For work I have to take buses from one end of LA to the other. It takes about 3 hours, I do it almost every day, and honestly I fucking love it every time. Watching this city unfold itself before me, and exploring it by foot whenever I can has always invigorated me. You definitely gotta get off sunset though, there's literally an endless amount to explore.
+Daniel 1992 It's not that great bro trust. Born and raised in socal and the people here are so self centered and fake. Oh and don't get be started with the traffic.... Smh
Born and raised in Hollywood and sunset...this documentary was really spot on.The eighties were really awesome in this part of the city. So many places to go eat , party and relax.
The reason people are critical of gentrification is because it doesn't do anything to address the root issues of problems. All it really does is move the problems elsewhere. It's like shopping malls in that stay in an area that's profitable and then abandon them and move to the next lucrative investment area. It's like a city version of musical chairs. No matter where the music stops, somebody is going to be left without a seat.
+strangersound Are you sure? I'm not saying I like gentrification, but thinking about it, it would seem logical that it brings jobs, as the new residents have money to spend, so there will be more businesses. So some the older residents could find a job or a better job.
+Eric S The primary thing is you have one class/type of people coming in and in most examples, this is a higher class of people and the result is rents go up to a point where only the business class can afford them. And what jobs become available aren't that many and are the usual service/retail jobs that won't have the employees be able to afford to live in the community. Every case if different, and my comment is a generalization. Sunset Strip seems like it fared better than a lot of places. The New York (Bedford St) is a more extreme example of where gentrification completely prices out the people who live there. It's a mixed bag. It's hard to argue with investment into communities that need it, with positive effects like reduction on crime, etc. But if it brings in a professional class of people, and the normal people get priced out and can't afford to live there, that hasn't helped them. They just end up moving to an area they can afford to live in, which usually has the same issues the old neighborhood did. The investors end up desiring these areas because they can get property for pennies on the dollar and end up making a huge profit. It's not really about helping a poor neighborhood, or bringing in jobs, it's about turning a poor neighborhood into a wealthy one. So this is more like exploiting a bad situation for gain, rather than trying to do some good. Wikipedia has lengthy article detailing the pros and cons, as the displacment I'm critiquing is only one piece of the puzzle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentrification
+strangersound So with a job at say Starbucks (lol) isn't it possible to pay the rent for an average apartment in a place like Brooklyn? I stayed in Brooklyn (Jamaica Ave.) for a week about a year ago and I could see the gentrification myself. Around Jamaica Ave. there weren't a lot of white people, but as soon as you get to the Barclay's Center you see more and more. I'm white myself, just so that there aren't any misunderstandings about racism or such.
80’s sunset strip looked a lot of fun. My pop used to be a rockabilly greaser back then and he and his buds would party all over LA and head to the strip as well. I’m a rocker myself but unlike my dad, I’m more of a metal head though I do appreciate Elvis, jerry lee Lewis and those guys for kicking of rock music in general from the start. I grew up listening to Mötley Crüe, Metallica, Led Zeppelin etc. Though rock music isn’t as big anymore, it will definitely stay alive with fans who crave guitar solos, attitude, blasting drum beats and headband their asses off to rock, metal, punk and the rest of the rock n roll family tree. Kids today will never know the total badassry but lol little do they know that they’re beloved rap and hip hop music all originates from rock n roll. Everything came from the blues, jazz, folk and even gospel music. What the music world is lacking is the progression and instrumental techniques of instruments in the industry. Sure these people today have their own talent but come on where are the guitars lol
@@williepeppers4969 Restaurant jobs. Had three at the same time at one point. Imho you just gotta be consistent with your effort and smart with your spending, cuz it can get reaaaally addicting once you start spending on dumb stuff
@Thecapo Jimmyjones It's because they're young and don't have any reference points to know the difference between a movie studio that was founded in the 1910s, and a record company from the 60s. Apparently the building houses the Jim Henson company now. Don't tell the reporter or she'll be crediting Chaplin with the Muppets next.
how about this? read a book instead of socializing & hoodluming all day, learn something, make legit $, then buy your house. presto you dont get run out by the richy rich kids (unless you sell out for big $$$, which you will unless yr dum).
Sunset =/= Los Angeles Sunset is tourists, hipsters, and the rich folk coming out of the hills to slum it. The real LA doesn't exist on an iconic street. It's in the neighborhoods that never appear on TV. And it's all too diverse to go to one neighborhood say, "this is LA."
Most of Los Angeles is ghetto and the nice parts are so expensive to live, most leave California if they want to buy a home, but the tv and film industry continues to show only the pretty places as though that is most of Los Angeles.
Is it at least affordable to live in the poor parts of LA? Because I've heard about the rents and it's crazy, upwards of $1.500 for a studio apartment, if I remember correctly.
Cool documentary. I'm from London, and obviously we hear a lot about LA, but we get the impression that it’s either glossy Hollywood or gangsters in Compton, so it’s really interesting to get an insight into all the different influences on the city. I visited before, but I was really confused as it wasn’t what I expected and it felt quite unwelcoming as it’s so sprawling and diverse. But watching this makes me want to go back and explore more.
I was riding my bike on Sunset right where Beverly Hills turns into Hollywood. I look over at the 1950s Chevy convertible, and I see the passenger is David Lee Roth. I said "hey Dave," and he looks over and says "hey man" as the light turns green, and they drive off into the Sunset.
The significance of the Ostrich Farm to Sunset Bouelvard is more than important than most know. For one the route of Sunset from downtown through Echo Park and Silver Lake is directly attributable to the Ostrich Farm Railway (built between 1886/1887) which ran on the same route before the street existed.
Thank you, Streets by VICE for inadvertently promoting Chemical Diary at 10:49. That's Chemical Diary's logo artwork on that flyer, which promotes a gig we had at a venue on Sunset Boulevard. I personally taped it onto that pole at La Brea & Sunset. Great episode. Ya'll rock! Roland Numbers
I loved all the interviews! It was a glimpse into various lives and values and I felt like it depicted everything that I’ve seen in LA - when I was visiting family, being a tourist and even lived there. I think with most bigger cities in Ca, one loves parts of the history and energy these places give us but hate the unfortunate parts of its reality; gentrification, gangs, the blue mafia, racism, etc.
