Living in a bridge: Homeless in L.A. | The Americas with Simon Reeve - BBC
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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer... Simon meets with Amy, one of the tens of thousands of homeless people living in L.A. Unlike others, Amy has chosen a particularly precarious place to settle: inside a train bridge.
Simon Reeve continues his journey through the Americas. In this second leg, Simon is in the United States travelling down the Rocky Mountains from Montana to Colorado. In the wide-open prairies of Montana, the cowboy way of life is under threat from a long-term decline in the rural economy, but Simon meets a former Silicon Valley executive who has envisaged a new future for the land. The hugely ambitious American Prairie Reserve is attempting to turn three million acres of former ranches, farms and public lands into a protected habitat for America’s wildlife, reintroducing iconic species long extinct, including the North American bison. It is a move being welcomed by native American groups still living under the shadow of historical injustice.
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"It's not worth living to just pay the rent".....
Powerfull statement
Back when Gaddafi ruled Libya, housing (and other things) was considered a human right. Everyone got a home, no matter what. No homelessness. I don't know what the situation there is now ten years after they killed him.
She actually said, its not worth it to just work to be able to be alive..
I say it to myself everytime I pay $1350 for a simple apartment. Im stuck here.
So instead u don't work and are homeless
@@livinthe5thsun79 better than inside of a bridge with nothing to your name. good luck. im fine paying my rent to live in a nice place to call home and bring people to.
She seemed like a very capable and intelligent woman that is just stuck in a bad situation.
Zander Schacht-Walsh seems like her bad situation was meth
Fabian Carter that’s harsh to assume that, there are many possibilities to why this is
Fabian Carter homelessness does not equal drug abuse
@@fabiancarter7167 Why would you assume that over the cost of living in LA? Like come on 🤦♂️
Lijah Bray I agree, I commented this to spread awareness apart from the video, people like him/her should just keep their mouths shut
"...The closer they get, the more they want to distance themselves from it. Somehow relating(to the homeless), makes them susceptible to it." Wow, she cut to the heart of how people react to other's in her situation. Very powerful.
Oh man I couldn't agree more.
Welfare is the CAUSE of her situation. Thats why its so expensive to live in california. its the closest thing we have to socialism in this country...
She has family in Michigan if she wants it
What Is she saying?
@@sterlingcale1242 people avoid homeless people because they're scared that if they understand it, it might happen to them some day.
This lady is brave. I'd be scared to death sleeping in that tunnel every night. Even if I had to. But she seems confident in herself. Especially with her doggy with her. Glad they have each other.
Yes and some people feel like God will watch over and protect you I feel like that myself but I don't stay in places like that I only stay where people can see me
Truly is a shame..... She sounds intelligent and seems like a very gentle soul. Hope she is doing ok.
😭😭😭😭
Its sad but true what she said about Americans and welfare. America prides itself on charity but we don't practice it on our own citizens. All we can do is hope for a better future. 🇺🇲🇲🇽
@@bezerbezer5567 hope is going to do shit. The mentality is wrong
Meth
It pains me to see.
Not to mention all the heartless comments i read here.
Such monsters
I've been homeless, it's a *very very* deep hole to climb out of.
I think there's alot of people who are 1-2 Paychecks away from being Homeless. It's a real shame with Billions of Dollars wasted in the US by the people who COULD help the situation, thing is that their (Politicians) way of life is good and their paychecks are intact by NOT doing anything for those people, it's not in their "Professional Best Interest" to take money out of their hands.
@@nicke1903 its a bad world, technologies like remote neural monitoring and v2k can assist blind people to see , deaf people to hear and mute people to speak. but its use to torture people with electronic harassment . those technologies are cheapier than hearing tools , even the tibetan government in exile have the technologies and they have the most targeted individual by population. all the tibetan diasporian who speaks against dalai lama or criticise tibetan buddhism are tortured electronic harassment.
How did u get out of it?
Ya especially when you headlamp went out and your trapped inside a dark bridge.
@@poopoo09 it took quite a while when you don't have access to shower facilities or clean clothes no one will hire you.
I believe in hard work , but I also believe what she said is true. You shouldn’t have to work 60 hours a week just to live
(barely living)
shouldn't have to work 40 hours a week just to live.
🤷♂️ just work 40 hrs a week and you can have a house and car like me .
@@eddie9244 and so we can have duplicate mediocre life like you too
@@eddie9244 or be smart and retired by 40 with house and cars
That's exactly how I feel about my last job. I work and I thought the money was okay, but then I realize that it was because I was living with my parents and didn't have to pay rent. Then I realize if I paid rent, I'd be left with just enough to eat and just enough to survive my next paycheck, rinse and repeat but going nowhere and I'd keep doing it until I retire. That thought alone made me really ponder my whole life. Just because you're alive doesn't mean you're really living.
Homeless people who are sober sound like some of the most genuine and enlightened people I've heard speak before
This is heartbreaking because she was so damn polite
You have to watch your manners on the streets
@@mrvapor4791 shut up
@@tori9365 ok i'll bite
@@mrvapor4791 bite me 😒
@@tori9365 If I ever run into you in a dark alley
She sounds so well spoken, and so kind. Absolutely awful that anyone is living like this in the 21st century in a first world country.
Her lifestyle doesn't meet a modern standard, perhaps, but she is free. As free as any of us trapped in the flesh can be, I suppose.
thta's neoliberalism, Americans and most of the western world are sold the illusion of free market and "freedom" even tho there's countless things you can't do or buy.
@@Frost87112 nope. Only Americans. The rest of the Western world has functioning welfare systems.
