DOWNTOWN Los Angeles COLLAPSED
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- A severe business exodus from downtown Los Angeles is accelerating day by day , Historically, downtown held a dense concentration of banks,department stores, restaurants and movie palaces that drew residents and visitors of all socioeconomic classes, but after 2020 the area began to experience an economic and social decline to the point of complete collapse, downtown is unrecognizable from what it used to be before 2020.
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As a Polish individual who resided in the USA for over 35 years, I experienced a gradual decline in quality of life each year since my arrival. Four years ago, the tipping point was reached, prompting my family's return to Poland. We now reside happily in Warsaw, enjoying its safety and cleanliness. Our daughter, born in California, Orange County refuses to entertain the thought of returning. This decision ranks among the best in my life. It's not solely a California issue; the entire country is crumbling while its elites prioritize excessive spending on endless wars and undocumented immigrants.
As a Czech born, who has now lived in five countries, including 33 years now in the USA, I almost did as you have. But I know better the hisory of Europe and had a strange feeling Europe is soon to suffer a similar fate. So it would be out of the Frying pan, into another frying pan. My mom said it well in the early 2000's when she said to my father "you know better than to ever want to move back. There are cycles of history that always repeat in Europe. It's great now - but we need to remember that Europe will always be in a war eventually. She seems to have been right. Europe is a crazy place now, kind of like Democratic cities were fifteen years ago. Europeans just can't help themselves. They all hate their neighbors at some level. I grew up with Poles in Canada. The Poles were pretty brutal in their own hates and prejudices. And the Czechs are wimps. Europe - no thanks. Not for a long while with what the EU is up to. But good luck.
@@1DrBar The European Union is not Poland, and Poland is not the EU, but it has its own skeletons in the closet. We're on our way there, but not quite yet. It's all about where you're positioned and how high.
@@petroskyrillos Poland is in the EU, and seemingly one of the more warlike nuts if one judges by your leaders and media. I feel sorry for the regular people of Poland and other EU member states because you a a puppet of the US's biden regime. But the thing is that American politicians care not one bit about Polands long term well being. They treat their vassal states like cheap tools. Good luck to the people of Poland.
@@petroskyrillos Poland has become a great country in my mind. Conservative, no migrant flooding and the feminist craziness kept under control. If Poland could only get rid of its anti-Russia complex it's headed for a great future I think, something that alas cannot be said of my own country, Sweden.
@@somerandomvertebrate9262 We elected a leftist gov. some 5 months ago. 4 years and Poland will collapse.
Our government has priorities, and Americans are not even in the top ten.
Americans are not a priority at all the new Democrat voters are moving in and have been promised everything for free!
ABSOLUTELY....
As of today another 95 Billion to Ukraine....
Well, today Congress voted to give $66 billion to Ukraine. That's the priority.
Ukraine is top 1
LA will never recover in my lifetime. I have just about given up on AMERICA. What a dump this country has become.
So, I'm NOT the only one! 🤔
Living in the USA and Bahamas back in the late seventies was a great time , saddens the older generation, I am Australian
Because of Democrats, corruption and greed.
There are cars parked on the side of the road - What is their destination ?
I heard its part of a Western reset, it will be returned to nature along with 90-95% of the rest of America and similar in other Western countries
40 years ago Polish people dreamt about living in US, nowadays Americans don't even know they should be dreaming about living in Poland and it's a really bitter irony.
Poles are anti semites so I wouldn’t be dreaming of living there if I was an Israeli placator.
Poland is a nice country even though polish are difficult to learn and polish people smoke a lot.
As a Swedish i might need to move across the water to Poland one day since there are a lot of gangviolence in Sweden now a days.
@@fugu4163 I predict there will be a noticeable migration of native Europeans to Poland, Czechia, Romania etc. in the near future, Polish cities are remarkably safe and clean, also living standard is very high, as a person who's seen a bit of Europe I can say that only a madman would change Warsaw for Berlin. Still, Poland has its problems, for example public healthcare is strongly undeveloped, the political class is too divided and there is a neverending justified fear of Russian aggression. That being said, I can ensure you that a Swede living in Poland would feel like a celebrity xD you'd have an easy time with anything.
im 16 living in the eastern US right now, when i turn 18 i plan to move to the netherlands for university and stay there for the rest of my life. i dont know a single bit of dutch, but i want to get out of the US before things go too far south
dont say anything, or they will turn poland into usa.
things like this happen when you protect criminals and not citizens from criminals
This happens when you have POLITICIANS THAT ARE CRIMINALS
And prevent citizens from protecting themselves as well, all at the same time.
The wealth gap is to blame.
This is the wealth gap not the people.
In the name of Human Rights..... 😔😔😪😪
This is not an accident. This is done by design.
This is the result of democrat run cities and states.
I agree 100%
You're right. It is intentional. These properties will be bought at fire sale prices by Black Rock and other investment firms. Small real estate investors will be pushed out. Private property will no longer be attainable to most citizens-that's already started. As Klaus Schwab of the WEF said"By 2030 you will own nothing and be happy".
Submit to the ccp
Where is it leading?
When I watch old black and white American movies I always admire how well- dressed people are, how orderly and clean streets are! And NOW! Total degradation!😢
People morally cared🙏🏾
And yet someone would manage to call that level of order and cleanliness from the past 'raysis' blah blah blah... Its absurd.
Those were the republican days
They call it "white supremacy" now.
America was WHITE back then. That's why.
And San Francisco and so on. Our country is falling apart. Homelessness, drugs, inflation. Heart breaking.
More wars around the world coming.
Correction: California is falling apart because of its own choices
Come to Russia. You probably will miss America. I don't understand you Americans, your country is great and u are complaining...
@@jeiwilber4199maybe with Trump everything would be good
ENDLESS WARS!
It’s MIND BLOWING that many California politicians are PROUD of these cities. 🤦♂️ To me it’s very sad! 😢
"Space Pontential", "Visionaries Welcome"! LA voters, congrats!
in order to build you first must destroy
@@davidbricejr.7340 Build what? Mass homeless cities with drug usage?
