Beverly Hills is Dying , lots of Stores are out of Business. Beverly hills is becoming a Ghost Town
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- čas přidán 2. 04. 2024
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I am driving through Berverly Hills. I could not believe my eyes how many stores are out of business on Rodeo Dr., Wilshire Boulevard and all around the city of Beverly Hills. It is super depressing even restaurants had to close down after 45 years it feels like Berverly Hills is becoming a ghost town certain streets are totally abandoned - Zábava
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
― Thomas Jefferson
Government makes poor decisions after they are elected. Democracy is a scam when governments can do whatever they want without a democratic vote.
Best post I’ve ever read
If you really think they're "elected" as opposed to selected
@@richard9970 so true
No, the Government doesn't control a Free Market Capitalist economy. after 9/11 the economy took a nose dive and it took a while to recover. Then we had Covid Pandemic, which is another major problem, but instead of just focusing on one Country, Covid hit EVERY Country. In LA, they had the SAG boycotts so one of their biggest industries effectively shut down for many months and less people wasting money on expensive shit.
You want inflation? MANY Countries have excessively high inflation. There's other Countries that are going through the same thing we are. China has their own collapse in the real estate market.
I know the Republicans always want to blame the Democrats, but think of this. Which States are the poorest States? Republican run States. No one wants to live on those States because they have no money and are nothing but Ghost States sucking the money from the wealthy States.
High crime w no penalties. No brainer
Foolish comment, based on nothing. Stop watching FOX NEWS. Maybe the rents are too high for no reason?
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.
@@Oneness100common denominator starts with an upper-case D.
@@TheJoncic LOL! **eyeroll** Stupid comment.
@@TheJoncicit’s the “teens” brah
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! 💔💔
By design. All by design.
It was never really special… just gaudy consumerism.
It is : Los Angeles judgment day 😮
Businesses closed . . . but the streets are still full of flashy cars, going . . . . where?!?
All the celebrity diddlers left the country....
Thanks for showing us reality!!
Yes because people are blind to it and they live in there own bubble nice and safe and there reaction is if it doesn't involve me I'm not bothered but they will try to do something it will be far too late..
Nobody wants to invest in a place where there’s no law and order , like nobody. Nobody with any sense anyway.
Felony theft in California - $950+. Felony theft in Texas - $2,000+. Texas: weak on crime. Education is important. Read more than youtube comments.
Ridiculous Taxes
Oakland is a prime example of that. Even In-N-Out couldn't survive there.
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.
@@tomcollins5112 Beverly Hills must not be claimed turf by anyone yet.
America is Dying; - Beverly Hills is only small part of it..
Formula retail is dying.
Blane giv for that
Not quite, but there certainly are tumors throughout the country called liberal Utopias.
Make America sane again!
It's spreading rapidly. Hold onto your Butts.
It’s intentional… and Joe Biden is very proud of his accomplishments.
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.
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.
100 %
Not true ! London is far away from the disaster that we can see on this video. London is full of life !
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 💪🏻
@@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 😂
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.
Exchange students were a real thing 😮😮😮
Celebrities mean nothing anymore.
They never have people just have always praised them like they are god
Now a celebrity is you or me. Just need a camera and a room
Most of them go along with being a Democrat because if they are a republican they won't get work.
That's because our lives are flooded by a surplus of them. If you're a CZcamsr, podcaster, Instagram "model", Only fans content creator/pornstar, drug dealer, etc, etc, they're all celebrities in most people's eye. It's a very sad world.
@@gregoryunderwood4121 I agree
That's one way to combat crime. Make it unaffordable for businesses to operate so they're forced to close. No stores, no theft. Brilliant! 🤦🏻
🙃😉
Sad but true. That's exactly what's really happening when they tell you crime is down.
Com'on Man 🤡
The savages are adapting by going into homes now!
@@katiedoes3698 That and the Biden administration has made it OPTIONAL instead of MANDATORY for cities to report crime stats to the Federal government and so many of the top 10 most dangerous cities in America aren't reporting their crime stats and that includes Baltimore, D.C., etc. so the politicians gaslight us and say the crime rates are down - it's all smoke & mirrors folks.
Wow... If Beverly Hills is in trouble, that's no safe haven for any other cities it's really sad
Cities ran by Republicans are doing fine.
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.
Also Giuseppe Franco used to be my favorite barber. Very nice person, I recommend him to do your hair.
When the Beverly Hills Hotel closes then you know its really over
It'll become apartments for the homeless.