+Sangus Brule Vegans are a gang, they are growing at a rapid pace, selling more drugs and involved in more acts of violence then both the Bloods and Crips.
why is a gang member complaining about the police cracking down on him and his friends - like is that not the whole point of their job? more importantly, why is vice giving a voice to this self-righteous and unrepentant criminal?
She didn't just listen, she clearly VALIDATED what he was saying more than anyone else. She said, about police cracking down on gangs, "At that point, it's just racism."
+cash monneh floow yeah sorry, i'm not listening to people who justify self-serving criminality and complain about their "persecution" all the while degrading and terrorizing their own neighbors. like i'd much rather listen to his and his friends' victims.
Why aren't there gang injunctions in white neighborhoods? There are gangs in white neighborhoods too. Why aren't there gang injunctions on the Hell's Angels (and other white biker gangs), peckerwoods and the bros? Just like cops stop Latinos or blacks for wearing Dickies, Chuck Taylors, Nike Cortez, bandanas and sports jerseys, they should stop Hell's Angels for wearing their patched up vests and %1er patches. The Peckerwoods always wear Woody Wood Pecker clothing and have Woody Wood Pecker stickers on their trucks. Bro's always have Skin Industries stickers on their trucks, and always wear Dickies shorts, knee high black socks, black sunglasses and wifebeaters.
theidiotfromla like what? LA only has clubbing and nasty ass beaches. The OC is far more better and cleaner less fucking ghetto. People here don't try to act hard all the time.
I have lived in Echo Park since 1974. I'm glad the Echo Park Locos can't afford to live here. Good riddance. And I approve the gentrification of my neighborhood: new restaurants, new businesses, a cool mix of people, and a safer neighborhood. It hasn't "lost" any flavor. It has just added and changed it. hear hear long live Echo Park.
Yes, I can see by your pic. Why you approve of gentrification!! If what you claim is true, then you also know that gangsters were only a small percentage of the population. And are not only people affected by this new flavor!!
I agree with you in getting rid of the Troublesome thugs. But common, that Hipster restaurant is a reflection of a fake snobby materialistic culture that millennials seem to represent.
This started out pretty good and detailed.... seems like you guys lost focus or ran out of budget as you got closer to the beach... this could have been really really good
Sad that every time some one talks about LA they say echo park is the east side WHEN THERES AN ACTUAL CITY CALLED “EAST LOS ANGELES”. Just like in almost every video you stood right at the edge of the actual east side and leave us out of the what makes this city run. Such a disappointment AGAIN. Thought vice would be different but actual east los is ALWAYS left out.
I grew up in Highland Park. I get it. LA is sooo vast that it would take a 20 minute video just to mention the name of each varrio. Let alone any further information at all. This was about Sunset Blvd. At least they mentioned Olvera Street.
I Ka the thing she didn't and what I learned from my time working all over LA while still living in San Diego is no matter where you are, if you drive 7 minutes in any direction, you're going to be in an area that you probably don't want to be in. That and Sepulveda Blvd is really fucking long.
awakeinsd born and raised in SD. Just speaking the truth bro...I could say the same about National City, Chula Vista, San Ysidro. Drive anywhere in SD, outside of North County and it resembles a 3rd world country pretty much.
I grew up in LA starting 1958. I lived in Brentwood before the San Diego Freeway went thru the Santa Monica mountains, it was being built. Went to Olivara Street as a kid. I love latino culture, its part of me. The only problem has been illegal immigration and the influx of gangs and drugs.
Cities like my hometown L.A and New York, always feel endless......These Megalopolis's are so huge, that even if you've been to a spot, it can honestly feel like a lifetime since you pass it once again and yet you can pass by a spot everyday, but it always feels like you can never engulf it's colossal size in one drive or one trip. I miss the size of the city, but also am glad to be out of it in the same sentence.
The invention of the car in the 20's???? Karl Benz produced the first car in 1886. Henry Ford started mass-production of cars in 1908. Holy shit people are stupid! Most of the people in the USA think Henry Ford invented the Automobile.
+TheTheeggmann yup people are dumb even electric cars were invented in the 1800s they just didnt become popular back then because it was to expensive and gas power cars were easier to produce.
***** fords first car was two bics with a motor. what ford did was to be the first to mass produce a vehicle that anyone could afford from the rich to poor.
+Prashant Balhara Mercedes 35hp 1901 was probably the first recognisable car. In fairness Benz did produce 4 wheeled vehicles and maybe his biggest contribution was popularising the petrol engine. Petroleum at the time was a widely available cleaner that you could pick up at any chemist.
L.A. isn't a city like NYC, Chicago, SF, or Seattle. It's interesting that they focused on the historical Sunset Blvd. stretch of land and while this is technically within the "City of L.A." millions of residents that live in L.A. county work and play all over the Southern California region. This documentary makes it sound like L.A. culture only revolves around Echo Park, Hollywood and Beverly Hills which all have their own scene, but there are literally hundreds of other enclaves they didn't cover.
2:02 Gentrification = Improvement of minority slums and gang infested areas by Whites who are willing to invest in the area at great risk and try and make it nice , safe and beneficial to all of society.
+Chairman X I don't agree with this. gentrification can be good or bad. If an area is being gentrified to be a strip mall obviously, kind of wasteful , but on the other hand places can be gentrified for parks ,reccenter, small businesses etc... Atlanta being a good example of useful gentrification.
So you'd rather have a run down slum than a nice new Mall that creates new jobs, tax revenue, grows the economy, creates stores and businesses that serve the need of people, improves the neighborhood, lowers crime rates, is visually attractive and desirable and benefits far more people? You really aren't thinking. Gentrification means improvement and positive and needed progress. People like you would prefer to keep the slums and abandoned run down building of Detroit then have some risk takers come in invest and improve the area. You leftists really are sick.
