This Florida motel was in disarray before coronavirus. The pandemic pushed it over the edge.
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2020
- Following the economic shutdown propelled by the pandemic, families living paycheck to paycheck were forced to live without power at the dilapidated Star Motel in Kissimmee, Fla., - just down the road from Disney World. Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/graphi.... Subscribe to The Washington Post on RUclips: wapo.st/2QOdcqK
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A lack of living wage causes such suffering. This is heart breaking.
Why should these people get paid a living wage when I can hire a mexican that will work twice as hard for half as much in worse conditions without complaint? Close the border first, then you can ask for a living wage when employers no longer have an unlimited flow of cheap labour
Lmao dude Florida just passed a bill for $15 an hour min wage so just give it a rest .florida is gonna be the next California
Disney needs to get their wages up. These people ARE WORKING
All the parks have to
Maple cozy not one of these people works for Disney, or brings up Disney as any reason or relation to anything happening within this video.
@@Fettman07 The commentator said they all work at the Disney Orlando theme parks. That's why they live close by.
Maple cozy I guess I’ll have to ask you to time stamp it. I just rewatched the entire video and I can’t find the word Disney said once in the entire piece. I saw it printed “Disney gifts” but that was on a 3rd party souvenir place that has nothing to do with a Disney.
@@Fettman07 2:59 4:00
Reminds me of the movie "The Florida Project."
Only this is real life. Orlando is dead last in median income for the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S
Buddy Muniz The Magic Castle is where the fl project was based off of.
@@williambrightman5980 The FLORIDA PROJECT was sympathetic to people in this kind of situation - a really good movie, it shows the reality.
That is because the Majic Castle toward the end of the video is the same one in the movie.
I was trying to remember the name of that film, it was heartbreaking, but the actors did make it seem so real.
Wish I was rich. Would pay that bill off right now.
Washington Post is owned by Bezos and could have paid it off right then and there and wouldn't feel a thing.
10 months on and 0 deaths in Northern Territory Australia
0 Aboriginal Australians
0 pregnant mums
0 deaths by a public transport employee/nurse/doctor/military/police
biosecurity sector/airline sector/university employee,student
childcare sector
person under 20
0 deaths from ALL Australian school students
0 virus
Millions are AWAKE
They're Distorting Your Rhthym 118 cool the rest of us don’t live in northern Australia
@@theyredistortingyourrhthym8883 what?
Ya. Sure you would.
So sad. That young teenage girl is smart, has a good head on her shoulders and sounds so wise beyond her years. Surely to God there is some assistance for her and her family to live in a better place. For such a developed Nation, the US seems so backward in their thinking sometimes.
The United States of Communism. The government wants everyone homeless and dirt poor. That way you have to depend on them and they can control every aspect of your life
@@sidebite2533 really? You mean the United States of Capitalism. This is what selfish greed does to a nation.
You'd be surprised. Most assistance programs for living have tr long wait lists and aren't much better then this motel. Believe me the "help" for people that need it, is barely help at all.
Our government would rather support illegal aliens and refugees than Legal Americans citizens. The office of refugee resettlement needs to be shut down and all funds should be redirected to homeless shelters, homeless vets etc.
Even though they are struggling they still give care to a cat and a dog. Amazing!
You have to look out for the wee ones
Coral Titan it’s the first thing they should get rid of and they want to lift themselves out of this situation
Robert Graham first- they aren’t a thing. Second, they didn’t get into that situation b/c of the cat nor dog- so there’s no reason for them to try to get out of the situation by not having them. Third- dogs and cats are for life. They have a responsibility.
Coral Titan sounds good
Me dog is the only thing that kept me for commiting suicide I've had him 10 years homeless for 3 of those but he is always fed and cared for ❤️ he is my son
I wish nothing for the best for Rose and her family. She's a level-headed individual. Her mother is a wise women, explaining that there's a lot to be grateful for such as good family. The article this is based on offers a more detailed insight into what leads people into these circumstances, I highly recommend taking the half hour or so to read it.
She’s right about Kissimmee being a mess. Because literally 3 mins away is a brand new neighborhood filled with $400,000 houses 😍
Palm beach rich folks
$400,000 homes that most people can't afford, now that makes a whole lot of sense, when affordable housing is desperately needed?
Ahh yes, a worthy 2020 headline.