@@davidbricejr.7340Very keen observation. Destroy in blue states, build in red states.
disgusting will never visit Los Angeles!
How does a City like LA leave a pile of Trash that big downtown. The City should be ashamed of itself. Unreal.
Looks like a third world country.
They got what they voted for.
They might practically even vote for their death if they don’t wake up by then.
@@FULLTILTSWIFF💯
@FULLTILTSWIFF wanna try again? That is senseless
Democrat monopoly is like any other monopoly.
LA… where the birds fly upside down because there’s nothing worth shitting on…
😂🎉
Lmao 😂😂😂that’s funny!!!
😂😅😅😂
Portland said hold my beer Detroit, long before LA, same difference now tho.
The castlevania effect
It's not just an LA problem. It's country wide. My wife and I have traveled to many states for various reasons over the years. We have noticed a huge decline in upkeep in every city we travel through. Even the so called up scale stay spots are in serious decline. No one seems to care. It's becoming normal. It's NOT NORMAL people!! We are in serious trouble as a nation.
And there is a radical leftist running for president, that will make things much worse is she gets in! To many folks voting on there "feelings" and not for what's best for the country...Very Sad!!!
yes but you should see the other side too, usa is still the richest country in the world, california continues to innovate and rule the tech sector, without all this we would not have facebook, youtube, instagram, uber etc, places like skid row are a small price to pay
Can you imagine if the "she" gets into the presidential seat in a few months. God help this entire country, if that HAPPENS!!! No, it is not normal, you are correct. The money that is allocated to these city's goes straight into the general fund (AKA, the liberal programs piggy bank). Becoming a politician (AKA public servant) used to be a rough job, were you were away from your family for long periods and it didn't pay well. Now, its full of lobbyists, corruption, and lies, and they ( the politicians) can become millionaires off the backs of hard working Americans.
I think we need to go back to when only folks who owned property or bushiness can vote in federal elections. They are the ones who actually have "skin in the game"!!
@@user-gf5dr5nq6lOh honey lol
@@user-gf5dr5nq6lWhat if I told you that maybe having an improved Uber and IG isn't that important? Maybe having housing and employment for all and streets without z,,,movies, feces, and needles is more important?
When USA can “give” so much money on wars, why not use that money to take care of its own people? Very, very sad😞
That way politician can get commission by support Isarel or Ukaraina
Because they need to feed their boss first, the military complex. Wars is a lucrative business but not for the sake of US people.
Because those are all bribes.and they don't care about the populace
The US regime doesn't "give" money on wars; it *wastes* money both on its own wars and wars of its proxies (Ukraine and Israel).
In America War is a big business and more important than having Functional communities 😮
Am I the only Gen X'er who always carried that feeling of knowing we were the last generation to experience America in its prime?
I am a baby boomer and I told my daughter, who is Gen X, just what you said and she agreed 100%. So devastating and alarming really! ❤
@@robinlathim8221 I'm gen-x single live among younger people my entire life in Canada. Its the fault of gen-z. Worldwide they go to bed at 10pm, aren't into socializing or having fun outside, the boys don't really like girls, they are afraid to work so everything is closing. My downtown is still full on weekends...of people 30+....the younger generation is at home in bed. Downtowns are failing because nobody is there except homeless..the younger generation is SCARED!
Unfortunately it's true, a few millennials that were on the cusp had it good, but things were finished once cell phones and social media was mandatory. I can honestly say I don't have anything other than FB and have stopped going on, I can't stand what social media has turned into, especially tiktok, they are melting those kids brains.
@@stoneneilswhen there is a 34trillion debt in the US, can you really blame them? They have no hope. How does that EVER get paid?! Attitude of why bother, yolo.
@@MagikFingers420 I couldn't agree more!!! I'm on the cusp of BB & GenX and once everyone got access to the internet, society changed in a drastic way!! The repercussions are going to be more than devastating in the coming years too as the birthrates decrease and people completely close off from each other!! I wish I knew how we could stop it, but I'm not sure exactly how.
What I find disturbing is the silence that is everywhere. You never hear people talking and laughing or kids playing anywhere anymore.
🎯
They're all looking at their phones.
On my block people are always walking their dogs and talking to one another, also fighting, lol
... but there's life.
@@JeanBruceFlorida ... and buying stuff for our homes online.
@@SchoolBoyFreshyeah.. when “family housing” is out of reach for most families… you get what you ask for
Congratulations, Newsome! You're doing it!
All of these local politicians should be held accountable for all this mess ….
The subway is dangerous and dirty also … mental illness crime thr police are overwhelmed…. There is no help ever coming from the government…. There told by the real owners of this country to let it crumble
why? its rent prices and greed
Accountable?...This is what people get for bad choices at the polls!!!
I agree with you,but they won’t.
"That'll be the day"
This is what happens when you let homeless, addicts, drug dealers and tagging rats rule your streets with no recourse or punishment. Who wants to shop, walk, live or visit areas that have zombies walking around.
there is a bigger problem then arresting people for graffiti etc
@domdz be quiet when adults are speaking
@@domdz Really? Thanks Captain Obvious. It would certainly be a start to slowing social unrest / vandalism if they acted on the small amount of idiots that do 100% of the damage.
@@tonysdadude good job for getting out of your mamas basement
@@WN_Byers sure thing, gramps
The media won't show this. Thank you for bringing it to light. It's very disturbing 😐
It's socialism in the US !!!!!!!
Oh my goodness 😳
Real 😳
@abyssusthechickensome of us are. I don’t watch the media/news at all, I’d much prefer videos like this. Every day people simply documenting what’s happening. It’s a much more upfront and honest perspective.
Media is busy covering celebrities touring slums in India and such third world counties.
This is the “progress” that progressivism brings.