+goldsilverandiamonds No it depends sometimes malls aren't needed and sometimes malls don't support small businesses. I'd rather there be a some type of town fund that invests in revitalizing old buildings for small business like in ATL. I'm by no means anti-gentrification.
Thats correct. And the airplane was invented right after that in 1967. I just wish they would invent something so people could travel the oceans. Something big that can float.
@King Khoda Ive been in the streets to, maybe not as tough as yours. and the only reason was I want to punch someone in the face and smoke weed. most of us do. So, I dont really buy that family and societal problrms excuse. some kids just wanna be bad
Hold on one second. Sunset Blvd doesn't start in Echo Park. It has a definite starting point- in the Chinese suburb of Monterey Park where it's called Riggin St.
Selling drugs, doing drugs, littering, spraying graffiti, shitting on sidewalks, whoring out their STDs, and complaining about their rights while slaughtering morality. Fuck LA.
yeah why do they pick on the small businesses to question about gentrification, when places like starbucks, take a strangle hold on places, citys and countries. Not v fair. There a family business, working hard like everyone else.
Please don't take this girl serious. Angelinos love small businesses. Idk where this interviewer got her facts... Los Angeles is full of small businesses.
Please. How the fuck are they different from Starbucks when their prices are worse than Starbucks? Doesn't matter if it's a married couple running a business, if they're pricing out the population or specifically creating a business that doesn't cater to the locals, and instead only to the influx pop or tourists, then wtf is that? Starbucks is annoying as a chain and slightly more expensive than a small drive through hut, but they're nothing compared to these trendy little spots. At least I can roll into Starbucks without worrying about judgement or a dress code.
Derick F i dont know because internet, but i dont think he meant that. just that its a much more typical major city street than sunset, which is true. if i had to pick thee most typical for LA i would say normandie.
Crenshaw can't compare against Sunset because Sunset runs from the the oldest parts of L.A. and it runs through at least 9 neighborhoods that range from poor to the very rich and it ends at the OCEAN.
Cant just tell a story without pushing the agenda. Why dont they just say white people moved in? Skid Row is mostly white people why not put that in this discount doc.
went to la last year (summer) for a funeral; very dense, beautiful weather, and the women! wow! the women outnumber the men and 9s and 10s all over the place of every nationality. i wanna go back and do the exclusive sunset blvd. thing. things are always happening there: mudslides, gangs, drones, forest fires, undertows, and everything else. all in all...loved it...rr
Boyle Heights is the current gentrification “frontier” and the push-back is community based, not some gang thing. The thing about LA is that it is so vast, a place like Echo Park is just a drop in the bucket. There are still a fair number of working class homeowners who will, in all likelihood, eventually cash out for millions. A great place to buy 20 years ago.
Remember the media convinced many brainwashed liberals that Zimmerman was white. He was half white but looked full Hispanic but the media referred to him as a white supremacist the entire time and a nation full of brainwashed dumbasses went along with it.
that may not make sense on the surface but these minority officers have to operate under ORDERS given to them from a racist police chief and city hall.. If they wanted to keep their job they had to do what they were ordered to do. It meant proving they could do their job even if the orders had bias and racism interwoven into the directives.
@@xpez9694 So like a black police chief giving an order to Hispanic officers to deliver a more severe beating to a group of Latino's because secretly he hates Latino's. Or does that not fit the anti-white narrative?
@@xpez9694 Dude it's racism regardless of the race of the person, and it's been that way since the beginning of humanity. By the way I think your comment to me was deleted cause I can't find it on this thread.
No matter where you go, in life you carry Los Angeles with you! The City of Angeles is amazing with everything that you can possibly want is here! I don't love the fires; nor the Covid! Several Communities make up the City of Los Angeles! ❤😷❤
gen·tri·fi·ca·tion ˌjentrəfəˈkāSH(ə)n/Submit noun the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste. "an area undergoing rapid gentrification" the process of making a person or activity more refined or polite." IT'S ALL GOOD
hak You mean taking from the poor to give to the well off? Residents that have little say in where they live based on ability to pay. Raising housing costs in a concerted effort to remove residents and take away a sense of community. It’s not all good.
She's got serious vocal-fry. Not to mention fucked up ethics. Kicking gangs out of beautiful neighborhood is racism. Right. And what 35 year old gets squealy while passing a place where One Direction gets their tattoo's. ?
God I just love this woman. Karley does another fantastic job of reporting the history, culture and the feel of LA. I couldn't help but laugh to see her attempting surfing, imagining myself having the same experience. Beautiful lady, great video.
Definitely wrong to say there’s no good rock’n’roll bands anymore. I’ve seen some very unique amazing bands in my young life, it’s just that most of them can’t afford to pay 3000 for an apartment in LA and the major labels don’t want them cause that’s not what sells anymore there’s also a host of other reasons I don’t feel like typing out right now
you arent wrong except that rock is actually more dead than it sounds like you want it to be. the boomers are in their 60s and the residual rock world is trailing off after them.
***** they're still trying but I don't see it happening. Compton looks nice, Inglewood is pretty nice but most of chrenshaw near the Slauson mall still the hood and Watts is too. Same with most of south LA. I guess they'll keep raising rent
I love LA, born and Raised, my best friends were Mexican, Whites and all kinds of different races, Its mostly love there unless U start looking for trouble, to be honest, Thers no place like LA
For work I have to take buses from one end of LA to the other. It takes about 3 hours, I do it almost every day, and honestly I fucking love it every time. Watching this city unfold itself before me, and exploring it by foot whenever I can has always invigorated me. You definitely gotta get off sunset though, there's literally an endless amount to explore.