"Something that was already bad, just got worse"
low-income people, first victims of systems :( ((
I lived here in 2015 for 11 months and they want to tear it down. It breaks my heart to see this happen.the prior owner is in jail because she left the motel go to ruins. I started a GoFundMe account for his motel and I was the only one who gave $5.
I think Andrew Yang’s $1000 a month would really help these people. Get the boot of there necks. Help give them time to figure things out. Why is this happening in America? We need new ideas.
Each year is getting worse. The young lady is wise.
Im 16 and I live in a hotel with my two siblings and mom. It's miserable. This was supposed to be a short term solution and now my mom isn't doing anything to move out and I have nowhere to go. Just have to wait till I'm 18 to figure things out myself
im so sorry honey ❤❤ i hope ur situation gets better :( thats so difficult
Stay healthy and work hard, try and get a profession like nursing and you will be ok.
Only way to make it is get the hell outa Florida even more out of Kissimmee
Good luck,, try getting into the army or something to get out I had to work cargo ships.. The army would not take me, check into that you are on a ship for 3 or 4 months at a time, but now people are making 25K and up they come back take off a couple of months and do it again
America is the richest Country in the World , yet it has no state social care system to help those people who need it , for whatever reason. This is simply terrible , however the only people who can change the system is the American people themselves !! Change your society from within.
Thank you
I feel for theses people 💞
All of Osceola county is 3rd world. The courts, police etc are corrupt. Lived there for 2 years and sold my house and moved back to Europe where it is not falling apart. It’s sad for the people but there is no help for the people and if you own a house you have to worry about break ins even in nicer areas.
Even I in California want to move to Europe now, the US is crumbling everywhere.
Florida in general is a backwards republican third world hellhole.
@@jersonmoran8472 , you're right!
Damn. We drove by a motel the other day in broad daylight, and a baby in only a diaper was staggering out on the creaky walkway balcony that stretches the span of the motel. The sight alone broke my heart, and now I'm trying to get a closer look at what exactly is happening, and why, and how I can help make it better somehow. Thank you for sharing this story and shedding light to the truth of the matter, including how $13/hour is not only an unlivable wage in 2022, but that it's coming from the filthiest of rich, greed-based conglomerates like Disney - painted as paradise - responsible for keeping good, hardworking people stuck in the quicksand of poverty amidst this years-long global pandemic. Really, really sad and sobering information here. I hope more will see this so we can collectively care to try to help. Thank you again, and best wishes to all enduring the suffering expressed in this troubling representation of what is really wrong here. I hope I can help.
And what is Gov. DeSantis doing about these deplorable conditions these citizens of his state are living in? What is the Florida Republican officials doing for these unfortunate souls who need help?
The property taxes just keep going up in Kissimmee, and the neighborhoods quality of standards kept declining since the early 2000's. My family members left after the economy recession in the 2008-2010 when U.S.192 looked like a ghost town and crime was treated like the old west. Long gone when they parents and grandparents remember Kissimmee in the more prosperous decades of the late 60s to mid 90's
Damn, this makes me so sad.. People are suffering 😔😔😔😔😔🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
i don't understand was we help people in Middle East when our country are in trouble ,
sometime some will see a dog in trouble will help him , was is good , but when you see human in trouble we don't help we judge , god bless and help this people .
Go help them then.. and America doesn't go into the Middle East to help them, they do it so they can take their oil.
The young lady needs a mentor.
Florida is expensive and I feel bad for people in this type of spot.... some of these comments are cruel and uncalled for.
It really isn't that expensive. You can still afford to live. The problem revolves around the work people obtain and the fact that rental property here (because of the 2008 recession) requires you to prove that you have 3 to 4 times the monthly rent to be allowed to sign a lease.
My father "God rest his soul" told me when I was a kid . Florida is a great place to live if you are newly wed or nearly dead.
Right! People are just nasty and rude until it’s them. Smh
This is because most Americans do not vote, do not understand local, state and federal politics and are illiterate on how the financial system works. We treat political and financial matters the same way we pick football teams fan.
More like people want to have kids, drop out of school and been lied to that the democrats will take care of them.
@@dcavic6157 You're right the Dems wil not solve our issues. No political party alone can solve our issues. The problem is systemic ignorance, look at Argentina, South Africa and Venezuela, they were wealthy . They all voted for the wrong people.check the true history of The Dominican Republic and Haiti they were about the same GDP in the 60's today The Dominican Republic economy is 600% larger.
