Vancouver's Dark Side - lost souls on East Hastings & entering Chinatown (4k walking tour)
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- My walk around East Hastings street Vancouver 4k video, where we see the dark side of Vancouver- the side that the city doesn't want to promote to the tourists. Although it's only a couple blocks away from Gastown (big tourist attraction) It's an area of Vancouver that is infamous for it's homeless situation and also for the serious drug problems. Vancouver has had an issue in this area for the longest time. Safe injection sites have been open in the general East Hastings area of Vancouver so people do have the ability to be in the presence of medical professionals if they so choose.
In this video, we walk a stretch of East Hastings from Abbot street, but we also enter into the Chinatown area and walk through there as well. It's eerily quiet as most businesses were closed, and at some times it felt like walking in a ghost town.
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Thanks for this vid ! I'm 8.5 years clean and sober. Survived Hastings. Living miracle and never looking back. I sold a lot of dope up and down these streets. These streets just about took my life. But here I am today !!! Business owner, dog, 2 cats and my health.
👍👍👍👍👍👍 Awesome man!!!!! Glad to hear !!!!
Mad love man thanks for showing the world a lost civilization. Looked over and always forgotten. Very moving to me and really think you did a amazing job ❤️🙌😊
That's awesome! God bless xx
Much love 💗
Very good 👍. Very happy to know that. Keep it up. God bless.
i used to walk that way to work until a woman chased me with a knife after I refused to buy a watermelon she was selling. started taking the bus after that.
A week ago I have seen someone taking drugs(with tin foil, some powder and lighter) after I leaved Vancouver downtown's Burger King. Just very close to Burger King.
Home made story.. 🤣
Lol
I died laughing ..lol
do you blame her??? Who in their right mind refuses a watermelon??
I recognize so many of these people From when I used to be homeless.., good to see they are still alive.
Rootless, good to hear that you're doing good and in a better place. I really hope others in the area can get out of this situation...
@David Jacobson I think that could go for all of us David. There are some things I wont talk about to this day. Shames me too much.
@David Jacobson Get what out? It's been years since I have had anything to do with that shitty life. Working tax paying family man now.
@David Jacobson it better to not dwell on the past
My brother has been missing down there 2 years almost. Unheard of for him. VPD says they had contact. Wish I could fly down to find him.
Visited Vancouver 4 weeks ago from the UK and walked straight into this..absolutely shocked me but didn’t spoil my time there..beautiful city and will definitely return.
Glad you enjoyed the trip cramthe man! Yes Vancouver is great! Thanks for watching
Thank you. Most people don't truly understand this community or its positive aspects
You missed the point of the vid
The devastation of these people is the point
Every major city has places like this.
@@Wintrz98 It gets a lot of attention because it's the poorest area in the country and since April 2016 there has been a public health emergency declared due to the Fentanyl crisis.
I can promise no video will ever describe the smell he's smelling right now
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Heroin and shit lol
sometimes its like if you dont try to smell it you dont really notice but if you are constantly sniffing the air it will start to get to you ,maybe its like that there
Yup.
This makes me so sad. When I was a kid growing up in east van in the 70s we would go shopping in this area and I always thought it was so great. From Woolworths department store, the Army and Navy, maybe lunch at the Little Spot or Woodward’s, then up Granville to Eatons and the Bay and the butcher shop that was across the street. Terrible. So depressing. Open the mental health facilities, get going on low income housing, clean it up Vancouver. Shameful.
Some doctors in Vancouver are now thinking that it was not a good idea to close down Riverview hospital!!!!!
@@phoenixman8569 ....I was in a Social Work undergrad programmer at that time. I recall that there was discussion around how to downsize Riverview at the time and the government of the day was advised by a group from the UK not to close the facility, followed by a second consultation with the former advisor to Bill Clinton, who said to close them down...what could possibly go wrong...In fairness the plan had been to release those patients to group facilities, or private residences with a lot of supports, from registered nurses to psychiatric social workers....that was under an NDP government, and a lot of those promised supports did not materialize. ...a few years go by and the BC Liberals with Gordon Campbell and his Social Services Ministry henchman Murray Coell (Murray Cruel) formed government and they immediately stripped away almost all of the supports that were left and almost instantaneously there were homeless mentally ill people living on most downtown boulevards....which has become a game of :move along" for many years now.