That sounds kinda nice, but does it never get boring? I've always wanted to go to L.A but i dont know if i'll be able to afford it
Madam how do you not get bored of the 3 hour journey back & forth?
more people should know that the LA they see in the media is really a *tiny* portion of the city
I want to visit now :)
+Daniel 1992
It's not that great bro trust. Born and raised in socal and the people here are so self centered and fake.
Oh and don't get be started with the traffic.... Smh
+kushdaddy144 Weathers certainly nice!
+Daniel 1992 ha don't mind the haters...def should visit. I did and then stayed and lived here last 5 years ;)
+kushdaddy144 I agree
would love to see a revised or extended version of this. so fire. i love the LA culture/history
Born and raised in Hollywood and sunset...this documentary was really spot on.The eighties were really awesome in this part of the city. So many places to go eat , party and relax.
The reason people are critical of gentrification is because it doesn't do anything to address the root issues of problems. All it really does is move the problems elsewhere. It's like shopping malls in that stay in an area that's profitable and then abandon them and move to the next lucrative investment area. It's like a city version of musical chairs. No matter where the music stops, somebody is going to be left without a seat.
+strangersound Are you sure? I'm not saying I like gentrification, but thinking about it, it would seem logical that it brings jobs, as the new residents have money to spend, so there will be more businesses. So some the older residents could find a job or a better job.
+Eric S The primary thing is you have one class/type of people coming in and in most examples, this is a higher class of people and the result is rents go up to a point where only the business class can afford them. And what jobs become available aren't that many and are the usual service/retail jobs that won't have the employees be able to afford to live in the community. Every case if different, and my comment is a generalization. Sunset Strip seems like it fared better than a lot of places. The New York (Bedford St) is a more extreme example of where gentrification completely prices out the people who live there.
It's a mixed bag. It's hard to argue with investment into communities that need it, with positive effects like reduction on crime, etc. But if it brings in a professional class of people, and the normal people get priced out and can't afford to live there, that hasn't helped them. They just end up moving to an area they can afford to live in, which usually has the same issues the old neighborhood did. The investors end up desiring these areas because they can get property for pennies on the dollar and end up making a huge profit. It's not really about helping a poor neighborhood, or bringing in jobs, it's about turning a poor neighborhood into a wealthy one. So this is more like exploiting a bad situation for gain, rather than trying to do some good.
Wikipedia has lengthy article detailing the pros and cons, as the displacment I'm critiquing is only one piece of the puzzle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentrification
+strangersound So with a job at say Starbucks (lol) isn't it possible to pay the rent for an average apartment in a place like Brooklyn?
I stayed in Brooklyn (Jamaica Ave.) for a week about a year ago and I could see the gentrification myself. Around Jamaica Ave. there weren't a lot of white people, but as soon as you get to the Barclay's Center you see more and more. I'm white myself, just so that there aren't any misunderstandings about racism or such.
+Eric S If you use white people as a marker for gentrification then you are missing instances of gentrification that don't involve white people.
strangersound yep true that
80’s sunset strip looked a lot of fun. My pop used to be a rockabilly greaser back then and he and his buds would party all over LA and head to the strip as well. I’m a rocker myself but unlike my dad, I’m more of a metal head though I do appreciate Elvis, jerry lee Lewis and those guys for kicking of rock music in general from the start. I grew up listening to Mötley Crüe, Metallica, Led Zeppelin etc. Though rock music isn’t as big anymore, it will definitely stay alive with fans who crave guitar solos, attitude, blasting drum beats and headband their asses off to rock, metal, punk and the rest of the rock n roll family tree. Kids today will never know the total badassry but lol little do they know that they’re beloved rap and hip hop music all originates from rock n roll. Everything came from the blues, jazz, folk and even gospel music. What the music world is lacking is the progression and instrumental techniques of instruments in the industry. Sure these people today have their own talent but come on where are the guitars lol
Don't move to LA if your broke, I've known too many with california dreams and a budweiser budget.
Johny Hero hahaha
gonna move there soon. solely to create more traffic and nothing else.
I moved in and I was kinda broke. Nothing that can't be fixed with effort and hard work :)
I'm looking for extra work.
@@williepeppers4969 Restaurant jobs. Had three at the same time at one point. Imho you just gotta be consistent with your effort and smart with your spending, cuz it can get reaaaally addicting once you start spending on dumb stuff
I feel like I could have watched 2 more hours. I love hearing about the history and the culture of LA. Stupid good.
It’s a wild place
I'm on a LA doc binge rn for no reason 😂
Same
Charlie Chaplin didn't found A&M records, he founded United Artists. Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss founded A&M hence A&M.
RareMedium she said built but im guessing he isnt a builder either
💯 THANK you
What’s the plaque then?
@@partsunknown1679 8:33. You see anything about A&M on there?
@Thecapo Jimmyjones It's because they're young and don't have any reference points to know the difference between a movie studio that was founded in the 1910s, and a record company from the 60s. Apparently the building houses the Jim Henson company now. Don't tell the reporter or she'll be crediting Chaplin with the Muppets next.
The more I travel across the globe. The more I am in love with Los Angeles
Have you actually been to Los Angeles? It's not that great
+kushdaddy144 I lived here for 26 years. You don't have to like it. LA is not for everyone
+Omar Limon don't worry Omar......Kushdaddy is just a hater that needs to move if they don't like it
+kushdaddy144 thats if you dont know your way around
roy campos
lol is that bad to you guys? i mean we're all use to it lol
you forgot the skateboarding culture...thats like talking about slavery and not mentioning Abraham Lincoln.
+Angel Valdovinos Lords of Dogtown.........RIP Jay Adams "The Original Seed".
That would be Lincoln
+Angel Valdovinos Skateboarding branched from surfing though...
+Angel Valdovinos Um she's a hipster white girl. So she only drinks wine and eats cheese. Go fig. That's why you make friends of color more culture.
+Genghis Cons the valley is hipster proof unlike gay ass venice
"At a certain point its just racism"...so true, they should have just let the gangs run rampant and leave them alone.
She said, wait till they mug her or worse rape her.