@@dcavic6157 they both seem pretty incompetent, also like not tryna start political flame war but like democrats kinda encouraging people to be lazy cos like they tell everyone "if ur homeless and stuff, we'll give you free everything" which makes people not want to work hard. Dont get me wrong, there are real homeless people that need these programs, but there are people who just want to exploit the system and use it to gain without work
@@poly8258 no the Republicans want people to do things on their own and use the tools laid out before them with government work aids and grants. Democrats tell those people not to worry they will take care of them. That's the biggest difference. Republicans give you the water but if you dont want to drink it thats on you. Democrats hold the bottle of water and say I'll give you a sip just vote for me I'll eventually give you more but never do.
We need more people who all think like this, who realize that other elections exist besides the presidential. People are just assuming that just because Trump is president, that he has complete authority over everything and that all the bad stuff is completely his fault regardless of what anyone else does.
Just amazes and angers me just how narrow minded and hatefull people can really be .. so many ignorant comments!! somehow takes all the warm fuzzies away from "Were all in this together!" Doesn't
The phrase "Were all in this together" was bullshit even before Covid 19 lol. You would have to be delusional to believe otherwise. This video, for example shows the clear divide between the "the haves", and "the have nots". There is no such thing as the "middle class", when ONE missed paycheck can lead to an eviction. EVERYBODY at the bottom is literally fighting for crumbs, and everybody at the top is looking at us laughing eating thier whole cake and some. Its sad.
@@healthyking9999 That is hitting the nail right on the head!!!!! And very well stated... Sadly something we will continue to see !!!
The motel owner abandoned it?
Where's the Florida Government, where is it? Give me a break😠😠😠😠
Most of Florida is pretty nice actually . Kissimmee and Jacksonville suck things
The government is always the problem, never the savior. People are on their own. LifeLesson101
Joke
This seventeen year old needs a scholarship to college so she can better her life.
I live in California, I thought we where bad with the high rent and income that doesn't match up thats if your not a tech or a union construction worker. Then the requirement of making 3 times the rent is ridiculous because if we made 3 times the rent WE WOULDN'T BE RENTING, we would buy a home with a mortgage.🙄🤦♀️
It’s all a setup !
i used to live here. seeing it in the state it is in the video is heartbreaking because even though it was in a horrible state when I lived there this is obscene. im pretty sure the whole place is boarded up now. i hope everyone who was living there is okay
Never had any desire to live in Florida. Just watching this short video confirmed my suspicion about Florida? Cost of living is ridiculous in most of these towns, and the poverty rate is high as well. Why people move to Florida is beyond me?
Thank you for sharing this.. This is why I have been angry from the start of the catch frase " We are all in this together." Because it's the farthest thing from reality . We are going threw it together but Not in it together. Things are bad for alot of people and really really bad for even more. Something that is moving toward critical mass, yet you have a person in office that just wants to say how things are getting so much better!! For whom is it getting better for.!?! Because in my personal view what I see in and around my own life nothing has gotten better, most cases worse. And can I let see it continuing down the path of getting worse! Non the less you can hear how smart the young lady is who spoke in the video. Smart both by knowledge and by life experiences. And those being things she should not have to know or experience. So then you just get more people doing what they know and if that's the only kind of stuff you know then that is why the cycle just repeats itself over and over again!! Lastly I worry now that the story will just draw bad attention and eyes to the hotel and the powers move in to make them all leave etc. I can only see that they scrambled to get that cash together and the power company taking that money so easily. Only to come back wanting even more and turning it off anyway. That was alot of money from those people that was needed majorly yet they still lost the money and the power. Rediculous !
I’m sorry would you like the president to force them to get better jobs or to go to school or to just maybe give them everything for free? What’s your solution here because if these people want to get out of this situation I’m sorry but they’re going to have to accept that they can only help themselves. The government may not have been the greatest source of truthful information when it came to covid but situations like the ones you’re seeing in this video are not government related in the slightest.
I read half of your novel comment and my solution for you and everyone in this video is a bus pass and community college.
Buddy Muniz exactly. It’s sad to say but it’s self inflicted, whether by the individual or their legal guardian, they have the option to leave that mess behind them.
@@user-pz2lb1lq5m Yes, or keep squatting, take the city bus to community college, get a skill, better job, better life. Its called adaptation.