Part of the reason for this problem is that they closed down a mental hospital, the one on the way to PoCo. And let them all on the streets to be preyed upon by dealers.
@@phoenixman8569 My Aunt worked there and had some crazy stories. She knew right away what shutting down that hospital was going to do to the DTES.This was decades ago, no one listened to the Dr's.
@@TheWolfsnack People working there tried to warn the government. I've driven through that place and they have a wonderful garden. I don't know why you would close such a thing and dump them on the streets to become addicts.
17th year clean and sober. Found Christ through NA.
I'm so happy for you!! Praise his Holy name!
30 years clean and sober
Praise God my friend.
Never fall on drugs thanks to heavy metal, i understand how others finds other way to fell their souls and heart
Congratulations....I myself have been clean and sober since the early 90's.....and have done so without using AA/NA....other than a month in rehab....I went on and did it on my own without depending on a mythological hairy thunderer in the sky.
I live in the US, and the East Hastings area of Vancouver seems like a section of any big city across the US. I live in Los Angeles, and this totally looks like the skid row area of downtown LA, except the East Hastings seems a bit cleaner.
It is
True
I have never seen L.A.'s Skid Row first-hand (I live in Ireland, and the only U.S. city I have visited thus far is New York), but I thought it looked far worse than E. Hastings in videos here on YT. These were simply candid videos and what-not.
Either way, it's terrible that so many people exist in this grim squalor, and that there's a stark disparity and physical proximity between such poverty and affluence. Whatever about destructive Liberal policies, some counterproductive legislation changes, higher cost-of-living, etc., I think a lot of this problem also stems from people coming from dysfunctional, unhappy families to start with...
I agree. Especially since they're building up DTLA. I feel like the homeless population is being squeezed in on itself.
More open drug use in a concentrated area . Literally ground zero .
It's not dangerous, just depressing and uncomfortable
I work in the area and we now had to implement a buddy system for people who start work before 7 am as a few people in our building were assaulted or robbed at Abbott and Pender, so... Not as safe as it used to be.
I would say compared to other cities it's not that dangerous compared to rough areas in other cities
I live on Gore.... Not exactly what I'd call dangerous or rough...
I've never been hurt in this neighborhood however, I would say it is dangerous.
@@vancouversworstdrivers keep telling yourself that...
One of the richest cities in the world full of misery 😩😩
Definitely not one of the richest cities.
It has some of the richest visitors maybe.
But be damned sure nobody in this town sees a penny of it
It’s one of the most expensive places to live. A lot of misery all over the world.
Bruh Holmes Out city is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, so i would say yes we do see “a penny”
@@Wintrz98yeah, & tell me, how do you plan on spending that penny?
Oh wait.
We cant even afford pennies anymore.
This is what impossibly high rent does
I'm watching this to see if I can find a good find of mine who left Winnipeg and hasn't came back in four years.
dianawhite1 awe. I hope you find them someday soon and that they're safe
Bro I met some guy on the train that said he was from Winnipeg and he seemed homeless too
I'm sorry to hear dianawhite1, I hope you find him some day.
Winnipeg is a shithole, no wonder he wouldn't go back!
Hope you find them and all is well brother 👍
I came here for half year and I found that everyone in vancouver is friendly even homeless.when I stay in la, I can’t hang out at night.
Yes Vancouver is a good place. I like it a lot- but if course it has its share of problems. I walked through this area and nobody gave me a hard time at all. I'm not sure if you could say that in some other cities...
@@MyWalkAround You got Lucky. Never heard of being Lucky.
I have walked through these really sketchy parts at dark hours and taken the bus from there and no one ever bothers you and the homeless are usually really polite. I am from Europe so walking here is quite a surreal experience.