Racism is letting the economy naturally improve a city. Heaven forbid the poor innocent street gangs go away!
how about this? read a book instead of socializing & hoodluming all day, learn something, make legit $, then buy your house. presto you dont get run out by the richy rich kids (unless you sell out for big $$$, which you will unless yr dum).
John Lawler remember everything is racism now. Ask the New York Times that is there latest greatest idea to get rid of Trump. Everything is racism.
i know what a dumb comment from her, facepalm.
Sunset =/= Los Angeles
Sunset is tourists, hipsters, and the rich folk coming out of the hills to slum it. The real LA doesn't exist on an iconic street. It's in the neighborhoods that never appear on TV. And it's all too diverse to go to one neighborhood say, "this is LA."
Livid Imp yeah but if you had to pick only ONE street...
my point exactly. VICE got this one WRONG.
If i had to choose a street out would be Firestone/ Manchester or Pacific/ Long beach now those streets are the real deal
Livid Imp what about Crenshaw Blvd.?
Another great documentary, vice. Keep doing more about famous cities! Born in NYC and having visited LA these videos totally keep me fascinated.
Most of Los Angeles is ghetto and the nice parts are so expensive to live, most leave California if they want to buy a home, but the tv and film industry continues to show only the pretty places as though that is most of Los Angeles.
John Andrew yes most people outside of CA think LA is some glam place it’s not 😂
LA is the butthole of CA, and SF is somewhat of an infected cyst.
Is it at least affordable to live in the poor parts of LA? Because I've heard about the rents and it's crazy, upwards of $1.500 for a studio apartment, if I remember correctly.
La is a mexican poopy shithole
NYC being the biggest shithole
Cool documentary. I'm from London, and obviously we hear a lot about LA, but we get the impression that it’s either glossy Hollywood or gangsters in Compton, so it’s really interesting to get an insight into all the different influences on the city. I visited before, but I was really confused as it wasn’t what I expected and it felt quite unwelcoming as it’s so sprawling and diverse. But watching this makes me want to go back and explore more.
I was riding my bike on Sunset right where Beverly Hills turns into Hollywood. I look over at the 1950s Chevy convertible, and I see the passenger is David Lee Roth. I said "hey Dave," and he looks over and says "hey man" as the light turns green, and they drive off into the Sunset.
Cool.met up with Peter Fonda some 6 years ago. Still got his autograph. Rog. Pacific sunset records.
The significance of the Ostrich Farm to Sunset Bouelvard is more than important than most know. For one the route of Sunset from downtown through Echo Park and Silver Lake is directly attributable to the Ostrich Farm Railway (built between 1886/1887) which ran on the same route before the street existed.
So so so very lucky to have been raised in L.A. County in the 60's and 70's!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Thank you, Streets by VICE for inadvertently promoting Chemical Diary at 10:49. That's Chemical Diary's logo artwork on that flyer, which promotes a gig we had at a venue on Sunset Boulevard. I personally taped it onto that pole at La Brea & Sunset. Great episode. Ya'll rock! Roland Numbers
I loved all the interviews! It was a glimpse into various lives and values and I felt like it depicted everything that I’ve seen in LA - when I was visiting family, being a tourist and even lived there. I think with most bigger cities in Ca, one loves parts of the history and energy these places give us but hate the unfortunate parts of its reality; gentrification, gangs, the blue mafia, racism, etc.
I'd take veganism and peace over gangs and violence, every time.
T-t-t-too much soy sauce dude...
i'd like a vegan restaurant and a taco shop next to each other, similar prices
+Sangus Brule Vegans are a gang, they are growing at a rapid pace, selling more drugs and involved in more acts of violence then both the Bloods and Crips.
***** Nice essay bruh. It is a fucking joke you dumbass. Only shining light as to why people hate vegans.
+Indra Guillory umad bro cuz hes stylin on you?
I loved watching this. I'll never forget my first trip to LA, and I am beyond excited to move there. Great work VICE!
How did the move go?
Good luck with that. Moving to hell might be easier.
Sunset was the home of METAL baby🤘
why is a gang member complaining about the police cracking down on him and his friends - like is that not the whole point of their job? more importantly, why is vice giving a voice to this self-righteous and unrepentant criminal?
Rita Kristina cause liberals
Rita Kristina its important to listen to all people. You can't just ignore criminals, in that way we can't get rid of crime
She didn't just listen, she clearly VALIDATED what he was saying more than anyone else. She said, about police cracking down on gangs, "At that point, it's just racism."
+cash monneh floow yeah sorry, i'm not listening to people who justify self-serving criminality and complain about their "persecution" all the while degrading and terrorizing their own neighbors. like i'd much rather listen to his and his friends' victims.
Why aren't there gang injunctions in white neighborhoods? There are gangs in white neighborhoods too. Why aren't there gang injunctions on the Hell's Angels (and other white biker gangs), peckerwoods and the bros? Just like cops stop Latinos or blacks for wearing Dickies, Chuck Taylors, Nike Cortez, bandanas and sports jerseys, they should stop Hell's Angels for wearing their patched up vests and %1er patches. The Peckerwoods always wear Woody Wood Pecker clothing and have Woody Wood Pecker stickers on their trucks. Bro's always have Skin Industries stickers on their trucks, and always wear Dickies shorts, knee high black socks, black sunglasses and wifebeaters.
Live in LA and it's still fucking amazing
Not really. The partying get pretty boring after awhile.
The bitches are all self centered just want a sugar daddy
+kushdaddy144 your right....bitches are like that here
+kushdaddy144 Theres so much more, get out of your circle
theidiotfromla like what?
LA only has clubbing and nasty ass beaches.
The OC is far more better and cleaner less fucking ghetto. People here don't try to act hard all the time.
+kushdaddy144 yes thank you for saying that cus its so true.!
RIP Jonathan Gold, thank you for promoting the vast amount of diversity in LA through food
You've done it again, Vice. Great story, great reporter, great video... Vice is the future of journalism. Keep keeping it real!