When cheesecake factory closes, it's really over. Nobody shops at stores anymore. It's easier to shop online.
@@Barbarra63297I hope so!
@@Barbarra63297Not citizens illegals only.
@@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.
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.
Biz moving to ecommerce.
@@Chicago48 I didn't know you could get your hair styled online.
Jeff Bezos is laughing.
Middle class is being eliminated all over America. 😢
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?
The glory of being an actor is over..and so is Beverly Hills!
Tell that to the actors making millions lol.
And so is Hollywood.
I didn't expect Beverly Hills to be this vacant.
California had their chance to get rid of Newsome, but they kept him, so they got exactly what they voted for.
ballots were fixed I'm sure. Voting does nothing
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.
@@nahbro8232It doesn’t matter. Schwarzenegger made it as a Republican governor. People need to smarten up. Yes I am from this area.
@@TrumpyBooden he won because of his name and governed as a moderate.
@@nahbro8232all these CA governors have a good name, people need to wake up and realize the persons motives, not the party matters.
When you are soft on crime you lose hard working people who won't stand for it!
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
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.
truth
Do you consider Ber
@@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.
Was there last year on Rodeo Dr. It’s not like the 90s. It’s was “quiet” and stores empty. Speaking of Rolex; they cannot even deliver without the “grey market” dealer. Face the fact the generation that goes to the into the store in person are aged out and the new generations just orders online. A true meaning of “death of a salesman”
Very informative. Never knew this was happening. So sad.
I know I had no clue BH was going down like this
Shoplifting is killing retail in California. Not to mention the assaults and crime in general driving people away.
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
@@davidoakley3812 So true!
CA & NYC
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
There’s no country that would allow people to steal only America 🇺🇸 😅
This video should be on the national news, every station…. It is horrific to see this level of destruction.
Liberal news cover up.
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.
Oh the poor rich 😂
@@SUGAR_XYLER Idiot-a
@@Alan_GA florida is dying
"Criminal activities are equivalent to a lack of business opportunities. Fear of theft or other criminal acts can discourage people from investing or starting new ventures."
This was a real eye opener, this is what happens when your Government has no leadership or direction or innovation.
And WOKISM
This is not just in Beverly Hills, this is happening everywhere.. and I fear that the worst is yet to come 😳
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.
@@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
@@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.
BABYLON FINISHED
@@neo4102I’m from the UK but what is red states and blue states. I’ve never heard those terms before. I love the US and it’s such a shame this is happening. It’s a s****t show in the UK atm too in so many ways.
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.
It's a democrat state what do you expect
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.
Yeah. L.A. hasn't been relevant since the Sunset Strip scene died in the early 90s.
So sad
Sad.
I used to work for Cedars Sinai Medical Center which is right next to all of that & it was super nice back in 2017, busy & bustling with people, businesses booming. This is really sad of wut it used to be just a few years ago too.
The internet killed off Hollywood and Beverley Hills.
Good
Put the blame on some demons and avoid talking about bad political decisions... brilliant
High crime...no penalties...what could possibly go wrong?
Yet the politicians tell us things are better than ever! 😂
High crime in Beverly hills?? 😂
@@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
Expensive rents and people shop online at Amazon. Jesus how stupid are you.
Chicago too. Most of stores in Michigan avenue is closed. Business can’t survive from smash and grab.
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.
Downtown Chicago looks like the 'hood.
The Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce is doing a stand up job!
Stores are closing due to a widening divergence between of high rent and lower disposable income of the public. Not hard to figure out.
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
hardy congrats to you ~ I hope you find success and peace wherever you have gone.
Good move.
Only because of that it's why you left? Hmm bet you're gonna keep voting democrat no matter where you go...
GOOD FOR YOU! WISH YOU THE BEST!
Socialism doesn't work. I know what I am talking about, I am French... All our gouvernement has been socialist for almast 50 years.
Our country is dying...
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.
@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.
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.
Exactly!!!
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......
@@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.
This is happening EVERYWHERE! It’s so sad! I think Covid made people realize they didn’t need to shop at brick and mortar stores anymore and it was just easier to buy online. There is honestly no coming back from this unless the internet completely shuts down.
Covid isn’t the problem, leftism is.
Exactly. Online shopping has made these stores obsolete. People want comfort more than anything else.
All by design
@@moonknight2865 That's not a sufficient explanation. Somehow this isn't that prevalent outside the US. Shopping streets and malls in Europe and Japan are full of people.
