every store is CLOSED in HOLLYWOOD

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

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  • @SlingbladeJim
    @SlingbladeJim 8 месяцев назад +974

    Well Leo I know you have to finance these videos yourself including travel expenses so thank you.

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  8 месяцев назад +174

      @SlingbladeJim that is true, but it’s worth putting this reality out there , even if it takes me a long time, as soon as I can afford to go to a different city I’ll be on my way there, thank you for your support

    • @adyg5402
      @adyg5402 8 месяцев назад +57

      Thank You Leo,as they say "go woke,go broke".

    • @LosAngeles-le2bf
      @LosAngeles-le2bf 8 месяцев назад +35

      Hollywood is a district within LA and really doesn’t have much to do with the industry as most studios are in Culver City or West LA and most agencies are in Beverly Hills. It has some really nice neighborhoods and it would be nice if it cleaned up. I would love to have another place to go walk around and enjoy. I’m about 5 miles from Hollywood.

    • @thegroovyhead
      @thegroovyhead 8 месяцев назад +13

      There ar a few really pretty neighborhoods there. Tree-ladened and homey.
      Unexpected against ideas or memories of "Hollywood Blvd.*

    • @olivero-j1r
      @olivero-j1r 8 месяцев назад +23

      @@LeoMetalTravelerI’m letting the ads play out to give you a little profit

  • @BobbyTanDowd
    @BobbyTanDowd 8 месяцев назад +998

    Huh. If you listen to politicians from these areas, they claim things are going great! You bring the reality, Thank you, and please keep telling it like it is.

    • @ME2too2022
      @ME2too2022 8 месяцев назад

      Pelosi, et al made California a real mess! Notice what profession her daughters took: selling illegal drugs!

    • @db-rc5fr
      @db-rc5fr 8 месяцев назад +26

      It’s what the people want and voted for.

    • @geoh7777
      @geoh7777 8 месяцев назад

      The politicians are still collecting their paychecks and thinking that they are doing a great job at the same time.

    • @sr9253
      @sr9253 8 месяцев назад

      @@db-rc5frnot all Californians voted for this. The voting is rigged so it didn’t count those of us who voted conservative

    • @LAppleDumpling
      @LAppleDumpling 8 месяцев назад

      The biggest one every state should watch out for is Gavin Newsom we call him Gavin gruesome as he destroys California and wants to be the President to destroy every state I mean after all he is related to Nancy Pelosi.

  • @davidespinoza958
    @davidespinoza958 8 месяцев назад +750

    For some years, the Hollywood area has been declining. Normal people don't want to deal with mentally ill,drugs addicts,and homeless in Hollywood. Welcome to la la land California.

    • @thomastherriault8632
      @thomastherriault8632 8 месяцев назад +38

      Newsom's Nirvana.

    • @robertmanley2687
      @robertmanley2687 8 месяцев назад +11

      Agree

    • @MrVarsityphysics
      @MrVarsityphysics 8 месяцев назад +33

      I mean, I’ve lived in LA for three decades and honestly, it’s always been a shithole. It isn’t much worse now than it was in the early 90’s

    • @JoganRoe-jm6tv
      @JoganRoe-jm6tv 8 месяцев назад +11

      @@MrVarsityphysicsGlendale in the 90’s was the shit.

    • @deezeed2817
      @deezeed2817 8 месяцев назад +17

      I went there in 2017 and was underwhelmed. Not much to do or see and alot of it smells of pee.

  • @aboutface102
    @aboutface102 8 месяцев назад +818

    My wife and I went to LA in 2022 having never been. We stopped by Hollywood and parked in the garage near the Dolby theater. The first thing we saw coming out on the street were homeless people sleeping by the Dolby entrance. It smelled strongly of garbage and urine. We walked around for about an hour and left flabbergasted and disgusted at how awful the place was. Will never return.

    • @robertlyman9789
      @robertlyman9789 8 месяцев назад +72

      Part of the grand plan!

    • @coffymix2269
      @coffymix2269 8 месяцев назад

      You should had known in advance what to expect, when you visit cities or states run by democrats

    • @M3LTUP
      @M3LTUP 8 месяцев назад +46

      The $20 min. wage is running all the Restaurants out now.

    • @rashb3994
      @rashb3994 8 месяцев назад +58

      That area was so awesome and vibrant till about 2017 or 18 when you started to see serious signs of decline but was still acceptable enough to walk around and stores were still open. Then each year got worse and worse from there until it became embarrassing.

    • @icepick976
      @icepick976 8 месяцев назад +27

      " Will never return " 🤣😭

  • @matthewtoyer6860
    @matthewtoyer6860 6 месяцев назад +166

    Thanks! Saved me thousands of pounds travelling from UK to Hollywood. Was my dream destination but looks like a dump

    • @MarshallCantu
      @MarshallCantu 6 месяцев назад +9

      If you come to L.A. county you should visit and stay in the South Bay area. That’s the nice part in the coast where there’s not so much of the b.s. that’s destroyed L.A. visit and stay either in Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, or El Segundo. You can even stay in Torrance and drive like 10-15 mins till you got to those beaches. That will make your visit to L.A. worth it. And coke after May and June b/c is overcast weather during those two months.

    • @bobsmith-wg9fz
      @bobsmith-wg9fz 5 месяцев назад

      you have better theme parks in the EU I would just stick to them. Like you have "Efteling" nearby!...watch this YT on them he is the best at showing them IMO "provost park pass"

    • @Succit_ez
      @Succit_ez 5 месяцев назад +8

      Come to San Diego instead😊

    • @richspizzaparty
      @richspizzaparty 5 месяцев назад +15

      Always been a dump. Having it your dream destination just shows the power of propaganda.

    • @raross6119
      @raross6119 5 месяцев назад +1

      Biggest disappointment in my life though I was going to see glitz and glamour and movie stars got there bums hookers sleazbags filthy and people just walking over the homeless

  • @aynrandish9106
    @aynrandish9106 8 месяцев назад +942

    The most shocking part of your walk is how few people are on the street. That area used to be very congested.

    • @CarsandCats
      @CarsandCats 8 месяцев назад

      German in Venice just did a Friday night video also on Hollywood Blvd and it was a ghost town! He couldn't believe it.

    • @LINJ638
      @LINJ638 8 месяцев назад +98

      Crime, drugs, ordering online, etc.... all contribute to this mess.

    • @mikeifyouplease
      @mikeifyouplease 8 месяцев назад +35

      But the streets and sidewalks are very neat and clean.

    • @elenatramsti5176
      @elenatramsti5176 8 месяцев назад +59

      Just think of all the jobs that were lost.

    • @iMadrid11
      @iMadrid11 8 месяцев назад +62

      @@mikeifyouplease There’s a maintenance fee for each Hollywood stars. That’s why the streets are kept clean.

  • @bandofgold12
    @bandofgold12 8 месяцев назад +1407

    This video is a prime example of why I don’t watch mainstream news anymore. I only watch RUclips reports for real news. You just earned a new subscribers!

    • @StevenMeyer-i7v
      @StevenMeyer-i7v 8 месяцев назад +22

      Me also do the same!

    • @mikeflores2000
      @mikeflores2000 8 месяцев назад

      News media lie because they depend on businesses advertising. Closed business means no news media.

    • @Mikefngarage
      @Mikefngarage 8 месяцев назад +7

      Yup Leo is LEGIT.....all over big cities.

    • @unkono
      @unkono 8 месяцев назад +9

      The mainstream news is on Yt.

    • @MrGchiasson
      @MrGchiasson 8 месяцев назад

      MSM is nothing but leftard/woke fake news.

  • @youreprettygood2603
    @youreprettygood2603 8 месяцев назад +3427

    Prioritize criminals and drug users over law abiding and hard working citizens, this is what you get.

    • @puppets.and.muppets
      @puppets.and.muppets 8 месяцев назад +69

      make home prices $5986875,959,000 and nothing happens.

    • @soavemusica
      @soavemusica 8 месяцев назад +154

      "Stars here, stores gone." Last wake-up call for the woke.

