DOWNTOWN Los Angeles COLLAPSED

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  • čas přidán 19. 04. 2024
  • A severe business exodus from downtown Los Angeles is accelerating day by day , Historically, downtown held a dense concentration of banks,department stores, restaurants and movie palaces that drew residents and visitors of all socioeconomic classes, but after 2020 the area began to experience an economic and social decline to the point of complete collapse, downtown is unrecognizable from what it used to be before 2020.
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  • @cardboardboxification
    @cardboardboxification Před měsícem +4178

    things like this happen when you protect criminals and not citizens from criminals

    • @PaigeBarrentine
      @PaigeBarrentine Před měsícem +1

      This happens when you have POLITICIANS THAT ARE CRIMINALS

    • @user-mj9lq9vp3w
      @user-mj9lq9vp3w Před měsícem +172

      And prevent citizens from protecting themselves as well, all at the same time.

    • @sleepydoppy8516
      @sleepydoppy8516 Před měsícem +56

      The wealth gap is to blame.

    • @sleepydoppy8516
      @sleepydoppy8516 Před měsícem +37

      This is the wealth gap not the people.

    • @savemoney5111
      @savemoney5111 Před měsícem +23

      In the name of Human Rights..... 😔😔😪😪

  • @petroskyrillos
    @petroskyrillos Před měsícem +5373

    As a Polish individual who resided in the USA for over 35 years, I experienced a gradual decline in quality of life each year since my arrival. Four years ago, the tipping point was reached, prompting my family's return to Poland. We now reside happily in Warsaw, enjoying its safety and cleanliness. Our daughter, born in California, Orange County refuses to entertain the thought of returning. This decision ranks among the best in my life. It's not solely a California issue; the entire country is crumbling while its elites prioritize excessive spending on endless wars and undocumented immigrants.

    • @1DrBar
      @1DrBar Před měsícem +337

      As a Czech born, who has now lived in five countries, including 33 years now in the USA, I almost did as you have. But I know better the hisory of Europe and had a strange feeling Europe is soon to suffer a similar fate. So it would be out of the Frying pan, into another frying pan. My mom said it well in the early 2000's when she said to my father "you know better than to ever want to move back. There are cycles of history that always repeat in Europe. It's great now - but we need to remember that Europe will always be in a war eventually. She seems to have been right. Europe is a crazy place now, kind of like Democratic cities were fifteen years ago. Europeans just can't help themselves. They all hate their neighbors at some level. I grew up with Poles in Canada. The Poles were pretty brutal in their own hates and prejudices. And the Czechs are wimps. Europe - no thanks. Not for a long while with what the EU is up to. But good luck.

    • @petroskyrillos
      @petroskyrillos Před měsícem +81

      @@1DrBar The European Union is not Poland, and Poland is not the EU, but it has its own skeletons in the closet. We're on our way there, but not quite yet. It's all about where you're positioned and how high.

    • @1DrBar
      @1DrBar Před měsícem

      @@petroskyrillos Poland is in the EU, and seemingly one of the more warlike nuts if one judges by your leaders and media. I feel sorry for the regular people of Poland and other EU member states because you a a puppet of the US's biden regime. But the thing is that American politicians care not one bit about Polands long term well being. They treat their vassal states like cheap tools. Good luck to the people of Poland.

    • @somerandomvertebrate9262
      @somerandomvertebrate9262 Před měsícem +292

      @@petroskyrillos Poland has become a great country in my mind. Conservative, no migrant flooding and the feminist craziness kept under control. If Poland could only get rid of its anti-Russia complex it's headed for a great future I think, something that alas cannot be said of my own country, Sweden.

    • @belladonnahigh9206
      @belladonnahigh9206 Před měsícem

      @@somerandomvertebrate9262 We elected a leftist gov. some 5 months ago. 4 years and Poland will collapse.

  • @ivanhicks887
    @ivanhicks887 Před 13 dny +273

    I am91 Korean War Vet this Is Not the America of My Youth - We did not fight Wars for this Disaster ! God Help Us

    • @midnightmegan1010
      @midnightmegan1010 Před 12 dny +12

      God bless you for your service. My entire family is military. You deserve more respect for your heroism

    • @farmerbob5662
      @farmerbob5662 Před 12 dny +4

      Thank you for serving.

    • @ivanhicks887
      @ivanhicks887 Před 12 dny +3

      @@midnightmegan1010 Thankyou for Your Sincere Response

    • @ivanhicks887
      @ivanhicks887 Před 12 dny

      Thankyou, and Your Family - God bless You@@midnightmegan1010
      Thankyou and your

    • @destroyer5859
      @destroyer5859 Před 12 dny +8

      Kama is always watching

  • @MikeBrownRehobothBeach
    @MikeBrownRehobothBeach Před 14 dny +249

    Meanwhile the politicians are telling us the Economy is doing great...

    • @bobjayp
      @bobjayp Před 14 dny +28

      Democrats are saying that.

    • @MrCordycep
      @MrCordycep Před 12 dny +14

      It is doing great.... for them.

    • @Rick-xq1rf
      @Rick-xq1rf Před 11 dny +9

      And they live in mansions in the hills. Could care less about this. I think it's actually pleasing to them, sadly.

    • @absolutelyfookinnobody2843
      @absolutelyfookinnobody2843 Před 11 dny

      Meanwhile, you think you're not, but you are actually just as bad as the people that voted for those people

    • @user-gf9zx9fy3f
      @user-gf9zx9fy3f Před 11 dny +2

      This not a economic problem, this is the result of a city that lost all sense of community.

  • @timbrady6473
    @timbrady6473 Před měsícem +6731

    This is not an accident. This is done by design.

    • @BobE_Nagesh
      @BobE_Nagesh Před měsícem +1

      This is the result of democrat run cities and states.

    • @anthonymartinez6516
      @anthonymartinez6516 Před měsícem +328

      I agree 100%

    • @visiblekoment
      @visiblekoment Před měsícem +401

      Completely. People do not realise where this is leading.

    • @kevingamble8861
      @kevingamble8861 Před měsícem

      You're right. It is intentional. These properties will be bought at fire sale prices by Black Rock and other investment firms. Small real estate investors will be pushed out. Private property will no longer be attainable to most citizens-that's already started. As Klaus Schwab of the WEF said"By 2030 you will own nothing and be happy".

    • @user-it7lf7kk8m
      @user-it7lf7kk8m Před měsícem +172

      Submit to the ccp

  • @136760mas1
    @136760mas1 Před měsícem +3817

    LA will never recover in my lifetime. I have just about given up on AMERICA. What a dump this country has become.

    • @GlenLaConey
      @GlenLaConey Před měsícem +155

      So, I'm NOT the only one! 🤔

    • @sharongoodsell9341
      @sharongoodsell9341 Před měsícem +116

      Living in the USA and Bahamas back in the late seventies was a great time , saddens the older generation, I am Australian

    • @fleendarthemagnificent7372
      @fleendarthemagnificent7372 Před měsícem

      Because of Democrats, corruption and greed.

    • @bertkilborne6464
      @bertkilborne6464 Před měsícem +54

      There are cars parked on the side of the road - What is their destination ?

    • @eri7-11
      @eri7-11 Před měsícem

      I heard its part of a Western reset, it will be returned to nature along with 90-95% of the rest of America and similar in other Western countries

  • @strength4863
    @strength4863 Před 6 dny +40

    From Australia, it was a dream in the 80's & 90's to go to L.A. Now it's a nightmare 🤢

  • @Peter_Morris
    @Peter_Morris Před 14 dny +102

    LA and New York have become what video games and movies of the 80s and early 90s predicted they would be.

    • @bodemiller5282
      @bodemiller5282 Před 8 dny +3

      "Resident Evil" came alive!