How very sanitised. Not one homeless person
@Jumbo Johnson I did watched it from beginning to end not one homeless person in it. No mention of skid row in LA Nothing
1:58 🤔🥴
1:58
Great host 👏 She’s great at both narrating and interviewing. Interesting stuff, too. Good job!
I have lived in Echo Park since 1974. I'm glad the Echo Park Locos can't afford to live here. Good riddance. And I approve the gentrification of my neighborhood: new restaurants, new businesses, a cool mix of people, and a safer neighborhood. It hasn't "lost" any flavor. It has just added and changed it. hear hear long live Echo Park.
Glad you're living a better life :)
Yes, I can see by your pic. Why you approve of gentrification!! If what you claim is true, then you also know that gangsters were only a small percentage of the population. And are not only people affected by this new flavor!!
I agree with you in getting rid of the Troublesome thugs. But common, that Hipster restaurant is a reflection of a fake snobby materialistic culture that millennials seem to represent.
"Hipster" "snobby" "materialistic" are adjectives which can be found anywhere. My experience continues to be a positive one.
I love hipster journalism. Whenever I need a laugh it delivers.
Bahahahahahaha! Exactly
I was in a band in 66 played all over Hollywood, opened for some big names, loved it in the 60s
What was the band's name. Rog. Pacific sunset records
There's no place like the city of Angels! LA all day! I love this City!
Same can be said of NYC, Miami, Boston or Chicago. My guess you don't travel enough. Many have left California.
To each his own.
I lived just off Sunset back in '94. I miss the Hookers.
Good cocaine and free range hookers seems like a distant dream now...
I live there now....right on sunset and gordon....they are GONE...lol
The hookers miss you.
"streets by vice" - going around asking people if they are gentrifying the area
1:57
"...with the working class"
*Films hordes of unemployed*
I wish i could visit los angeles
Visit certain areas though.
+Jasper van Manen you're not missing much. Just like any other city...trashy, bums, dirty...only a few nice streets in LA
+Jasper van Manen I'm moving there soon. It's the spot
can i stay at your place while i visit the place?
+Jasper van Manen haha no I'll be co-renting a place with a stranger. Motel's are like $15 a night.
When she started surfing all I could think "what a long ass day this lady has had" lol
Two minutes in and we're already getting mouthfuls of word salad.
This started out pretty good and detailed....
seems like you guys lost focus or ran out of budget as you got closer to the beach...
this could have been really really good
+liverawkstar Agreed! I love the idea though.
Sad that every time some one talks about LA they say echo park is the east side WHEN THERES AN ACTUAL CITY CALLED “EAST LOS ANGELES”. Just like in almost every video you stood right at the edge of the actual east side and leave us out of the what makes this city run. Such a disappointment AGAIN. Thought vice would be different but actual east los is ALWAYS left out.
they're too scared to explore east LA
I grew up in Highland Park. I get it. LA is sooo vast that it would take a 20 minute video just to mention the name of each varrio. Let alone any further information at all. This was about Sunset Blvd. At least they mentioned Olvera Street.
Interesting for someone like me who has never been there in LA.
I Ka the thing she didn't and what I learned from my time working all over LA while still living in San Diego is no matter where you are, if you drive 7 minutes in any direction, you're going to be in an area that you probably don't want to be in. That and Sepulveda Blvd is really fucking long.
Shitty San diego...my hometown of SD has ppl with a strong inferiority complex.
sayjai bao great story bro.
awakeinsd born and raised in SD. Just speaking the truth bro...I could say the same about National City, Chula Vista, San Ysidro. Drive anywhere in SD, outside of North County and it resembles a 3rd world country pretty much.
I Ka :::: you're not missing anything. Horrible traffic and annoying people-
I grew up in LA starting 1958. I lived in Brentwood before the San Diego Freeway went thru the Santa Monica mountains, it was being built. Went to Olivara Street as a kid. I love latino culture, its part of me. The only problem has been illegal immigration and the influx of gangs and drugs.
Cities like my hometown L.A and New York, always feel endless......These Megalopolis's are so huge, that even if you've been to a spot, it can honestly feel like a lifetime since you pass it once again and yet you can pass by a spot everyday, but it always feels like you can never engulf it's colossal size in one drive or one trip. I miss the size of the city, but also am glad to be out of it in the same sentence.
The invention of the car in the 20's????
Karl Benz produced the first car in 1886.
Henry Ford started mass-production of cars in 1908.
Holy shit people are stupid!
Most of the people in the USA think Henry Ford invented the Automobile.
+TheTheeggmann yup people are dumb even electric cars were invented in the 1800s they just didnt become popular back then because it was to expensive and gas power cars were easier to produce.
***** fords first car was two bics with a motor. what ford did was to be the first to mass produce a vehicle that anyone could afford from the rich to poor.
+Prashant Balhara Mercedes 35hp 1901 was probably the first recognisable car.
In fairness Benz did produce 4 wheeled vehicles and maybe his biggest contribution was popularising the petrol engine. Petroleum at the time was a widely available cleaner that you could pick up at any chemist.
+IamTheEggMan Most people think Henry Ford invented the assembly line also. This idiot reporter just wanted history to fit he lame report story.
Ford was the Steve jobs of cars
I went to high school with this chick, well prolly not her but one of her 900 clones they put out in the years 2003/09
Jordon Leuning Lol.
Yeah I know about thousands of these fryvoice dumb bitches
You forgot to show Skid Row and the homeless, the real LA
@@brubrulani you're vile
there are plenty of vice docs on homelessness. i think they're trying to focus on other cultural aspects here.
This is a video about Sunset Blvd. Skid Row is couple miles south, Einstein
Gotta admit tho... I still love LA
Not sure why but her shoes are pissing me off
+Joe Platt
yeah those things are nasty
80s prostitute shoes
+metalsasi the ones she's wearing.
+Joe Platt be pissed off ....and own the piss
+Joe Platt Her mouth pisses me off as well, looks weird when she's done talking.