I wish people would stop blaming COVID for everything. Some of us were doing a lot of online shopping before it became extremely popular.
I cant believe beverly hills even allows an ice cream truck there.
Why not?
... I am just glad having been able to experience and enjoy L.A. in the 80s and 90s.
Yeah I Bet!
Absolutely!!!!🎉
Best of times.
I loved it in the 80s myself. There was things to do 24/7…
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.
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.
💯. 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.
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.
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
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Aloha Snackbar 🐷💣🕌💩💩💩
No one needs overpriced retail stores when everything can just be bought online in for cheaper.
Bullshit...
No truth! Some people have more money than brains!"@@altblechasyl_cs2093
Exactly
Whats BS
They brought it on themselves. They just kept increasing the rent and the price of goods became stupid. Used to live on El Camino 40 years ago, within easy walk of everything from shops to Nat an’ Als which has changed hand in the past year I unde4stand. Good timing on the Mendelson Family.
Thanks for sharing. The whole country is dying.
Theft seems to be rampant in America from what I've seen.
It's happening world wide.
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!
@@lucydayLucida No, only the decadent West is dying slowly
No it isn't. People are just buying everything online. Relax and adapt!
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!!!
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.
@jm7804 but they aren't jailed or charged..that one big reason why people, businesses leaving
@@bobfrantz534
Yessss! It just blows my mind that this is what it’s come to. It is crazy!
No there has not been a law passed allowing shoplifting. It seems they did pass a law banning critical thinking.
@@bobfrantz534no, it’s called Amazon and the lopsided and ultra expensive commercial leases.
It’s like this in most places. Rents are too expensive for stores to remain open. This is were city councils could help with a rebate. Once stores start to close it’s the beginning of the end. New businesses aren’t going to open on a street that is half empty.
I have had some wonderful meals and some wonderful memories from Beverly Hills. Very sad, that it’s losing many of its stores.
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.
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.
@@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.
They are using bm for their nature, never built anything and never will! So the govt has unleashed them
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 "
Glasgow Scotland is the same.😟
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.
HOPE YOU LEFT THEN
@@skarol420Don’t worry little guy it will only be you and the homeless left soon lol
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….
Should've stayed n made it better if youre worried bout it that much 😅😅😅
J'ai regardée le film : Beverly hills quand j'avais 7ans
Et c'était une classe
It’s so empty! Wow, the US is definitely not the same anymore.
Same as in other Cities. Tokyo. London. Closed Stores. Homeless People. ....
I was in London last June didn't notice that at all. Sure there are closed stores but the city itself is thriving and vibrant. I've been to London several times before. You know how you know a city is doing well. Public transportation. The "Tube" is still packed. People going to work, coming from work. Going out for entertainment and shopping. I was there for 10 days and went all over.
Not Tokyo...
LONDON is now a CESSPIT sadly @@vpking77
London is a shithole, but not Tokyo.
Definitely not Tokyo
They didn't go out of business. They fled California en masse. 🤷♂😂😂😂
Great to many people want to live in CA
@@tnickknight Those aren't people that fled, just jobs and businesses that did. 🤦♂🤣🤣🤣
Wow
And don't blame the Democrats blame capitalism ... Which by the way is Republicans and trickle-down theory so there you have it.
New generation they shop online
Corrupt politicians bad policies laws and illegals.
This is going to have a negative impact on the smash and grab industry in California. Good work Governor Newsome.
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!
Numbskull Newsom and Brainless Biden working hard to create an impoverished America.
Getting so bad even the thieves won’t have stores to rob. 🤣🤣🤣 maybe the thieves can financial assistance from newsome?
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
@@tubby_1278 watch the movie mad max with Gibson. Then think about California.
Remember the phone ads when they started saying now you can talk to your friends overseas now you can talk to each other far away you don't have to worry about it or guess what that's exactly what happened people moved away from each other physically and mentally everybody is torn apart by the economics and the technology
Hey @GermanInVenice you should tell them to give you a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 👍
People say "Retail is dying". But you can go to a country like Australia and the malls are absolutely thriving. They are still building multi story malls across the country.
The difference is you go to jail in Australia for shoplifting and for being anti social in public.