@@Valorian Agreed. America is a first world country but many of its citizens are living in third world conditions.
Wait till you see the other half of the world how they live.
I love how the way she explains her condition. I hope she will be ok with her best friend. Damn I'm crying.
She is a lot more intelligent and articulate than many politicians in the US right now... She comes off as a person that would be great as a teacher... she certainly taught us something here... wish her all the best...
She’s so articulate. Wow. Wish her and her pup the best.
I thought the same.
articulate...is for the people of colour who speak well...yes
Amen
I pray in Jesus name that she hangs on, Jesus is coming soon to burn the tares. God bless you Amy.
@@TheWormzerjr "SOON", we've been hearing that for 2000 yr.s and counting and most of history was *far tougher* than today in the West. Get a grip on reality.
This is sad she’s sound like a really kind person .
Thats probably the worst pase to live must me relly hard to sleep there poor women
Yes, in real world, kind person live as homeless, ass hole become president
@@tonymark8154 ok Tony stark
And intelligent.
God bless her… she has a great heart, taking care of her dog even with what she is dealing with.
"Welfare is something America doesn't understand anymore" no truer words have ever been said.
Welfare for what? this person doesnt want to work. If you lived 7000 years ago you'd work all day to just eat a small amount of food.
@@Mike-zf4xg Norway is different. We dont have homelessness
@@Mike-zf4xg How do you know her circumstances? And we don't live 7000 years ago!
@@maniac577 cool story. The STATE of california has close to 8 times norways population...
Welfare is the cause of the price to live in california.. socialism is not sustainable... they just keep giving free stuff to any immigrant who comes across the border and meanwhile their own people struggle to get by
She seems like an intelligent healthy woman with a kind heart. I hope she’s safe and happy out there
TMC idk about healthy
Monica Henao same
She is in no way mentally or physically healthy
She seems crazy as a bag of cats.
ईंट इस shameफ़ुल
She actually looks like an intelligent person, who wasn't able to use her potential. I would definitly buy one of her piece of art.
Her*
@Frank Mcallister give him a break man.can't he open his eyes now he watched this?
@@ezequielalberto720 he’s just projecting, I wouldn’t worry too much about it lol
This is a horribly common story.
Very! There were definitely people smarter than einstein but they were just born in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong resources
I love that her dog helps keep her safe. She has love in her life.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE TAKING CARE OF... THIS HAS GOT TO STOP.. GOD BLESS THESE PEOPLE.. HOPE THEY'RE SAFE..
My heart goes out to her. A clearly intelligent, talented and lovely lady who is a square peg to society's round hole. She's someone's daughter. Probably someone's mother.
Me too
Well said
How do we find/help her?
@@TheFlip8892 You start by realising the futility of that statement, and how helping this one person although making you feel good doesnt solve the problem.
Very beautiful words man. God bless you.
People always joke about a monster under a bridge but there’s a beautiful soul under this one
Not under inside.
Like she said. There's a lot of moral judgement towards people in her position in America. She may as well be a monster under the bridge
God bless you paradise for those beautiful words!❤️
Sure is too bad people don't start a go fund me for person like her and me
You forget how precious each human being is... Until you see their artwork and smile. 🥺
I'm so sick of how this world is.
"Somehow relating makes them susceptible"
That was well put. Makes ppl see it could be them.
Bless everyone
She summed it up perfectly, no one wants to work themselves to death just to pay rent and survive. People are simply giving up, life is complicated and all too expensive.
The governing group of people think life only in the format of money, just as ecology, humans should kick start a cycle to survive without money, and the heavens will be down on earth
System in place is there so people like her and us work for the rich people. Making them more money with how harder we sweat for them and we get payed nothing. Start a business and become your own boss, cause if your working for the rich, your a loser. And sadly most of us are
Wasy, move out of California.
Too much $$$$ just To Live 🌎😒 Yup.
Bingo all the best to you.
I've heard and seen living under the bridge but not living IN the bridge.
She's literally merging with the concrete. Becoming one with the bridge.
I am bridge.
Homeless in American cities live all sorts of places most people dont even know exists. People walk all over a metropolitan area but never wonder what's under their feet.
Theres a spot off the art district in la where the bridge has gates those are crowded with people youd be surprised .. my friend once found a homeless who had passed away but appearantly in respects to the homeless wishes they left him there because thats what he wanted when he passed some people dont want to have to pay to live . And that in its own way is respectable of course there are those who are hoodlums but a good grip are just people that dont want to conform and i tip my hat to those nothing but respect
@Elias Geisanger Even the stuff that's active isnt exactly secure, what keeps most people out is the idea that its dirty or dangerous.
I watch these videos for inspiration. I realize that someday I may be in a similar situation, and seeing people who make the best of it is inspiring. Precious few are truly immune from their world collapsing. Something to consider.
heartbreaking... "in the shadow of such wealth, so much suffering..." may good fortune soon find its way to this sweet soul and her dog ...
"It's not what people understand anymore." So true
Cali Bonez As a Say, French citizen - state HAS to give €500 a month. It’s your god given right. Few dont take it out of pride but 90% do. Thats socialist democracy. Why immigration is such an issue. That amount goes up from there. Shame for this poor women. One with kids who needs clothes n food .... could get thousands in welfare help. Yes!!!! There you have the truth. Sad for anyone to live like that. Could America do such a thing w 5x the population?
Amy’s comments are intelligently spot on. Hi Amy. Should you read this, thank you.
Thank her for what? Being homeless and bbc recording her and her dog. Didnt even shake her hand. So are you thanking bbc?