@@user-pz2lb1lq5m I don't think me or anyone else has a solution to the issues. But the issues are real.. Kissimmee and Orlando are built around Walt Disney world and universal and tourism in general. Just look up the amount of people being let go from these places . And they offten go by seniority so if people have to shuffle because they can't work were they did then other people lower down get bumped. As for as living many many places in that area want a deposit and you have to prove you male 3 times what the monthly rent is . Never understood my ability to pay the monthly rent has anything to do with if I actually made 3 times what that rent was.. and if they are out of work it's realy unlikely that a place would rent to them .. it seems to me they were paying to live there but the owner left them high and dry the electric company was happy to take that 1500 bucks that they all could have used .. but still wanted more and got shut off anyway .. for anyone to say they just need to do better or point out shortcomings they have and saying they choose theses things are all ways for those people to ignore the situation and act like its not going on. But the government and their decisions have alot to do with things that happen that in turn affect and cause others things to happen that does cause theses issues people are facing
Indeed, Kissimmee is a Hell all it’s own.
People think its all Disney until they go south on 192.
its all fun and games until they go to pine hills obt
The whole of Florida. really..
Grew up in Kissimmee up until college, couldn’t wait to move away after seeing what it was turning into. Still visit to see family from time to time. Sadly in some parts it reminds me of a 3rd world country.
@@528alexg I moved out to Kissimmee in 2017 and by that time it was kinda normal it was weird to see homeless on the streets
I live in Kissimmee and have been for 15 years. All the hotels and motels house the overwhelming homelessness. The reason why they're not alot of them living on or off the streets in Kissimmee on the 192 strip is cause of the special interests that runs Florida. It's so it discourage people that are homeless to affect Florida's tourism and entertainment, because that's the only thing Florida produces. They would rather kick the homeless off the streets into other parts of Florida then to actually solve the problem themselves.
At least they have a roof over their heads and running water i would be happy having that.
May all beings be filled light and love
The lack of money sucks. People said money doesn’t buy happiness, but these people don’t seem happy to me.
Right on! Osceola and Orange county don't pay enough!
@@msrain1235 Yes!! South Florida especially Miami is worse. Most people can’t afford to live.
Florida does not have unions that will fight for these workers. This is why so many big businesses make so much money here because they can exploit cheap labor smh
God ....this hurts my heart and soul, this city was home for me and they're suffering. Instead of a wall, tax dollars could be used for aid. This shouldn't be happening in "the greatest country" in the world
So annoying how the most unessential people in this country, Congressmen and Woman, and Senators, got to decide who was "unessential".
And with 950 people moving to Florida everyday (as news reported on 9/8/2020), it'll only get WORSE!!!
For now..that will change...and how many of those moving already have vacation homes there?
@@allbrosdjay 1)I never said in my comment or even alluded to people moving to just "one specific place" in FL. 2)The news even mentioned that a lot of people are moving looking for a better life or warmer weather. Others are wanting to try luck. So...NO!...not everyone moving already has a home here.
@@MyDadWasALifeguard The news say not everyone moving to FL have homes already here. I assume the wealthy do. Then again, I don't believe everyone moving to FL is wealthy.
@@cesarequevedo8943 to be honest ..950 sounds like a low number..
@@MyDadWasALifeguard I respect your opinion. I don't know where you live, but just a little perspective... 950 people x 365 days (just one year) = 346,750. I don't know where you live, but I've lived in what has become the most densely populated county in FL (Pinellas) for the last 22 years. So, I believe I have experience when it comes to this county. It has become horrible in many aspects...housing, traffic, roads, etc.
Why do people with little money have pets ?If you can barely afford to feed your child and yourself, why are you attempting to support an animal ?
By 2003 I spent 2 nite there and it was a very clean beautiful hotel . it was nothing like what I’m seeing now. Wow times really fly missed Orlando!
That's strange, I stayed in 2002 & it was filthy & in a major state of disrepair!
Sean Baker def got it right when he made The Florida Project
My son and I were homeless and stayed at the Star Motel. It was around 2016. I was afraid to go outside. Roaches were really bad. We were kicked out because we had a couple of cats. So we moved to another hotel. Shortly after that we were sleeping on the streets. Thank goodness we were able to move out of the state. It is shame that people especially children have to go through that. Kissimmee needs to get get their sh** together and fixed the homelessness. Hell I heard that the lot across from daily bread, they planned to build a place for homeless people could get all the help they needed. But it never happened.