    • @tomcollins5112
      @tomcollins5112 8 месяцев назад

      Decriminalize prostitution and watch all of those empty storefronts fill with Thailand-like hooker bars overnight.

    • @marleonetti7
      @marleonetti7 8 месяцев назад +127

      it had nothing to do with drugs or criminals because hollywood has always had that even when it was at its most prosperous times . the terrible economy and higher costs to travel to visit hollywod , high rent , the internet and then the covid shutdowns changed the way people do business which caused alot of retail and restaurants to close and only the retail businesses that had alot of available cash capital survived .

    • @forgottenman8629
      @forgottenman8629 8 месяцев назад +74

      @@marleonetti7 hey cupcake, with a comment such as yours you'll find some oceanfront land for sale in Nebraska that has your name on it...

  • @lansvance4870
    @lansvance4870 7 месяцев назад +177

    There is something poetic / melancholic to this. The remains of an era that is dying. Thanks for sharing!

  • @ColeThomas
    @ColeThomas 8 месяцев назад +422

    Good to see what Hollywood really looks like. You don't have the national media show any of this. Why is no one else covering this drastic change?

    • @ozzy1887
      @ozzy1887 8 месяцев назад

      The media is just propaganda now. They only run a narrative for one party.

    • @Ockap1812
      @Ockap1812 8 месяцев назад

      Hollywood blvd, its always been a shithole. Legit Angelino born and raised, it was a shit hole when I was born, it was a shit hole when my parents arrived to the US, and it will remain a cesspool til the end of time.

    • @menarentlogical
      @menarentlogical 8 месяцев назад

      Because there are more pressing issues in the world than what Hollywood really looks like.

    • @Y2Kr4SHM4N
      @Y2Kr4SHM4N 8 месяцев назад +63

      They won’t show you the Great Reset.

    • @grb351
      @grb351 8 месяцев назад +31

      Well, Disney owns one news agency. Do you think they would allow negative reports? This is why monopolizing industries is bad.

  • @cvrart
    @cvrart 8 месяцев назад +928

    Looks like the Hollywood Walk of Fame is gonna turn into the next Skid Row.

    • @westwardHo-
      @westwardHo- 8 месяцев назад +69

      Thank Ronald reagan for closing all the mental Hospitals when he was governor

    • @cvrart
      @cvrart 8 месяцев назад

      @@westwardHo- LOL! Right on queue. This is the familiar, programmed response of the left... blame the mess that California is in on Reagan. There may be some truth to it, but decades have passed by since his presidency, and there has been ample time for Democrats running these states to figure their sh* out. So, no... I don't accept that it can just all be blamed on Reagan and that this exonerates Democrats, the left, progressives, etc. I'm not anti-progressive, in principle, but the left needs to own the monumental f-uo that they've turned the states and cities that they govern into.

    • @felixalonzo2847
      @felixalonzo2847 8 месяцев назад +9

      A very,very sad day if it does.

    • @rebeccamatteson2433
      @rebeccamatteson2433 8 месяцев назад +46

      Hollywood walk of shame 🧌

    • @MrGchiasson
      @MrGchiasson 8 месяцев назад +15

      They'll be auctioning a few of those 'stars' for loose change.

  • @InnateNobility
    @InnateNobility 8 месяцев назад +1079

    Considering almost every movie is a remake of something that was perfectly fine before, and now the public knows about the secret inner world of the industry, Hollywood's days are numbered.

    • @sixtynine2856
      @sixtynine2856 8 месяцев назад +10

      😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

    • @SUEELLENELASALI
      @SUEELLENELASALI 8 месяцев назад

      And their movies are all their Plans against humanity... close close close Hollywood SINNERS movies! Close!

    • @Briman2052
      @Briman2052 8 месяцев назад +12

      Honestly I disagree, all they have to do is put out a few actual good movies and everyone will forget.

    • @sixtynine2856
      @sixtynine2856 8 месяцев назад +12

      @@Briman2052 Some people want to watch the world burn or something...

    • @ThefkngJOKER
      @ThefkngJOKER 8 месяцев назад +1

      Say that shii then homie!💯

  • @power4things
    @power4things 7 месяцев назад +61

    The best part of Hollywood seems to be the memories.

  • @BigmommaKi
    @BigmommaKi 8 месяцев назад +540

    I never in my lifetime thought I would see Hollywood like this

    • @tima4929
      @tima4929 8 месяцев назад +25

      Cmon now Hollywood was always sketchy. Hollywood and Vine had alot of crime and not the best to be at least since the 80's

    • @BigmommaKi
      @BigmommaKi 8 месяцев назад +25

      @@tima4929 yes it always had crime but I’m talking about it being ghost town. The homeless population did this. They were surviving through business with the crime still.

    • @Briman2052
      @Briman2052 8 месяцев назад +23

      @@BigmommaKi Honestly, my fam and I live in LA near Hollywood and we all unanimously agree, COVID did this. The shutdowns. Before that, downtown was seeing a revival and Hollywood was as packed as ever. It has recovered a lot, but not quite yet what it was. Maybe a year or two and it'll be back.

    • @BigmommaKi
      @BigmommaKi 8 месяцев назад +11

      @@Briman2052 I hope so lord knows I don’t want the whole United States to look like a slum. At least keep our tourist sites

    • @lisahesse6783
      @lisahesse6783 8 месяцев назад +12

      I graduated from Hollywood High, this is so sad to see.

  • @billyodamit8709
    @billyodamit8709 8 месяцев назад +176

    I lived in Hollywood from the 70's through the 80's and it doesn't even look like Hollywood anymore. Thanks for the video.

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  8 месяцев назад +7

      Glad you enjoyed it, And thanks for sharing

    • @jamesmorris9816
      @jamesmorris9816 8 месяцев назад +4

      If you’re in the business of selling boards I would say you’re in good shape.

    • @thegroovyhead
      @thegroovyhead 8 месяцев назад +4

      Yes, a completely different place.

    • @charrua59
      @charrua59 8 месяцев назад +10

      Im not from the USA. But in interested in something. Who are gonna be interested in buying super costly apartments down town when there are no stores or city life? That's like the point in living downtown.

    • @ronfrancois
      @ronfrancois 8 месяцев назад

      Yeah, this video was really deep and meaningful. Just like Hollywood

  • @maxhengst2252
    @maxhengst2252 8 месяцев назад +468

    I worked as a FF/ Paramedic in Hollywood for twenty years. I left Calif in 2018 . This breaks my heart. Politics killed California.

    • @cbboegh
      @cbboegh 8 месяцев назад

      Isn't CA a one party state? Where does "politics" come in?
      I think it's just plain looting going on. It's the same story in any part of the 3rd World. Striving for power is not about ideas, solutions and serving the public - it's just a get-rich-quick scheme for you and yours.

    • @kenharris2121
      @kenharris2121 8 месяцев назад

      Leftist politics

    • @Russeljfinch
      @Russeljfinch 8 месяцев назад +24

      No voters did

    • @cliftonbowers6376
      @cliftonbowers6376 8 месяцев назад +5

      Yes it started in California with Reagan now it's ending in California..

    • @cliftonbowers6376
      @cliftonbowers6376 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@Russeljfinchyes republican and keeping encumbants also professional politicians too..

  • @Whatt787
    @Whatt787 5 месяцев назад +45

    So Depressing, Newsom what have you done??

    • @lduranceau8046
      @lduranceau8046 4 месяца назад +6

      And yet unbelievably, Newsom carries on. Hard to believe.

  • @grb351
    @grb351 8 месяцев назад +426

    As a resident of Los Angeles, I am not surprised, and i stopped going to Hollywood years ago. I'd rather drive 30 minutes to go to another city to eat and shop. It's criminal what politicians have done to many cities.

    • @bigfoot-id8bv
      @bigfoot-id8bv 8 месяцев назад +52

      Democrat politicians.

    • @jskyg68
      @jskyg68 8 месяцев назад +9

      I saw a UN or fema map on b1tchut3 (don't remember which it was a few years ago) it showed California as empty, I didn't really believe it but I'm starting to wonder now.

