns711-y6n I went to school there spring term of 1986, at Regents College in Regents Park. It was a wonderful place, but then so was Chicago back then. Times have changed too much.

[@godspeedmax6038]

Ppl always talk about alcohol and drug problems but why is it so rampant. 1) lockdowns 2) unaffordable housing and life in general 3) no political competition 4) giving generous benefits to ppl who see squatting as a viable way of life. If yur not drinking or doing drugs before these insane policies, u sure are now

[@stansova3138]

Because 90% of the Democrats are involved with the drug trade and alcohol. Only thing the Democrats know how to do good is party on the rest of the USA taxpayer money.

[@neighborhoodcatlady6094]

I was born in LA many years ago. Left CA in 83, cannot believe the videos coming from there. Never saw homeless except a few drunks that were on Skid Row when we went downtown. Never saw any tents and garbage at side of roads. So glad I don’t live there anymore.

[@ontogeny6474]

I remember LA from the mid 70's. I was just a kid but my dad (who at the time was a shopping center developer) would sometimes take me along with him. I would wait in the car and he would pop in at different business meetings. I loved it. But could you imagine leaving your kid alone in a car there today? Yep -- it's not the LA I remember. Not even close.

[@1020donny]

It's true that a large portion of the dregs come from out of State and you can't forget that the West Coast was heavily impacted by Martin v. City of Boise. Where cities outside of the 9th Circuit region can address the issue of homelessness, degenerate drug addicts, and bums, the West Coast is prohibited from doing so.

[@DanielleCapichano]

Martin versus city of Boise is something a lot more people need to know about. Thank you for teaching me something new today!

[@vantastic9367]

I wish I had known about Martin vs Boise when I vacationed in Hawaii, I could of just pitched a tent made a homeless claim instead of paying resort fees🤣

[@stonesofvenice]

Wow, I had never heard of this! Thanks for pointing it out.

[@boblester8641]

Did these people being interviewed toe in the problems?

[@melissahamilton4103]

California looks horrible! I can't believe what is going on !

[@itzparalax9661]

Growing up in the suburbs of LA where homelessness used to not be tolerated, I’ve noticed over the past few years the homeless problem bleeding into the area. Makes me especially mad since I have and currently am taking the initiative to work on my mental problems and acquiring skills to be a productive member of society and my tax dollars are essentially enabling these people to shoot up in the street and be a stain on society.

[@Raja221]

let me guess. and you still vote democrat? LOL man people these days.

[@itzparalax9661]

@@Raja221 no you guessed wrong...smh people these days just assume anything if it fits their narrative

[@mscali1839]

@@itzparalax9661 exactly I agree

[@jaykay415]

I grew up in the SF Valley, and i don't think it's that we didn't tolerate homelessness so much, as that we just didn't have homelessness. (I mean there was one alcoholic man who used to hang out at the Panorama City library - now THAT wouldn't be tolerated anymore, because it was a great place for kids! - but I don't actually know if he had a home or not.) But housing prices in California have risen to such stratospheric heights, that anyone on the fringes who loses their marriage, their job, has a mental health break, whatever crisis it may be, is in much more danger of losing their roof. Complicating this magnitudes more is the influx of fentanyl, and just the level of addiction right now. (So we're not stopping drugs at the border, and many of our jobs have completely migrated to China.) It's just a different, and very problematic, world. But it sounds like you are doing what you need to do for you, and that's so great! Don't let anyone knock you off your game. :)

[@catherineblair550]

What is the government doing to enable these people to shoot up?

[@indy4jul991]

Hi, I am from Ohio and I have been keeping tabs on status of homelessness across our country through your videos as well as others. I am both amazed of the magnitude and horrified. We live in area where there are no homeless on streets but we have many discussions about how the state of living can become critical even for us in a short time. Really liked what one of your guests was saying about minimalism and having more people in society adopting that philosophy might be a great approach to beginning to help lessen the suffering of those who have so little. Often wonder what will it take to activate a major shift in consciousness away from the worship of materialism and toward what really matters and that is LOVING one another and treating eachother as we want to be treated. It seems simple in writing but apparently putting it to practice would be key! Thanks for shining a light on these issues and for advocating for a better way! God Bless you

[@nowaynoway915]

I’m in Ohio too! There are homeless here but I have rarely seen people just on the streets. We have shelters but a lot are at capacity. Where are you?

[@vietnamvet4533]

Only reason you have no homeless in Ohio is well no one including them want to live there. Here in the Gunshine State of Florida they like in Cali are all over. Warm weather is the reason, sleeping in the woods, on the beach etc. Big difference that here in Florida we have a non Dumbocrat running the state, so tent cities aren't allowed unless of course you go to the big cities and well there the Dumbocrats are in control, and oh wait I wonder is there a correlation between Dumbocrat run cities and states and tent cities, nah probably just a one off.

[@majuq.1958]

Minimalism is the way.

[@RAS_Squints]

Last time I was this early, there was Roof Koreans stationed in K-town

[@keeh8267]

Fighting poverty has no profit for the politicians, war does!

