I love your walking videos. I'm planning to move to LA and live car-free soon. These are relaxing to watch while I recover from wisdom teeth surgery :)
Your comment about the outliers and people putting up hostile fences based on something that’s so rare reminded me of America as a whole. Don’t we all take our shoes off at the airport because of one event that only involved a handful of people like 20 years ago that never happened again? I don’t understand why everyone in this country is so obsessed with these hostile reactions to isolated incidents. It’s really frustrating. If only people cared about statistics, probability, or reality.
Yeah its a true challenge and an even more difficult one from a policy perspective. How do you convince people not to be afraid of things that are not worth being afraid of? For example there are so many other dangers from day to day that have much higher chances of harming you. Car accidents and heart disease from poor diet come to mind. Yet, its the things that we think we don't have control over that scare us the most. Maybe, Ill make a larger episode on this topic as I find its a reoccurring theme in my comments. But I do think people need to get out more and see what the world for what it is and not whats been painted to them on TV and twitter or one off incidents that they may have seen. I myself have been a victim of crime, yet I do not pretend that these incidents are a reflection of the broader environment.
the yellow pole like things you see are to keep people from getting into the gaps of the train cars. people in the past have ridden in-between the cars and have gotten killed.
Yeah, I eventually pick up on the from observation. Honestly that feels like a pretty half-hearted solution, but I suppose there is no way of check whether it works.
I think the issue with fencing is while it may or may not be arbitrary, perhaps for certain areas with lax laws like California, squatters can gain access to homes (perhaps residents on vacation) and squat there for a while until an eviction process can be fulfilled. I did see a heavy homeless population on the side streets in Koreatown between 2020-2022, seems like many got moved to Westlake/MacArthur, or Skid Row over last year so some improvements for area residents but still I do understand the worry after so many TV reports about Squatters in California.
Its funny you mention this. During the pandemic, a house across the street from me got squatted. It got pretty bad. At some point there were around 10 people living in it that had no lease on the place and it became a center of neighborhood discomfort. Eventually, the police were called and everyone was removed from the premise. That house has a pretty large fence. I actually think the fence helped the squatters more than hurt because they were able to throw a tarp around it to better hide the activity behind it.
I think the yellow poles are markers for the train conductors to know where to line up doors properly.
I've watched it a bit more. That's almost right. They actually line up with where the connections between the wagons is.
@@timwalks Yeah, I think a blind guy fell between train cars and died, so they but those up where the spaces between cars are.
I love your walking videos. I'm planning to move to LA and live car-free soon. These are relaxing to watch while I recover from wisdom teeth surgery :)
I wish you the best of luck. Living in LA without a car is no easy feat, and takes a certain amount of willpower
Your comment about the outliers and people putting up hostile fences based on something that’s so rare reminded me of America as a whole. Don’t we all take our shoes off at the airport because of one event that only involved a handful of people like 20 years ago that never happened again? I don’t understand why everyone in this country is so obsessed with these hostile reactions to isolated incidents. It’s really frustrating. If only people cared about statistics, probability, or reality.
Yeah its a true challenge and an even more difficult one from a policy perspective. How do you convince people not to be afraid of things that are not worth being afraid of? For example there are so many other dangers from day to day that have much higher chances of harming you. Car accidents and heart disease from poor diet come to mind. Yet, its the things that we think we don't have control over that scare us the most. Maybe, Ill make a larger episode on this topic as I find its a reoccurring theme in my comments. But I do think people need to get out more and see what the world for what it is and not whats been painted to them on TV and twitter or one off incidents that they may have seen. I myself have been a victim of crime, yet I do not pretend that these incidents are a reflection of the broader environment.
Yeah it's so hard to understand why people who are victims of crime take steps to prevent it.
the yellow pole like things you see are to keep people from getting into the gaps of the train cars. people in the past have ridden in-between the cars and have gotten killed.
Yeah, I eventually pick up on the from observation. Honestly that feels like a pretty half-hearted solution, but I suppose there is no way of check whether it works.
I think the issue with fencing is while it may or may not be arbitrary, perhaps for certain areas with lax laws like California, squatters can gain access to homes (perhaps residents on vacation) and squat there for a while until an eviction process can be fulfilled. I did see a heavy homeless population on the side streets in Koreatown between 2020-2022, seems like many got moved to Westlake/MacArthur, or Skid Row over last year so some improvements for area residents but still I do understand the worry after so many TV reports about Squatters in California.
Its funny you mention this. During the pandemic, a house across the street from me got squatted. It got pretty bad. At some point there were around 10 people living in it that had no lease on the place and it became a center of neighborhood discomfort. Eventually, the police were called and everyone was removed from the premise. That house has a pretty large fence. I actually think the fence helped the squatters more than hurt because they were able to throw a tarp around it to better hide the activity behind it.
Your statements on crime are silly and naive.
Oh are you in the area? Would be interested on hearing your take or what exactly you disagree with?