Yes all these Hotels are extended stays and also on Lee Rd ... places are not cheap either
Why don't cities raise tax revenue from developers and build high rise transitional housing? The place doesn't need to be fancy, but each unit should be safe. Prohibit residents from using drugs and loud music. You can stay for one year and your income goes into an account that you will receive upon your term completion.
30% of Americans are in a economic depression and personal depression.
We have a Narcissistic Personality Disordered Billionaire President who's TWO objectives in life are 1) Narcissistic Supply and 2) Sadistically hurting people who cannot fight back.
As one of the people in this video said "It's a mess."
BIDEN SUCKS!
Wages have been stagnant for over a decade while the cost of everything has exploded. America is in trouble folks...all while the rich get richer. Hard to be proud to be American anymore. Mexico is looking better every day.
God bless these people, hope their lives have improved
Someone please help them
I pick you
I can’t help them I’m poor
You don't have to be rich to pick up the trash near your front door.
Sarah Conrad yeah I’d actually say you have to be rich to not pick the trash up near your front door.
I feel the same way. as they do hopefully God wach over them in this tuff time.
That's so 😥 heartbreaking
There will always be “haves and have nots” in this country but we’re heading for a major economic correction ...an economic cataclysm followed by a nuclear winter where the critical mass of have nots is everyone other than the 0.01%... then the pitchforks come out
A depression is waiting for us to catch up with the reality hell is not as hot as it is going to get.
If we could just get all the have nots to quit voting against themselves, then we could have a majority of HAVES! Even have nots still have a VOTE!
Magic Castle from Florida Project 😀
Give us an update on these people please
I stayed there for one night in 2002 & it was the worst place I'd ever been! I'd paid thousands of pounds for a once in a lifetime trip with my kids from Scotland :( The 1st thing the lady showed my 4 & 5 year olds was how to plug in the TV, except there was no plug, we were expected to unplug the lamp & jam the TV wire into the same socket ( she explained the lamp plug would stop the TV wire coming out. She also explained that I shouldn't let the kids sit on the throws on the bed as they were never washed, everything in the room was filthy including slime in the sink & shower.
Oh & she also said we have a pool but she wouldn't let the kids go in unless they'd had " all their shots"...
Psalm 51
1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my toungue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it; thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
@Robert Resch That is so we can choose which way we want to go. He created both so we can have a choice. Freewill so that we would not be robots.
@Robert Resch What Jose commented speaks it clearly what is human life that we were born into sin and iniquity. In the first part of the chapter it speaks about being lost and away from God and on down the chapter he asks for forgiveness and help and of course Jesus is quick to accept us as his children and then not only does he give us complete peace and hope but then we are then available to all of his promises and blessings that the Bible says we have and he is faithful and true ALWAYS!!! When I was absolutely at the lowest I think I could have been I cried out to Jesus and he heard me and has brought me up out of ALL my problems and has shown me he is ALWAYS faithful so I don't ever have to worry about worrying ever again praise the Lord!!! So if you ever get so far down there seems no way out call out to Jesus and he will be quick to answer. Anyways I will ask that you see the light. Good night and hope you the best fellow human.
@Robert Resch We can choose who we vote for and that is free will. Daniel 2 and 21. And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
@Robert Resch Jeremiah 29:12-13; "Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
The only reason that I came to God completely humble was my life of sin had fallen completely apart and there was nothing else I could possibly do to fix the problems so I had to asked God if he would help me because I exhausted all possibilities and knew there was no way out but when I cried to God with a broken spirit because I knew I was helpless in my own power. And God did not make me suffer and wait but reached down and touched my spirit and saved my soul and filled me with his holy spirit and I have never been the same and that has been about 15 years ago. So I do not know if you have called out to God humbly like the Bible says. I know I was broken and in the worst way possible which seems like something very bad but through that terrible time the best thing possible came from it and that's the love of Jesus Christ.
I have been vacationing here twice a year. This tine around the star hotel looked really different. So I searched it on RUclips. There was cops and county trucks there. It’s sad that there is so much money flowing here. Yet they are in this situation.
I met rose and her brother playing basketball they are both really good kids with I could play with them again I hope Im able to see them again I know kissimmee is small so I know we'll cross paths again
Almost homeless but chooses dogs over a better place …that makes sense
They are family!