I was homeless for 2.5 years. These streets break my heart. Ive seen this lifestule first hand. These people have a long road ahead of them. I wish them all the best luck
I remember hearing about East Hastings and how bad it was. 6 years ago my wife and I drove up to Canada to get tattoos to try to save some money(USD was worth more than CAD at the time). We ended up at a shop on Hastings, didn’t realize where we were at until we started walking west from the shop to the nearest community center to find a bathroom, junkies and hookers everywhere! All the asian folks in the area walked around like they were so oblivious to their surroundings! Finally hit me and I realized I was on the “sketchy street” all my Canadian friends told me about.
Yes you can wander into it so quickly without realizing it- especially since it's like 1-2 small city blocks from Gastown, an major tourist area
man alive. i used to go there in '86 when i moved to n. van and it was so cool and funky then with lots of great shops , its a shame whats happened!
Expo '86! I was 4 years old and remember Expo Ernie the robot
Even the best city in the world has its drawbacks .Sadly, this is becoming normal in any big city around the world. Greetings from Barcelona !
Greetings George! Yes, unfortunately this does seem to be a trend in big cities like you said. But it seems especially prevalent on the west coast of Canada and the United States.
This is where I’m from...E.Hastings...you should’ve seen this back in 2000 before the “big clean up”...living in the U.S. now nobody believes you even though it’s a google or RUclips search away. But let me tell you those late night walks back from Strathcona - enough to give me fever dreams to this day. All those rainy nights as a kid looking out the window of a 1 bdr apartment waiting for the days to shine...you never forget that feeling of perpetual paranoia and awe that comes with being surrounded by breathing dead people. Life lessons
Was it that much worse before 2000? I thought that the I introduction of the safe injection site that came in was when things really got rough down here ... People started coming here from all over
@@MyWalkAround it sucks that I never got a notification that you replied! I kind of worded my original comment funny, but what I meant was the early 2000’s or so. It’s highly possible it wasn’t as bad for others that grew up there around this time; organized crime paid the bills whether I liked it or not - I was just a kid, but that could’ve heightened it. In 1999, on Kingsway, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Accidentally interrupted a dealer and fiend in the middle of a drug deal since many lived in basement suites while the owners lived upstairs. Went to see my friend and had 0 clue that the “downstairs guy” was a seasoned criminal. Was chased for 3 blocks by the fiend with a knife in hand, which I assume was because if I told anyone, his operation would be shut down. I never ran so fast in my life - I was just 8 years old or so. I ran into the fiend 2 weeks later with my mom at a gas station and it was so weird. I stayed in the backseat watching through the windshield as my mom walked into the gas station at the same time as the addict. My mom stood frozen and turned around and mouthed “is that the one who did it?” and I nodded. Mother telepathy has to be real. She called the police, they made the arrests and that house did end up getting raided. Even went to court over the whole ordeal. Had to go to therapy for 6 months because I was having nightmares almost every night and couldn’t go outside without constantly looking over my shoulder in fear.
I stopped telling Americans this story as a response to them not thinking anything happens in Canada outside of ice hockey, sledding, and consuming Canadian-centric pop culture. (nationalism is such an American thing that even their stereotypes are Americanized lol.) They would laugh, insert some variation of “what? I thought in Canada all you guys do is drink maple syrup”, and says that’s hilarious 🤷🏽♂️ not sure what’s funny about someone high on crack chasing an 8 year old with a knife, but maybe I’ll develop a sense of humor about it one day.
That event however would set the tone for the first half of the 00’s where even worse events happened. Some publicized. Some not. The ones that weren’t were the worst. While many aren’t wrong for pointing out that inner cities in the U.S. are worse, they measure “worse” by gun violence. Whether it’s morally right or wrong isn’t up to me to judge, but at least some of them die for something -their gang is religion to them. But on Hastings, you watch suicides happening in slow motion daily. It guess it just hits me a little different to be surrounded by people who openly admit they’ve given up on life. That’s when I realized it’s possible to die inside a living body.
Like many people in the comment section mentioned you don’t forget “the smell”. For me, you never forget “the feeling”.