    • @chrisgomez8747
      @chrisgomez8747 8 месяцев назад +12

      While places like Hollywood and some parts of dtla are dying , places like culver City, Inglewood, mid city and west adams are growing

    • @ghostmellissa
      @ghostmellissa 8 месяцев назад +4

      What did politicians do?

    • @Iknowurconfused
      @Iknowurconfused 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@ghostmellissaYour joking right? The media has really blinded people

  • @deltakid0
    @deltakid0 8 месяцев назад +751

    I've heard that in Hollywood there is no longer _the walk of fame_ but _the walk of shame_

    • @seankingwell3692
      @seankingwell3692 8 месяцев назад +53

      definitely walk of shame, famous people abused since childhood to perform and manipulate the public or just used to represent something we like before they destroy their character to ruin society.

    • @soavemusica
      @soavemusica 8 месяцев назад +5

      Has the gender research studied Oscar yet? The street is non-repressive.

    • @Blackshuck51
      @Blackshuck51 8 месяцев назад +12

      Excellent comment

    • @playa3615
      @playa3615 8 месяцев назад

      Cool story, bro; all of a sudden, you Nietzsche! LOL LOL

    • @TomikaKelly
      @TomikaKelly 8 месяцев назад +1

      I was just there. It's definitely thriving...

  • @chrisjenkins9978
    @chrisjenkins9978 8 месяцев назад +97

    It’s really bad if the PEP BOYS is closed. That place has been there for at least 30 years.

    • @Maverick80Eight
      @Maverick80Eight 8 месяцев назад +8

      More than 50 yrs. It was around when I was a kid.

    • @westwardHo-
      @westwardHo- 8 месяцев назад +5

      The dollar store is closing next, rock bottom almost hit.

    • @chrisjenkins9978
      @chrisjenkins9978 8 месяцев назад

      @@Maverick80Eight -How long at the Hollywood location? I’ve only been in LA since the mid 80s.

    • @Maverick80Eight
      @Maverick80Eight 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@chrisjenkins9978 Not sure. We lived near Sunset & Vine since mid 60's. Only difference the Pep Boys had big statue figures of Manny, Moe, & Jack.

    • @5veRodriguez
      @5veRodriguez 2 месяца назад +1

      And Arby’s!!

  • @fatbudgiekillen8997
    @fatbudgiekillen8997 7 месяцев назад +76

    We visited in 2014, did the tourist thing and went to Hollywood Boulevard, saw all the characters outside the Dolby theatre, there were people everywhere and I don't remember seeing empty retail spaces. I am truly amazed this is the same place. Thank you, Leo.

    • @freaxfilm
      @freaxfilm 5 месяцев назад +5

      Hollywood Blvd is very long, around the Chinese theatre etc you can still find people in costumes and stores etc but it used to be everywhere and now just around the very center

    • @markc3258
      @markc3258 4 месяца назад +2

      Santa Monica area is even worse than this ..

    • @LivinginLosAngeles-re5yx
      @LivinginLosAngeles-re5yx 4 месяца назад

      This is well east of the Dolby Theater area.

  • @ellasaraharetha
    @ellasaraharetha 8 месяцев назад +278

    I left after over 60 years of living there. I arrived in Hollywood in 1961 and California was paradise. It stayed that way for a few decades. Then it rapidly deteriorated until I felt I was living in a third world country. In 2022 I moved to Florida. I am heartbroken. I loved California and it used to be so beautiful. We need good leaders who feel the same way about California.

    • @screenname1
      @screenname1 8 месяцев назад +33

      The same thing will happen in Florida.

    • @ellasaraharetha
      @ellasaraharetha 8 месяцев назад +27

      @@screenname1 So far it is beautiful, no graffiti, homeless or trash all over the streets. Perhaps California is an example of what can happen if you follow their policies.

    • @junecat1597
      @junecat1597 8 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@screenname1I hear it already has. 😐

    • @whitetrashmillionare4858
      @whitetrashmillionare4858 8 месяцев назад +27

      @@screenname1 Won't happen in Florida, they have a smart governor.

    • @christianmeza4941
      @christianmeza4941 8 месяцев назад

      @@whitetrashmillionare4858 maga 🤡

  • @briankelly85
    @briankelly85 8 месяцев назад +624

    “The more I get to know people the more I like my dog” Mark Twain

    • @ceroandone
      @ceroandone 8 месяцев назад +6

      Wtf?

    • @sweettina2
      @sweettina2 8 месяцев назад +17

      I concur.

    • @marcodarko6941
      @marcodarko6941 8 месяцев назад +11

      I prefer cats and dogs, if I can have one or two I am good.

    • @markrichardson1657
      @markrichardson1657 8 месяцев назад +14

      ​@@ceroandonedogs never complain, and love you reguardless, why not?

    • @keikosan1354
      @keikosan1354 8 месяцев назад +14

      Nothing is more loyal than your dog.

  • @jo2ex
    @jo2ex 8 месяцев назад +170

    As a Angeleno, this saddens me, use to be a thriving area with tourists and entertainment, but with the high rent, homelessness corruption, crime, it’s soulless like a ghost town.

    • @mojavewolf1
      @mojavewolf1 8 месяцев назад +2

      Yes

    • @carolinagonzalezs.
      @carolinagonzalezs. 8 месяцев назад +12

      Blame to Governor Gavin Newsome.

    • @jrd6
      @jrd6 8 месяцев назад +2

      It's really sad

    • @mossadon
      @mossadon 7 месяцев назад

      Ghost town you say?....
      ruclips.net/video/jqZ8428GSrI/видео.htmlsi=vP8-Cah-7wPq_4sU

  • @atmanelondon717
    @atmanelondon717 6 месяцев назад +14

    Tough time ahead for America

  • @Ch0c0lateChimp
    @Ch0c0lateChimp 8 месяцев назад +250

    Used to live right down the street from The Walk of Fame. Absolutely a disgusting neighborhood to live in. Homeless everywhere, shanty towns on every block, people smoking crack and shooting heroin in broad daylight, I caught a homeless couple having sex on top of my neighbor's car, and the sidewalks are covered in piss. The only time the city would ever bother cleaning up a bit is when The Oscars are around the corner. It was like living in Gotham City.

    • @avalondreaming1433
      @avalondreaming1433 8 месяцев назад +21

      I've visual there and thought the leaders of LA are absolutely crazy from not capitalizing on what they've got there. They get tourists from all over the world. Look at how Nashville does it. That should be prime real estate.

    • @MayorMcheese12
      @MayorMcheese12 8 месяцев назад +18

      Fr. Yet you got all these people from different countries wanting to tour the area. The place is a dump. Why would you want to waste your money there. It feels sketch too like you’re gonna get pickpocketed or mugged all the time.

    • @reemro8760
      @reemro8760 8 месяцев назад +14

      Sex on Top of a Car? Seems a bit uncomfortable idk

    • @Crypt0slut66
      @Crypt0slut66 8 месяцев назад +7

      Personally, I wouldn't recommend it. If you put a dent in the automobile, the owners will generally get upset and antagonist towards you.

    • @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime
      @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime 8 месяцев назад +5

      Same theeng, every theeng ees closed.😅

  • @SM-mq2rv
    @SM-mq2rv 8 месяцев назад +456

    Gavin Newsom California

    • @karloalberti
      @karloalberti 8 месяцев назад +27

      Garcetti... the pretty boy Mayor.. and the successor Karen bASS.. ... that is doing NOTHING..

    • @espressogirl68able
      @espressogirl68able 8 месяцев назад +33

      TRUMP/TULSI 2024!!

    • @seand1011
      @seand1011 8 месяцев назад +1

      Donald Trump ain't fixing SHIT. All he wants is to turn America into a Christofaschist dictatorship.