    • @quasar4601
      @quasar4601 Před 7 dny

      Chicago , Philadelphia etc all unlivable as is Almost every big city

    • @asullivan4047
      @asullivan4047 Před 3 dny +3

      Remember the. 2 urban movies. Escape from (N.Y.) & (L.A.)-???🤔.

    • @noprz
      @noprz Před dnem +1

      We even have the technology of those old movies, but in the lamest possible way we could have gotten them

    • @johnwirk
      @johnwirk Před dnem +1

      Robocop for sure. Detroit is a wasteland and followed soon after the movie.

  • @unhingedreality9515
    @unhingedreality9515 Před měsícem +1432

    Our government has priorities, and Americans are not even in the top ten.

    • @danielplummer6385
      @danielplummer6385 Před měsícem

      Americans are not a priority at all the new Democrat voters are moving in and have been promised everything for free!

    • @loraleebeebe4725
      @loraleebeebe4725 Před měsícem +28

      ABSOLUTELY....

    • @ftmt9568
      @ftmt9568 Před měsícem +74

      As of today another 95 Billion to Ukraine....

    • @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
      @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul Před měsícem +45

      Well, today Congress voted to give $66 billion to Ukraine. That's the priority.

    • @nizicike759
      @nizicike759 Před měsícem +27

      Ukraine is top 1

  • @RJRussoVids
    @RJRussoVids Před měsícem +2626

    It’s MIND BLOWING that many California politicians are PROUD of these cities. 🤦‍♂️ To me it’s very sad! 😢

    • @soavemusica
      @soavemusica Před měsícem +56

      "Space Pontential", "Visionaries Welcome"! LA voters, congrats!

    • @davidbricejr.7340
      @davidbricejr.7340 Před měsícem +39

      in order to build you first must destroy

    • @Isaac-ev3nq
      @Isaac-ev3nq Před měsícem

      @@davidbricejr.7340 Build what? Mass homeless cities with drug usage?

    • @desolder75
      @desolder75 Před měsícem

      @@davidbricejr.7340Very keen observation. Destroy in blue states, build in red states.

    • @malo_213
      @malo_213 Před měsícem

      disgusting will never visit Los Angeles!

  • @CrissyMetzger
    @CrissyMetzger Před 3 dny +13

    OMG - this is SO VERY, VERY SAD!! Thank you for doing this video; so difficult to believe . . . I used to live in LA 30 years ago

    • @petroskyrillos
      @petroskyrillos Před 2 dny +2

      Lucky you. I was stupid believing it's temporary thing and it never reversed.

  • @hirudoKamishi
    @hirudoKamishi Před 8 dny +16

    This looks already so bad during the bright day. I can onyl imagine how creepy and unsafe this must feel during the night. This looks like the definition of decay and disorder.

  • @user-sf3fe4bh2q
    @user-sf3fe4bh2q Před měsícem +1871

    When I watch old black and white American movies I always admire how well- dressed people are, how orderly and clean streets are! And NOW! Total degradation!😢

    • @lasondriawyatt2267
      @lasondriawyatt2267 Před měsícem +96

      People morally cared🙏🏾

    • @AngstG
      @AngstG Před měsícem +102

      And yet someone would manage to call that level of order and cleanliness from the past 'raysis' blah blah blah... Its absurd.

    • @Rob-yv9og
      @Rob-yv9og Před měsícem +70

      Those were the republican days

    • @memorymedia6188
      @memorymedia6188 Před měsícem +1

      They call it "white supremacy" now.

    • @BlackPill-pu4vi
      @BlackPill-pu4vi Před měsícem

      America was WHITE back then. That's why.

  • @Miso9380
    @Miso9380 Před měsícem +1639

    When USA can “give” so much money on wars, why not use that money to take care of its own people? Very, very sad😞

    • @GiangHoang-hd8uk
      @GiangHoang-hd8uk Před měsícem +118

      That way politician can get commission by support Isarel or Ukaraina

    • @protectorp
      @protectorp Před měsícem +115

      Because they need to feed their boss first, the military complex. Wars is a lucrative business but not for the sake of US people.

    • @korana6308
      @korana6308 Před měsícem

      Because those are all bribes.and they don't care about the populace

    • @truthadvocacy
      @truthadvocacy Před měsícem

      The US regime doesn't "give" money on wars; it *wastes* money both on its own wars and wars of its proxies (Ukraine and Israel).

    • @SteveEddy-od7fb
      @SteveEddy-od7fb Před měsícem

      In America War is a big business and more important than having Functional communities 😮

  • @MrWolfSnack
    @MrWolfSnack Před 11 dny +40

    hard to believe Grand Theft Auto 5 will be the last visual of what LA used to look like

    • @math3capanema
      @math3capanema Před 16 hodinami

      if you look with more atention yo can see gta 5 is exactly like this, full of trash, hobos, and closed shops

    • @flowrepins6663
      @flowrepins6663 Před 10 hodinami

      Wolves rule!

    • @iddqd85
      @iddqd85 Před 7 hodinami

      It's true tho

  • @user-em3xk5xp5i
    @user-em3xk5xp5i Před 14 dny +40

    Thank you for showing this I had no idea its so bad wow

  • @robertcovino4889
    @robertcovino4889 Před měsícem +1086

    LA… where the birds fly upside down because there’s nothing worth shitting on…

  • @tonysdadude
    @tonysdadude Před měsícem +1291

    This is what happens when you let homeless, addicts, drug dealers and tagging rats rule your streets with no recourse or punishment. Who wants to shop, walk, live or visit areas that have zombies walking around.

    • @domdz
      @domdz Před měsícem +26

      there is a bigger problem then arresting people for graffiti etc

    • @WN_Byers
      @WN_Byers Před měsícem +81

      @domdz be quiet when adults are speaking

    • @tonysdadude
      @tonysdadude Před měsícem +44

      @@domdz Really? Thanks Captain Obvious. It would certainly be a start to slowing social unrest / vandalism if they acted on the small amount of idiots that do 100% of the damage.

    • @domdz
      @domdz Před měsícem +15

      @@tonysdadude good job for getting out of your mamas basement

    • @domdz
      @domdz Před měsícem +6

      @@WN_Byers sure thing, gramps

  • @IngenerateIngenue
    @IngenerateIngenue Před dnem +7

    This is happening ALL over the world, here in the UK too. Our towns and cities are being deserted by businesses and neglected by local councils. Our roads have so many potholes too, they don’t want us to drive.

    • @Patrick-zc3qg
      @Patrick-zc3qg Před 23 hodinami

      Not all over the world. UK, US, France etc. But here in Switzerland it's still a really good life. U will not see people living on the street, also it's very clean. Criminals from abroad will deport quickly

    • @andersa3448
      @andersa3448 Před 5 hodinami

      Same here in Sweden too...

  • @MansLifeAndCars
    @MansLifeAndCars Před 12 dny +38

    Give LA to the Italian Mob. Then you can be sure that the city will shine beautifully again.

    • @quasar4601
      @quasar4601 Před 7 dny +1

      No business for them to get into it

    • @MansLifeAndCars
      @MansLifeAndCars Před 7 dny +4

      @@quasar4601 Not right now, no. But once LA is safe, restaurants, shops, bars and so on will come.