My grandmother who was very poor always said, "Just because your poor does not mean you have to be dirty. All you need to stay clean is a bucket, soap, and a will." The will part is especially key. What infuriates me the most is that if your poor or bad off don't waste money on spray paint. Save that money for food or clothes or a tent! There is no excuse for leaving trash around. Public trash cans exist. Poverty is hard to get out of, but a mindset willing to do better is vital for survival.
You never get out of poverty if you never work a day in your life.
What your grandmother said is right. Actually here in Japan homeless people stay clean they make little money from collecting trash can and save money and occasionally go to hot spa.
I wonder what the percentage of black people that live there
@@tadeuszczernia5422 poverty exists as a major issue thnx to all forms of mass governance, they claim ownership over everything and force people to become willful slaves to survive and fork out $$$ to access their human rights.
in the days prior to such poverty barely existed, unless you were stupid = these people declined in number being to stupid to feed and care for themselves and as such old societies absent mass governance were happy and healthy, if you dont like your family, village, tribe or community you just left, set up shop someplace else and could survive easily long as you were willing to work for "yourself", were under mass governance this is illegal or treated as such even if its not illegal by all forms of mass governance once they establish power and control over those masses and poverty always follows after it, as now the most stupid and dependent are protected and the wise and intelligent are hanged for disobedience = why every mass governed society slowly but surely its people always becomes more stupid with time, there are not examples to show otherwise.
Spray cans are typically Stolen .. not bought.
This is not a doomsday document video.
This is the future of United States of America....
The tragectory of our Country seems very similar. And yet National & State Governments can't give away (or take) monies that should go to U.S. citizens. 😔
Even small towns are being ravaged by hard drugs and the people that use them.
Manufacturers of these lethal drugs want America to look like this everywhere 😢
I’ve seen a destroyed society in the middle east , war torn and done by the local governor t not knowing how to run a successful community . I don’t want to see it here and I wish more saw what I’ve seen . They’d do more for thier country and not what they can get and victimhood
Society will not end by fire or ice, but by FILTH...
From Australia, it was a dream in the 80's & 90's to go to L.A. Now it's a nightmare 🤢
From Northern-Europe : same here, USA used to be land of dreams. Now i dont even want to visit it.
LA in the 80s and 90s was 10x worse than today. They averaged 1,000+ homicides every year in the 80s to 90s.
LA welcomes you
It was never a dream of mine, and I'm Australian too. I knew America was declining way back in the '80's. My niece had to visit Washington for work, and she told me there were whole families living on the street. Beggars everywhere, and the city was just generally sketchy. Thankfully, we don't have any cities like that in Oz.
I would visit the White central states. Not interested in the coasts there
My son was there on business over 2 years ago and said he'd never go back because of the stench. Which was horrendous.
From first world to third world in a mere few years. Horrible. Be safe Leo
Keep voting for the Democrats ding dongs 😂
keep voting democrap
'Being Safe'-was the lie of the COVAIDS SCAM- people closed their businesses to 'be safe'-so happy camper, 'safety' doesn't come before FREEDOM. You are looking at destroyed cities where businesses took the bait and PLAYED IT SAFE...
Import the 3rd world and you become a 3rd world.
That's Bidenomics!
Every empty shop represents lost jobs, lost tax base, and once the area looks like this it will be nearly impossible to revive.
My question, what businesses are open? None?
Ive been around L.A and the OC for 40+ years. Lots of areas are doing just fine. Never really cared about all the major city stuff, not sure it is even needed. Turn it all into parks or entertainment centers..
probably only large corporations - vanguard and blackrock owned lol @@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
They want this. Its the whole purpose .open your eyes
@@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul WHAT BUSINESS IS OPEN?? look arround.. traders.. wallstreet.. people just make money online ripping off other people. i know that game i did/practise it for some years.. its just stealing even more. money i sjust a pump and dump scheme
LA residents got exactly what they voted for, and will continue to vote for.
vote blue no matter who!!!!
@robjusticew3426 how do you watch this devastation & can still say that?
WEF and their new world order
ez. truth
@@TheSpookydogpretty sure he was being sarcastic.
Didn't realize the movies "Escape from New York" and "Espape from Los Angeles" were prophetic.
They are not and still not.
How many dreams died behind every closed shop saddens me the most.
They voted for it!
And it kind of seems like he's happy about that I don't like that.
@@dcformee123 yea he seemed condescending in my opinion. I live here so I watched under a personal bias but I'm glad to see I'm not the only one.
What happens when you vote for people like Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi who are both from California
And they can always blame Russia for that.
The speed of the decline is frightening.
It's their 2030 vision for how the world should look like.
@@johnhill6794 Yep! THEY are foreshadowing the future. 💯
Democrats are good at destroying.
You ain’t seen nothing yet. Shit will be mad max by 2050.
This didn’t happen overnight. It’s just that you just woke up and noticed it.
What is amazing is the total neglect and acceptance by the citizens. They let the garbage and the homeless people problems continue to grow bigger and bigger. Crime is ignored. This is NOT okay.
No one cares.
George, can you please elaborate
And they’ll be voting for the Democrats in no time!
I'm sure people complained, but nothing was done.
Democrats love living like this. They can pretend they live in 3rd world Communist countries they admire. If they vote Blue next election, they can give Venezuela and Nicaragua a run for their money!!! #BIDEN2024
This is so frustrating. I remember a day when I could jump on a plane and visit LA, Chicago, Seattle, any US city… and have a great time enjoying restaurants and local culture. Let’s vote well this year, let’s turn this situation around, let’s bring back these cities that we used to love, especially all the small businesses that made these cities so rich in culture 👍
Ngl, really looked like a 3rd world country and not America, the American dream is dead.
I live in a third world country. a bit similar, but not many shops close like this
Just wondering which 3rd world country looks worse than this
I'm from Brazil, i saw some really bad sht in my own country, but this is looking way to close home, if wasn't for the graffity all in english, i would swear this was here in Brazil.