    • @MikeHG-fd3gz
      @MikeHG-fd3gz 8 месяцев назад +16

      Wow those neighborhoods around Hollywood Blvd look sketchy AF now.. even in the daytime! Can’t imagine at night.. & where are all the tourists? Looks pretty deserted on a beautiful day? .. got to be like 75% less tourists there , than 15-20 years ago…
      and nothing shits up buildings more than graffiti tagging them all up … seems like everywhere there! Too bad.. good ole days gone…
      Like way, waaay back in 2010 😭

    • @rickwhitman6435
      @rickwhitman6435 8 месяцев назад +30

      Gavifornia😂😅

  • @seankingwell3692
    @seankingwell3692 8 месяцев назад +358

    The land of lies and nightmares is finally coming to an end. Too much of our lives lost to hollywood.

  • @jojo-ep2pp
    @jojo-ep2pp 7 месяцев назад +70

    The era of Hollywood cinema is coming to an end.

    • @mayhemmike1789
      @mayhemmike1789 7 месяцев назад +7

      AMERICA...... is coming to an end jojo!

    • @jojo-ep2pp
      @jojo-ep2pp 6 месяцев назад

      @@mayhemmike1789 Run before too late !

    • @cottoncandykawaii2673
      @cottoncandykawaii2673 6 месяцев назад

      good Hollywood was always a vector for propaganda and the destruction of Western morality

    • @urbanbassslayers
      @urbanbassslayers 5 месяцев назад

      @@mayhemmike1789 Just the deep state pedos..

  • @CREATED4HISGLORY
    @CREATED4HISGLORY 8 месяцев назад +383

    This breaks my heart. I grew up in Hollywood in the 70's and it was vibrant, friendly and so cool! After school we walked to Hollywood Blvd to have Arby's and hang out. I cannot believe what this country has turned to!

    • @crystalbluebutterfly
      @crystalbluebutterfly 7 месяцев назад +34

      You lived in the peak time. Just look at China, India, and the Middle East. That’s what this side of the planet has to look forward to. Overpopulation, and societal degradation, as well as environmental, and societal collapse.

    • @RIZFERD
      @RIZFERD 7 месяцев назад

      Only idiots will put their name and signature on sidewalks everyone steps on it, no class at all.
      Hollywood never been holy, it's just bunch of mediocre never been living around the world all alone since childhood not a complete multiracial not fluent multilingual.

    • @schradrm
      @schradrm 7 месяцев назад

      Correction: what the "blue states" have turned into. Red states don't have these problems

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@crystalbluebutterfly 🏆

    • @bimmjim
      @bimmjim 7 месяцев назад

      JUNK 👀👀

  • @CarsandCats
    @CarsandCats 8 месяцев назад +352

    "This was a comedy club. It's no longer funny." "This was a newsstand. It no longer stands." HAHAHAHAHA!

  • @andrewjones4006
    @andrewjones4006 8 месяцев назад +148

    I was last in Hollywood in 1995, I’m totally shocked. Here in London, we too are suffering retail devastation. In the UK, more and more people are working from home and shopping on line.

    • @BladeJones
      @BladeJones 8 месяцев назад

      London is no longer London. England will soon be a majority Muslim country.

    • @ordinaryman1904
      @ordinaryman1904 8 месяцев назад +8

      I lived there in 1983 and 84.
      This was the most heartbreaking of all Leo’s videos.

    • @charrua59
      @charrua59 8 месяцев назад +4

      World is changing. Nothing gonna stop this. Still it's interesting what future holds. We most adapt or perish.

    • @alicjapszenicka5047
      @alicjapszenicka5047 8 месяцев назад +1

      Same is whole world. Online shopping destroying old "street" shopping. But in Hollywood also old film industry losing vs internet huge streaming companies. So there are 2 factors why is so bad there. Now nobody waiting like mad and go Cinema looking new Hollywood film. Now people open laptop and watch favorite tv series online from streaming company like netflix or others. Also dont go Hollywood buy some film gadget when can buy it online.

    • @eater4110
      @eater4110 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@alicjapszenicka5047i agree. I am from Germany and we have the same problems.

  • @cacatr4495
    @cacatr4495 7 месяцев назад +21

    17:06 "Post No Bills" has nothing to do with not paying, they are talking about *_not posting handbills,_* which are like fliers, paper announcements of various kinds. They don't want people taping paper announcements to their walls.

  • @broskyray
    @broskyray 8 месяцев назад +30

    I used to live in Hollywood back in 2005 until 2009, it was bumpin' back then. I've had good and fun memory, so sad it became like this.

  • @EricFarmer01
    @EricFarmer01 8 месяцев назад +87

    For Leeeeaaassse.

  • @ulexite-tv
    @ulexite-tv 8 месяцев назад +96

    The Hollywood Walk of Stars has become the Hollywood Walk of Stores-Are-Gone-Now. Thank you, Metal Leo, for documenting this.

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  8 месяцев назад +10

      @catyronwode always !

    • @karloalberti
      @karloalberti 8 месяцев назад +9

      The Hollywood Walk of Stars has become THE Walk of Taco stands and BACON WRAPPED HOT DOG CARTS....

    • @stephenperretti8847
      @stephenperretti8847 8 месяцев назад

      Because main stream media eant Gavin Newsome to be our next President. He'll close down all of America !!!

  • @smocko61
    @smocko61 7 месяцев назад +192

    We visited Hollywood before Floyd/covid. It was alive and bustling.Sad to see the state it’s in now.Thanks Biden, Pelosi, Newsom, job well done.

    • @geraldkoch8307
      @geraldkoch8307 7 месяцев назад

      Genau das wollte man mit "Corona" erreichen. Hat nicht ganz funktioniert nun versucht man es mit dem 3.Weltkrieg. Es lebe die Deutsch Russische Freundschaft. Viele Grüße aus Leipzig ( DDR ) ❤❤❤

    • @mikellejasmer2213
      @mikellejasmer2213 7 месяцев назад +8

      That’s fast to have become this way.
      Terrible.

    • @Afineaddition
      @Afineaddition 7 месяцев назад +16

      Even before the summer 2020 riots and COVID, LA was already showing signs of decay. There were tent cities all over downtown

    • @kengaroo5170
      @kengaroo5170 7 месяцев назад +9

      It will be interesting to find out who buys this real estate. They are destroying the value so it can be bought for pennies.

    • @juanorregochannel5678
      @juanorregochannel5678 7 месяцев назад +5

      Since Governator....

  • @dornie_donko
    @dornie_donko 8 месяцев назад +88

    2 weeks to flatten the curve

  • @pascoaiandreta9964
    @pascoaiandreta9964 8 месяцев назад +188

    What a coincidence, a Bud Light Truck!

    • @railfandepotproductions
      @railfandepotproductions 8 месяцев назад

      Did the trans community kill your grandma?

    • @zuzanaxyz8866
      @zuzanaxyz8866 7 месяцев назад +11

      Exactly…
      Very suitable for this video.

    • @gabbygabby9502
      @gabbygabby9502 7 месяцев назад +3

      Coincidentally, I was reading your comment when I heard the chugging of the truck!

    • @jamesmcmurray6871
      @jamesmcmurray6871 7 месяцев назад +1

      Lol

  • @magicchef4938
    @magicchef4938 8 месяцев назад +39

    Closed Nowwwww!...Sing it! Sign of the times, Aye

  • @marckcf9600
    @marckcf9600 4 месяца назад +8

    People is loosing their jobs, the glamour about Hollywood is just memories. The dream about going to Hollywood to pursuit their dreams is no longer a thing

  • @roccorodriguez6653
    @roccorodriguez6653 8 месяцев назад +117

    It’s amazing to think how all those “stars” believed that having their names put into the sidewalk was a form of legacy.. Now it’s the irony of collapsing civilization. Those were better times.

    • @westwardHo-
      @westwardHo- 8 месяцев назад

      The nobody's walk of shame thank God hollywood is not really civilization, unless you've been Braindrained by celebrity mentality and still trying to keep up with the Kardashians & their botox ghetto booty

    • @RIZFERD
      @RIZFERD 7 месяцев назад

      Only idiots will put their names and signature on tiles where everyone steps on it, no class at all.
      Hollywood never been holy, it's just bunch of mediocre never been living around the world all alone since childhood not a complete multiracial not fluent multilingual.