For being not social lol 👷♀️👷♀️👷♀️
I'm from Australia too and this guy is talking crap as Australia is no different than America especially in my state and town alot of places have closed down or moved to another location and it's like a ghost town where I am. No thanks to the fall out of the lockdowns and now the cost living gone up so much.🤦😡💔😪
You are talking nonsense. You can go to jail for shoplifting anywhere, you little Einstein 😅
@@imtheitchyouneedtoscratch The malls in Brisbane and Sunshine Coast are thriving. Im not talking crap you utter clown, i lived there from 2017-2022.
Not a single empty store in the sunshine coast mall in Marchoydore.
@@euphoricgemini1124 Oh look he doesn't know what "anti social" means. Criminal behaviour, loitering, annoying random people.
I worked in Beverly Hills and Century City in 80's. It was thriving.
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).
Me too
I remember working in Beverly Hills in the 90’s. Still pretty busy back then.
@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
I wish I had met Elviscocho😢
Celebrities are so rich . The poor don't want to hear of them anymore . I live below poverty . I'm so grateful for what I have .
Amen. I use to be well off, didn't have to worry about money, but after some events, lost everything. It was shocking at first, but now it's like you said; I learned to appreciate what I had.🙏 Take Care and God Bless ❤
Not necessarily.
That's an illusion and Stereotype. Fame is very fleeting.
Good.
There's the line between necessity & excess, & people who live & thrive for excess have no authority in telling the rest of us how to think or feel.
I used to live in Beverly Hills and lots of great experiences back when it was all about the cool, fun and beautiful people but high Cost of rent, online shopping, Los Angeles high costs of living so less expendable income to spend in Beverly Hills has led to the decline of Beverly Hills
The news doesn't show this much truth. Wow...had no idea it was this sparse in Beverly Hills. Thanks German!!!!
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.
Whole world,,,, same.
Pay CASH everywhere you go people, NEVER use the device or kard to pay.
Its a lie
Pisstube deleting all I say
The news only portrays one point of view in the benefit of the failing government.
Expectation: glitz and glamour
Reality: zombie apocalypse
That’s for SURE!!!
Demoncrat policy purging the people
Reality: woke zombie apocalypse..
😵wow ghost town
Nah, it's just a another US city: old architecture, outdated layout.. Any major city in Asia looks way more glamorous and glitzier than this. Beverly Hills is just a brand.
Hi, buddy. Thanks for the side seeing. Greetings from Deventer, The Netherlands. 🐎
In just 3 1/2 years it transformed into what it is now. Just 3 1/2 years ago I would take our talent agency clients to Barney's for lunch. Every expensive car was on the street, people wore extremely expensive jewelry. Now... You don't want to show your wealth and that was the point of Beverly Hills to project money, power, and status. Now it gets you targeted for robbery or worse.
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.
Yep, once upon a time in Beverly Hills - there was something.
@@christianvanneuves9958, Georgia doesn't play with slum living
It's like Shannen Doherty in 92010 is dying of cancer.
@@Charles-bz8px, ridiculous
I wanted to move to San Diego sooooo bad but now you couldn’t pay me to move to California
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
Right. CZcamsrs are more popular then movie stars
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.
True, I haven’t been to a movie theater since 2007. It leaves me wondering if they’re still making new movies nowadays.
@@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.
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
I was born in that area in the mid 50's. It's very sad to see it dying. I'm also very sad to see that the GIV can no longer stay in business in Venice as well. I loved watching these videos.
How depressing. So glad I escaped California in 2017, grateful everyday
It reflects what's happening to our entire country.
Neoliberal capitalism😆
It is happening all over the West. The same negative development is happening in many Western European cities. I live in a large German city. The good shops are closing and cheap shops are opening instead, which only attract a certain clientele. The city centers are falling into disrepair. It is very sad to see this.
This is by design.. collapse will foster helplessness, the powers that be will come in to execute what they have always wanted. Total control over people via cashless, digital means. People will welcome the short term solutions without seeing the big picture. The formula was tested and successfully worked on people during Covid lockdowns.
Entire world ...
@@boobootheballbreaker2092 Shit's happening in Republican cities as well except they don't cover it. People like to blame this as a right left issue but it's our entire government failing us.
Im from England and so many shops throughout our country are exactly the same. Seems to be everywhere. Really sad.
It's all because of Putin hahahaha
Indonesian mall is dying too especially the hypermarket
Many goes online
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.
@villanelle8888 very true.
@@villanelle8888 That's true, I do most of my shopping online. I only go to the store to buy food.
Thanks for providing real news..
Thank you so much for this video, I am shocked.