@@efxnews4776 this is because of china taking everything from america. if brazil wanna be richer than the usa faster join with china not the usa
Actually this looks way worse than 3rd World countries, tbh. It's like a civil war destruction scenery or earthquake aftermath. The decadence of a American Dream in your very eyes. Just deal with that.
Politicians don't live in the mess they create.
Sure hell they don’t bud!!!!
We got called racist for asking people to vote against this smh
*smrh (shaking my racist head)
Who cares what people call you. That shouldn't detour you from doing what is right.
Ain’t racist it’s called classism or what they have in India, the class system, keep the poor poor don’t let them become middle class, and delete the middle class. I was upper middle class till they ruined California and capitalism for that matter.
So yeah it’s so
Racist to be able to see through the bulls***
@@kaptainwarp "anybody who doesn't agree with me is racist"
Why care what people say about you
you get what you vote for. Thank Newsome
When I was a kid in the 70’s, I used to take the Venice Blvd. bus to downtown LA and go exploring. Now as an adult, I would not go anywhere near downtown LA.
I wouldn't go anywhere in California. The sad thing Sacramento is the state capitol and everything is shut down
The art district is great, the garmet district, the flower district, the jewelry district Disney hall LOL don't believe the hype.
@@jsamc there's been 3 or 4 knife homicides in L.A. the last week. April 2024
@@chrishultgren777 A city of 4 million .Thats par.
@@jsamcDon't believe the hype?? We are watching it..Los
The SMELL is what killed Cali. You just can't escape it. Sometimes I was praying for a breeze. It was HORRIFIC. Once a paradise, now a urinal. Sad.
It kills me they leave it and vote for the same where they move to. Aka Locust
@freqenc 🎵Ooh that smell, can't you smell that smell?🎵 - Lynyrd Skynyrd
😂
@@markivy3451ColoFornia and San Frandenver
@channelofstuff6662 in the 1930-1960s
It’s sad to see cities that were once considered gems of the nation turned into dumps, all because of poor decisions.
Read book International jew by Henry Ford , written in 1920 and you will understand
Not poor decisions. Those decisions were done on purpose to create those results
Yes, thank you Democratic Party! :(
From what I’ve read through the comments, they did it on purpose to demolish everything and make it new again, building low income buildings elsewhere for those on the street making this place a high class again. We’ll see, just prepared for what’s to come
@@Lawrence-sk2os democratic is just a way to say socialist...
And this is what happens when you let they get power.
Yeah, the homeless, the mentally deranged, the politicians, are all a prominent contributing factor... but let's not forget, if you were to call and ask the people on the "For Lease" signs, they would ask for ABSURD rent. They would never sell either.
Let's not forget them. Just because they wear nice suits and have fancy offices does not mean they are at no fault for this.
hard to believe Grand Theft Auto 5 will be the last visual of what LA used to look like
if you look with more atention yo can see gta 5 is exactly like this, full of trash, hobos, and closed shops
Wolves rule!
It's true tho
Its turning back into san Andreas
aye +
Too much crime, too dangerous & democrat one party rule. Businesses close, jobs lost. Really sad to see
THEY VOTED AND BEGGED 4 BIDEN ..
We should stop referring to the left as democrats. We need to refer to them with the proper description, neo-marxist/communists.
More crime in Red states mate, these are the facts.
they vote for this situation no excuse sorry
You forgot the part about landlords being so greedy they price businesses out
All those trillions spent over seas, should have been invested in infrastructure.
Sleepy Joe!🤷♂️👍🏻
There is truth to that, but I'm sure someone would find a way to line their pockets.
Agree absolutely right you are.
It's nothing wrong with the infrastructure in downtown LA. It's greed and capitalism.
I don't know about you..but I'm going to bed.sleepy joe
america looks more third world country than actual third world country
I'm starting to wander if third world countries actually look like this where there is no peace, but nothing besides crime happening
As someone living in colombia, this looks like the ruins of some ancient city.
Colombia cities are poorer, but you see most buildings to be like someone lives there.
I am91 Korean War Vet this Is Not the America of My Youth - We did not fight Wars for this Disaster ! God Help Us
God bless you for your service. My entire family is military. You deserve more respect for your heroism
Thank you for serving.
@@midnightmegan1010 Thankyou for Your Sincere Response
Thankyou, and Your Family - God bless You@@midnightmegan1010
Thankyou and your
Kama is always watching
newsome owns 100% of the blame for californias condition. hes obviously less than worthless
This is the end result of the voting majority since the 60's. newsome just happened to be governor when the job of destroying cali is near completion, governor moonbeam put this into major play years ago. The majority there still will vote for the same people that did this to them.
Nope, it's all the people who voted for him and all the other liberal politicians.
No. His voters too
Newsome and L.A. has a D.A. they need to get RID OF! Financed by 5 o r o s (points for guessing name w/out typing it out)
I think newsome owns 101% blame
Have you found one open yet, no earnings no taxes, no jobs, you would swear this was some 3rd world country.
Third world is much worse. But this is declining into 2nd world.
It pretty much is 3rd world.
Have you been to a third world country? It’s a 1000 times better than this
That's EXACLTY the plan.
Britain is getting the same .like a third world S###hole .
This is unbelievable, the greatest state to be left to deteriorate so bad...
California was everyone's dream now it's a nightmare. Sad...
LA is pure slums now! No one in California even wants to go there! San Francisco too!
Not true
@@bootscooty It is true. Cant even ride the subway without seeing a bunch of violent rude crackheads
@@bootscootynot true 🤦♂️. What is truth to you then? Open your eyes and pay attention to your elected leaders
Not my state not my problem @@TB-ue2kw
Corruption at its finest. Simple as that. City and state leadership should be held accountable. There are no consequences for doing a bad job.
I don't know what you want. Californians keep voting for it over and over again....
@@np153Garlix voting for wrong people.
Oh yeah no argument there..SMH
Even in 3rd world countries, I've never seen business establishments and streets getting ran over by vandals and drug junkies..