I live in BC and east hastings always hurts... it's just such a cruel world.. everyone deserves housing. I always think about the people when I come to Vancouver
Im from LA! They do this to themselves. Everyone has a choice
I was quite happy when you turned around to have a look at the statues at Keefer & Columbia, for sure thought you were just going to glance at the Easy Park and continue on your way. Nice vid. I'm glad the guy with the heavy load over his shoulder got his shirt back too.
Glad you enjoyed it Ice Viking! Thanks for watching!
I've actually walked down east hastings and the one thing I'm gonna say about it they actually mind their own bussiness and you go along with you're day just respect them.
Yes I agree, at least when I've been by there nobody has tried to accost me or harass me or anything of the sort. they keep to themselves pretty much
I worked in the DTES (stationed out of the Pender health clinic) around 15 years ago and it was rough then. Sad to see that it continues to get worse. Also really sad to see the demise of Chinatown. It was such a cool place to go for Dim Sum and check out the Mom & Pop stores.
Interesting. How was it working at the Pender Health clinic?
@@MyWalkAround That was when health care resources were plentiful so although it could be challenging it was also enjoyable. I would not want to be doing that work now.
You can almost feel the depression vibes right from your screen
I remember talking to couple of people from east hastings over a period of time. You find a pattern that almost ALL of them suffer a some form of trauma from their past (child abuse, rape, violence, etc) and didn't how to deal with trauma and the pain... It breaks my heart to pieces everytime when I think about that place...
Keep enabling and they won't get fixed. FREE DRUGS don't solve the problem. They need to CLEAN UP THAT STREET they live there they need a garbage bag and takr responsibility!
Get rid of the drugs and this problem would evaporate.
Drug dealers aren't worried it's worth the risk to them
WOW NO WAY IN THE WORLD WOULD I FILM DOWN THERE WERE YOU JUST A LITTLE AFRAID????? THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO I TRULY ENJOYED IT, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
Not afraid, but definitely realized that I would have to be aware of my surroundings and watching for reactions from people. If things were to go sideways then I'd have to deal with it at that point. I was more concerned about the fact that there are needles everywhere and if things did become physical for some reason, I didnt want to get stabbed with an infected needle.
@@MyWalkAround I MOST DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND AND I CAN'T BLAME YOU, THANKS SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
I walked over there when visiting Vanc 16 yrs ago. I didn't stay long because it was a dark area but it's much worse now. I pray for these people.
China Town in London ( England ) is one of the most wonderful places in any City I have ever been to and I have travelled a lot .
I don't doubt that. I've never been to London, I hope to one day see it :)
They just lie about how perfect this place is. The truth is that there lots of ugliness, like anywhere else. There are lots more ugliness beyond this video, such as hate, racism, anger, greed, etc.
that one street - how can they just have clothes and standing outside? there are no businesses running there?
Hi there be safe while walking through these areas and thanks for letting us know that is always uncovered.. it was believed that Canada is the most safest place on Earth.. are there same areas in Toronto too?... Thanks in advance 😊
Yes some areas, but not quite like this. This area in Vancouver had the first safe injection site in Canada, so news spread across the country and many addicts traveled there, and I guess it became the place to be as nurses were present in case anyone overdosed.
Dang. My old stompin grounds. I haven't seen them in 30 years. Thank you for the weirdness!
My buddy used to drive cab all over that area,he once had a lady run in front of his cab straight into a Hugh store window,really sad she was sliced up badly but still continued running and screaming as the blood was pouring out of her,rough area is putting it nicely.
I’m born and raised in Vancouver Canada aka vancity. And I live near this area
Probably live in a tent
Franklin Hatch go get married
thatsallday23 just delete RUclips
You don't know what misery and danger are until you walk the streets of Rio de Janeiro.
Omg,what happened to my Vancouver. I loved this city!!!!!!!