    • @quasar4601
      @quasar4601 Před 7 dny +5

      @@MansLifeAndCars , this country will only bounce back if we can break up !! It’s a dying country due to Leninism

    • @MansLifeAndCars
      @MansLifeAndCars Před 6 dny +1

      @@quasar4601 The world is a mess.
      My Little list.
      --Climate change and CO2 lies! "Fear" can be easily controlled and manipulated. (MONEY)
      --It is illegal for parents ind Denmark to correct or say no to their children.
      Small example § 243: You give your child house arrest and take the child's Nintendo Switch or mobile as punishment. You can get up to three years in prison for that!
      --Pedophiles in dresses. (Pride Parade Cancelled Because Kids Aren't Allowed) huh!
      --Soyboys telling us what's right and what's wrong.
      --Schools are teaching kids about correct pronouns and about idiotic genders instead of math and economics.
      --Lobbyists runs the world. There is Money in Addicts, Woke and War!.
      --Brainwashing! "lgbtq for palestine" WHAT! Homosexuality is illegal in Palestine. (Acceptance of homosexuality (Arab countries) 95% Oppose).
      In August 2019, the Palestinian Authority police banned the LGBTQ+ rights group Al Qaws.
      In 2022, the brutal killing of Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh, a gay Palestinian man who had sought asylum in Israel.

    • @endeavorrv
      @endeavorrv Před dnem

      True!

  • @denisebeanblossom1826
    @denisebeanblossom1826 Před měsícem +384

    What I find disturbing is the silence that is everywhere. You never hear people talking and laughing or kids playing anywhere anymore.

    • @Musashi-yj2gf
      @Musashi-yj2gf Před měsícem +13

      🎯

    • @JeanBruceFlorida
      @JeanBruceFlorida Před měsícem +32

      They're all looking at their phones.

    • @chaoswitch1974
      @chaoswitch1974 Před měsícem +2

      On my block people are always walking their dogs and talking to one another, also fighting, lol
      ... but there's life.

    • @chaoswitch1974
      @chaoswitch1974 Před měsícem

      ​@@JeanBruceFlorida ... and buying stuff for our homes online.

    • @enginerdy
      @enginerdy Před měsícem +7

      @@SchoolBoyFreshyeah.. when “family housing” is out of reach for most families… you get what you ask for

  • @MommaBear360
    @MommaBear360 Před měsícem +443

    The media won't show this. Thank you for bringing it to light. It's very disturbing 😐

    • @BentoCarneiro
      @BentoCarneiro Před měsícem +15

      It's socialism in the US !!!!!!!

    • @julierstjohn
      @julierstjohn Před měsícem +1

      Oh my goodness 😳

    • @sandrohernandez4401
      @sandrohernandez4401 Před 16 dny

      Real 😳

    • @abyssusthechicken
      @abyssusthechicken Před 14 dny +1

      So why aren't we boycotting media?

    • @PERTEKofficial
      @PERTEKofficial Před 9 dny +2

      @@abyssusthechickensome of us are. I don’t watch the media/news at all, I’d much prefer videos like this. Every day people simply documenting what’s happening. It’s a much more upfront and honest perspective.

  • @hesklairvoyant
    @hesklairvoyant Před 6 dny +6

    i find myself watching old restored videos of la in the 40s and 50s, it looks so bright and vibrant, like the city was happy itself. i wishes i could go into my screen on those hot sunny streets but im also black and it wasnt a good time huh

  • @jgalt5731
    @jgalt5731 Před 12 dny +12

    Shocking but well deserved. LA voted for this. They haven't hit rock bottom yet.

  • @davidhuggins3892
    @davidhuggins3892 Před měsícem +1223

    How does a City like LA leave a pile of Trash that big downtown. The City should be ashamed of itself. Unreal.

    • @MarcusDaGrand
      @MarcusDaGrand Před měsícem +178

      Looks like a third world country.

    • @faheemabbas3965
      @faheemabbas3965 Před měsícem

      They got what they voted for.
      They might practically even vote for their death if they don’t wake up by then.

    • @FULLTILTSWIFF
      @FULLTILTSWIFF Před měsícem +28

      @@MarcusDaGrand murica has always been, the way you treat others on the globe

    • @CMane
      @CMane Před měsícem +2

      @@FULLTILTSWIFF💯

    • @WN_Byers
      @WN_Byers Před měsícem +24

      @FULLTILTSWIFF wanna try again? That is senseless

  • @ponzo1967
    @ponzo1967 Před měsícem +641

    Am I the only Gen X'er who always carried that feeling of knowing we were the last generation to experience America in its prime?

    • @robinlathim8221
      @robinlathim8221 Před měsícem +39

      I am a baby boomer and I told my daughter, who is Gen X, just what you said and she agreed 100%. So devastating and alarming really! ❤

    • @stoneneils
      @stoneneils Před měsícem +37

      @@robinlathim8221 I'm gen-x single live among younger people my entire life in Canada. Its the fault of gen-z. Worldwide they go to bed at 10pm, aren't into socializing or having fun outside, the boys don't really like girls, they are afraid to work so everything is closing. My downtown is still full on weekends...of people 30+....the younger generation is at home in bed. Downtowns are failing because nobody is there except homeless..the younger generation is SCARED!

    • @MagikFingers420
      @MagikFingers420 Před měsícem +36

      Unfortunately it's true, a few millennials that were on the cusp had it good, but things were finished once cell phones and social media was mandatory. I can honestly say I don't have anything other than FB and have stopped going on, I can't stand what social media has turned into, especially tiktok, they are melting those kids brains.

    • @SanGreal-Hanna
      @SanGreal-Hanna Před měsícem +32

      ⁠@@stoneneilswhen there is a 34trillion debt in the US, can you really blame them? They have no hope. How does that EVER get paid?! Attitude of why bother, yolo.

    • @springfauna1465
      @springfauna1465 Před měsícem +16

      @@MagikFingers420 I couldn't agree more!!! I'm on the cusp of BB & GenX and once everyone got access to the internet, society changed in a drastic way!! The repercussions are going to be more than devastating in the coming years too as the birthrates decrease and people completely close off from each other!! I wish I knew how we could stop it, but I'm not sure exactly how.

  • @caroleja
    @caroleja Před 11 dny +8

    Don't you feel like it's this episode of "Back to thé future" when the bad one has won so much money and the guy wakes up in a different world...

  • @melvinfrance3365
    @melvinfrance3365 Před 3 dny +7

    This is happening all over the western world and it’s sad to see

    • @terencemullins1422
      @terencemullins1422 Před 23 hodinami

      Too many people

    • @7thNoteOfficial
      @7thNoteOfficial Před hodinou

      Wait till bricks change from the dollar even worse. Following america in these times is insanity

  • @nathanlee6011
    @nathanlee6011 Před měsícem +934

    LA residents got exactly what they voted for, and will continue to vote for.

    • @robjusticew3426
      @robjusticew3426 Před měsícem +41

      vote blue no matter who!!!!

    • @TheSpookydog
      @TheSpookydog Před měsícem +22

      ​@robjusticew3426 how do you watch this devastation & can still say that?

    • @evora9081
      @evora9081 Před měsícem

      WEF and their new world order

    • @minus3dbintheteens60
      @minus3dbintheteens60 Před měsícem +8

      ez. truth

    • @charles281
      @charles281 Před měsícem +46

      ​@@TheSpookydogpretty sure he was being sarcastic.

  • @roberttocci6085
    @roberttocci6085 Před měsícem +998

    All of these local politicians should be held accountable for all this mess ….

    • @khalilantonio6281
      @khalilantonio6281 Před měsícem

      The subway is dangerous and dirty also … mental illness crime thr police are overwhelmed…. There is no help ever coming from the government…. There told by the real owners of this country to let it crumble

    • @donateloxr7824
      @donateloxr7824 Před měsícem +6

      why? its rent prices and greed

    • @Rickscorpio4
      @Rickscorpio4 Před měsícem +48

      Accountable?...This is what people get for bad choices at the polls!!!

    • @malcolmnicoll1165
      @malcolmnicoll1165 Před měsícem +9

      I agree with you,but they won’t.