@@np153Garlix Then they move to a new state, and vote the same way all over again not realizing what they're doing.
can't wait to retire, get my pension, 401k, and immigrate back to Asia. Can't believe I'm saying this but this is not the golden country I immigrated to, love, and served back in the 80s
Lol. No one is paying that. Boomers think they're going to get their golden parachute after voting for this for decades. Boomers divorce more than any other generation. Most divorces in 2023, 2022, 2021 all the way back to 1970. More than gen x, millennials, silent generation, greatest generation etc. You offshored all industry, put yourselves and kids into student debt (boomers hold the most student debt per individual with student debt) voted in family courts to destroy familial wealth, reverse mortgages, and now you're on about running away and getting paid for this dumpster fire...by this dumpster fire. You're delusional. Which methhead is funding your retirement? Ukraine got your money. Go get it back lol.
Sorry to see you go it's not going to get any better. Take care.
They will still pay taxes to gooberment though, unless they renounce their citizenship.
Yeah, the neoliberal policies for the last 40 years have taken their toll.
I'm thinking about going to the Philippines after my 401k! 2 and a half years from now...
If there's anything left here by then!
This is one small example 👆👆 of how fast and how this country will become very very soon!
We are going to want to get the hell out of the US!!
Thank Goodness they banned plastic straws
😂😅
@@constantinvalentina2183 Yes. This has made a huge difference re the mountain of trash dumped in the empty lot.
It amazes me, no one has money and there are no stores, but spray paint is still available!
Spray paint a must for living in this city
They steal it
Right OMG spot on spray paint still available 😊
amazon
Probably stolen paint!
There's no point in having a brick and mortar store when the rents are astronomical and there's no way to ever own the property that you actually operate your store on.
Astronomical rents and rates and taxes, so that more money can be spent for oversea “conflicts” by your leaders.
We thank you for your contributions, as your country turns from 1st world country to below 3rd world country 🤲
@jordie4423 a lot of it is racially motivated as well. It's not a coincidence that gentrification gets rid of diversity.
Ask Bezos. It will be his property in a couple of years for sure. Greed, lack of imagination and laziness of customers meets pure greed of criminal minds. The last ones call themselves entrepreneurs.
Diversity is the absolute last thing you want for a thriving community. Everywhere we have diversity we have crime and degeneracy.
This is the country that loves to lecture other countries about how great USA is...
Looks l8ke a movie..a2f7l.
Migrants are the problems
Yes. Great country, but only red states.
Blue states are like this or worse.
@@scottbeauchene2019You're venting to the wrong person bro,It's your Chief and his Sycophants they're the issue.
All a plan in the west 🤫
This is what voting for liberal democrats and liberalism looks like people
My late husband was Narcotics Det.Norman Eckles LAPD. He was shot and paralyzed in 1983 ad died in 1989. So glad he is not alive to see the toilet that city has become. Vote democrat and that is what you will get every time. I feel bad for every officer who has to work there. Get out of the state like so many of us did. When the City Council finally decides to stop listening to the New World Order who wants everyone to be their slaves this will stop.
I was just thinking the same thing. My dad was LAPD his long career. My dad would be sick and sad. My husband and I were LAPD (he was an officer and I was a dispatcher) I saw this coming a decade ago when they started hamstringing the police. When illegals, homeless and drug addicts had more rights than the tax paying citizens. I told my husband as soon as my youngest graduated we were out. Best decision we ever made. But as a 4th generation native Californian it’s heartbreaking.
My husband was not a police officer but a true patriotic American. He died going on 8 years. Everything that's going on in our country it would truly disgust and sadden him. It's horrible, I feel we're a third-world country in some areas. I lived in Los Angeles, and in my younger years hung out in downtown LA. It saddens me with the filth, the deserted areas, once was crowded with people, cars and businesses.
You are Exactly right!!!
You are Exactly right!!!
The states with the most per capita crime are southern Republican run states
Just because you are in poverty doesn’t mean you should destroy and vandalize the area. You can have pride in keeping the area or what you do have clean.
Well people who are homeless and high out of their minds are 10 steps beyond living in poverty
Drug addicts and alcoholics don’t even know where they’re walking to and their brain cells don’t work anymore.
I was homeless. I watched people for several years. IMO, the littering/garbage that people leave is passive/aggressive behavior- a FU to society. People are animals. I prefer to avoid them.
I agree, this is not just about poverty. I was born in uk after the war, we were so poor but everyone tried to be smart and to rebuild, not destroy everything. What has really gone wrong?
@@sandyno1089
Drugs, plenty of them!
The vacant lot piled 4 feet deep with garbage is crazy
So foul
And someone digging through the garbage which I'm sure is full of used syringes.
You are 1/2 right. It's not 4 feet high. It is 8 feet high.
And the city does nothing about it
政客毫無做為而縱容了沒有道德水準的市民這麼做的結果!
So sad. I used to vacation in S.F. every few years and was a customer of many of the restaurants and shops now GONE. I moved out of CA several years ago. Saw the writing on the wall even then.
yes but you should see the other side too, usa is still the richest country in the world, california continues to innovate and rule the tech sector, without all this we would not have facebook, youtube, instagram, uber etc, places like skid row are a small price to pay
Meanwhile the politicians are telling us the Economy is doing great...
Democrats are saying that.
It is doing great.... for them.
And they live in mansions in the hills. Could care less about this. I think it's actually pleasing to them, sadly.
Meanwhile, you think you're not, but you are actually just as bad as the people that voted for those people
This not a economic problem, this is the result of a city that lost all sense of community.
This is just sickening. Our beautiful state being intentionally destroyed.😢
This just 1 part of a very very large city. Don't believe the hype.
@@jsamc I'm afraid it's just a matter of time!😢
y get what y vote
By the Democratic Party that runs it !
Landlords want too much money for leases.
The printer who makes the For Lease signs is doing great!