Come to Fargo North Dakota
2 bedroom apartments $550 a month &
Tons of jobs paying 12-20 an hour
Be quiet we dont need this people ruining are city!
But they would have to work to get that money, right?
Do not advertise it too much. one place that might go to if Florida gets a just be house bound in the winter months hate the snow.. if my dies before I do I will be moving form Tampa want a place far away from everybody just tired of other people and drama
NO WAY!!! Weather is horrible!
I live by Kissimmee, it's been getting worse I've seen more people out on the streets on Osceola Pkwy now than during the recession of '08. A lot of the right-wing would tell you that problem's like this only happen in blue states but in reality, it's happening all over the country, it's just not in front of your face.
I live right off of osceola parkway And i see homeless all by the loop And the turnpike. Very sad to see
Yea I see them alit by Walmart on Osceola parkway it's sad
Wow thats crazy, the owner left and they take over, I didn't know that was possible.
I got out of Kissimmee FL in 2013 and never looked back!!!!!
Sad but the little kids are obviously bored and get into misteief and get the parents kicked out check out a documentry called homeless: motel kids of orange county so sad but better in light to this life
I've seen that twice and it's really sad. I can't remember the boy's name, but I'm pretty sure he's either in prison or dead.
They need electric
If you know you might go into this situation, get some battery operated fans. Rechargeable batteries, battery packs for phones. I have a vvery small solar panel that can power a campingfan at least. Or charge. A phone.
The people who claim that the U.S. is the greatest country in the world haven’t seen this heart wrenching video. The 17 year old girl torn between work and education is as deserving as any well off 17 year old.
Sounds like Florida
Around 1980-81, I think my family stayed at this motel when we visited Disney. I remember taking my brother to go play in the arcade there, and some sketchy 20-something y/o guy was loitering in there, just chain smoking away. After about 10 min, he offered to sell us grass and Valium. We politely declined, and returned to the room.aha The motel wasn’t in this sort of decline back then, but still on the seedier side. It’s sad to see kids living in those conditions though.
It was a total dump in 2002 when I stayed there!
This is how they treat them after renting to them.
"It is not a place suitable for people to live. It's a heart breaking place. No one deserves to live at the Star Motel."
Yeah, tell that to people who live like this, or worse, in half the rest of the planet.
So sad to see this godbless, the Disney millions should be still paying all there workers a wage to live as its these people working hard at the parks and others people in different jobs being from the uk I have always gone to Florida Disney since the early 90s as child upto 2019 with my daughter and love Florida, American government wake up and help saying that I remember hurricane Katrina how long other states remained smashed to bits not being helped or fixed back up straight away hopefully something changes quickly 🙏
I wonder if anythings changed today?
Sounds familiar life in Reno slums Nevada , golden apartments!
I used to live on 192, still live in Orlando and work in the travel tourism business. I'll just say that it isn't even necessarily the wages that make it hard to make it (though obviously the wages are very low), its the lack of stability. IDK how its like in other industries but if the place is busy or understaffed you get 40+ hours, but if its slow or the place is overstaffed you are going to get way fewer hours. It's also not easy to get full time as you typically start part time and go on a wait list for full time and it can take a long time, and if you're part time and the place is slow or overstaffed you may just get scheduled one day a week for 6 hours.
It's always blown my mind how people in the UAW are always complaining about everything, yet they get like $25 an hour and great benefits, and work a 9-5 job. In this business the hours are all over the map and you make way less money. TBH i've been working in the industry for 15 years, have been in management for 10, I have a great stable income (for Orlando), I graduated my masters program 4 years ago, and I make about the same amount as the average UAW worker.
UAW make more than 25 dollars an hour but truthfully if a company has trillions in profits they can pay more than 25, just as the parks can pay more than 15.
The Florida Project Part 2?
The heartbreaking stories due to Corona.
I'm in the limo business..but due to Corona..not much limo work..only funeral work.
My boss asked me to help with Uhaul side.
So many people renting.. because their business is going out of business.
I like to help them with a donation, WaP can you provide info on that ?
What's the answer? How can we help?
Change the system, affordable housing that's income based, rehab programs for those struggling with addiction, increased shelters
Vote for a better president!!!
This is a very sad situation!
Boycott the theme parks until they start paying a living wage to these people.