    • @jjrecon3024
      @jjrecon3024 Před měsícem +7

      "That'll be the day"

  • @JamesBono-nv8hb
    @JamesBono-nv8hb Před 13 dny +11

    And I say this year, the Los Angeles is the entertainment capital for vacation. I grew up here in Pasadena. 72 and I wouldn’t even go to Los Angeles to visit the VA clinic.

  • @caboguide
    @caboguide Před 13 dny +3

    16:43 time stamp...what you said made me laugh but this is a sad and a disturbing video of all the business and life gone from the city. We were there in 2019 and it was bad with people sleeping on the street, going to the bathroom on the street etc. but this!! Wow it has really really gone down. I cant see anyone wanting to live in the apartments there unless the rent is cheep and they cant afford to move...and in that case is very sad as well...This is Tracey and I thank you for the video. The collapse of society can be seen in this video alone. 😭

  • @yrevra2407
    @yrevra2407 Před měsícem +359

    My grandmother who was very poor always said, "Just because your poor does not mean you have to be dirty. All you need to stay clean is a bucket, soap, and a will." The will part is especially key. What infuriates me the most is that if your poor or bad off don't waste money on spray paint. Save that money for food or clothes or a tent! There is no excuse for leaving trash around. Public trash cans exist. Poverty is hard to get out of, but a mindset willing to do better is vital for survival.

    • @tadeuszczernia5422
      @tadeuszczernia5422 Před měsícem +8

      You never get out of poverty if you never work a day in your life.

    • @keikotunoda426
      @keikotunoda426 Před měsícem +16

      What your grandmother said is right. Actually here in Japan homeless people stay clean they make little money from collecting trash can and save money and occasionally go to hot spa.

    • @user-eu5wb7bv2f
      @user-eu5wb7bv2f Před měsícem +3

      I wonder what the percentage of black people that live there

    • @JINGWA64
      @JINGWA64 Před měsícem

      @@tadeuszczernia5422 poverty exists as a major issue thnx to all forms of mass governance, they claim ownership over everything and force people to become willful slaves to survive and fork out $$$ to access their human rights.
      in the days prior to such poverty barely existed, unless you were stupid = these people declined in number being to stupid to feed and care for themselves and as such old societies absent mass governance were happy and healthy, if you dont like your family, village, tribe or community you just left, set up shop someplace else and could survive easily long as you were willing to work for "yourself", were under mass governance this is illegal or treated as such even if its not illegal by all forms of mass governance once they establish power and control over those masses and poverty always follows after it, as now the most stupid and dependent are protected and the wise and intelligent are hanged for disobedience = why every mass governed society slowly but surely its people always becomes more stupid with time, there are not examples to show otherwise.

    • @barenekid9695
      @barenekid9695 Před měsícem

      Spray cans are typically Stolen .. not bought.

  • @Happycamper52880
    @Happycamper52880 Před měsícem +792

    From first world to third world in a mere few years. Horrible. Be safe Leo

    • @buckshot6481
      @buckshot6481 Před měsícem

      Keep voting for the Democrats ding dongs 😂

    • @CornPop09090
      @CornPop09090 Před měsícem

      keep voting democrap

    • @Stephenloizos
      @Stephenloizos Před měsícem

      'Being Safe'-was the lie of the COVAIDS SCAM- people closed their businesses to 'be safe'-so happy camper, 'safety' doesn't come before FREEDOM. You are looking at destroyed cities where businesses took the bait and PLAYED IT SAFE...

    • @ICallItAsItIs
      @ICallItAsItIs Před měsícem

      Import the 3rd world and you become a 3rd world.

    • @crs11becausecrs10wastaken
      @crs11becausecrs10wastaken Před měsícem +41

      That's Bidenomics!

  • @VileNirus
    @VileNirus Před 11 dny +6

    Thank you, Gavin. What a great advertisement for your presidential aspirations.

  • @KiwiGraggle
    @KiwiGraggle Před 10 dny +10

    We could start by stop buying everything from Ebay or Amazon, in specific Amazon.

  • @Peter-MH
    @Peter-MH Před měsícem +506

    The speed of the decline is frightening.

    • @johnhill6794
      @johnhill6794 Před měsícem +45

      It's their 2030 vision for how the world should look like.

    • @JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL
      @JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL Před měsícem

      ​@@johnhill6794 Yep! THEY are foreshadowing the future. 💯

    • @GotoHere
      @GotoHere Před měsícem

      Democrats are good at destroying.

    • @jordangourley3955
      @jordangourley3955 Před měsícem +22

      You ain’t seen nothing yet. Shit will be mad max by 2050.

    • @cynthiaweir5697
      @cynthiaweir5697 Před měsícem +8

      This didn’t happen overnight. It’s just that you just woke up and noticed it.

  • @EsotericOccultist
    @EsotericOccultist Před měsícem +1172

    We got called racist for asking people to vote against this smh

    • @kaptainwarp
      @kaptainwarp Před měsícem +46

      *smrh (shaking my racist head)

    • @anthonymartinez6516
      @anthonymartinez6516 Před měsícem +98

      Who cares what people call you. That shouldn't detour you from doing what is right.

    • @TRAVIESO_NA
      @TRAVIESO_NA Před měsícem +1

      Ain’t racist it’s called classism or what they have in India, the class system, keep the poor poor don’t let them become middle class, and delete the middle class. I was upper middle class till they ruined California and capitalism for that matter.
      So yeah it’s so
      Racist to be able to see through the bulls***

    • @MrTriple3D
      @MrTriple3D Před měsícem

      @@kaptainwarp "anybody who doesn't agree with me is racist"

    • @bogenious8474
      @bogenious8474 Před měsícem +41

      Why care what people say about you

  • @SusanLAX
    @SusanLAX Před 13 dny +2

    so sad to see the current state of downtown LA...it was only 2 years ago when I left California was a resident for 23 years...went to downtown before i left and it didnt look abandoned like this....Sad....can you make a walk tour of Santee area...used to shop there a lot before....Thank you for sharing this video

  • @rosemarysmall5103
    @rosemarysmall5103 Před 13 dny +12

    Such a crying shame --- some of those period buildings are magnificent!!

  • @adolfdyversiti6517
    @adolfdyversiti6517 Před měsícem +532

    This is not a doomsday document video.
    This is the future of United States of America....

    • @patriciamathews5975
      @patriciamathews5975 Před měsícem +10

      The tragectory of our Country seems very similar. And yet National & State Governments can't give away (or take) monies that should go to U.S. citizens. 😔

    • @FLOWER6669
      @FLOWER6669 Před měsícem

      Even small towns are being ravaged by hard drugs and the people that use them.

    • @lorijackson3905
      @lorijackson3905 Před měsícem +19

      Manufacturers of these lethal drugs want America to look like this everywhere 😢

    • @user-oc1bq2mf3q
      @user-oc1bq2mf3q Před měsícem +10

      I’ve seen a destroyed society in the middle east , war torn and done by the local governor t not knowing how to run a successful community . I don’t want to see it here and I wish more saw what I’ve seen . They’d do more for thier country and not what they can get and victimhood

    • @AngstG
      @AngstG Před měsícem

      Society will not end by fire or ice, but by FILTH...

  • @DaysOfDarknessUK
    @DaysOfDarknessUK Před měsícem +410

    America is way too busy stirring up trouble in far away countries.

    • @thatguyoverthere8355
      @thatguyoverthere8355 Před měsícem +7

      Protecting your freedoms also

    • @boogataws6398
      @boogataws6398 Před měsícem +42

      They wanna sell weapons $$$$$

    • @jamesberry4514
      @jamesberry4514 Před měsícem +17

      ​@@thatguyoverthere8355That money is as much committed to protecting American freedom as some of the recent San Francisco DAs have been committed to punishing criminals to deter crime.

    • @truthseeker2222
      @truthseeker2222 Před měsícem

      @@thatguyoverthere8355 What freedoms? They just passed FISA. Freedom no longer exists. Hasn't for a while now.