Job security😅😅😅
Job security😅😅
I worked in a sign shop for years....in good times you made alot of signs for new places opening up...in bad times you made alot of signs for the relators and going out of business sales....it was fun secure work no matter what but the pay was awful
and the graphics showing thriving businesses with many happy people 😀
True! Also the retailers who sell cans of spray paint and boards.
I have only been to L.A. once, about six years ago. What a disgusting mess that place is. Our country is so broken. We need a revolution.
travel this country it’s scary. It’s not just LA…the south is frightening. Go to Memphis or Detroit. Baltimore. Philly. Pits!!
Downtown Los Angeles wasn’t like this 10 years ago. It was actually coming back to life. The economy was flourishing. People were moving. Their business were opening lot of vacant. Buildings were being refurbished and turned into apartments condos in town houses. There were breweries being opened up cafés you name it it was doing good now it’s a complete shit hole! I used to work there and I used to go in and out of all those streets and locations and I to see them on a daily basis and it wasn’t like this
@crazydaisy1334
I remember going to downtown LA, day or night, to shows, events, historical locations and restaurants . It was interesting and worth driving to. I wouldn’t go now if you paid me.
Idk, he's walking around unencumbered.
@@shans1986 Not many are walking with him in prime daylight. Even he avoided a section that looked iffy. At least he did not film some zombie sections like in Philly. So tragic.
It's like dominoes, because even on the better blocks... How long are people going to be paying for those multi thousand dollar lofts when this is a just a few blocks away. The Bradley era has returned.
All the homeless (worldwide) went to Downtown Los Angeles.
Warm weather, handouts, lax laws...silly governments.
Fiat finance pays for all these bad investments, debts, and deficits.
Let's make Newsom presdient! We can make all of America like this!
What a magical utopic liberal future that would be, imagine the possibilities. I'm sure China, NK, Iran, Russia etc would love that too.
Biden is doing a good job destroying America.
@@AJ-po6up Yes, they certainly would. This is what the democrats want. Watch the DNC roll Newsom out for POTUS if not this year in 2028.
Dont laugh.....thats what's coming , all by design. The elites wont have to worry about a thing........
ScottKelso-ye8wuI know it's a hell of a show
How sad ! This is being left to happen worldwide! By the evil ones running the world 🤬
I am shocked and appalled at this mess Metal Leo, thanks for showing us what is going on down there. You’re appreciated sir.
It's very sad,that this has happened to our cities.
All these politicians that let this happen should be forced to walk the streets with no security.
Yes please
wtf? In jail on death row
Polititians are not leaders. These people seek power. Actual leaders would make decisions that never let this happen.
MisLeaders
@@Madasin_Paine directing our energy towards them.
Ok but then why aren't young californians creating a new party or electing their youubers who are streaming about these problems. Its VERY easy to get elected municipally..its not like congress or the senate or governor lol..its cheap too.
100%
and fools keep voting for those lousy fools.
A few years ago California was the 5th largest economy in the world…almost as if we’re being undone very deliberately…
Yep, it's not even a secret at this point that it was done on purpose.
I grew up near downtown LA in the 70s. The streets were clean, the buildings were beautiful and business was bustling. I would eat at a lunch counter. The 'special' was a whopping $3 each. Drink, Entre and dessert. $3.
California governor says he is doing a great job!
He’s not.
"That's true! Because it's true..."😂
Has the gov seen this!😮
I mean with his agenda to destroy California he actually is.
Coke makes you think that..
They VOTED WOKE, now they're BROKE.
KEEP IT UP!!!
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Oh for Gods sake what’s “woke “ got to do with any of it??? Do you even understand what woke means?
Live and let live…be respectful of the rights of others , live your own life and let others live theirs …of course within the law …without fear or prejudice.
What have those values got to do with the decline of the inner city of LA? This is due to bad governance and neglect pure and simple. Woke indeed! So annoying.
THE DECLINE has nothing to do with WOKE. Do you hear yourself? IGNORANT... an alternative reality. CALIFORNIA is being always soooo expensive. They cannot afford the expensive any longer. The homeless problem, unresolved is to blame. DELINQUENCY also to blame for the closings. ECONOMY & INFLATION are to blame. TAX CUTS to the millionaires and no help to middle class IS TO BLAME. Wake UP guys VOTE BLUE take corporate DEMS or REPUBS out. They are only for corporate interests... this is the result.
@@casperassie a , woke, is someone who has no idea of what going on in the streets, they pass ridiculous laws. Look up, ESG. Your politicians and business, they or them, in Washington.
@@casperassieeven wokies dont know they woke. Because you've been brainwashed into it.
@@casperassie Are 'woke' individuals against what is happening now in LA? If so, why aren't they protesting against it as they do for other matters? Who do they blame for it?
Shocking no one is doing anything to turn this around. So much lost revenue in taxes, lost jobs etc. One step from looking like Mad Max on the streets of LA!!!
This is fake religions affects ...this is what is after all terrorists with Churches
Business taxes. No one wants to invest.
Mel Gibson and his dog would be intimidated by this garbage ....its insane
Democrat run state is the problem. Newscum needs to go!!!! They don’t give a shit about anything but themselves
Revenue, ooh it's there, comes from foreign and domestic investors who keep buying and selling, which also contributes to homelessness. My Chinese landlord raised my rent, then a month later sold her duplexes to Hindus, then they too raised our rent again 2 months after they bought the property. It's too late for California in my opinion.
I never understood how LA residents defend their city and say it's the best.. Makes no sense.
we tell ourselves “the weather the weather”
to justify paying high rent. Many of us are leaving.
@@ladesigner8764 just dont vote blue wherever you go PLS
LA and New York have become what video games and movies of the 80s and early 90s predicted they would be.
"Resident Evil" came alive!
Chicago , Philadelphia etc all unlivable as is Almost every big city
Remember the. 2 urban movies. Escape from (N.Y.) & (L.A.)-???🤔.
We even have the technology of those old movies, but in the lamest possible way we could have gotten them
Robocop for sure. Detroit is a wasteland and followed soon after the movie.