    • @benhartart9487
      @benhartart9487 7 месяцев назад +8

      Maybe instead of focusing on a rich minority they could have focused on the whole community of people
      Then maybe it wouldn’t resemble a bomb site

    • @mrsdelongchamp
      @mrsdelongchamp 7 месяцев назад

      @@benhartart9487 That would be a liberal value. Are you saying the Hollywood elites are not liberals?

    • @Iu1c
      @Iu1c 5 месяцев назад

      The real stars are on the walls all that graff from people who actually from here fkk Hollywood

  • @jjcaron72
    @jjcaron72 8 месяцев назад +84

    Remember Hollywood Blvd back in the 80’s had all those rock/metal t-shirt shops? Even in the early 90’s they were still there. All gone.

    • @sebass2486
      @sebass2486 8 месяцев назад +1

      Wtf

    • @westwardHo-
      @westwardHo- 8 месяцев назад +1

      Must have ran out of black T-shirts

    • @bigfoot-id8bv
      @bigfoot-id8bv 8 месяцев назад +5

      Even better in the 70’s lots of happy people lots of action n music.

    • @reverendaljones45
      @reverendaljones45 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@bigfoot-id8bv same situation in vancouvers gastown, not many of the original stores left, any store that sold eclectic or oddball items is long gone, whatever is left is generic tourist rubbish and they were slow, soon it could be called ghost town.

    • @alejandroruvalcaba1653
      @alejandroruvalcaba1653 7 месяцев назад +1

      Wow!!! What a GD shame.... Loved those rock shops😥

  • @Stay___Strong
    @Stay___Strong 8 месяцев назад +38

    Thank you Gavin Nuisance and gang.

  • @jonathanyoung2588
    @jonathanyoung2588 7 месяцев назад +13

    Cheers Leo, you've got the guts to show the rot no one wants to acknowledge

  • @hamsterdiving7593
    @hamsterdiving7593 8 месяцев назад +62

    "This is all boarded up, this is all boarded up, this is closed, this is closed *Oh look there's Lassie"*
    😅
    Great job, as usual, Leo. Keep the documenting coming
    I've been there many times.
    In years past, you could barely find a spot to park and there'd be tons of people crowding the sidewalks.
    Not anymore...

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  8 месяцев назад +8

      Yes, it’s a big difference now. lassie was pretty funny to see 🐕

  • @RebelsBestFriend
    @RebelsBestFriend 8 месяцев назад +223

    Imagine having your star on the "Walk of Fame" and have all the stores CLOSED. What a joke. Thanks, again METAL LEO.

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  8 месяцев назад +15

      ⭐️🎬🎥😁

    • @LINJ638
      @LINJ638 8 месяцев назад +1

      :(

    • @truthiscensored
      @truthiscensored 8 месяцев назад +12

      Nah, even worst is having your Walk of Fame Star and millions step on our name every day AND homeless addicts relieve themselves on it...and sleep on it

    • @You_Tuber_Premium
      @You_Tuber_Premium 8 месяцев назад +2

      💩⭐

    • @shaneturner9336
      @shaneturner9336 8 месяцев назад +2

      I was thinking the VERY SAME thing !

  • @linc131313
    @linc131313 8 месяцев назад +75

    I used to work on Hollywood Blvd., at Madame Tussauds (2017) and at Ripley's Believe it Or Not (2018) while pursuing my car design career out there. So glad that I moved out of there during 2019. I also worked for Gold's Gym on 7th street (watched your DTLA video this morning) and also lived in DTSF, which is also a nightmare now. Such a shame. Keep voting the same way, but wonder why things get worse in Cali.

    • @JohnSmith-dm1wo
      @JohnSmith-dm1wo 8 месяцев назад +2

      Is MT and ripleys still open

    • @typeorulz
      @typeorulz 8 месяцев назад +3

      Very cool. Glad you got out. 💯

    • @sr9253
      @sr9253 8 месяцев назад +1

      Where did you move to?

    • @linc131313
      @linc131313 8 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@sr9253I moved back to Boston, where I'm originally from, which is still a left-leaning place, but still many same moderate/conservative people live here (old school Boston type of people).

    • @linc131313
      @linc131313 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@JohnSmith-dm1woLast time I was in LA (last November for a press conference), MT and Ripley's was still open.

  • @MikeForce111
    @MikeForce111 7 месяцев назад +24

    Thank you Leo for covering this on-the-ground footage. Msm and media would never cover this like you do.

  • @Mloathome
    @Mloathome 8 месяцев назад +194

    Those storefront could be filled no problem. The problem is the Retail Space down. There is so freaking expensive. They rather leave it empty and dilapidated than to lower the rent, which is crazy.

    • @velvetchiharu
      @velvetchiharu 7 месяцев назад +17

      I hate it when they do this, there should be a penalty for people leaving housing/retail space unfilled. I don’t care that you “own” it, it’s part of a community, it’s part of a city, people like this are literally blighting cities because they’re sitting on spaces. We have spaces like this in my small city that have been empty for 15+ years, it’s so obnoxious. I’d much rather have a stupid dirty hipster coffee shop than an empty dusty store front. I say after 10 years of a storefront or housing being empty they have to start paying increasing fines for literally lowering the economic value of the city. We don’t abide unkempt lawns, this isn’t really that different. Unkempt lawns attract vermin and pests, dead spaces attract crime.

    • @HeEde.
      @HeEde. 7 месяцев назад +13

      At this point in time, only massive regulation cuts, tax reductions at all income levels, and a tough on crime approach could reverse this decay.

    • @carloscjr23
      @carloscjr23 7 месяцев назад +3

      Yeah because those places are bought by the owners of the world and they would rather see it rot than let people use it cheaper, thats not how they get all the power and money

    • @bperez8656
      @bperez8656 7 месяцев назад +1

      It’s because it’s the 5th largest economy in the world and deeply inflated

    • @joealomar-cu3qb
      @joealomar-cu3qb 3 месяца назад +2

      there would always be a retailer who would pay that rent they left because of the lawlessness and the city and state allowing it to happen.

  • @PREZofUSSA
    @PREZofUSSA 8 месяцев назад +385

    When you prioritize criminals and drug users over law abiding productive citizens. This is the result

    • @andreherringart
      @andreherringart 8 месяцев назад

      The criminals are the coos

    • @stereo-soulsoundsystem5070
      @stereo-soulsoundsystem5070 8 месяцев назад

      I'm pretty sure there's something stronger, more nefarious and much more competent than a couple druggies and burglars here and there. This smells like decades of corruption

    • @westwardHo-
      @westwardHo- 8 месяцев назад +17

      Prioritizing movie stars & lifestyles of the rich and almost famous is just as bad.

    • @tinadiggs7456
      @tinadiggs7456 8 месяцев назад +4

      Nothing but the TRUTH!!! 🤔👍🏽

    • @RockNRoller66
      @RockNRoller66 8 месяцев назад

      BLM did this.

  • @BeautifulLife000H
    @BeautifulLife000H 8 месяцев назад +34

    Love your videos. Real news we can use. Only the facts with pictures. Wish mainstream news could do the same.

  • @michaeld.j.weinkauf3884
    @michaeld.j.weinkauf3884 7 месяцев назад +9

    In Downtown South Bend, IN is just like this and was once a thriving city. It's sad that Hollywood is like this too.

  • @888jimm
    @888jimm 8 месяцев назад +96

    I grew up there.... last week I took a relative there ( haven't been there for years) i felt like a hand was around my throat.... everything is blacked out dead feeling could not wait to get out of there... Hard to explain the feeling.

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  8 месяцев назад +8

      Thanks For sharing

    • @kylegross1081
      @kylegross1081 8 месяцев назад +22

      Know what you’re saying. Was in SF last summer for the first time in a while and it just had a dead feeling. Couldn’t wait to leave and I used to love it there

    • @jakeforrest
      @jakeforrest 8 месяцев назад

      @@kylegross1081Tony Hall said it used to be a magical place.
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hall_(supervisor)

    • @soavemusica
      @soavemusica 8 месяцев назад +5

      I am sorry for your loss. Not seen on television...