Agreed, Tiger Tyg, she seemed very aware and like a real nice person. I wish her all the best.
HonestEngine I agree there’s absolutely nothing to thank that woman for.
@@cansmashR Thanking her for her honesty and insight is completely reasonable
I don't see a way of her watching RUclips
So many of us, including myself, are very close to being homeless. It is nice to see Amy has found a way to thrive in a time when she could be very much worse off. 👏 Bravo!
i would not say she is thriving. more like just surviving
This woman deserve better..... I think she is a good person.
i hope she doesnt get kicked out of her home because of this ... she seems like a very kind and sweet person . it got me when she said its not worth working just to stay alive ...
We've all been turned into slaves
Her home... Are you listening to yourself? That is a place she decided to illegally stay. I dont want to hear the sob stories. Most Americans work to survive and maybe have a few things. Nothing is free in life and there are enough programs out there to help you get on your feet.. I had to work and scratch for everything I have and I am proud of it..
Hey padratt88 you judgemental. Unless you live it don't judge it because getting out of that situation is harder than any job, anything you will ever have to do in your life. So don't act like you know what a struggle is until your sleeping by the water in 45 degree weather.
@@brytonjasper8039 I grew up in an orphanage. My parents died when I was 3. I ran away when I was 15 due to abuse and lived on the streets of fulton new york until I was 17 and lied my way into the military. I dont want youy telling me I am judgemental. I LIVED IT... Jackoff
@@padrat88 "I dont want to hear sob stories"
God bless her and her dog. I hope she does not get kicked out now that she has been exposed by idiots.
God is watching her in her misery. As she said moral judgment is the new norm in USA.
Did your parents kick you out for being an idiot John?
The funny thing is that most of these people chose to live like this cause they dont want to pay rent or there bills. This is very dangerous. And im glad they kicked her out. She needs to stop being lazy and work and stop living for free when the rest of us have to pay. When she goes to the doctors who do you think pays for that? When she needs food who pays for that? WE DO! She can move to a less cost of living place. Im sorry but no sympathy for someone who can get a job but choses not to.
@@descent815 you don't even know her whole situation....
@@descent815 As long as she does not steal, she doesn't bothers anyone. I dont really see the point in kicking her out, from a place where is nobody are anyways.
Also dont you think the conditions shes living in are enugh "punishment" for not working.
That lady is sweet and deserves a chance to live normally, just like many others who seem factionless
her mind is so powerful with a kind soul . it is impossible to have both of these attributes in one person . if i were there i would have visited her regularly to chat .
Most ordinary people are just a few strokes of bad luck away from being homeless.
isn't it just one stroke away in america?
@@augustinf depends on the stroke
No, if most people had that bad luck they could live with family members or relatives
@@bnap3221 Not everyone has friends and relatives they can rely on. Not everyone even has family or friends.
@@augustinf of course. However, op said most people. I recon most people could live with family or relatives if they face bad luck, and that only some people would be homeless
Even being homeless, she's still care for the hygiene, cleanliness, politeness, comfy, etc & most importantly she's still have very strong sense of arts where she decorated everything colorful especially when she hung the Napoleon Bonaparte pictures out of Nat Geo books. It means she got the Napoleonic spirit that keep her fighting for her life where the real life is like actual battlefield. That's the coolest thing I've ever seen done by homeless person. Totally Love & Respect. I hope someone could employ her at Historical Museum or Library & give her a hostel nearby the work area. Godspeed survivors
Prince Velkan she looks like a very nice lady
She appears to be a very pleasant woman who's going through a tough time.
@@Matthew-su1gy :Agree. Despite being homeless she still retain her kindness & politeness.
@@johnmca5643 :Agree because sometimes everyone including us have been through hard times in our lifetime. But she shows the world give up is never is the option. Keep surviving & breathing for a better tomorrow.
Interesting choice in art. Napoleon at the height of a victory. Then the charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo.
So brave to live in a bridge. Such a lovely soul, I hope she gets better housing soon ❤
They shouldn't have showed the outside someone from rail or city will kick her out because of her openness & the thoughtless way they have left her exposed.
Yeah maybe then she'll think that it's worthwhile to get a job and pay for rent. Because at this point she doesn't think it's worth it to pay for a place
Karl Ashdown she should be evicted immediately and jailed, I feel. She probably has damaged the train infrastructure costing taxpayers.
@@fortred735 when you dont have a safe place to keep your work clothing or get a safe comfortable night's rest; how easy do you think it will be to just miraculously: 1. get a job, 2. actually KEEP said job, 3. save enough money for 1st AND last months rent AND a deposit... NOT MENTIONING surviving the ENTIRE time your doing these things?? My wife and I are homeless and in the process of doing THIS EXACT THING. It's extremely DIFFICULT and there is LITTLE TO ZERO help for homeless people that are SOBER and/or actually WORKING. If your drug addicted and just shot out from years of abuse THEN you might qualify for some sort of aid/benefits. But the more you SEEM to have it together: the less people want to help. We're GOING TO MAKE IT. Sadly, Its pretty much impossible for the average American homeless person to accomplish what we're accomplishing. And the truth is: it's not their fault.
What the hell has happened to the moral compass of the United States ??? Thank god I live in Canada where if you're unemployed and looking for work you receive enough money ( barely ) for rent and food.
Chris Burgess why don’t you invite this person up to Canada 🇨🇦??
She’s so wholesome and intelligent. I hope her situation becomes stable.
She seems like a nice helpful quiet woman who would be working in a library.