[@travist.7279]

I grew up in San Francisco, in the 50's, 60's and 70's. I'm not old enough to remember the 50's. But, in the 60's and 70's, SF was a solid working-class town. It really started to go to hell in the 80's, with the "yuppie" invasion. That was when the class divide really began to form. I finally moved away in '99, when it just got too expensive. There seemed to be a concerted effort to drive-out the working class. As a friend of mine said back then, "They have taken our home, and they've turned it into a playground for the rich!" What I see there now, is like something out of The Twilight Zone. My mind just can't wrap around it. If you ever do a piece on SF, I'd be happy to be interviewed (though I don't have a video camera).

[@ericbentsen1785]

People were leaving SF in the early 80's because of the Reagan Depression and because HIV was just getting noticed and causing a scare/panic. But I would expect higher real-estate prices would drive people out too. With a minimum wage around $3/hr, what can you afford anyway?

[@fbmimpy]

True loneliness is one of the biggest reasons for our societies current state... divide and conquer, they're damn good at it

[@life5161]

Us average people are sinking FAST. It's ALL getting unsustainable

[@jasonjames4254]

Only in liberal areas.

[@ScottyMedina]

Great video of all these different opinions and views. I think this is one of your best videos.

[@eddieg6436]

I paid $520,000 for my house in Calabasas (L.A.) back in 2002, and sold it for $1.3 million this year. The constant wildfires, and high property taxes, and California income tax made me flee to Las Vegas. I retired, and paid CASH for a gorgeous home with a pool, and 3 car garage, bought an electric car with a 400 mile range, and put $500,000 in the bank. Now I visit Malibu, and Calabasas, and Beverly Hills and stay in beautiful hotels, eat in the best restaurants……and then get the hell out!! L.A. is LITERALLY a Grand Canyon, you’re either rich, or poor. If you’re in the middle, get the hell out!

[@ericbentsen1785]

Back 30 years ago there was talk on the radio about requiring a minimum income to move to California, say $70K/yr. It's probably double or triple that now.

[@eddieg6436]

@@ericbentsen1785 …….quadruple.

[@eddieg6436]

@Octillionare My mortgage was around a grand a month, but I added (a lot) of additional principal money to PAY OFF my loan asap. The crazy, high property taxes of L.A. county are the huge bummer.

[@eddieg6436]

@Octillionare There’s a thing called mortgage insurance the banks charge you if you DON’T put about 20% down as a down payment on your home. P.M.I. (mortgage insurance) is a way for the bank to get more money out of you, it’s a BAD thing! Basically the bank isn’t sure that you’ll make your monthly payments if you put less than 20% down on your home, they’re UNSURE about you, so you as the homeowner must pay insurance. I DID NOT want to pay mortgage insurance, so for about 2 years I stopped eating out, stopped buying clothes, Starbucks, and the day to day “stuff” in life so I could save EVERY PENNY to put 20% down on my house. (I ate a lot of Mac n cheese, and peanut butter sandwiches!). After about two years I’d saved the 20%, found a home, and DID NOT pay mortgage insurance. So I put A LOT down on my home!! I also made a 13th payment every year on the home, and included X-tra principal money on my payment IN ADDITION to the payment. I wanted to not have a mortgage, it’s like a chain around you dragging you down, even though your home goes up in value. Long story short, INTEREST the banks charge you is your enemy, yes, you get to write off some of that on your taxes, but it still sucks.

[@eddieg6436]

@Octillionare If you don’t have the 20% down, or aren’t willing to wait until you have the 20%, and don’t have a rich uncle to give you the money, if you must get mortgage insurance, keep checking your principal amount, once you reach a certain amount you’re eligible to lose the mortgage insurance! Mortgage insurance (PMI) is basically the same as driving down the road throwing hundred dollar bills out your car window, it’s not good!!

[@aware24]

People are just bad at managing their money. I’m latino, I bought a house in 2018 in majority white neighborhood, several kids, wife doesn’t work. The majority of the time I was on low six figs, a bit higher now past few years. Still, I budgeted and saved for about a decade prior to buying and will retire young since my mortgage is for 15 years. 1st generation here, it can be done.

[@jasonjames4254]

Yep, hard work and discipline beats the victimhood mentality any day!

[@777jones]

I pray that you tell that story in schools. That is the most powerful message kids can hear. My greatest gift was nobody let me be a victim. I had no choice but success. As you know, success is there for anyone. But not for victims.

[@majuq.1958]

Proud to be latin american living the american dream with hard and honest work. From a third worl contributing to the american economy.

[@bs4real]

You have 3 kids? Oh trust me: your wife WORKS!!!!

[@aware24]

@@bs4real haha indeed being a mommy is a full time job in itself 😝

[@bvddan]

Nick, I appreciate your video's, thank you for doing this. I am a San Diego native but have not lived in CA since 1992/93. LA was sometimes a place to go in the 80's for "night life" and know the area well. The last time I visited was around 2010. This is sad to see. Thank again for your efforts on this channel.