    • @user-xx1qz8vs4o
      @user-xx1qz8vs4o Před měsícem +17

      planet cancer

  • @ChrisTopherBunnell
    @ChrisTopherBunnell Před dnem +1

    In 2021, the Healthy Housing Foundation converted the Barclay Hotel into a low-rent housing project for homeless families. The conversion was part of an initiative to turn 11 hotels in the Los Angeles area into affordable housing.

  • @zatoichiable
    @zatoichiable Před 27 dny +461

    This is the country that loves to lecture other countries about how great USA is...

    • @sandyfields678
      @sandyfields678 Před 23 dny +2

      Looks l8ke a movie..a2f7l.

    • @Cmonsensee
      @Cmonsensee Před 23 dny

      Migrants are the problems

    • @ThanhHuynh-xo4qe
      @ThanhHuynh-xo4qe Před 23 dny

      Yes. Great country, but only red states.
      Blue states are like this or worse.

    • @kerryogrady3637
      @kerryogrady3637 Před 23 dny +4

      ​@@scottbeauchene2019You're venting to the wrong person bro,It's your Chief and his Sycophants they're the issue.

    • @DrummerDelight
      @DrummerDelight Před 23 dny +3

      All a plan in the west 🤫

  • @brianredman9347
    @brianredman9347 Před měsícem +220

    Every empty shop represents lost jobs, lost tax base, and once the area looks like this it will be nearly impossible to revive.

    • @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
      @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul Před měsícem +4

      My question, what businesses are open? None?

    • @Brian-qg8dg
      @Brian-qg8dg Před měsícem +3

      Ive been around L.A and the OC for 40+ years. Lots of areas are doing just fine. Never really cared about all the major city stuff, not sure it is even needed. Turn it all into parks or entertainment centers..

    • @Pixl8dwhmsy
      @Pixl8dwhmsy Před měsícem +5

      probably only large corporations - vanguard and blackrock owned lol @@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul

    • @garymangan2761
      @garymangan2761 Před měsícem +7

      They want this. Its the whole purpose .open your eyes

    • @Arnoud-nf6iz
      @Arnoud-nf6iz Před měsícem

      @@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul WHAT BUSINESS IS OPEN?? look arround.. traders.. wallstreet.. people just make money online ripping off other people. i know that game i did/practise it for some years.. its just stealing even more. money i sjust a pump and dump scheme

  • @AK36677
    @AK36677 Před 13 dny +4

    Reminds me of Detroit. Shows that the government doesn't care and will abandon anything once it gets bad. Time to take back our country.

  • @Dude1923Dumby
    @Dude1923Dumby Před 12 dny +3

    The rich get richer and this is what get. I'm so tired of prices going up while our cities get worse to live in.

  • @georgesealy4706
    @georgesealy4706 Před měsícem +526

    What is amazing is the total neglect and acceptance by the citizens. They let the garbage and the homeless people problems continue to grow bigger and bigger. Crime is ignored. This is NOT okay.

    • @recabitejehonadab2654
      @recabitejehonadab2654 Před měsícem +12

      No one cares.

    • @PhillyDomSideDude
      @PhillyDomSideDude Před měsícem +5

      George, can you please elaborate

    • @notenote2004
      @notenote2004 Před měsícem

      And they’ll be voting for the Democrats in no time!

    • @lcomfort8683
      @lcomfort8683 Před měsícem +25

      I'm sure people complained, but nothing was done.

    • @CeeTee-12345
      @CeeTee-12345 Před měsícem

      Democrats love living like this. They can pretend they live in 3rd world Communist countries they admire. If they vote Blue next election, they can give Venezuela and Nicaragua a run for their money!!! #BIDEN2024

  • @freqenc
    @freqenc Před měsícem +354

    The SMELL is what killed Cali. You just can't escape it. Sometimes I was praying for a breeze. It was HORRIFIC. Once a paradise, now a urinal. Sad.

    • @markivy3451
      @markivy3451 Před měsícem +25

      It kills me they leave it and vote for the same where they move to. Aka Locust

    • @Inigo_The_Son
      @Inigo_The_Son Před měsícem +12

      @freqenc 🎵Ooh that smell, can't you smell that smell?🎵 - Lynyrd Skynyrd

    • @channelofstuff6662
      @channelofstuff6662 Před měsícem +15

      LA never been a paradise though.

    • @chuckw8391
      @chuckw8391 Před měsícem +2

      😂

    • @titusflavius5668
      @titusflavius5668 Před měsícem +2

      @@markivy3451ColoFornia and San Frandenver

  • @UnknownsWorld
    @UnknownsWorld Před 13 dny +3

    Rents are far too high because the landlords refuse to sell their properties since they are subsidized (running at a loss), and there's a theft issue in LA on top of it so people can't afford the insurance and theft in the area. There is no legal business that can run in LA today unless landlords are forced to sell/rent cheaper, and policies are put in place to protect businesses.

  • @NoName-ks88cp
    @NoName-ks88cp Před dnem +1

    You don't understand anything. This is the spirit of freedom, the city is honest with you. You can calmly relax and not bother. You don’t experience cringe when you film yourself in public when people are smoking crack on the next bench and nothing bothers them at all. Here it feels good to slow down and chill and run as fast as you can about your business. This city has a soul, not sleek, not pretentious, but real with its shortcomings.

  • @lisabaltzer4190
    @lisabaltzer4190 Před měsícem +221

    When I was a kid in the 70’s, I used to take the Venice Blvd. bus to downtown LA and go exploring. Now as an adult, I would not go anywhere near downtown LA.

    • @OhWel
      @OhWel Před měsícem +8

      I wouldn't go anywhere in California. The sad thing Sacramento is the state capitol and everything is shut down

    • @jsamc
      @jsamc Před měsícem

      The art district is great, the garmet district, the flower district, the jewelry district Disney hall LOL don't believe the hype.

    • @chrishultgren777
      @chrishultgren777 Před měsícem +1

      @@jsamc there's been 3 or 4 knife homicides in L.A. the last week. April 2024

    • @jsamc
      @jsamc Před měsícem +1

      @@chrishultgren777 A city of 4 million .Thats par.

    • @Secretorder13
      @Secretorder13 Před 14 dny +1

      ​@@jsamcDon't believe the hype?? We are watching it..Los

  • @simms196
    @simms196 Před měsícem +1796

    Too much crime, too dangerous & democrat one party rule. Businesses close, jobs lost. Really sad to see

    • @27clubband74
      @27clubband74 Před měsícem

      THEY VOTED AND BEGGED 4 BIDEN ..

    • @unhingedreality9515
      @unhingedreality9515 Před měsícem

      We should stop referring to the left as democrats. We need to refer to them with the proper description, neo-marxist/communists.

    • @captain007x
      @captain007x Před měsícem

      More crime in Red states mate, these are the facts.

    • @schettini777
      @schettini777 Před měsícem +133

      they vote for this situation no excuse sorry

    • @mrpersianality6363
      @mrpersianality6363 Před měsícem +81

      You forgot the part about landlords being so greedy they price businesses out

  • @samk2266
    @samk2266 Před 4 dny +1

    you can see these expensive modern apartment buildings around so youd think there would be business that want to rent all these empty shops, but the problem is the city is too unsafe, especially at night so the area is ruined

  • @DJ-StanDel-Noto
    @DJ-StanDel-Noto Před 4 dny

    Thanks for the video. If there is more attention to the problem - it is going to be addressed soon)) I noticed a high quality of the camera you use)) Can you share the model of it?

  • @johnlester9598
    @johnlester9598 Před měsícem +124

    Politicians don't live in the mess they create.

  • @itsonlyatail
    @itsonlyatail Před měsícem +176

    It amazes me, no one has money and there are no stores, but spray paint is still available!