People get what they vote for. Thank you for showing the truth GIV.
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”
THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED!!! Everything that the stores don’t have you can get online.
Finally someone got it right
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!
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.
yep thats 60% of it, all retail is dieing all over the world thanks to Jeff bezos (aka Zorg) from The Fifth Element
We live in a digital world and it shows. Why pay for gas and parking? When you can order something online and get free shipping 😊
Ok, agenda 2030 en marcha...
Lazy sheep.
@@tias.6675 me behind you
@@karl8056Stop being passive aggressive, it comes off as weak.
@@tias.6675It really is the future now, you aren't special for thinking that you're **not** a sheep. Bah!
Beverly Hills is dying and we all know why….😮
Bidenomics.
It’s far from dying. If you don’t feel safe there it’s time to pack in life.
Only thing great about it is watching me some giv
Online shopping?
Mass shootings?
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.
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
Seriously, are there a lot of businesses closing??
Thanks for sharing! American living in the Swiss German region ❤
Thanks Newsome! That’s what he wants for America!
That's why we have to make sure he never ever gets near the presidency.
They’re going to install that puppet to oversee the demolition
Blame Reagan
Trump wants to end democracy. You support that. You are bottom of the barrel sub human.
@@adamw116 you support a criminal for president. You have zero credibility.
Shoplifting and online shopping is destroying retail. Not surprised at all. The economy is rubbish, people are careful with spending and just buy what they need and shop around for the best price.
right? who can afford the type of things they are selling but a bitch Kardashian or a real house wife?
I don't believe folks shopping in Beverly Hills were looking for bargains. Until now, you willl not find a Dollar Store on Santa Monica Blvd in BH. It is not online shopping that is the cause in this community.
@@rickeguitar9086 116 people agree with me. 4 agree with you
@@tommm.1538 youve never been to bh lmaooo
All good things must come to an end. The next thing you know ...Beverly Hills is taken over by the unfortunate homeless. Wouldn't that be something! Where will those "untouchable-I am better than you" big shots go?
Be wary folks, your decadent time is running out.
Thanks my German friend. Keep up the good reporting.
Long time no see, bud! Good to see you are back! :))
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.
You are correct!! I was thinking the same exact thing this morning .
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.......
Exactly. plus this COVID thing has changed a lot for retail and other work.
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
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.
I live in Berkeley, CA and can say that a similar situation exists in many California cities: San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, San Diego, ...
Yep. There’s a CZcamsr who is doing an entire series of videos of Bay Area cities and neighborhoods where businesses have left. ):
Sounds interesting
Keep voting Democrat, and watch things get worse!
San José as well....
Ich war vor 30 Jahren in BH und es war genau so bunt und lebhaft wie in den Hollywood Filmen. Wie traurig ist es jetzt. Hab mittlerweile einige solcher Videos, auch von anderen Städten in den USA, von YT vorgeschlagen bekommen und bin entsetzt wie es sich entwickelt😔 Wie traurig! Die klassischen Deutschen Medien zeigen das nicht. …. Hingegen war ich beruflich vor zwei Monaten in Hongkong und dort hat man den Eindruck das das eine Mega aufstrebende Stadt ist; mit ShoppingCenter ohne Ende! … und als Frau kann man dort auch noch nach Mitternacht alleine spazieren gehen ohne Angst haben zu müssen! Die Leute sind super nett!
Grüße aus München☺️
Ach du meine Güte, Mike...das ist ja entsetzlich. Ich habe gerade eben ein paar Beiträge über Downtown LA angeschaut. Am Hollywood Blvd. und der Main Street sieht es genauso und noch schlimmer aus. Niemals hätte ich gedacht, dass sowas in Beverly Hills möglich ist..einfach nur traurig.
Lost Angeles ☹️
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?
It's like this everywhere I go - even in "good" areas. It's not teenagers, people have no money to blow.
When thieves have more rights than business owner, this state is screwed. Buy hey, Californians, keep voting democrat.
@@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!
Not 2020 anymore
@@josefgerken4002 florida is dying
if the rich arent spending, no one is
The rich are shopping but they are doing "quiet wealth" which means be rich without looking rich so they won't be targeted for muggings and burglary. The rich are trying to "blend in" more for their safety. They used their wealth for nice vacations and other experiences instead of showcasing their wealth to the poor criminal-minded people who want to steal from them.
The poorest man in Beverly Hills is J. Paul Ghetto.