    • @Curlyblonde
      @Curlyblonde 8 месяцев назад +29

      Even in its better days Hollywood gave off bad vibes, sleazy and with an oppressing atmosphere. Despite all the hype and cheap veneer of glamor, couldn't wait to get out of there. An overwhelmingly evil place.

  • @JZCRAZY
    @JZCRAZY 8 месяцев назад +83

    I used to work on Hollywood Blvd in the 90's outside the Chinese theatre handing out audience tickets for TV shows. Wow that street has fallen hard. Looks like a Ghost town!

    • @Robert-is7du
      @Robert-is7du 8 месяцев назад

      Across the street is the old Roosevelt Hotel where Led Zeppelin CIA handlers took charge of the Hotel when Led Zeppelin was on tour in the LA area and they had such huge drug parties that trashed the place so bad it took a boatload of money to refurbish the interior
      Eye saw them at the Rose Palace when they came and remember going to the Graumans Chinese manuscript theatre and the line was all the way around the block to get a ticket to C the first public showing of The Exorcist
      Remember that movie
      Hollywood used to B a huge party Animal Farm
      Down on the Sunset strip they had a lot of big names show up at the Whiskey A Go Go and the Roxy Theatre bar with names like The Doors Crosby Stills Nash and Young Janis Joplin all those folks were directly tied to child trafficking through Hollywood studio network tied directly to the CIA MK Ultra sleeper cells Wonderland USAF Alice looking Glass technology projects up Mulholland drive and Laurel Canyon
      There used to be an underground Tunnel network that ran through UCLA Hugh Heffner Playboy Mansion and the Getty Museum
      U may remember some years back the network was reporting explosions going on through those areas
      If U read US Executive Order #13818 back in December 2018 U will C that order declaration that being engaged in child trafficking and crimes against humanity ur financial assets are getting seized and will prosecuted for war crimes and taken Tu GITMO
      Everything that Leo puts up is the take down of these Satanic Ritual Torture and demonic sacrifices in which the Los Angeles area from Burbank studies out to Calabasas to Malibu and Topanga Canyon and particularly from Hwy 101 across Santa Monica boulevard to PCH and everything north and west of I-5 was a round up
      It was a huge Black Mirror Hub server of loosh farming experiments forced breeding experiments abductions and ritual spiritual torture programs
      The landscape is different now
      Mu ah 💋 🌈💜🌋..

    • @RenKnight347
      @RenKnight347 8 месяцев назад +7

      Back in April 1988, a friend and I traveled to the L.A. area from NYC just to check things out.
      We went to Mann's Chinese Theater and at the time, Beetlejuice was the premier.
      We walked all of those starred streets and there were a lot more people than there are now.

    • @andreherringart
      @andreherringart 8 месяцев назад +2

      Did you work the block

    • @Nick0wnsz
      @Nick0wnsz 8 месяцев назад +2

      In rush hour they are on Hollywood Blvd and it’s crowded and looks great. America has fallen from them.

    • @SuperDeucen
      @SuperDeucen 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Nick0wnszlast time I went over there was around 2016 it wasn’t anything like this

  • @anthonykulcsar2897
    @anthonykulcsar2897 8 месяцев назад +129

    I worked on Hollywood Blvd in the 80s and it was seedy then, but there were hardly any closed shops. This is incredible.

    • @michaelfreydberg4619
      @michaelfreydberg4619 7 месяцев назад +4

      Spot on. I’ve watched in the past (1979 to 1981 or so) these old exploitation films where the serial killer is driving up and down Hollywood. And there’s that “womp womp wooommmp” depressing music in the background…
      But you notice all the storefronts are occupied. It’s a lot of liquor stores, convenience stores, adult bookstores, but occupied. This feels different…

    • @llopez6017
      @llopez6017 7 месяцев назад +3

      Wow you must of had a blast in the 80's. The music was way better too 😮

    • @m.f.m.67
      @m.f.m.67 7 месяцев назад

      @@michaelfreydberg4619 Yep, at this point even a Pussycat Adult theater would be an improvement! 😅

  • @michelberandi8870
    @michelberandi8870 5 месяцев назад +10

    So terribly sad! I used to love that city. Moved in LA in the 80s for the music, cool cars, cool creative people, and work and career opportunities and experience both the highs and lows that comes with living in a big city but nothing like this. That looks like death. So happy to know that I made the right decision to move out. There is not much left, just empty ugly new buildings with no life. R.I.P California

    • @edmundmcgrath213
      @edmundmcgrath213 5 месяцев назад

      Hollywood was the heartbeat of LA.in the 80's.. The Rainbow, Roxy, the whiskey, Cat Club, Gazzarris...Last fun decade. All closed now or should be. Edgy cool vibe is gone. Strays from the radiator shop in Van Nuys come here now and bewildered tourists trying to see the 80's leaving empty handed. Stupid of me to come back and find out what I already knew, which is you can't go home again..Last trip here when the lease is up..

  • @Michael-m2b3k
    @Michael-m2b3k 8 месяцев назад +74

    Where criminals and drug users have more rights than the honest citizens is just incredible!!!

  • @Truckngirl
    @Truckngirl 8 месяцев назад +46

    So much sadness watching this. I moved away for good in 2001. In the late 70s, Punk Rockers were drawn to Hollywood Blvd from the Masque Club, off Cherokee. Never any fear walking at night alone, and some years later I would roller-skate at about 3am on the terrazzo surface of the Walk of Fame when it was empty except for the crew power-washing it to keep it clean. It's all been destroyed.

    • @billyodamit8709
      @billyodamit8709 8 месяцев назад +5

      I was there at that time.

    • @joejones9520
      @joejones9520 8 месяцев назад +3

      funny how even the worst behaved punk rockers and skateboarders from back then seem sillily tame today compared to now

  • @drof2th
    @drof2th 8 месяцев назад +57

    Thanks Leo! Holy Wood, Holy Shit. Lost Angeles!!!

  • @jewellsm.7808
    @jewellsm.7808 7 месяцев назад +8

    GREAT JOB NEWSOM

  • @stace7685
    @stace7685 8 месяцев назад +51

    Cali says they have the best economy in the United States. Doesn't look that way to me. Love the videos ML!!!

    • @TheJohnbjunior
      @TheJohnbjunior 8 месяцев назад +4

      I'm sure their blue liberal utopia is just around the corner, we just can't see it !😂

    • @db-rc5fr
      @db-rc5fr 8 месяцев назад +7

      Trust less of what you hear (narratives and opinions) and trust more of what you see (verifiable facts and evidence). You’re absolutely right.

    • @aliensoup2420
      @aliensoup2420 8 месяцев назад

      They are probably only counting the high tech corporations, movie studios, and real estate - all the big money. Democrats are killing small business.

    • @TheGeosto
      @TheGeosto 8 месяцев назад +5

      Retail is suffering everywhere, have you checked your own town lately? In the meantime, California is still the fifth largest economy IN THE WORLD.

    • @aviewer9516
      @aviewer9516 8 месяцев назад

      California doesn't base their economy on stores in Hollywood or San Francisco 🙄

  • @jacquerene789
    @jacquerene789 8 месяцев назад +34

    Yay Leo!!!! Keep bringing it!

  • @1738Creations
    @1738Creations 8 месяцев назад +387

    I like the irony of celebrities thinking they're better than everyone else, yet people are walking over their names every day.

    • @Curlyblonde
      @Curlyblonde 8 месяцев назад +52

      Now with the bums taking over the area, they are doing other things on the sidewalks to degrade them.

    • @freespirit21newyork
      @freespirit21newyork 8 месяцев назад +37

      Those who put themselves 1st will be the last ✝️🕯️🛐

    • @You_Tuber_Premium
      @You_Tuber_Premium 8 месяцев назад +26

      💩 on a ⭐

    • @DandyDuh
      @DandyDuh 8 месяцев назад +13

      Soo true🤣😭😭😭😭

    • @DandyDuh
      @DandyDuh 8 месяцев назад +12

      ​@@freespirit21newyork
      Yesss, Amen🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @_SarahElizabeth
    @_SarahElizabeth 7 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you for doing the work that you do!!! This is very eye-opening 🤯😱

  • @petebusch9069
    @petebusch9069 8 месяцев назад +28

    Mainstream says otherwise yet people still watch them. Thank you for real reporting.