Back in the late 60's and early 70's I drove for Suburban Taxi in East Vancouver. We had a cab stand in front of the Smiling Buddha at East Hastings and Main I can't believe how much the area has changed for the worst. There was never a presence of so many homeless people at this level. Carroll and Hastings had a presence but not all along the street. Tragic to see and more difficult to understand. Interesting to compare Hastings with Pender Street. Pender is clean and proper. I later worked at the Canadian Fishing Company at the Foot of Gore.
Pender is not clean lol I used to work there fending off looters - store lost 1.7 mil worth of goods to theft alone
This is spreading into the West End and Stanley Park over the last few months. So sad.
Why do cities in Canada and US have many places like this? It’s so scary. We don’t have those zombie looking streets in Tokyo.
Drugs and lack of mental health treatment, as well as laws that prevent family members to help their teens or young adults who refuse treatment for their addictions.
I used to ride my bicycle to go work in Cordova poultry place every morning 1:00 AM to 9:00 J and K poultry place it was between 2007 to 2010 I passed hastings street daily but downtown Vancouver is beautiful and Stanley park by the sea or Robson and granville and many other beautiful places in Vancouver 👍
Yes I agree, downtown Vancouver is amazing, and So is Stanley Park! Thanks for watching!
This is a " dull roar " of what it usually is. Go back there on the Saturday night after welfare Wednesday to Main and Hastings and look at the scene then. Methheads are nocturnal, most of them were asleep when you filmed this.
vancouver: Damn, why you gottta expose me like that
Hey...honesty analyzing a problematic situation is the first step to finding reasonable solution that may REDUCE the problem
because we need to know
Paralysis by analysis. This area has been thoroughly documented in the media and by academics for the last 20 years to no avail.
Are you the man who paid for all the emergency blankets, gloves, and socks at the NW Army n Navy a few years back? If you are, I’d like you to know I assembled large zip lock bags with one of each item and handed a couple out before a man told me the need was great in the shelter on East Hastings near Main. A staff member swiftly walked over to me and thanked me; offing to take down my name and number. I declined thinking about how the day previous a gentleman standing behind me in line observed my asking for a manager hoping to get a deal on a bulk order for the homeless. Haha, embarrassingly, I tired to collect donations to help me pay for that stuff-and get more but I raised $0. Anyhow, it was unusually freezing that winter. Thanks for paying it foreword! It made the day for a few dozen I’m sure- including myself as it feels so good to help others. You made a difference😀
Hi Kat, no that wasn't me. But whoever it was did a good deed, hopefully helped to keep some people warm that night! Thanks for sharing that story :) And thanks to you too for doing vwhat you did :)
Wow, this was a tough journey into the Vancouver society underground life. Thanks for sharing!
Not a tough Journey, just a walk in the city. If you find this scary, you are probably one of the tourists who would stick out like a sore thumb in this area.
When I was a kid East Hastings was the place you would see homeless people and it was crazy shocking but now it’s everywhere you go. Sad and depressing but I only hope the best for everyone out there struggling.
Yes it's moved out on areas of Granville and Burrard. And other areas as well, I'm sure.
I go down this street every day to get to work. It was very depressing. I have since learned the pain I feel for these people is my pain; they are very happy, they choose this lifestyle. When they are ready there is lots of help. I no longer feel for them. I just hate the stench of the homeless when on the bus. Easy fix with essential oils dabbers.
OMG this is definitely not what I thought about Canada. I thought canadian people living with great conditions. Anyway I hope it's everything will controlled someday. Greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷 great video
Hi Cemo thanks for watching! Unfortunately, I don't see the situation improving any time soon...
It's so sad to visit this area. It shows us the reality of broken lives, real people with real problems.
Thank God he loves these people so much that he sent his Son Jesus Christ to rescue them out of darkness.
Every Tuesday we do a bread run downtown East side and minister God's love to these brothers and sisters. There not forgotten, God is working in their midst.
He came to seek and save and set the captives free !
Thank you Lord you have your people to go and love on these people. Send more of them out two by two.
Halleluyah and praises to Yahusha Hamashiach!
I used to work as security guard. One of my duties was to clear any homeless person out of private properties downtown. Its difficult and insanely unpleasant. The smell, the stubbornness, wasting like hours to ask them to leave, then had to call police to help.