Stop hoping and start helping. Society is the way it is because everyone only talks and very few actually act.
@@oceandrop7666 Mr beast
I really despise the word "wholesome" lol i think of some munchie crunchy coffee shop revolutionaries talking about how theyd change the system while drinking a soybean latte and eating raw kale.
She needs to get out of california... why anyone still lives there is beyond me...
This woman is rich in spirit and beautiful in heart. That is worth so much more than any mansion you could buy
Amy was incredibly affluent and cognizant of not only herself but of society as well. Would love to see more from her and this ballroom she speaks of.
When I was homeless, I slept outside UC Berkeley, I slept in the university classrooms, I slept over heated sewers, I did all this from the age of 20-24 it was a very hard time for me, I would walk the campus of UC Berkeley and wonder how other young people were able to live and go to school and have a good life, I cried often and went without food sometimes. I never gave up tho, I am now 30, employed and living better, My goal is to build my RUclips channel and start giving back to the homeless.
All the best☺
Youre a very strong individual. God bless you.
Antonio Porter called hustle sell things for money
Man. Wish I knew. I lived in Berkeley!!
Because we have good families behind us until we're independent. Still our backups in case we fail. So we're the lucky ones.
Why do i feel like these will be the people who survive an invasion or apocalypse ?
They are hidden
They r trust me
The people living like this and on the streets will survive the collapse of society because they have learned how to beat the odds and work together. The rich and lazy middle class who have grown used to their creature comforts will suffer the most and their well marbled flesh will also be a welcome treat when they come around begging for forgiveness and help.
As long as they dont destroy bridges.
@Derrick Klone foreign or domestic. Pick one...
Her dog looks so happy and loved
What a lovely, thoughtful woman. It absolutely breaks my heart that she can’t live with all of the creature comforts that the rest of us take for granted, but at least she is living on her own terms. 😔
it's her choice. So while I think it's somewhat sad that she chooses this, it doesnt break my heart , because she HAS a choice, and made hers.
The dog still loves her ...just beautiful how these guys don't need anything but love and they'll stick by you through literally anything
Read "Tribute to Dogs" by George Graham Vest.
I was thinking the same thing....that poor pup and that poor lady, at least they have each other. I would be curious to know her daily routine and where they get food, water, etc.
Yeah because they're needy af lmao
Sadly the city will probably come evict her and grab the dog to be euthanized because he doesn’t have all the paper showing registration and immunization.
Amen. ❤️
“The closer they get the more they want to distance themselves from it”......likely much more accurate than she even realizes
"There but for the grace of God go I" is about as close as most people can get to understanding what this woman was trying to say.
I doubt it cause... She's the one who said it. Probably more accurate than *you* realize. ;)
She admitted she doesn't want to work. So why should we work for her and give her our money?
Martin is god she said she wouldn’t want to work if she had to pay just to live because rent would be to expensive for her even if some how she had a deposit and first months rent, she that’s why she loves the way she does
@@mrkrabs6412 Lots of people are willing to pay to live so they don't have to sleep in a bridge. If she's not accepting government money then she can do whatever she wants
I want to hug her so bad….. she got me right in my feels
What a kind woman. And she takes good care of her Doggie. She doesn’t deserve to be there
As someone who was homeless for two years, I’ve seen this firsthand. It’s awful, terrible and eats your soul. I almost gave up. But thank god I didn’t.
Are you serious, where are you right now? I wanna come do some research and interview on how you got urself out of this shit.
Can u expain here how you got out of homelessness
Akash Sharma I live in LA.
Akash Sharma First, I had to strip everything: I needed income and I needed to stop using meth. I lost my career. Then my house. Car. Sanity. My husband stayed at my side, which was a blessing. I went to every shelter and HUMBLY asked for help. I got my HIV under control. I stopped using meth. Then I said to the universe that I’m outta ideas. The very next day, a couple of beds opened up at a temporary shelter. We went from shelter to shelter. We hoteled a bit. Then, finally, we got a spot at a transitional housing. We were considered a family unit, so we were placed with families. That, in itself, was eye-opening. A whole family would be in trouble. Parent. Children. Grandparents. We even had a few Iranian refugees.
Good speed brother.
Wish you everything , on your new journey.
She has an incredible dignity, really admirable
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IF ANYTHIHG CAN BE SAD BUT BEAUTIFUL AT THE SAME TIME PLZ DONT MISUNDERSTAND THIS WOMANS SPIRIT IS HEART BREAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL
I was homeless for a couple of days ,but I can't imagine this ,this is Soo wrong ,poor lady and her dog
I hope youre situation is better now
Where are you now
Wow im so sorry, i got one question is it scary sleeping at night? How did you feel? Dont respond if you dont feel like, but anyways tysm
Hope they gave her something for this interview. Even just enough to buy a meal would have been better than nothing.
This was 2 yrs ago, has she received help? Collective effort to help her makes sense she deserves better
A cross between human tragedy, and human adaptability. If I owned a company, i think I'd hire her just for her ingenuity.
Spent summer in USA and could not believe my eyes, the number of homeless people in LA and San Fran was unbelievable
It's good to know that other states have homeless shelters, I appreciate your reply, as it broke my heart at the time and some of those images will never leave me, one young lad was laying in the central reservation of the freeway getting stoned with some plastic sheeting as a shelter, he was so, so young, what a tragedy, I will never forget the beautiful young man and the loss of potential and brokeness of his life before it had really taken off.