  • @jasatx2024
    @jasatx2024 8 месяцев назад +183

    This is disturbing and we still sending billions overseas!

    • @randomstuffwithnofluff7472
      @randomstuffwithnofluff7472 8 месяцев назад

      So what is that supposed to mean? Give free money to people who don't want to work and take drugs all day? Give free money to forgive high student loans for an arts degree in a university? Money is given overseas to build alliances so we don't have enemies at our gates that we have to fight. You know what's disturbing?, people who support Bl@ck lies Matter, the Woke, the Progressive left, Newsom and the local government.

    • @bokhans
      @bokhans 8 месяцев назад

      You guys pay for free healthcare in Israel, something you yourselves will never get! Good for you! 😂

    • @jesuissoldatamericain8771
      @jesuissoldatamericain8771 8 месяцев назад +13

      Because the military industry complex is the main us economy.

    • @myhandlehasbeenmishandled
      @myhandlehasbeenmishandled 8 месяцев назад +6

      In all fairness, this is a local state issue. Not really up to federal government to fix what states decided to neglect. Money sent overseas comes from a federal budget.

    • @pittdog4496
      @pittdog4496 8 месяцев назад +4

      With no strings attached 😜

  • @Calicapenergy88
    @Calicapenergy88 8 месяцев назад +131

    I grew up in Moreno Valley and we literally went to Hollywood every weekend. This was back in the late 90’s to mid 2000’s I can’t believe it looks like this as it was always busy with shops and people before

    • @AppleJackkson
      @AppleJackkson 7 месяцев назад +1

      Moreno Valley?? That’s quite the commute 😅

    • @BrooklynBaby100
      @BrooklynBaby100 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@AppleJackksonwe know what he was up to

    • @fatbart8551
      @fatbart8551 7 месяцев назад +1

      That was my time too! It used to be crackin every single weekend!

    • @yourmove267
      @yourmove267 7 месяцев назад

      My condolences that you grew up in Moreno valley

    • @xthatwhiteguyx
      @xthatwhiteguyx 7 месяцев назад

      I went to Hollywood all the time in the 90's and early-mid 2000's and... it was just like in the video LOL. Maybe there were more shops open, but it was a dump, it smelled, there were prostitutes and drugs out in the open.

  • @leslielearnorth
    @leslielearnorth 7 месяцев назад +7

    Hey Leo my Brother!! Thank you for the work you are doing. I’m sharing your videos with everyone and posting the link on other yt videos.
    Born n raised So Cal, living in Seattle now;
    This is so important dude, God Bless u and yours!!!

    • @johnjuarez8005
      @johnjuarez8005 7 месяцев назад +1

      So which shithole is worse, LA or Seattle??

    • @MBGolfer
      @MBGolfer 4 месяца назад +1

      You went from the frying pan into the fire.

    • @leslielearnorth
      @leslielearnorth 4 месяца назад

      @@johnjuarez8005 I still love them both but LA is uglier. The view of Seattle as you go south on the 5 Obe Lake Union takes my breath away every time.

  • @cliftonbowers6376
    @cliftonbowers6376 8 месяцев назад +233

    Los Angeles needs get rid of corrupt politicians...

    • @jgmdewilde
      @jgmdewilde 7 месяцев назад +4

      👍👍👍🥺🥺🥺indeed absolutely!

    • @datbui7034
      @datbui7034 7 месяцев назад +8

      Let them enjoy their votes

    • @nikkipacheco6835
      @nikkipacheco6835 7 месяцев назад +6

      Not just Hollywood, everywhere

    • @Fatahiyah
      @Fatahiyah 7 месяцев назад +4

      Not only Hollywood but all over the world!

    • @andyfox1979
      @andyfox1979 7 месяцев назад +1

      The politicians do what the voters want

  • @ordinaryman1904
    @ordinaryman1904 8 месяцев назад +44

    This was the most heartbreaking of all your videos.
    Wilcox, Argyle, Vine, Capitol Records, Caheunga, I know exactly where you were.
    I lived nearby in 1983-84 when I was 18 years old.
    I had so much fun, the place was so alive!
    Now look at it, just heartbreaking.

  • @susanasalinas8797
    @susanasalinas8797 8 месяцев назад +142

    Celebrities should have stayed out of politics, and kept their choice of relationships to themselves but great actors and great movies do not exist anymore

    • @OKSURE-v6y
      @OKSURE-v6y 7 месяцев назад +6

      AI will be a nail in the coffin for the movie industry

    • @mariaytinexposer
      @mariaytinexposer 7 месяцев назад

      87

    • @CoconutPete
      @CoconutPete 7 месяцев назад

      they jumped the shark and no going back

    • @jasonbourne9048
      @jasonbourne9048 7 месяцев назад

      ALL Actors ever were TRANSGENDER deciever- EGI

    • @martyschleder
      @martyschleder 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yet they still give out Oscar's every year! For what? Alot of crap,that's what?

  • @mysons-le4hy
    @mysons-le4hy 5 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for posting this I had no idea

  • @tinadiggs7456
    @tinadiggs7456 8 месяцев назад +37

    Leo, I'm so glad I came across your channel because my friends are coming to town next month and we had planned to come to Hollywood but theres no businesses open!!! Thanks for saving us a trip!!! 😊👍🏽

  • @OliveYoo864
    @OliveYoo864 8 месяцев назад +39

    Thank you for this video. I will now mark Hollywood walk of fame off my bucket list. As it is now CLOSED and boarded up!! Wow!

    • @westwardHo-
      @westwardHo- 8 месяцев назад +1

      Piss bucket list hollywood is now a honeybucket town

    • @OliveYoo864
      @OliveYoo864 8 месяцев назад

      @@westwardHo-
      Oh whatever. I just made a comment to the creator but you ans me why?

    • @FransceneJK98
      @FransceneJK98 8 месяцев назад

      It’s not worth seeing. Save your time and money

  • @noleftturn5964
    @noleftturn5964 7 месяцев назад +21

    BudLight truck drives by, right on cue, at the boarded-up block🤣🤣🤣

  • @RiannaRichardsOfficial
    @RiannaRichardsOfficial 8 месяцев назад +84

    💔💔💔I believe your videos are a stark warning that something sinister about the U.S. economy is looming. How sad to see these retail places boarded up. I read Beverly Hills businesses are closing as well. Thank you so much, Leo for always keeping us updated!

    • @LeoMetalTraveler
      @LeoMetalTraveler  8 месяцев назад +9

      @RiannaRicharsFilms I agree with you, always!

    • @fefe6964
      @fefe6964 8 месяцев назад +11

      Right and people with money are building homes underground. I wonder why.

    • @dawnlovely1594
      @dawnlovely1594 8 месяцев назад +6

      Read the Book of Revelations and YOU will be informed

    • @fionamcgrath8982
      @fionamcgrath8982 8 месяцев назад

      It's all part of the WEF plan.

    • @Chicharrera.
      @Chicharrera. 8 месяцев назад +6

      Babylon is falling, falling...

  • @desolder75
    @desolder75 8 месяцев назад +180

    I grew up just north of Hollywood in Ventura Co. This breaks my heart to see. But we (collectively in CA) DID vote for this. I've tried to convince my friends and neighbors that voting Blue No Matter Who would lead to disaster. And now my prediction is coming true. CA was a much better place when it was a purple state and we had Republican governors. The Red politicians could keep the Blue politicians honest, and vice versa. But now the Blue politicians have total power, and the worst of their policies are getting passed.

    • @aahiccup2
      @aahiccup2 8 месяцев назад +6

      I loved my summer weekends at the H Bowl every year, but it’s not the same ~ gross and not safe down there.

    • @whiskeymonk4085
      @whiskeymonk4085 8 месяцев назад +5

      Libertarians carry the weight.