This is wrong. Wilshire is by far the most important street in LA.
Not anymore.....
L.A. isn't a city like NYC, Chicago, SF, or Seattle. It's interesting that they focused on the historical Sunset Blvd. stretch of land and while this is technically within the "City of L.A." millions of residents that live in L.A. county work and play all over the Southern California region. This documentary makes it sound like L.A. culture only revolves around Echo Park, Hollywood and Beverly Hills which all have their own scene, but there are literally hundreds of other enclaves they didn't cover.
2:02 Gentrification = Improvement of minority slums and gang infested areas by Whites who are willing to invest in the area at great risk and try and make it nice , safe and beneficial to all of society.
***** Gentrification= A threat to the ignorant, lazy, drugged out, racist, criminal, foul, inbred and delusion.
+Chairman X I don't agree with this. gentrification can be good or bad. If an area is being gentrified to be a strip mall obviously, kind of wasteful , but on the other hand places can be gentrified for parks ,reccenter, small businesses etc... Atlanta being a good example of useful gentrification.
So you'd rather have a run down slum than a nice new Mall that creates new jobs, tax revenue, grows the economy, creates stores and businesses that serve the need of people, improves the neighborhood, lowers crime rates, is visually attractive and desirable and benefits far more people? You really aren't thinking. Gentrification means improvement and positive and needed progress. People like you would prefer to keep the slums and abandoned run down building of Detroit then have some risk takers come in invest and improve the area. You leftists really are sick.
+goldsilverandiamonds No it depends sometimes malls aren't needed and sometimes malls don't support small businesses. I'd rather there be a some type of town fund that invests in revitalizing old buildings for small business like in ATL. I'm by no means anti-gentrification.
+Chairman X 👍🏽
"The invention of the car in the 1920's..." L M F A O!!!!!!!
Everyone thinks Henry Ford invented cars,and it was the model T. Every idiot.
@@carlsaganlives5112 Henry Ford invented the modern automobile assembly line and affordable car.
@@xpez9694 Yessir! (ma'am?) He brought the car to the masses. In any color you want, as long as it's black. Made a few bucks along the way, too.
Thats correct. And the airplane was invented right after that in 1967. I just wish they would invent something so people could travel the oceans. Something big that can float.
Perhaps missing the point. The modern car was invented in 1886. Karl Benz... Mercedes-Benz.
She looks like an even skankier version of Lady Gaga, and I love it!
*+ZeroFortyFive* LOL!
ikr
Damn I thought I had a bug on my iPad, nice display pic lol.
+ZeroFortyFive even skankier? Weird I see her as less tainted by drugs and disease. I would perhaps bet on it.
Those poor gangsters where will they go??
Jail.
to prison, for starters
@King Khoda oh fuck and your White of course you are you brainwashed piece of shit
@King Khoda Ive been in the streets to, maybe not as tough as yours. and the only reason was I want to punch someone in the face and smoke weed. most of us do. So, I dont really buy that family and societal problrms excuse. some kids just wanna be bad
The IE
If you spent more time showing the city rather than complaining about social justice issues this would’ve been a good documentary
should've done a piece on Figueroa- that'll give a more authentic feel to how LA really is
She would do great on fig lol
The city that kills dreams. The best thing about the city it’s the name.
Carolina Nassar the city has a beautiful name indeed.
Hold on one second. Sunset Blvd doesn't start in Echo Park. It has a definite starting point- in the Chinese suburb of Monterey Park where it's called Riggin St.
Why would ANYONE buy cable TV, when programs like this are available on RUclips (get the premium), its very worth it!
想和你打篮球！
Where are my Angelenos at.
Hola :)
Gangbangin
Selling drugs, doing drugs, littering, spraying graffiti, shitting on sidewalks, whoring out their STDs, and complaining about their rights while slaughtering morality. Fuck LA.
Woot woot, born and raised in East LA.
I’m here 27 and maple
A beautiful Sunset Blvd. vignette, much appreciated. ❤️
@4:55 - "and as certain point it's just racism" yep that's it, I'm done.
yeah why do they pick on the small businesses to question about gentrification, when places like starbucks, take a strangle hold on places, citys and countries. Not v fair. There a family business, working hard like everyone else.
Please don't take this girl serious. Angelinos love small businesses. Idk where this interviewer got her facts... Los Angeles is full of small businesses.
Please. How the fuck are they different from Starbucks when their prices are worse than Starbucks? Doesn't matter if it's a married couple running a business, if they're pricing out the population or specifically creating a business that doesn't cater to the locals, and instead only to the influx pop or tourists, then wtf is that? Starbucks is annoying as a chain and slightly more expensive than a small drive through hut, but they're nothing compared to these trendy little spots. At least I can roll into Starbucks without worrying about judgement or a dress code.
Such a cool city
WOW! Such scenic views of those legs
Hit Crenshaw Blvd. that'll take you through the real Los Angeles
Derick F i dont know because internet, but i dont think he meant that. just that its a much more typical major city street than sunset, which is true. if i had to pick thee most typical for LA i would say normandie.
Crenshaw can't compare against Sunset because Sunset runs from the the oldest parts of L.A. and it runs through at least 9 neighborhoods that range from poor to the very rich and it ends at the OCEAN.
Maybe in 1992. It ain't bad at all now man.
Figueroa... from downtown all the way to the to the south bay.
Crenshaw niggas run the street I'm out
my pops is from echo park, rip him. He use to take me to burrito king right around over there , nice area
End gentrification, bring back the gangs, and demand this with an annoying vocal fry!!!
Vice: discount documentaries.
Lolol yeaaaa right.
M T gentrification is good.
Cant just tell a story without pushing the agenda. Why dont they just say white people moved in? Skid Row is mostly white people why not put that in this discount doc.
@@briansutton2176 skid row is mostly white people? You either don't live in LA or are just an idiot
dont bring a valley girl to the city to talk about heritage and culture of the city.