It's happening all over the western world, especially from 2020. Here in the South West of England shops are boarded up, not as bad as this but we won't be far behind. Banks closing, small businesses collapsing. Yet the US just sent $80 billion package to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
👏👏👏
..und die eigene Bevölkerung verarmt und säuft ab...
That's what happens when you let them in
Yes, like it or not , Putin will take Estonia , Latvia, when the World is concerned about Taiwan, Allies are not stupid they can Walk and chew gum at the same
time, peace to you 👍👍🎇🎇🌎🙂✌️
@@philipreed6893 putin can take over the whole world if he wants, i dont give a damn. he cant possible do a worse job than our leaders who want to replace us and get us all killed in wars so they get richer.
This is crazy, I was in Cali around 2003. I was in awe with its beauty! I always wanted to go back, but after seeing this, I'm good where I am. This is what happens when the Devil runs the show!
Devil colonial US lol 😂😂😂
Just democRATS😊
Same with Oregon, lived in Eugene outskirts back in 2010, I’ve been told to not go back if I want to remember it as a nice place
its the rainbow ppl up is down
Is "the devil" a euphemism for "Newsom and his buddies"?
The Barclays Hotel was the subject of an episode of 'Starky and Hutch'. What a shame to see beautiful buildings falling into disrepair!
Yeah I remember that... showing your age with Starsky & Hutch. God bless.✌️❤
I worked less than a mile from that area and retired in 2007. It's shocking to see the difference. Thank you for showing this.
Even I'm not investing in liberals cities thank you Nancy Polosi, Maxine Waters & Gavin Newsom for your service.
Here you go 😂
Oh, but you ARE ("investing" in liberal cities")! Even if somehow you pay no federal taxes, you pay higher prices for everything you buy as a result of the federal taxes THEY pay. And if you DO pay any federal taxes, the federal government showers liberal cities with all kinds of grants.
Theyyyyy have their houses 🏘
Don't forget Karen Bass the crooked mayor who isn't doing anything to reduce crime or lawlessness.
Looks like third world countries 😢😢
Leo, people like you are now the new media, and what you are doing is very important! CBS, NBC, or ABC would never show us this!
Please be careful out there!
Every empire has its time.
The US empire bloomed for an extremely short time.
The US went up like a rocket 80 years ago, after WWII. Now the "greatest nation in the world" is already falling apart. History is fascinating.
The US was never an empire Rome was, the US is just the lackey of the talmudist!
This looks already so bad during the bright day. I can onyl imagine how creepy and unsafe this must feel during the night. This looks like the definition of decay and disorder.
Oh yeah, at night it’s fucked!
lol....Even the rats and roaches only come out during the day time! the humans come out at night🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes it is dangerous at night. Don’t use the public transportation. It’s only safe to drive.
@@Lexster918It’s not even safe to drive there! To breathe there! To poop there! Just hide in a turtleneck sweater like a turtle and you’ll be safe.
Extremely dangerous at night.
Growing up before in the internet, we were led to believe that LA and NYC were two of the greatest cities in the world. I am 10,000 miles away and I’m sort of nostalgic for the way I imagined these places to be. Best wishes from a cold and grey Yorkshire, England.
Well thiscity was never like this. They've allowed criminals to sreal and not get arrested. This has been intentional
Thanks for your best wishes (I don’t live near any large Democratic run city). To help us more, please recall your tragic little prince and his helpless mate. We can keep the royal children, who probably don’t exist anyway.
I also live more than 10.000 miles away (but in the other direction) and this is also shocking for me. LAC and NYC used to be my dream places to visit or live at. I'm speechless now.
We don’t have room for him - it’s getting a bit overcrowded here now
US invent the internet, and now the internet kill US city
Quote on the shown Barclay Hotel (Wiki): "At the time of its opening, the hotel was one of the most luxurious in Los Angeles and was the first in the city to have electricity and a telephone in every room." This former beauty was opened in 1897. Shame on the people who are responsible for the city's decline.
Shitholes in DOWNTOWN Los Angeles of Democratic Party of Criminals by Criminals for Criminals
It's the people who keep voting Democrat. The American people have nobody to blame but themselves.
All the money are spent onto overseas countries for military conflicts and media stuffs,
We thank you for your contributions as your country turns from 1st world into 4th world country 🎉
Oh let’s not forget foreigners millionaires & your billionaires are getting everything for free and cheap taxed.
Who are they?
Mayorkas and Bill, Hillary, Obama and Biden
"its getting a little out of hand..." the understatement of the century!
Lenient laws on shoplifting. Shoplifting should be a felony no matter the dollar amount. Stiffer sentences are needed to change this behavior.
cant afford to lock up all offenders, no budget for it
The pol's don't care as long as they get their cut of the drug trade!
Looks like they shoplifted every business to broke. Nothing left to take.
You are right but it’ll probably take more than just that.
The cost of shoplifting In the Muslim countries is a hand. They'll literally cut your hand off.
I am witnessing the collapse of my country. Very sad as we had it all and very soon we will have nothing but pain.
It happened very quickly, too. Look as how much damage Biden has done in only 3 years. It illustrates how quickly what's been built can be torn down.
Yes, but at least we no longer have to hear mean tweets.
Money being spent in far flung countries on wars for what😢
To protect and spread democracy 😢@@gallivantstravels
Enjoy the afterglow of the sunset, every empire will usher in the sunset
LA makes no effort whatsoever to clean up its mess. I recently appraised a property located near the intersection of the 110 and 105. There was an abandoned couch sitting along the entrance ramp to 110, so I took a picture. Later, while looking at google street views, I saw the exact same couch. The google image was more than 3 years old, and the couch was still sitting there!
The couch is for tourists to rest on.
I was born 1956 in Pasadena. Loved California- moved 1994 to Oregon. Heartbreaking what’s happened.