It must have been difficult at times. Did you ever come across needles or bad situations?
I did something similar on East Hastings, it was all needles and bad times!
I visited Vancouver and walked right into that mix . You have to experience this first hand to get the true picture of what is going on .
Yup. Totally agree!
Grandpa had a home on East 3rd... misss those days and miss my Grandparents :/
Hold onto those good memories :)
Thank you for showing. Most Canadians have no idea.
Thank you for this video. I have shared this with my friends overseas. Is it okay if I mention your channel. Kindest Regards
Hi, yes please mention my channel lol. Thanks :)
Should have put Godspeed you! Black emperor's "east hasting" as the outro
Addiction in North America is only getting worse. More money need's to be put to help these people.
I briefly lived East Hastings area (Alexander st.)and loved all the people I met .. well most....some call it East Hasty... But I would go back
These type of videos (walking through cities) always remind me of the early recordings of the early 20th century. Captures a moment in time
Almost a decade ago their was talk about turning the old Riverview hospital into a state of the art drug treatment facility for people like this, but it never happened, in fact the only thing the property was used for in the last couple years is by Hollywood for filming a few scenes from the latest Deadpool movie!!!!
Oh wow. That's seriously messed up!
the NDP government has gotten the wheels moving on getting Riverview operating again. Some of the in-patient facilities are open, and more facilities will be refurbished to accommodate more people as well.
@@supwititproductionz3738 is there any specific web page I can visit to read up about THIS????
Kinda reminds me of Skid Row in LA.
My grandparents used to live in a building complex around these streets and we would visit them from time to time here. Always made sure I walked in the morning/afternoon and was aware of my surroundings. It was pretty shocking when I first arrived & especially considering Gastown was like a few blocks away
The police station is just off Main st. So when I get out of jail in the morning... It is nice and empty every morning on the streets. Good times. Your actually better off in East Hastings than Yaletown... That's the danger zone. Rich women, scary.
This is saddening. Skid row in Los Angeles is this plus 100x more. So sad how drugs have plagued so many lives.
These streets jst took my everything..many of the east indian guys from outside the van jst got scared by listening the name of east Vancouver especially hastings but i have lost my everything nd jst started living round this area ..I can’t tell everything but that was considered as a horrible nightmare..now by the grace of the Lord the true lord i have started a new life far away from dope ..
Walked down Hastings by accident. Didn't even reach the street before an old man using a walker stopped and threw his walker into my cousin.
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope your cousin wasn't hurt
How did you record this?
First time today in Vancouver and I walked in this area...just shocked
It's mainly the only bad area of vancouver. Rest is absolutely beautiful.
@@alexbritch02 the rest is really nice... but I am not used to see this kind of situation
@@alexbritch02 i would call commericial drive a bad area and kingsway as well
I live in San Francisco, two things in common with my city and Vancouver, piss and drugs!!
I've never been to San Fransisco, but ive heard it's bad there. And LA also.
Sadly this video does not show how much of a police presence is actually felt on Hastings, I’ve been down there many times and there is multiple ambulances and squad cars all within sight helping somebody or talking, another thing about the video is you miss the details, disturbing how many people shoot up so casually, multiple people with their ass out, many with no shoes or some with extremely tattered clothes, it’s sad how much vancouver hides it’s problem, great video though 👍
why do so many people have multiple pairs of shoes and clothes lined up on the sidewalk in front of them? are they selling them? please excuse my ignorance ive never been to a big city
Hi, this area has a lot of people that suffer v from mental health issues and drug addiction. Many people sell stuff on the street to try and make money .