Samantha Phelps America is nice but closer to the ocean/water is pretty bad tbh
@Destiny tran It's the home owners not wanting new buildings to be built so they can keep the values of their own homes sky high. Stop blaming democrats for every bad thing happening in the US. Basic economics: supply and demand.
California is a very expensive place to live especially L.A and San Francisco.
@discorperted
No its not
"Working just to live" couldn't have said it better myself.
@Anonymous Panacea shit, you got that right,,
*have god dammit
@@Neerajkumar-ug1kv brah chill, explain to me the difference between have and of.
Sōshi Miketsukami Yup
"Working just to live"---HELLO! Since when did life not require effort, struggle and self discipline--aka., WORK?? Grow up and take care of yourself.
This makes me cry . That’s someone’s family member. She doesn’t deserve to be in there all alone
She does have a dog at least but yeah someone should definitely take her in.
You can hear her heart in her voice, I think she has a lovely soul. I wasn’t expecting such beauty in the adversity of her condition
"Somehow relating makes them susceptible" - damn.
Yeah bro, that punched me in the gut too. She's totally right.
Intelligent
I heard more profundities out of her in 4 minutes than I heard in 4 years of college. I would like to look her up and take her and her dog out to dinner.
@@4bibimimi Bro😐... What college did you go to? Please get your money back.
That lady was so wholesome❤️
Simp
ahh yes, the demeanor of the powerless
The people in this country have forgotten how to respect one another. Can't we be kind to each other it doesn't cost any money to be kind. God bless the less fortunate
one of my favorite songs growing up had a lyric that I think of when I see someone struggling like this "we are all just 2 or 3 bad decisions away from becoming the ones that we fear and pitty." Everyone is human, and your immediate impressions of a person will never be able to summarize that persons human experience.
It is so sad, but the scary thing is that this is all over the states and is getting worse every year
UK too mate, capitalism is starting to fail more and more people in the 'so called' developed world.
@leebog31 yep
@leebog31 yep
Well it's supposed to, Jesus is coming soon, we have to get back to Him
Nah not really, mainly ultra liberal California
“I would never have though that in the United States I would see this.” That hit deep, what’s our country coming too?
This happens in every country!
dangitbobby0001 I agree that it does happen in every country but when you’re from a country that is greatly developed and enter another country that is greatly developed you don’t think to see this happening in a greatly developed country. In low developed countries it’s expected to see lots of homelessness and poverty but when your in a country that is well developed and is known for being the “Land of opportunity” you wouldn’t expect people to be living inside train railway structures.
I've witnessed homeless people in Toronto, Rochester NY and New Orleans it's everywhere and very sad some by choice others not so much 😢
@@stefanschleps8758 I was with you until you mention Trump, he's got nothing to do with this shit. if anything he's trying to stop it.
@Pig Faced Rosie democrats too. He obviously has a bias which is ok, but what he said is true for the most part. However, most millionaire business owners are good people, but those people who have influence over our government who are rich are corrupted.
Oh Amy, I am weeping. Weeping for your humanity! I live in a camper. And it seems rough sometimes. If I could but offer some salvation, I would. And tears are no help for you.
Simply beautiful
God bless and Protect her
This actually breaks my heart, to see someone smart and intelligent having to live under a bridge just because the world maybe wasn't fair to her... And having the thought that there is rich spoiled brats crying over how they got the wrong car for their 16-18 birthday, stuff like that just makes me despice this world we live in.
Really
why she is not even willing to try she said it herself. its disgusting what has happened to people in this day and age no one is willing to work for what they get they want everything handed to them.
Sucks to see anyone outside homeless. The democrats running the city should do something
@@Kai_Keller02 forget about it..they ain't worth anything
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Being a poor in poor country is not much that difficult, but being poor in 1st world country is like a hell in earth.
True...you'll be mostly alone like an outcast. In a poor community, at least people can help one another.
I wouldn't call the US a truly 1st world country.
Its damaging
@Ligma Nuts Dha Dha Dha Dha.... China is closer to loose you but as you know many Indian imegrants are coming to America and they are helping the America to grow much faster rather helping there own country , Indian imegrants are helping the country which doesn't need any help , and China new silk road will definitely help there country to become number one
Yup. That was my childhood. Until I turned 15. Than I made my own
Absolutely heartbreaking I can relate I was homeless for two years. I hope someone will help her. ❤️😭🙏🏼
She has to want to help herself first. She literally admits that if someone GAVE her a security deposit and first months rent, and all she had to do was WORK to support herself going forward, she would choose living in a freaking bridge. Her exact words were " it's not worth it to work to just able to be alive.".....really? That's what I do, thats what all the rest of us do, day in and day out. It's called LIFE.
Ignore the guy above me. You fought your way out and that battle is a monster.
@@christiniyoutubesux Christine thank you for your kind words. It was a very hard fight and I did make it out, but I promise you there were times when I wanted to give up! Myself and many others in this country could be facing homelessness again very soon, A very horrific prospect, but possible with everything that’s going on right now cost of living cost of everything people are really struggling. I’m afraid many people are going to be losing their homes before long and those of us who rent it’s pretty scary my rent was raised almost $100 a month and I am elderly and on a very fixed income so it’s scary. God bless you Christine and yours. I hope the young lady in the bridge will be able to have a home again someday.
@@ronyeahright9536 why does it make you so angry that she chooses this way of life? She's not complaining about it and she seems happy with her choice.. between you and her I bet she is the happier one. Living in a box and staring at a screen all day working endlessly to make somebody else rich isn't life.
@@homelessman3483 there is nothing in my post that is angry; I made statement of facts. why are you so angry and offended that I have my own opinion on this matter?