This is heartbreaking
I lived in this motel for 11 months from Feb 2015 until dec 2016.the fault did lay with the owner of this motel she rented this motel to property managers and I think did not pay the bills.when Ron had this motel all the bills were paid.the owner did not pay the taxes or the mortgage.
This needs to be a reality show.
a game show with physical challenges and prize money?
Yes, and pay these ppl decent money for putting their lives in the public eye. Also, provide them with counseling & make it a priority for them to seek rehab (if they want to get paid), b/c I'm sure many of them have addictions.....let's pitch it & save lives!
@@MickyAvStickyHands Yes!!! Maybe like a motel squatter version of Double Dare?
There’s a movie called florida projects filmed in Orlando about a struggling young mother and little girl living in a motel it’s really good
HELL YEAH!!! Then the world could see it!
Large numbers of Puerto Ricans from the hurricane are turning Osceola county Florida into Puerto Rico.
Based on how it is and has always been in Puerto Rico.
Pretty sure that introducing an influx of penniless people who don't speak English is going to
be just an awesome net benefit to Florida.
Thank you for your compassion.
@@nr1785
No problem.
Im sorry
This is the country we are so proud of!!! I'm lucky. My section 8 organization pays my power for me. I pay rent according to my income. There's no gangs trying to have influence here. Good security. But all around me, outside and people I know renting elsewhere and living in shelters don't have it so good. But all I can do is keep myself together. As soon as you try to help they get you in trouble for helping.
“Owner abandoned it” or was it the no rent for 2 years and nothing is o be done about it.
Who is paying the Taxes?
The pain
My wife and I stayed at this motel just like we stayed at lakes cecile inn and suites which is owned by the same person or was we were paid by the month and they took care of lakes cecile better I noticed when I was there which was back I think around 2013 the place the rooms that we were given had lots of cockroaches and holes on the walls and it was just plain disgusting also I noticed when you stay at this hotel and pay by the month you only get it for 27 days and then the last three or four days of the month they had to switch you to a different role because you're not allowed to stay there no more than a month so they had to switch you some people were nice some people were perverts but most of all what made it really disgusting was how the owner at the time was not kool
Hollywood fl is the same way
Dude so true.... I lived in Hollywood FL ( Dixie hwy x Washington St AKA the hood).
@@thejedibunny4802 18th and johnson still there for the moment.
@@Muninn_yggdrasil Look at the bright side , the boardwalk is pretty cool in Hollywood I miss it so much
@@thejedibunny4802 well you aren't wrong there just glad it opened.....ish I am chef so hence the ish lol
I used to live close
Me and my wife was going to check and see if we could buy this motel
Wow I'm sorry ya are going though this and I was going to move to Kissimmee Florida..smh
Crap
I remember back in the day when thay had home suite home three hotels like that on 192 near old town and thay was 230 a week pretty good but now hotels want 400 a week what I saw that Disney just buy like magic castle and is going to do a affordable act care for 192 I hope it's true we all need help
Dame bro I feel for all the people whare thay gonna go now
As you can see in 1:40, 1:44, 6:41 food is not a problem for them. Poverty is not an excuse for being sl0b, like leaving trash on the ground (1:36) or letting your child step on a mattress wearing shoes (3:37).
@IAmaPersion I couldn't agree more.
Yet both of these comments have nothing to do with the reality of the situation for so many people in this world .. as though they deserve it because You think they are slobs or that food is not a problem or if people have pets or deal with their kids .. I don't know their situation maybe the dogs were on the street so this situation might just be a bit better for them.. we also don't know of they might have some money saved in case their animals should get sick . Lastly someone overweight does not mean that they are actually eating well or getting the proper nuetrition they are suppose to
you are exactly right I used to live in these environment, I can tell you that 95% of them don't want to work, because it's easier for them to receive government handout and sell drugs to make way more than what they can make by picking up a honest job. This is the reason why I don't watch these mainstream media. They all have some agenda to push.
........................they are talking about people having NO POWER IN THEIR ROOMS and your takeaway is about some kids having shoes on the bed!!?!?! WOW! That is one hella level of stuck-up self entitlement you have going on there, and I'm from Fairfax County so thats saying something lol
@@tyrone6481 ^^^^^^
Keep yas head up
This still going on but worse love my city but our government is not helping anyone unless they own a business or are Disney