  • @frankblangeard8865
    @frankblangeard8865 Před dnem +1

    0:57 "At least their putting the trash all in the same place". Yes, exactly.

  • @Randy1743
    @Randy1743 Před 6 dny

    You should look into the Third Street Promenade located in Santa Monica, CA. I was reading an article today how this once upscale area is turning into a ghost town and a hangout for the homeless.

  • @williamlidster5850
    @williamlidster5850 Před měsícem +172

    Leo, people like you are now the new media, and what you were doing is very important! CBS, NBC, or ABC would never show us this!
    Please be careful out there!

  • @dalmatanczos
    @dalmatanczos Před měsícem +148

    The printer who makes the For Lease signs is doing great!

    • @tandemrudy2014
      @tandemrudy2014 Před měsícem +5

      Job security😅😅😅

    • @tandemrudy2014
      @tandemrudy2014 Před měsícem +1

      Job security😅😅

    • @jasonrackawack9369
      @jasonrackawack9369 Před měsícem +5

      I worked in a sign shop for years....in good times you made alot of signs for new places opening up...in bad times you made alot of signs for the relators and going out of business sales....it was fun secure work no matter what but the pay was awful

    • @vintagemxer9165
      @vintagemxer9165 Před měsícem +1

      and the graphics showing thriving businesses with many happy people 😀

    • @grinning_owl
      @grinning_owl Před měsícem +1

      True! Also the retailers who sell cans of spray paint and boards.

  • @funtikos
    @funtikos Před 9 dny

    Maybe undergroundtown. Crazy. Thank for the video.

  • @geraldhilaire9447
    @geraldhilaire9447 Před 2 dny +1

    next level in the world 1% wealthy 99% poor
    i wish for all of us another world than this one

  • @Thejohnnylove69
    @Thejohnnylove69 Před měsícem +105

    I was born and raised in Los Angeles throughout the 70’s-90s. I left after the riots. This is just heart breaking. I remember when these places were open and thriving. I agree, shame on some of these politicians to let it get this way. Thanks for reporting. 👍🏽

    • @JubileeValence
      @JubileeValence Před měsícem +3

      Yep & I was there in the 60s also. Left after Rodney King. Absolutely disgusting. Can't even think of going back. I see it all right here.

    • @petercampbell3817
      @petercampbell3817 Před měsícem +3

      I agree. Politicians, policies, laws and most important; the people. For it is 'they' whom vote and agree to the conditions surrounding them.

    • @MsCNail-fe1sj
      @MsCNail-fe1sj Před měsícem

      And the worse it gets...the more the voters reward these corrupt politicians...by voting them in again. Insane...how...how bad does it have to get before people stand up and vote them out??

    • @JubileeValence
      @JubileeValence Před měsícem

      @@petercampbell3817 I'm in Az now. I thought it was a pretty "straight up" state. But I went through the last 2 elections here. Both were fake. Everybody here knows it.
      The uproar went on for years. A leaked cell phone video showed the new governor swearing in. She made it into an absolute foul mockery, live, and in real time.
      I'm sure the video is still up somewhere.
      Funny thing is, they still talk about the "next election". Except it's not really funny.
      ------
      "I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this - who will count the votes, and how."
      -------
      Even Snopes proved that one as verified
      My point/observation?
      Who in their right mind would vote for this..any of this...
      It's complete insanity.
      But people, real people, still have "hope".
      We'll see what happens...

  • @JC-kv1vn
    @JC-kv1vn Před měsícem +288

    The CHOICE has been made that parts of Los Angeles be used as public toilets.

    • @Ann-hm7gj
      @Ann-hm7gj Před měsícem +10

      Homeless cities by the thousands

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Před měsícem +7

      The entrance that smells and is full of flies is probably from urine.

    • @deidresable
      @deidresable Před měsícem +4

      Ameriica need to build toilet for the people

    • @HeadNtheClouds
      @HeadNtheClouds Před měsícem +7

      @@deidresableand then flush it!

    • @chuckw8391
      @chuckw8391 Před měsícem +1

      👍🏼

  • @alanhilton7336caradventure

    As a kid I grew up watching all the shows filmed in California like BJ and the Bear, chips, Knight rider, grizzly Adams dreaming of one day going there and I see this and it breaks my heart what on earth happened.😢

  • @3011Tacna
    @3011Tacna Před 13 dny +10

    Моя дорогая Россиюшка.... идеальное место, любимая земля.... самая лучшая!

    • @tatytaty785
      @tatytaty785 Před 13 dny +1

      Это точно

    • @inspirationeveryday775
      @inspirationeveryday775 Před 12 dny +1

      Увы, это совсем не так

    • @3011Tacna
      @3011Tacna Před 11 dny +1

      @@inspirationeveryday775 неувы, совсем и полностью только так и никак иначе!!!!

    • @inspirationeveryday775
      @inspirationeveryday775 Před 11 dny +1

      @@3011Tacna когда я вижу, что человек говорит лозунгами, то наверное диалог какой-то разумный невозможен

    • @user-bx4kv6yd2u
      @user-bx4kv6yd2u Před 11 dny +2

      твоя дорогая россеюшка, благодаря мудрой миграционной политике несмываемого, с каждым годом становится все больше и больше похожа на пакистан)

  • @acmecompany
    @acmecompany Před měsícem +219

    California governor says he is doing a great job!

    • @fidelk.5066
      @fidelk.5066 Před měsícem +13

      He’s not.

    • @bozbozman1575
      @bozbozman1575 Před měsícem +2

      "That's true! Because it's true..."😂

    • @usedscar
      @usedscar Před měsícem +2

      Has the gov seen this!😮

    • @jrmaddox
      @jrmaddox Před měsícem

      I mean with his agenda to destroy California he actually is.

    • @johndicarlo225
      @johndicarlo225 Před měsícem +7

      Coke makes you think that..

  • @nadogrl
    @nadogrl Před měsícem +135

    This is just sickening. Our beautiful state being intentionally destroyed.😢

    • @jsamc
      @jsamc Před měsícem +2

      This just 1 part of a very very large city. Don't believe the hype.

    • @rm_alfaro
      @rm_alfaro Před měsícem +1

      ​@@jsamc I'm afraid it's just a matter of time!😢

    • @BUTTNUTT69
      @BUTTNUTT69 Před měsícem +1

      Do something about it or it's not your state.

    • @gabyx66
      @gabyx66 Před měsícem +2

      y get what y vote

    • @markoliver630
      @markoliver630 Před měsícem

      By the Democratic Party that runs it !

  • @mikellejasmer2213
    @mikellejasmer2213 Před 12 dny +1

    Every citizen in America needs to see these videos of our major cities being destroyed.
    Government allowing this here/ promoting the destruction.
    Promoting things that ruin lives.
    No economy.
    No prosecution of property crimes.
    Allowing the legal open drug use.
    Taxing businesses and property owners so hard they cannot afford to be in business.

  • @no1computerrepairguy
    @no1computerrepairguy Před 12 dny +1

    If many are working from home, and all the commercial shops are gone from city centres, what is the point of having city centres anymore?

  • @buljo5150
    @buljo5150 Před 15 dny +160

    Corruption at its finest. Simple as that. City and state leadership should be held accountable. There are no consequences for doing a bad job.

    • @np153Garlix
      @np153Garlix Před 15 dny +12

      I don't know what you want. Californians keep voting for it over and over again....

    • @ohhoho5876
      @ohhoho5876 Před 14 dny

      ​@@np153Garlix voting for wrong people.

    • @Secretorder13
      @Secretorder13 Před 14 dny +1

      Oh yeah no argument there..SMH

    • @Hook1229
      @Hook1229 Před 13 dny +1

      Even in 3rd world countries, I've never seen business establishments and streets getting ran over by vandals and drug junkies..