I worked for five years with a nurse who was exceptional. It wasn't until I was about to leave that job that he felt comfortable telling me that he lived in his van. That was before van life was popular. He had a great diet; he paid a friend who was a nutritionist to make him meals from scratch and freeze them...he kept them a week at a time in a cooler.
He has any anytime fitness membership and worked out an hour a day and used the shower there before work. I know he had friends in the area as well who welcomed him into their homes freely so if he wanted to go use their microwave or just hang out and watch TV he probably could have. I still don't really think of him as homeless. But he was the first person to make me see the homeless population as people and not a group.
Props to Wesley...
I think that he had debt and was trying to make sure all his kids got a good education in college so even though he made decent pay it just didn't go far enough.
he wasnt homeless, he was houseless. Travel nursing is also easier in a van.
"the closer people get to [extreme poverty] the more they want to distance themselves from it" very important insight about a society in decline.
@Mark Yeah because voting Republican has worked out 'great' right? Face it, the system is in decline and both parties are at fault.
Absolutely.
@@scottabc72 that's the scary part. Citizens in the US are asleep at the wheel. They actually believe it's one party is better than the other - fact is, neither party gives two fucks about the gen pop. It doesn't matter Red or Blue, the notion they care is a fallacy. It's truely sad most of the 99% do not understand that they work for the 1%.
@Fresh Start Since you guys are happily sail in international waters for a hundred years, a lot of us across the pond(and in the opposite direction too)have a fairly good idea about the general politics and way of life of yours.
Her statement has been true since the beginning of time. It doesn't have anything to do with a society in Decline. I've lived all over the third world and started my life there, even in the third world people don't want to be around poor people and by our standards they are almost all poor.
I’m sadden by this because I know exactly where this spot is and never imagined someone living up there.
So you have been there and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary? Roflmao
Starlings murmuration cute
The mice and rats, shes not the only one living in there
@@thepanman8 for mices and rats she has dog..
Cali Greene try and say hi to her, maybe bring some food, she seems like a very nice lady
Thank you Amy and it makes my heart smile...... just to see your smile within the truest and most likely event in life..... Hardship
She is really special the way she thinks is so beautiful I would help her in a second . So connected without technology to warp her mind around all the chaos in the world 🌎 I really love her she is such a delight
The woman who outed people living in subway station in NY was hated because officials picked them out.
jesus christ, good she should be, they're already struggling at least let them have that
@@JDMKEV actually if you don’t move them they will not access public assistance..
Consider that most homelessness is addiction or mental health issues you have to push them into shelters in order to get them help..
So you think leaving folks living in a bridge is compassion?
@@ferdonandebull many people try to help and they're too stupid to realize their mimed help isn't helping.
@@ferdonandebull you actually think theres enough shelter space for all the homeless? Not even close. There aren't even enough rehab houses for a small percentage of addicts.
@@ferdonandebull yeah but did she do that the compassionate way or just rat her out...even though there are alot of mental health issues within the homeless community, sometimes you can't help someone who doesn't want the help. Sometimes they wanna be left alone & be homeless.
Im not against them seeking or getting help from others & im 100% assuming this but it didn't sound like the lady that ratted them out was thinking "compassionately" when she called them in
Did ANYBODY notice when she said "The closer they get the more rhey distance themselves" her dog responded to that. Watch!!!! It said that's right mom ❤
What a sweet kind hearted woman. I’m sorry the system has let her so down
Did you not hear her? She said she didn’t wanna work to stay alive which everyone else in the planet does. The system didn’t let her down, she let herself down.
There’s a lot of people who are living the way she described she doesn’t wanna live and actually looking pretty happy still. Ofcourse their not happy about the cost but they’re still finding plenty of ways to enjoy life. This woman is just afraid of working. She’s lazy.
She chose to live under a bridge as a poor person not because she was forced to but because she didn’t really wanna work. It’s not that she couldn’t find a job like most other homeless people, it’s just that she didn’t really want to work.
This lady is a drunk/drug addict she deserves no help she is responsible for her one well being not our system
I have nothing for these people. It's a choice no matter what you tell me
She said herself she doesn’t wanna work. News flash morons.. you have to work to live. These people who only wanna work 25 hours a week and think they should be able to build a life on that are the problem. She wouldn’t be homeless if she just got a job.
@@solrhopalocera5704 imagine people like her at the trench lines in WW2?? America would have lost the war.
God bless her. Her word let tears in my eyes... Love from India
What an amazing and insightful soul this lovely lady has. I really like her and her dog is so beautiful, I am glad she has such a loyal and loving companion by her side. I would like to hear more of her story, she is so interesting and talented too. 💜🕯🙏
Hello 👋 how are you doing?
Why would you disclose the location to everyone, may as well called it, we film this families last day in their off grid home.
There are hundreds of these bridges in L.A., all of them covered in graffiti. It's not a secret that homeless people occupy them. The government doesn't give a shit if homeless people exist, just as long as middle and upper class America doesn't have to see them being homeless.
As long as she it not bothering someone or be in the way of maintence. The city has no need to remove her. It isnt like she has a home to go to. So if you move her out of the bridge, she will be one the street.
@@rubikfan1 Maintance! LoL what Maintance? Where do you think this is?
@@36minutesago7 title says l.a. i am not american so i dont know how good fed/state/city maintaince there.
I live in the netherlands, all road are pretty good. Ofcourse we pay the highest gas and road tax of every nation in the world. But atleast we get something for it.