[@ryangray600]

There’s homeless in Chicago but it’s not like la for one there are no tents. What you see is someone on a corner or the street with a sign. However it’s mostly because it gets too cold in the winter and way too hot in the summer for the homeless

[@Nystromj1]

I see the videos of LA in the 60's, 70's, when I grew up in SoCal. Those really were great times ... no other place was better to grow up. I look at the slides my folks took back then, and there were few homes where I grew up, orange groves still plentiful, and so on. Obviously, that's all changed. While I haven't lived there for years, I was a frequent visitor checking in on the folks. The decline started in the 80's. I remember the economic blows beginning as different industries began to leave, and the signs of decay became apparent. The last time I was there, I drove from the coast, across the LA Basin, to the S.F. Valley, all on surface streets. It was block after block of graffiti, stranded shopping carts, trash, stucco falling off buildings, everything had bars on it and bus benches all had someone with all their possession in a shopping cart just sitting there. The roads, sidewalks were all falling apart, and no signs were in english, anywhere! It's no wonder that the decline has gotten worse ... and the homeless problem is an absolute travesty because I know that all those taxes have gone into the pockets of political friends, not to solving real problems!

[@judithscobee8102]

I lived in L.A. for about 55 years with my parents, different neighborhoods and in the late 60’s, 70’s and ‘80’s, but after the Olympics of 1984 things got more expensive and began changing! I finally left in January 2016 to go up to Lodi (South if Sacramento areas)! Housing crisis has created a major Homeless problem in CA and other states! Sad to see this happening; poor and disabled and elderly suffer and some die!

[@osonomeo]

80's the Reagan years. ( I grew up in L.A. too and saw the gradual decline)

[@vietnamvet4533]

Yea the good old days grew up in the 50s and early 60s and you should have seen this country back them. And in the late 60s the shix hit the fan, and it has all been down hill since.

[@luislaplume8261]

When Rory mentioned the Walking Dead he reminds me of the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia that is infected with fentanyl and high grade heroin, and the city council and the mayor does not give a damn.

[@johnhowells2395]

Just another Democrat city people should wake up.

[@packisbetter90]

Kensington seems like the worst place in the whole country

[@KB-ke3fi]

@@packisbetter90 It's only a block around or so. NOthing nlike skid row of Venice Beach.

[@northsouth8884]

The problem is FATHERS are being removed from the American home. This is the result of the single mother epidemic.

[@gringoboy701]

I never understood the appeal of L.A. You can ignore the crime, cost of living, bad air quality, traffic and it still isn't a nice city to live in. It's one of the ugliest cities I've ever lived in.

[@eleventy-seven]

To the gentleman that says CA is broke...They have had a budget surplus that past few years and must balance their budget by law. I Left for Sonoma county (wine country) after the riots to a small town in the Redwoods. Now it's time to move to Washington as far away from Seattle as possible.

[@nicthegiant]

I am a college student who grew up down the peninsula from San Francisco and I moved up to Pullman, WA for school. I live closer to Idaho than another city in WA and its the best decision I made to move out of the bay. The bay is my home and the 650 will always be home to me but the bay and California in general is just getting out of hand with costs. it feels impossible for someone to move into the area without 100k/yr jobs.

[@damfst23]

Thank the federal government and Jim Crow Joe for financially bailing out the bad fiscal management of California,s state government.

[@PlantCraft]

Yeah there was a budget of 75 BILLION as reported this past May

[@cynthiacole6140]

There was a comment that the homeless get $1500 a month "from the city" in LA. I have not heard of this amount before. Are they referring to disability insurance??

[@TS-gf6ou]

Yeah that is not true lol. Probably SSI or something.

[@lockelamora0717]

And, this is assuming that you can accept the word of that particular person as absolute fact. If you want answers ask the authorities.

[@lockelamora0717]

@@TS-gf6ou 50,000 homeless at 1,500 per month means the city is paying out $75,000,000 per month just to the homeless. Not likely.

[@TS-gf6ou]

@@lockelamora0717 yeah I know I’m saying the 1,500 a month is not true lol

[@ariariari1]

the city doesn't give money at all. the programs are federal/state. also 1,500 is an overestimate. more like 800. that guy really didn't know what he was talking about

[@lindaeasley5606]

I would encourage anyone to watch any half hour episode of the 1960s Dragnet show. It was based and filmed in LA . You will notice a stark difference in the way the city looked then . Same goes for the 1970s TV show Streets of San Francisco

[@ericbentsen1785]

But NYC was on fire and on the brink of bankruptcy in the mid-1970's.

[@gregjackson5426]

Very well done documentary. Thanks.

[@freddyhoyt1849]

I am so happy I left California I was born an raised in in the Bay Area and it’s so bad

[@RGE_Music]

I just left the bay area. Normal living is rare

[@belkatesfjgv6099]

I laugh when Americans make fun of 3rd world countires now HONEY look at your backyard

[@ABa-ve3ul]

Who would make fun of that either way? Only evil regardless where they live in the world

[@dandruff2118]

Born and raised in Los Angeles county, 37 years, it has never been worse. I know it will still get worse before it gets better, because nothing has even begun to noticeably change yet.