I am from Mexico and visited Canada a few weeks ago. I loved the city I would love to return. but it was a shock to see these scenes when the bus passed through this street. I've never seen anything similar and sad in my life. I was very sorry to see young people of my age (21) get be drugged at the bus. but hey it's still not that bad. they are in their world and they never bothered me and that was also very strange. In Mexico, if you see a homeless person, you have to run because its very probably they will assail you. In Vancouver it's something else. Even drug addicts are friendly. I hope that their lives change and find that meaning to the life that many of us have lost at some point. PEACE & LOVE
P.D
The craziest thing that happened to me was that walking through the dowtown in the safe area exactly 833 Seymour S I saw the police cordoning off an area and the floor was full of blood. I looked for the news everywhere but I didn't find what happened there. I find it very strange, because neither the ambulance or the police lit their sirens and nothing has been published about it
Lol lots of things in the city are never mentioned in the papers for some reason. It's been like this since I can remember
I just went there by bus 16 a few days ago, and it’s actually even more chaotic than this video has shown. Especially the section near Main St.
Back in 1973,1974,..my Dad would take us shopping down there,all sorts of neat nic nacs,..I still have some :O)
We'd go about every 2 months on payday.It was a happy memory,..we'd all have Chinese food after shopping :O)
Wow, sounds like fun times and good memories. As much as we have some technological wonders and advancements, I kind of miss the old days....thanks for the comment!
Really?
Portland's Chinatown district is just like that. American cities have chronic homeless and drug problems as well. It is a sad reality.
Your movie is very sad. I live in Eastern Europe. Sometimes I can see one or two homeless, but never so many at the same time in one place. I know it's not my business but maybe someone could answer why there's so many homeless on one street and what's happened to them? Why does it happen in so rich country? God bless you all.
Hi, this location was the first place in Canada to have a safe injection site. It was opened about 20 years ago. Drug addicts were allowed to attend the site and inject heroin or whatever drug they intended to use. There was a nurse on site to help supervise and deal with any emergencies like overdoses. Police weren't allowed inside. Because of that lots of people with addiction issues came to the area from across the country to use. I've also heard from people in the comments here that some of the mental health hospitals/ facilities in vancouver closed and people were put out onto the streets without any resources, and because of that, many ended up at this location...
@@MyWalkAround Hi. Besides the history of drugs that you mentioned, some comments say that one of the reasons is the cost of living is too expensive. May I ask some questions, I am just curious and want to know about your country.
Does the government/society/any organization provide jobs opportunities to people especially the homeless one?
Does the government put in efforts to ban drugs in order to prevent cases like this?
Does Vancouver (or even Canada) government provide any cheap (government supported) housing to the people so that they could afford the houses?
From your knowledge, do these homeless people ever have their own houses before? I believe people won't be naturally on the street, perhaps at least they could have lived with their parents right? (This question assumes that people being homeless because of high cost of living)
Anyway, hope these people would find Jesus Christ one day. 😔
I live in Vancouver and avoid this area
muito triste essa area de Vancouver
Cool story, bro
But why?
@@sleazemcsleazerson1723 Good advice, but this channel recording them?
WE DON'T NEED YOU THERE ...
Oh look, they have little gold serpents mounted on top of the street lights!! Gee I wonder who the ruling principally is there?? 😦
That's in Chinatown
What is the name of your camera
I have an Osmo pocket
I have seen poverty, drug abuse and people literally dazed in a zombie like state of mind all over the world. This video shows you how destitute the people in it are. Thru no fault of their own, are they in this condition. Many millions of people live and die like this in cities and towns all over the world.
Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Australia, The Netherlands you name the country and you can find the exact same conditions in existence. It is always there and will always be. The world can be a place of torment or heaven. Take your pick.
I love the good, bad and the ugly parts of Vancouver Bc ❤
THAT WAS LITERALLY MY GUESS AT THE TIME YOU ARRIVED IN CHINATOWN, TRY GOING BACK AT LUNCH ON THURSDAY HAHAHA CMON MAN
Haha yeah, I'm gonna do that walk in Chinatown again eventually when things are open :)
used to live in DTES bought back some good memories :) thanks for the vid
I'm guessing it was shot with the osmo pocket right? I have one and the few times I used it people didn't seem to notice the camera. Do you try to hide it when shooting in dangerous areas like this?
*Just a reminder.
Nothing changes down there. People come, people go. I walk these Streets daily, see the same faces.*
JSiah oh i thought u meant “feces”
This is Pain and Wastings(main & Hastings).