@@36minutesago7 to add to my last comment. The fuel price, about 2/3 of the price is tax. Its now €1,50/L (6,5$/g), when not on highway. Its conciderd cheap. A few years ago it went has high a €2,00/l (9$/gallon). That was expensif.
OMG.., She is amazingly intelligent., the way she replied to the journalist’s questions was super intelligent., you’re no.1 Amy
bro i love these how creative and how many problems they solve these people are willing to do what they have to so they can survive
Why the HELL would they show the outside, she is for sure going to get kicked out now :(
She is such a beautiful person 😭💔😭💔😭💔
Timothy Joseph Franklind, do you take Amy from inside the bridge, to be your lawfully wedded wife?
Click like if you do.
@@robertdenham9541 ulol
Where? In the worthlessness? The smell? The missing yellow teeth? Confused.
@@lackofface ...and then she ran out of feminine hygiene products.
The smell grew and grew, but Timothy would not waiver nor relent with his marriage proposal.
It became "rapey" very quickly, Amy stabbed Timothy, and they both went to jail.
Luck for them, there is internet access in the pen, and they both signed up for "date an excon" dot com.
They didn't show that in this clip, but it's a true story - don't look it up though.
@@STEVE17X5
Some people just are either content to suffer, because of the ideology one must suffer in order to succeed, or they simply do not understand the profound depth of the statement, "we create our own reality."
Others still, are hurt and jaded, drugs don't even offer the escape they crave, only death will they finally be able "to rest" and stop running from their demons.
And still others, are dumb as a bag of rocks.
She seems to be of a lower IQ level than the average person, and instantly falls to her safe space of negatively denouncing any opportunity offered to her as more than a bother than it's worth.
One day, they'll just find her body, and the starving dogs bark will alert others to it.
Loving her is not what she needs. She needs to love herself. If you can't love yourself you can't fully present your love to others.
Love is the most powerful vortex of creation; but it starts by loving yourself so you can be of a loving, use, to others.
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“It’s not worth it to work to just be able to be alive” that’s a statement so many are beginning to wrap their minds around now day’s…
She knows David Attenborough. She is educated. This is just tragic.
Think about what you're saying. Anybody having to live like that is tragic, educated or down with DA, it's irrelevant.
@Ohana Ross-Roberts her comment on the American mindset in the modern day is very true though, your brains have been poisoned to see anything charitable and moral as socialist, communist and evil.
@@JackHGUK You really don't understand it at all then do you?
No it's a lifestyle decision she made
@NotJo There are also plenty more people that just needed a helping hand to pick things up again. Not all recipient of welfare wants to stay on welfare forever. It's a shame that same prefer to live that way tho.
For those touched by this short clip.
There’s a channel called *Invisible People* with a guy who met and interview homeless people throughout the USA .
Telling their story, Giving them some dignity and a voice that they lost.
None of us is immune against situations that could put us out without a roof over our head
@ThePariss333 dude, what the hell are you trying to say? You do not make any sense.
@ThePariss333 are you ok, mate !?
@ThePariss333 dude, are you on drugs
@ThePariss333 some of the people on homelessness situation are here because of the 2008 Financial crisis... They had a job a family a home. But then came the bank reckoning or the company they worked for all their life went under.
So I advise you to stop generalize on your experience. We're all different with different story.
But hey, they're homeless which for you means automatically Lazy so F*ck them... Huh!?
Get some help mate, or stop watching toxic people indoctrinating you.
You're not the guardian of the universal truth
That guy is from Canada and also documents our homeless people.
“Welfare isn’t something Americans understand really...” gold comment that nails it from Amy.
Well its has a couple massive flaws here. There are people who abuse the system which eats up available funds.
Then we have issues of people wanting to come here who dont follow the laws to do so and many of them use up further funds.
Couple that with jobs being shipped out and its a recipe for disaster
I disagree with her. Americans in general have empathy. It is only a very small percentage of people who are psychopath/sociopaths. In the country, we give people extra food or leftovers, or just donate canned food. The primary disagreement is that welfare should come from government. Right now, the "Federal Reserve" (which is privately owned), "loans" money to the government by creating it out of thin air, invests it in smart and talented people, and then passes the debt to the general public through INFLATION. Taxes go to shareholders of stock of the central banks (the rich) as a payment towards the principle of the "loan". It's not really a "loan" though, because they create the money. They never risked anything and they didn't have to first earn the money before having it. This is called the fractional reserve banking system. The primary disagreement between "liberals" and "conservatives" (completely useless labels, really) is that liberals believe that giving the entire general public ever increasing amounts of negative money in the future for cash and prizes now is the correct thing to do, while conservatives believe charity should be done voluntarily through community efforts rather than at government gunpoint. We already have socialism, and the biggest lie about socialism is that it is for the poor. It isn't, it is designed to perpetuate the wealth of the rich (dividends, tax breaks, weaponized legislation, interest) and the poverty of the poor (inflation, overdraft fees, taxes). It's socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor. Teach a man to fish.. but see, the current fishermen (investors) don't want competitors, so they sell you socialism so that they can get quantitative easing handouts from the fed and tax you to support their business, and use government death squads to destroy their business competitors.
you can only print (create out of thin air) so much money before we have HYPERINFLATION: Zimbabwe, Weimar Republic, Venezuela, etc.
Its not about something that Americans understand. Its something that our politicians cant seem to understand. They think that taxing MANY, MANY things on the working people to death is the solution to all poverty. They dont realize that by doing so creates future poverty and increases further when the average working joe cant even pay for his own basic living expenses anymore and have to pay for someone else (usually an illegal immigrant or some who has already been abusing on welfare). So the resulting logic is, why try to struggle and live like that when the government can support me? And creates even MORE poverty and homelessness. Remove the taxes and regulations and see what happens. People will have meaning to work again and to actually live instead of just surviving.