    • @4jup4ter4
      @4jup4ter4 Před 13 dny +1

      @@np153Garlix Then they move to a new state, and vote the same way all over again not realizing what they're doing.

  • @emca1597
    @emca1597 Před měsícem +198

    Ngl, really looked like a 3rd world country and not America, the American dream is dead.

    • @osky3301
      @osky3301 Před 27 dny +8

      I live in a third world country. a bit similar, but not many shops close like this

    • @echan4605
      @echan4605 Před 27 dny +7

      Just wondering which 3rd world country looks worse than this

    • @efxnews4776
      @efxnews4776 Před 27 dny +7

      I'm from Brazil, i saw some really bad sht in my own country, but this is looking way to close home, if wasn't for the graffity all in english, i would swear this was here in Brazil.

    • @amirism91
      @amirism91 Před 27 dny

      @@efxnews4776 this is because of china taking everything from america. if brazil wanna be richer than the usa faster join with china not the usa

    • @kazenriq
      @kazenriq Před 26 dny

      Actually this looks way worse than 3rd World countries, tbh. It's like a civil war destruction scenery or earthquake aftermath. The decadence of a American Dream in your very eyes. Just deal with that.

  • @kipburt67
    @kipburt67 Před dnem

    So lovely. I'll take my family there on Vacation!

  • @franwex
    @franwex Před 9 dny +1

    What can they possibly build there instead? Housing!! But developers are still hell bent on keeping it commercial and office. The county doesn’t care as they are still getting tax revenue from property taxes. They need to get together and rezone the area to mix zone if they want to fix it.

  • @user-vx9de8xi8o
    @user-vx9de8xi8o Před měsícem +367

    All those trillions spent over seas, should have been invested in infrastructure.

    • @oliverk.9692
      @oliverk.9692 Před měsícem +15

      Sleepy Joe!🤷‍♂️👍🏻

    • @rfleetwood9592
      @rfleetwood9592 Před měsícem +7

      There is truth to that, but I'm sure someone would find a way to line their pockets.

    • @user-eo1cv1zm5s
      @user-eo1cv1zm5s Před měsícem

      Agree absolutely right you are.

    • @dot0422
      @dot0422 Před měsícem +8

      It's nothing wrong with the infrastructure in downtown LA. It's greed and capitalism.

    • @kurtjammer9568
      @kurtjammer9568 Před měsícem +1

      I don't know about you..but I'm going to bed.sleepy joe

  • @tams.114
    @tams.114 Před měsícem +193

    Lenient laws on shoplifting. Shoplifting should be a felony no matter the dollar amount. Stiffer sentences are needed to change this behavior.

    • @tonyh5484
      @tonyh5484 Před měsícem

      cant afford to lock up all offenders, no budget for it

    • @Bronson2024
      @Bronson2024 Před měsícem

      The pol's don't care as long as they get their cut of the drug trade!

    • @twinfin8571
      @twinfin8571 Před měsícem

      Looks like they shoplifted every business to broke. Nothing left to take.

    • @75Prelives
      @75Prelives Před měsícem +4

      You are right but it’ll probably take more than just that.

    • @YD-pl5rn
      @YD-pl5rn Před měsícem

      The cost of shoplifting In the Muslim countries is a hand. They'll literally cut your hand off.

  • @manricobianchini5276
    @manricobianchini5276 Před 14 dny +1

    Sad state of affairs, America. The citizens better wake up, and soon!

  • @moisesbarrios2280
    @moisesbarrios2280 Před 2 dny

    This is like how LA was in the 90s .. I remember busing it from Torrance to downtown LA (was a teenager back then) and it was crazy silent after 6 pm .. it changed during the internet boom but looks like its back to it .. pretty crazy cause I’ve seen it both ways in my lifetime 😐

  • @randy7928
    @randy7928 Před měsícem +175

    The vacant lot piled 4 feet deep with garbage is crazy

    • @NatalieAHough
      @NatalieAHough Před měsícem +5

      So foul

    • @ThePeiguy57
      @ThePeiguy57 Před měsícem +10

      And someone digging through the garbage which I'm sure is full of used syringes.

    • @samleong749
      @samleong749 Před měsícem +10

      You are 1/2 right. It's not 4 feet high. It is 8 feet high.

    • @briansimon8969
      @briansimon8969 Před měsícem +3

      And the city does nothing about it

    • @user-zh8fl5ir2k
      @user-zh8fl5ir2k Před měsícem +5

      政客毫無做為而縱容了沒有道德水準的市民這麼做的結果!

  • @1940limited
    @1940limited Před měsícem +220

    Let's make Newsom presdient! We can make all of America like this!

    • @AJ-po6up
      @AJ-po6up Před měsícem +30

      What a magical utopic liberal future that would be, imagine the possibilities. I'm sure China, NK, Iran, Russia etc would love that too.

    • @genevieve730
      @genevieve730 Před měsícem

      Biden is doing a good job destroying America.

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Před měsícem

      @@AJ-po6up Yes, they certainly would. This is what the democrats want. Watch the DNC roll Newsom out for POTUS if not this year in 2028.

    • @helbitkelbit1790
      @helbitkelbit1790 Před měsícem

      Dont laugh.....thats what's coming , all by design. The elites wont have to worry about a thing........

    • @spaceindian3769
      @spaceindian3769 Před měsícem +1

      ​ScottKelso-ye8wuI know it's a hell of a show

  • @sherimcdaniel3491
    @sherimcdaniel3491 Před 10 dny +1

    Sort of makes me wonder who’s paying the taxes on all of those empty buildings. Who is/are the owner of record(s)? Given the state of them and the derelict surroundings, I can’t imagine anyone will be doing any leasing or selling. The old ones break my heart with all of the fine details and workmanship buildings used to have. It’s such a shame it’s all just sitting, slowly falling apart.
    For the structures that are still in fairly good condition, rezoning them for homeless shelters, drug clinics, childcare. It’s likely too costly but it would be a huge help to those with nowhere to go. Better than making outdoor toilets out of old doorways.
    Great video, Leo! I’m a new subscriber. Well done. ❤️🐈

  • @vincentkintero847
    @vincentkintero847 Před 14 dny

    Its not just down town its everywhere. All the warehouse that use to supply those stores are now closed to

  • @jiggilowjow
    @jiggilowjow Před měsícem +658

    newsome owns 100% of the blame for californias condition. hes obviously less than worthless

    • @stealthbomber2127
      @stealthbomber2127 Před měsícem

      This is the end result of the voting majority since the 60's. newsome just happened to be governor when the job of destroying cali is near completion, governor moonbeam put this into major play years ago. The majority there still will vote for the same people that did this to them.

    • @coobay4786
      @coobay4786 Před měsícem +1

      Nope, it's all the people who voted for him and all the other liberal politicians.

    • @thejohnbeck
      @thejohnbeck Před měsícem +46

      No. His voters too

    • @TheRealHempress
      @TheRealHempress Před měsícem

      Newsome and L.A. has a D.A. they need to get RID OF! Financed by 5 o r o s (points for guessing name w/out typing it out)

    • @kennygopal
      @kennygopal Před měsícem +23

      I think newsome owns 101% blame

  • @teresasteele5327
    @teresasteele5327 Před měsícem +150

    It's happening all over the western world, especially from 2020. Here in the South West of England shops are boarded up, not as bad as this but we won't be far behind. Banks closing, small businesses collapsing. Yet the US just sent $80 billion package to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

    • @tesomoficial9679
      @tesomoficial9679 Před měsícem +3

      👏👏👏

    • @karinblue807
      @karinblue807 Před měsícem

      ..und die eigene Bevölkerung verarmt und säuft ab...