They are. They just aren't spending in California, a place they're all leaving.
@@eeddieedwards3890 Yes, no relation to J. Paul Getty.
They spend it on bunkers and save their money for the post-apocalyptic era. Imagine a world with only millionaires and billionaires, then I'd be rather dead!
Lived up the hill in Hollywood Hills for 25 years there has always been vacant stores in Beverly Hills for the last 15 years. But there is less offices in BH.
Excellent explanation🙏😊
Excellent videography✍️
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.
Bh retail vacancy rate is 5.3
Try again
What is "The Shaw" of the 80s and 90s?
@@JuanPeron007Crenshaw BLVD. Boys in the Hood style.😆
Hmmm what about the rest of the country then ? Good sir answer that for me
This answer makes no sense 🙄 it’s not a Crenshaw thing , it’s an American thing. God bless you 💕
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.
At Newsom's restraunts, one in Lake Tahoe they only pay $16 an hour.
@@1daydecorating Isn't that interesting. Rules for you and not for me. He's brain dead just like Biden.
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
Tell me how workers gonna live in California with lower pay? You want them living outside restaurant in a cart box.
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.
The world as we know it is leaving us guys! I feel sad but yeah every thing has an end even if we hate to see it coming.
Great video...tks...
Some people have the magic touch
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.
Sounds like ot was fun for awhile. Hope your new home is ok.
So you want to be openly racist? Gotcha. Bye girl.
William, sounds like you had a fun time in the past, you were fortunate.
LA native, have lived in OC since 1965. OC actually is an oasis in a cesspool of crime, blight and foreign languages.
your use of the word 'Hollyweird' makes me question your authenticity.
My parents proudly left California in 1995... Best decision for our family ever.
it happens all over america kid, people buying stuff online rather then going in person and stuff being expensive especially in california because everyone wants to live here. so they can't afford to keep their shop especially in a rich area like beverly hills
so yea
My late husband and I left in 2003. We closed down our business and 46 people lost well paying jobs with full benefits. There is now an apartment complex where our business used to be.
Then they missed out on 400% profit of selling their house. 😂😂😂😂 idiots.
This is sad. I worked at that BofA on Santa Monica and Beverly Dr for 5 years in 2008 and it was poppin. I hate to see it like this
Caffe Roma had their rent doubled according to a little google work~ they refused to oblige ... I thought this video was going to show a few vacancies NOT THE ENTIRE freagin' town.!! I lived in Santa Monica from '97 to '04 ~ had a rent control 2 bedroom on Ocean and Palisades Ave. ( 1 block north of Montana) right across from the park that overlooked S.M. Beach ~ the day I moved out the rent went from $2,450 to $5,300. That was 20 years ago.... its gotta be 7-8k now ?? Who knows. So much has happened in 20 plus ..From what I understand I wouldn't even recognize the 3rd Street Promenade today~ much less the boulevard.
The movie industry in Hollywood is on a sinking ship.
Many of their lead players are headed to jail.
The jig is up
Meanwhile, River Oaks (Houston) & Highland Park (Dallas) are alive & doing well.
@@EvelynElaineSmithI just came from TX to visit local friends, TX is a sh*thole state no one likes it there
@@EvelynElaineSmith BS! Houston is struggling.
@@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.
Walk through any mall & its practically empty. I remember the days when the mall was filled with people shopping. Those days are long gone🥺
Well, what happened to all those zombies ?
Amazon, online shopping.
Funny, not in the malls I walk through here in Los Angeles.kinda crowded.
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.
well almost everybody are doing their shopping online now
These stores are going out of business across the country . The mall has been dead for 20 years.
Aw, that's so sad. I'm from New York.
I was in Huntington Beach, CA a few years ago and loved it.
I wanted to visit Beverly Hills and L.A. sometime soon, but I guess not? :(
Lived there almost 10 years. Wasn't safe anymore. SaMo, Venice, and MdR are no longer livable either. Sad times.
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.
Dude, Venice was always nasty, well since the 70s. Mexican gangs painting graffiti on people's fences, people getting jumped, a friggin disaster.
NEITHER IS SAN FERNANDO VALLEY!!
@@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.
@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!🤷♀️
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❤
It's the United Shat-oles of America.
Riverside County ( Lake Elsinore all the way up to Temecula is still good, Republican sherrif though)
@@kimberiysmarketstrategyTemecula. Lake Elsinore Beautiful ❤❤😊
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.
Orange County is beautiful. Different world there