That is a "rest area".
lol
Awesome I need a couch
I live in Stockholm, Sweden. Just went to open my window and realized the crazy difference, trees, grass brushes everywhere, no bare concrete in sight on roads or buildings 🤯
Granted, I'm a 10-minute subway ride from the absolute core of Stockholm
I wish there were trees here! The love cutting down trees to build more houses!
Sweden is becoming a shithole as well. Ya got the "No Go zones" cut the bullshit cause we also know your policies are ass especially when it comes to inclusion along with girls being graped by middle eastern and immigrants. It's literally becoming LA
A government too worried about other countries, but forgot to worry about it's own. That's what you end up with.
More kickbacks. As the money disappears into the Ukrainian ether with no accountability.
A government that represents the wishes of their globalist friends over their own constituents.
@@Wiley-kn9sm there they steal it easy, in Ukraine.... with great personal cashback
Ukraine and Israel and Taiwan get the help
Whole culture has been based on greed and selfishness for decades. This is how that works out
And you see none of this on the mainstream news. Instead, you hear how we have a "thriving economy". What a joke. Thank you for sharing. This is just another example of Democrat leadership at it best. The only way for all this to change is for everyday people stand up and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I really hope more people WAKE UP and remember all this when they vote this November.
Don't matter who you vote for the bastards will continue to destroy the US.
Forget it Democrats rule in this State taxes are one of the highest and this is what they get. Trump 2024 please rescue my State
It's called gaslighting. It's what the mainstream legacy media is designed to do.
You just need to work on your creative math skills. $100 billion for The Ukr? Congratulations, you just added $100 billion to the GDP! $30 billion more for farm subsidies. $6 trillion for C relief? You just stimulated the economy for years to come! It doesn't matter that the price of a used car doubled, or housing has gone up by 30%, or that food prices have increased by 70%. All of these increases are good for GDP. Every dollar that you can't save, and every dollar of debt you need to take on in order to make ends meet contributes to a higher GDP. Even these dilapidated buildings can increase the GDP. When big investors buy the buildings for pennies on the dollar and do some minimal renovations, they can sell the buildings at a healthy profit. That "profit" positively impacts GDP.
Remember, they don't care about you. The economy can "thrive" even while the country's citizens suffer. Qty 4
@@davidthoreau6353 You hit the nail on the head. The current administration does not care about us just our money. For the first time in over 10 years, I own money on my taxes instead of getting a refund. I have busted my butt and worked more than I have ever worked before and for what!?!?! I really hope more people just WAKE UP! It is one thing when people suffer from their own stupidity. It is a WHOLE OTHER THING when my family and I suffer from other people's stupidity.
Our cities, our roads, our infrastructure are all going to hell in a handbasket. But our politicians just last week, passed a bill in the house to GIVE another 60.84 BILLION to Ukraine, 26 BILLION to Israel, and 8.12 BILLION to Indo-Pacific including Tawain. It's not just local politicians that need to be held accountable, everyone in Washington DC. It's truly mind-boggling what is going on. It's time we took care our own citizens and towns. I did say OUR OWN citizens!!!
Your right … american goverment always interupted to another country
Elon Musk could have paid the whole bill and would hardly notice. I taught business strategy for 35 years and often mentioned that customers need money.
Matthew 7:3-5 NIV
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Egypt also - helping to pay for their new capital city whilst half the population are near starvation
We desperately need a revolution of the people, it's now time for all of us to step up, and do the right thing, as failing to do so, is no different from committing suicide, and not only for us, but for the very future of this world. And It really doesn't matter how you, or anyone else thinks, or what you may believe, because no matter how hard you think about all of this? It really is only us, only the people, that can stop this.
If we all want a future in this world, then we now need to stand up, and fight for it. In Europe, we've all had it pretty good for the last 50-80 years, only it's made us all complacent, smug, and wilfully ignorant. We purposely ignore many things we've all seen being done, (that we know to be completely illegal, and wrong), we've just allowed it, and many times, we've even supported many things these people have done, even all the conflicts they've purposely caused.
We've all heard, and we've all listened to so many lies, so much propaganda, that we've not only become used to it, we've even started speaking it, and even agreeing with it. We've become selfish, self-righteous, uneducated, and ignorant, yet we believe we do understand, we believe we do know everything, (just like we're supposed too).
While the real truth is, we are dealing with people, who have been doing these things their entire lives, they've been schooled in these practices, just like their fathers, and the fathers of those fathers etc.
Los Angeles has been run by one political party for decades, just like every inner city in America. If you cannot see the trend by now, you have no business voting.
San Francisco is in the same boat. Rampant crime, homelessness, poverty, open drug use, etc. I see we have an election coming up. Will the same folks who voted for the collapse of downtown LA vote the same way, or will they finally pull their head out of their butts and vote for the right person that can help this country get back on its feet.
Let me give you a hint, one is a complete leftist, radical, socialist that will make things much worse, and the other is running, because they want to help America rebuild.
People are closing their businesses due to fear of thieves and homeless
At this rate, by 2030 LA will become like Indian cities 😂
@@smallcube-zn2mm Indian towns...you man...propped up and paid for by the "evil" white?
@@smallcube-zn2mm Wrong. I went to Bangalore last year and it wasn't like this at all, if you go into the CBD in Bangalore and walk down Mahatma Ghandi Road, you'll see a street full of lovely, lively shops and lots of people out and about and lovely restaurants too, especially at night. They take pride in their government buildings and tourist attractions. We had a rickshaw driver offer to take us around and show us some and explain the history of the city. Nothing like what you're seeing here.
and thieves and homeless spawned out of thin air like creepers in minecraft xD
@marionwilson8867 this is all part of their plan to de-p0op
When graffiti starts popping up, you know the city is dying.
They been tagging in LA for like 50 years.
Not
@@Dude_Slickyes😊
I have no words,,, Thank You for what you are doing (THE TRUTH)
rather Facts
US Americans must keep believing they are the best and most free in the world - in fact MOST countries are more free and better respected by their governments