    • @nofrenz2065
      @nofrenz2065 Před měsícem +6

      That's what happens when you let them in

    • @philipreed6893
      @philipreed6893 Před měsícem

      Yes, like it or not , Putin will take Estonia , Latvia, when the World is concerned about Taiwan, Allies are not stupid they can Walk and chew gum at the same
      time, peace to you 👍👍🎇🎇🌎🙂✌️

    • @bragiodinsen4604
      @bragiodinsen4604 Před měsícem

      @@philipreed6893 putin can take over the whole world if he wants, i dont give a damn. he cant possible do a worse job than our leaders who want to replace us and get us all killed in wars so they get richer.

  • @iblackfeathers
    @iblackfeathers Před dnem

    he sounds very happy of all the closures... “it’s gone now!” “it’s closed now!”

  • @magmcmahon9038
    @magmcmahon9038 Před 5 dny +3

    This is what multi cultralisum brings to your shore's 😮

    • @tamasvarga67
      @tamasvarga67 Před 5 dny

      No, it’s the result of crony capitalism…

  • @bandofgold12
    @bandofgold12 Před měsícem +143

    Why don’t we see any of this on main stream news? That’s why I get my “news” from CZcams channels like this one. Thank you for another very insightful report on what really happening in America!

    • @michellerichardson2784
      @michellerichardson2784 Před měsícem

      Because it’s FAKE NEWS … It is a shame ~ I was born and raised in in California
      I can see the change and it was done by design. Our country has been infiltrated
      by these evil 😈 people who work for themselves not for the people 😖

    • @Shell0003
      @Shell0003 Před měsícem

      TRUMP tried to warn all of you who will hear .........................FAKE NEWS !! The EVIL ones own the news and only show what they want you to see. PEOPLE need to wake up to the TRUTH . TRUMP is the TRUTH and is trying to WARN YOU ALL .

    • @vintagemxer9165
      @vintagemxer9165 Před měsícem

      Mainstream "news" is part of the same criminal cabal that caused this.

    • @snoopybluejeans
      @snoopybluejeans Před měsícem

      mAIN STREAM media is run by democrats. They are not going to show what they have allowed to happen in these Liberal cities.

    • @jackfabulous758
      @jackfabulous758 Před měsícem +2

      ☝🏼

  • @crazydaisy1334
    @crazydaisy1334 Před měsícem +254

    Downtown Los Angeles wasn’t like this 10 years ago. It was actually coming back to life. The economy was flourishing. People were moving. Their business were opening lot of vacant. Buildings were being refurbished and turned into apartments condos in town houses. There were breweries being opened up cafés you name it it was doing good now it’s a complete shit hole! I used to work there and I used to go in and out of all those streets and locations and I to see them on a daily basis and it wasn’t like this

    • @gretaeberhardt541
      @gretaeberhardt541 Před měsícem +22

      @crazydaisy1334
      I remember going to downtown LA, day or night, to shows, events, historical locations and restaurants . It was interesting and worth driving to. I wouldn’t go now if you paid me.

    • @shans1986
      @shans1986 Před měsícem +4

      Idk, he's walking around unencumbered.

    • @patriciamathews5975
      @patriciamathews5975 Před měsícem +20

      ​@@shans1986 Not many are walking with him in prime daylight. Even he avoided a section that looked iffy. At least he did not film some zombie sections like in Philly. So tragic.

    • @xray606
      @xray606 Před měsícem +11

      It's like dominoes, because even on the better blocks... How long are people going to be paying for those multi thousand dollar lofts when this is a just a few blocks away. The Bradley era has returned.

    • @Carlos-im3hn
      @Carlos-im3hn Před měsícem +13

      All the homeless (worldwide) went to Downtown Los Angeles.
      Warm weather, handouts, lax laws...silly governments.
      Fiat finance pays for all these bad investments, debts, and deficits.

  • @xavierhoppe4261
    @xavierhoppe4261 Před 5 dny +7

    We have some serious moral issues as a nation too. Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people". We biffed our moral standards.

  • @watkinator4413
    @watkinator4413 Před 7 dny +2

    The people truly responsible are rich beyond imagination. They can have whatever they want when they want and live in absolute luxury.

  • @danphillips6977
    @danphillips6977 Před měsícem +104

    My wife is from downtown LA 40 yrs ago
    She was in tears🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸☦️

    • @SpicyTricialicious
      @SpicyTricialicious Před měsícem +5

      Yep! I moved to LA in 2008 & lived there for 6 years & these videos make me cry. To see how fast the decline has been is utterly heartbreaking.😓

    • @nightowl6811
      @nightowl6811 Před měsícem +6

      I'm born and raised In los angeles I'm 51, still here, but i only leave my house for important matters now, 7 days. The hanging out days are gone.

  • @cowboygeologist7772
    @cowboygeologist7772 Před měsícem +80

    I worked less than a mile from that area and retired in 2007. It's shocking to see the difference. Thank you for showing this.

  • @lucaskluender7301
    @lucaskluender7301 Před 14 dny +6

    How any middle class decent person remains in LA is mind blowing.

  • @AnitaWright-mk3xb
    @AnitaWright-mk3xb Před 8 dny +1

    Sad to know, the whole western world is breaking down. Good job Leo! 👍

  • @nonickname5850
    @nonickname5850 Před 2 hodinami

    I am from the UK and went to Paramount studios a couple of years back, I couldnt wait to leave the city. people living in tents and drugged up asleep on the streets. Horrible place, never again!!

  • @tedmetre6933
    @tedmetre6933 Před měsícem +91

    I am witnessing the collapse of my country. Very sad as we had it all and very soon we will have nothing but pain.

    • @1940limited
      @1940limited Před měsícem

      It happened very quickly, too. Look as how much damage Biden has done in only 3 years. It illustrates how quickly what's been built can be torn down.

    • @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
      @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul Před měsícem +1

      Yes, but at least we no longer have to hear mean tweets.

    • @gallivantstravels
      @gallivantstravels Před měsícem

      Money being spent in far flung countries on wars for what😢

    • @sandrohernandez4401
      @sandrohernandez4401 Před 16 dny

      ​To protect and spread democracy 😢​@@gallivantstravels

  • @OldManJimmy1
    @OldManJimmy1 Před měsícem +212

    Shocking no one is doing anything to turn this around. So much lost revenue in taxes, lost jobs etc. One step from looking like Mad Max on the streets of LA!!!

    • @user-nn4sp1vw3s
      @user-nn4sp1vw3s Před měsícem

      This is fake religions affects ...this is what is after all terrorists with Churches

    • @jimmierustler4887
      @jimmierustler4887 Před měsícem +3

      Business taxes. No one wants to invest.

    • @Whistler326
      @Whistler326 Před měsícem +2

      Mel Gibson and his dog would be intimidated by this garbage ....its insane

    • @djr01974
      @djr01974 Před měsícem

      Democrat run state is the problem. Newscum needs to go!!!! They don’t give a shit about anything but themselves

    • @lonesomecolt
      @lonesomecolt Před měsícem +3

      Revenue, ooh it's there, comes from foreign and domestic investors who keep buying and selling, which also contributes to homelessness. My Chinese landlord raised my rent, then a month later sold her duplexes to Hindus, then they too raised our rent again 2 months after they bought the property. It's too late for California in my opinion.

  • @Felix_Effex
    @Felix_Effex Před 14 dny

    Even the older classic architecture, most cities are beautifully executed.. I was through L.A. 20 years ago thinking, wow what an ugly skyline.. apparently not much more character on the ground either, despite the ruined state of it. Hope they all stay there.

  • @kylejames1970
    @kylejames1970 Před 10 dny +1

    Damn ,ive been watching videos on LA as a way of researching thecity for a photographybook project i was thinking of doing but having seen this and other videos now I'll pass on coming to LA