Used to live in Spectrum back in 2008, the one closed to China town and I heard a lot of scary stories about China town and Hastings.
Now I see these areas for the first time. 😐
Sort of like Kensington in Philly, only brighter and less depressing.
Oh jeez, this is LESS depressing?!?!?
These people all lost their purpose in life. Why not hire them to pick up the garbage?
sleepwhenyourdead they have crews walking city , regular people like these 👍 , just this time of day there not out
Many of them don’t wanna work, just like the homies in the US, just stand around street corner whole day
Union rules.
Union rules
This area gets a bad reputation but people need to know, this is not necessarily endemic to Vancouver. This is a last flight destination from people all over Western Canada to escape harsh winters. They flow here yes to get what they need drug wise but also want to escape hard winters farther east. I can guarantee most here do not come from Vancouver, but migrated here for this.
Agree with you comment. People especially started going there when Vancouver opened up Canada's first safe injection site with nurses supervising injections of drugs. The idea was to try and offset overdose deaths as people were going to use the substances regardless, but it had the effect of "legalizing" it in that space as law enforcement were not to go there (at least that's what I remember they were saying back when they opened it)
its a shame how rich people from china have destroyed such a beautiful city.
I heard about that. Why in the world did Canada allow so many wealthy Asians into the country to begin with? I heard it's getting like that in LA California where wealthy Asians are the largest minority.
Similar to Tenderloin in San Fransisco
yes,similar Sao Francisco,sad,very sad
SF is WAY more scary maaaan. F that sh*t
It used to be like that when I lived in Van. 25 yrs ago. Still nothing has changed. Whose fault is it?? It seems to be even worse. So much garbage on the street. That wasn t like that 25 yrs ago
Yeah. It's definitely worse that 25 years ago. I used to still live in Vancouver back them, and I guarantee it wasn't the shit show like it is now! Have you been back to visit at all ?
Je rentre de Vancouver, et c'est vrai, cette partie de Hastings Street fait peine à voir...
Should have gone to openheimer park
Tent city
bayan ghadrshenas yeah
What kind of drug abuse makes people into dirty litterbugs ? I did a few swimming pools full of drugs in my life but I still remember to sort my trash and put it in the garbage bins .
It's worse today than it has ever been! Prayers for the people of DTES.
Why is worse now?
Is the Sunrise Hotel still there? That place was one of the worst.
I'm moving to Vancouver next year and I've heard a lot about this street during my research about the city. Where's a good place to rent? Could you please give me some tips?
Thanks!
I really don't know. The issue is the incredibly high costs. Everywhere is high rent, and you'd have to travel far from Vancouver's central area to get anything reasonable (by reasonable I mean barely affordable lol) You maybe to get a roommate or two if you want to stay in Vancouver itself...
Ya don't move here.. stay there!!
Why does it feel like GTA scene...
You know gta to Canadians can also mean Greater Toronto area. Is this what you mean, or do you mean the game?
UNBELIEVABLE how dirty the streets are !!!!!!!!!!!
2:41 I spotted a needle on the ground to the right by the wall
Oh yeah, good catch! I missed that!
Lol, worked there for two months, one needle would be weird, the whole floor is full of them
What did you do there Michi?
excellent video,what where you shooting with
Having been a delivery driver and a cab driver in downtown vancouver in the from the 1990's thru to 2014, this footage is a very accurate depiction of that particular 3 block section of multi-kilometer Hastings Street. My question is a technical one. This does not look like 4K footage to me, 720 at best.
It's definitely 4K.
Easiest way to tell is by checking the resolution settings on your device to see if it allows the 2160p setting.
If not, then it's the device you were using that wasn't capable of displaying 4K res.
this is the video definition of a society in decline.
zeusvalentine welcome to vancouver
Tyler Tait
Is it ok to visit as a tourist?
"greatest city on earth"
@@jhooty14 lol!
Living here is fine, but it's quite an overrated city in terms of tourism imo. Nothing to see here that you wouldn't be able to see in any other major city.