I couldn't listen more than a minute or two because of her voice.
King Khoda weren’t you around in the eighties. Don’t get butt hurt you can be a valley boy, happy
@King Khoda The valley is not comparable whatsoever to the inner part of LA
@@TheSpock23 Yeah, the "frog talk". Can't listen to a lot of shows these days. I wish this trend would stop.
Not even. She's probably from Michigan.
The best short film i have seen on LA, you should a real human reflection, almost felt like i have been their.
went to la last year (summer) for a funeral; very dense, beautiful weather, and the women! wow! the women outnumber the men and 9s and 10s all over the place of every nationality. i wanna go back and do the exclusive sunset blvd. thing. things are always happening there: mudslides, gangs, drones, forest fires, undertows, and everything else. all in all...loved it...rr
Boyle Heights is the current gentrification “frontier” and the push-back is community based, not some gang thing. The thing about LA is that it is so vast, a place like Echo Park is just a drop in the bucket. There are still a fair number of working class homeowners who will, in all likelihood, eventually cash out for millions. A great place to buy 20 years ago.
Great overview of Los Angeles I can't wait to visit.
This is so funny, I like when they show brown officers arresting brown gang members then the girl host says " then it was just racism"
Remember the media convinced many brainwashed liberals that Zimmerman was white. He was half white but looked full Hispanic but the media referred to him as a white supremacist the entire time and a nation full of brainwashed dumbasses went along with it.
that may not make sense on the surface but these minority officers have to operate under ORDERS given to them from a racist police chief and city hall.. If they wanted to keep their job they had to do what they were ordered to do. It meant proving they could do their job even if the orders had bias and racism interwoven into the directives.
@@xpez9694 So like a black police chief giving an order to Hispanic officers to deliver a more severe beating to a group of Latino's because secretly he hates Latino's. Or does that not fit the anti-white narrative?
you want to pull one example out of your hat and say "see racism doesnt exist" its not that simple...
@@xpez9694 Dude it's racism regardless of the race of the person, and it's been that way since the beginning of humanity. By the way I think your comment to me was deleted cause I can't find it on this thread.
Love Sunset Blvd! ✌🏾❤️✊🏾
No matter where you go, in life you carry Los Angeles with you! The City of Angeles is amazing with everything that you can possibly want is here! I don't love the fires; nor the Covid! Several Communities make up the City of Los Angeles! ❤😷❤
omg the vocal fry is crazy in this one
I love L.A. I always respect my neighborhood, awesome to know this about my beautiful city and different cultures viva mexica
Very informative! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I live about 5 hours from LA and glad, too...
gen·tri·fi·ca·tion
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noun
the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.
"an area undergoing rapid gentrification"
the process of making a person or activity more refined or polite." IT'S ALL GOOD
hak
You mean taking from the poor to give to the well off? Residents that have little say in where they live based on ability to pay. Raising housing costs in a concerted effort to remove residents and take away a sense of community.
It’s not all good.
She's got serious vocal-fry. Not to mention fucked up ethics. Kicking gangs out of beautiful neighborhood is racism. Right. And what 35 year old gets squealy while passing a place where One Direction gets their tattoo's. ?
God I just love this woman. Karley does another fantastic job of reporting the history, culture and the feel of LA. I couldn't help but laugh to see her attempting surfing, imagining myself having the same experience. Beautiful lady, great video.
"After a certain point it's just racism." - LMAO. No need to explain because, you know - pretty much everything is racist to a hipster.
The patch of sunset that's in Hollywood is like a carnival in a trashcan thats on fire that just keeps on rollin every night.
3:34 they cut to a samoan gang from long beach as an example of echo park in the eighties
hell yeah this gavacha don't know shit
The worst hipsters are the ones who think they are not hipsters.
A really well-done piece that I thoroughly enjoyed
shes got some epic legs
true dat
robert lee
but she needs a vocal cord transplant.
robert lee crazy I was thinking the same thing lls
robert lee I'd like to be there when those legs open
does she? they look pretty meaty
The place looks desperate people seem lost within the American dream as with all America it’s been commercialized to the point of boredom
Visited LA from Scotland,UK last year......downtown was awesome and we are dying to get back again.....i love this city!!!!!
Who was the celebrity that they took pictures of?
exactly my question, looked like Mariah Carey
I dont know either, but it looked like a Ladyboy.
L.A.P.D. ? by her uniform the former officer in your story is a parking enforcement officer, not a sworn police (peace) officer.
Just sayin.
Probably because this was around 50 years ago lol
Very enjoyable profile. Thanks from Canada
Definitely wrong to say there’s no good rock’n’roll bands anymore. I’ve seen some very unique amazing bands in my young life, it’s just that most of them can’t afford to pay 3000 for an apartment in LA and the major labels don’t want them cause that’s not what sells anymore there’s also a host of other reasons I don’t feel like typing out right now
I hear you. The bands literally have to pay the venues to play now.
you arent wrong except that rock is actually more dead than it sounds like you want it to be. the boomers are in their 60s and the residual rock world is trailing off after them.
I dont think vice know good rock n roll! they probably think nikki minaj and miley cyrus is rock n roll
They're trying to do that gentrification shit in south LA but its not going to work.
*****
well its really called south central but they'll come up with some shit
*****
they're still trying but I don't see it happening. Compton looks nice, Inglewood is pretty nice but most of chrenshaw near the Slauson mall still the hood and Watts is too. Same with most of south LA. I guess they'll keep raising rent
+Brendon Sanders hopefully it does work
You never know. That's what they would have said about echo park
Nate Walker
I just don't see it bro. If Watts and Compton ect is a prodominantly white area that would be something to see
I love LA, born and Raised, my best friends were Mexican, Whites and all kinds of different races, Its mostly love there unless U start looking for trouble, to be honest, Thers no place like LA
Really? Maybe I'll go there too. I'm a nice guy.
It's boring? What? No more gangs, shootings, fights and killings. Yeah I bet everyone misses the excitement.