I’m sorry but from what I can see, you do not have a good enough safety net (social welfare) to rely on.
I’m speaking from experience of Australian system which has these well defined and protected. Our poor are mostly housed and supported much better.
I hope and pray that it improves, because decent people are suffering.
Hopefully she did not get kicked out cus I felt bad for her. She seemed like such a sweet person.
if they didnt she was gonna wind up dead these people dont get kicked out of places like this because the workers are dicks its because these places are unsafe and not meant for human habitation for a reason.
She's smart af, considerably more than your average person...maybe she's the one who's not crazy, and I'm seriously asking myself that question more and more every passing day.
Yeah I straight up went and lived in the woods in a tree fort I built because I grew tired of feeling like a slave. Went to HSU at the same time. Crazzzzzy experience. Northern California, 110 inches of rain that winter... unreal. Tested the hell outta my mental metal.
I'm sitting on my sofa watching this on my £1000 phone with the TV on and the lights on, I look around and think to myself how lucky I am and the little things I take for granted like electricity, i wish I could help everyone like this lady
Pay check!?
@@sk-dr8zu for real 😳💰
Okay then help me out 🤣
The Moment she mentioned David Attenborough, i knew this sweet lady was intelligent. It's just that she's in a bad situation. God Bless her.
Paul N. M. She is actually smarter than I am but she lives under a bridge. Difference is I got out there and worked my ass off for the last 15 years to make something of myself. Long nights, sleeping on friends couches getting yelled at and humiliated, barely graduated high school. Her situation is one she created for herself. I wish her the best but when she said I won’t work just to stay alive I thought well you just have to suffer then. Maybe she is happier living that way. It’s her choice, her life. Like I said I wish her the best but feeling sorry for her won’t change anything.
@Dustin PocheGoogle FREE WILL ......It will help in understanding Life's choices r ur choices alone ,G.d wants the best for u and freely gives u the wisdom to make healthy choices when u seek and have a relationship with him.
@@charlesgreen1425 Do you think freewill has literally unlimited potential, or do you acknowledge that there's at least *some* limit
@@CouchMan88 Do you think your lack of education could contribute to your inability to comprehend how, if the circumstances were different, you could have made the same choices and ended up homeless?
I'm just pulling your leg, but what if you had the same exact life, but happened to be born Type 1 Diabetic? Did you have hundreds of extra dollars available for medicine the whole time and still choose to sleep on your friends couches, or would you not have been able to afford it?
I'm also genuinely curious-- are you under the impression that literally everyone has the good fortune of having friends who would take them in? Thankfully you got help along the way, but it's sad to see how little understanding you have for someone who may not have been as blessed as you were.
MC Grindah Her own quote : “It’s not worth it to work just to be able to be alive.” Some people are in a physical position where there are unable to work. Some people aren’t mentally competent to be able to work. This woman seems to be intelligent and able bodied. She just doesn’t want to work or live a normal lifestyle. She said it herself when the interviewer asked her about an apartment. She made her choice. Some people are in a worse position than her and make more for themselves. So no I don’t see how I could make the same choices to live under a bridge. It’s not in my nature. I understand disabilities that limit people’s abilities but that doesn’t seem to apply to her situation.
"the David Attenborough of people" wow 😲.
I once lived in a railway gatehouse. My bed was three metres from the train tracks, trains passed at full speed, about eight per night.
After the first week you don't really wake up, just a semi conscious kinda sensation.
Bless that lady, I hope she still healthy.
I really like this woman and I hope she's managed to get into a house by now bless her. She should not have to live like that, it's gotta be terrifying really at times.
Working just to live, I felt that so deep inside my soul.
WOW! Since when in the last 200,000 yr.s has life been possible without work?? And this is news to you?
silentone503 dont mind that kid
@GodlessPeaceSign GROW UP you entitled child. Since when was life a given just because you were born? Did Mommy tell you that?
@@Mrbfgray nice way to twist words.
Modern working poor do more hours with less free time than a medieval peasant.
In temperate zone and in a healthier society, it does not take 8,10,12,14 hours of work, all year round, to cover your living requirements, because you keep 100% of what you produce without govt and parasite class such as landlords skimming off your labour . Even feudal Lords did not demand 50% effective tax.
If you live on the coast then food literally washes up on the beach with every tide.
The work required to "just live" is a fraction of what modern people work to "just live."
Leisure time spent with family, expanding or improving your living quarters (without having to pay someone for planning permission.)
Now every moment outside of "work" involves paying someone. You even have to pay to take a leak, a basic and essential biological function. Do it in a bush and you go to prison.
You call that social progress? Some people need to be told how to live, it seems. They leave their parents and immediately, anxiety, needs another authority figure for guidance. Church? No, mass media and govt.
Nightmare, Kali Yuga world of fallen men and women.
For those so deeply enmeshed in that matrix thinking, try starting point, Aesop's Fable: the dog and the wolf:
A Dog offered to help a Wolf get regular feed from his Master. The Wolf listened but saw a bald spot on Dog’s neck where the collar sat. Goodbye said Wolf.
Better starve free than be a fat slave.
@@forestdenizen6497 You are FREE to go into any wilderness in the Western world and live off the land, get yourself lost out there and fend for yourself and only yourself...or bring some friends along with you. The options and locations are endless as long as your not in jail. What else could you want?