    • @nfernandez11163
      @nfernandez11163 8 месяцев назад +7

      City just like the people. Shit.

    • @andreherringart
      @andreherringart 8 месяцев назад +2

      If you grew up in north Hollywood you would know that it’s always been a tweezer town

    • @LUC1FER_R1S1NG
      @LUC1FER_R1S1NG 8 месяцев назад

      yes that's what I've been saying...when we become a red state..we get screwed and vice versa. We need a purple state to keep everyone in line

  • @rogercarroll8764
    @rogercarroll8764 8 месяцев назад +24

    Thank you for making these videos, it's important for a lot of people to see how hollywood has degraded.

  • @_SarahElizabeth
    @_SarahElizabeth 7 месяцев назад +22

    I was almost living on the streets of Los Angeles when the writer’s strike happened last year. I watched some of my writer friend/neighbors lose jobs and it was one of the more terrifying moments of my life. Everything changed so quickly. It breaks my heart to see a city I loved and lived in for so long like this.

  • @farawlofarawla3395
    @farawlofarawla3395 8 месяцев назад +37

    This is by design. They have done it in Russia, Germany, france, England....even Bagdad.

  • @jlind3891
    @jlind3891 8 месяцев назад +31

    I lived in Hollywood until 2002. I feel I experienced the last vital breathe of Hollywood. At the end of 2002 I started to feel yucky about LA already.
    I really don’t underhand how people can live in a state where you can’t buy a home insurance. That itself is big to me.

  • @24hourtourist
    @24hourtourist 8 месяцев назад +196

    I've been a Hollywood resident for over 35 years. Contrary to what you might think, about a third of these businesses have been closed since way before the pandemic, for the last 8-9 years. There has been a lingering recession since about '08, getting worse every day. With the average lease on Hollywood Blvd. anywhere between $20-$35k per month depending on size, most shops have not been sustainable for at least 15 years. Since the pandemic some enterprises keep a boarded up look for security reasons. They are tired of having to repair smashed glass. They keep very limited business hours, mostly noon to about 8p. Good luck if you're trying to go to a restaurant for lunch or dinner. It is a shame what happened to this country.

    • @mitch868
      @mitch868 8 месяцев назад +17

      Forgive my ignorance, but how do the property owners afford to keep so many empty businesses?

    • @rerite2
      @rerite2 8 месяцев назад

      @@mitch868 -- From a creative accounting standpoint, they might be able to deduct the losses on their biz taxes, as well as depreciation.

    • @24hourtourist
      @24hourtourist 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@mitch868 Long term they really can't - but they are incentivized by city tax write-offs and business loss declarations to keep mum, to keep a status quo and do nothing. Most landlords are just fence men holding the property in name only. This is what is called shadow banking, a scheme that has become very popular since the late 90's. The US has learned from the Chinese regarding this unfortunately.

    • @24hourtourist
      @24hourtourist 8 месяцев назад +26

      ​@@mitch868Would love to go into more detail here but the powers that be at YT/Google have redacted my previous answer to your query. That in itself tells volumes about the "free" internet.

    • @gregorylyon1004
      @gregorylyon1004 8 месяцев назад

      Hollywood celebrities were overpaid

  • @siemenvanderkamp897
    @siemenvanderkamp897 7 месяцев назад +3

    Been in LA in 2018, first time visit. Seeing these video's from Leo makes me never want to visit again. Glad I've seen it in a good state. And thank you Leo for all your videos!! 👍🏻🤘🏻

  • @aynrandish9106
    @aynrandish9106 8 месяцев назад +35

    Post no bills means do not post advertisements in this space.

  • @beatsbyjiro8291
    @beatsbyjiro8291 8 месяцев назад +3246

    its fitting that hollywood is dying since hollywood is dying, no one cares about new movies any longer.

    • @CeeTee-12345
      @CeeTee-12345 8 месяцев назад +427

      I turned my TVs into monitors. Hollywood died in the late 90s. Same for the music industry. Haven't been to a movie theater since the 90s. Haven't bought a CD or DVD since the early 2000s..

    • @jimmyday9536
      @jimmyday9536 8 месяцев назад +205

      Leo does a better job with his camera than any producer in that town.

    • @beatsbyjiro8291
      @beatsbyjiro8291 8 месяцев назад

      @@jimmyday9536 for sure i love this channel been watching since he started in SF

    • @suppylarue220
      @suppylarue220 8 месяцев назад +137

      @@CeeTee-12345 yup, jerks pretending to be acting. for the real McCoy, the 40s,50s,&60s are where you'll see stories and real talent in film.

    • @Kosmokatgirl
      @Kosmokatgirl 8 месяцев назад +108

      @@suppylarue220 no it’s not it is somebody who works in the industry. It’s Tech that has ruined movies. Then people that have opinions about social media or what they like on social media influences media. I work in production and movies are completely different due to tech and cgi and now AI

  • @brutemegahunk3895
    @brutemegahunk3895 8 месяцев назад +74

    Ironically, it’s all self inflicted.

    • @westwardHo-
      @westwardHo- 8 месяцев назад +2

      Pop goes the ego

  • @JN-368
    @JN-368 7 месяцев назад +2

    Wow, what a change from when I lived in Hollywood in the late 80’s and 90’s. It wasn’t great then, but a lot better than now. Thanks for the video though. Great job!

  • @bibibachmd9995
    @bibibachmd9995 8 месяцев назад +27

    Not coming back anytime soon that is for sure. Doomed. Thanks Leo!

  • @wesleyneilsen7671
    @wesleyneilsen7671 8 месяцев назад +42

    I remember watching movies in the 1980s about dystopian future cities. It's ironic cuz now we're living it.

    • @LindaBartkowiak
      @LindaBartkowiak 8 месяцев назад

      Yes, Escape rom New York. , Escape from L A. Kurt Russel, great movies who would have thought you know what they say never say never .

  • @kekoa1843
    @kekoa1843 8 месяцев назад +17

    Other than these kind of walk-throughs, you never hear about how extensive the blight is in all these major cities. Thanks for bringing it to light!

  • @Pigbert69
    @Pigbert69 6 месяцев назад +10

    Amoeba Music IS an awesome store! I'm glad it's still there....for now.

  • @legalcoffee5315
    @legalcoffee5315 7 месяцев назад +63

    I used to live in Hollywood - left in 2019 - all those blocks you walked, I knew them well (I shopped at that Trader Joes). Crazy how many businesses are gone! Thanks for the video.

  • @christianalvarez7799
    @christianalvarez7799 8 месяцев назад +172

    Imagine being a tourist in L.A and just seeing a guy screaming out "CLOSED NOW" "FOR LEASE" "BOARDED UP" "CLOOOOOOOOOOOSED"

    • @tonyqban
      @tonyqban 8 месяцев назад +1

      You read my mind…😂😂😂

    • @Ceegizzle
      @Ceegizzle 6 месяцев назад +1

      😊😊😅😅

  • @RacerX1971
    @RacerX1971 8 месяцев назад +18

    I went there several years ago. I was so disappointed. It was so dirty and hardly any shops were open..

  • @originalkyliearnold
    @originalkyliearnold 5 месяцев назад +4

    This is heartbreaking. I remember when it was such a wonderland to visit. 😢

  • @VonValen
    @VonValen 8 месяцев назад +58

    I just found you Leo. People need to see this.
    I've lived in the valley north of L.A. most of my life. Before covid, Sunset strip was it! Theaters, clubs, shops of every kind, preformance halls and schools, tattoo parlors, restaurants, 4 dozen bars, etc. After covid, it was cut in half. EVERY storefront and intersection you passed I could tell you what it was and it's a kick in the nuts to see it all boarded up and empty. Like the rest of Los Angeles. Hollywood is finished and the culture is dead. Unless you live in Socal, save yourself the trip.

    • @LA_HA
      @LA_HA 8 месяцев назад +8

      VonValen: Fellow Valley denizen here.
      You're absolutely right.
      There's another poster in here saying he's misleading viewers because it's not that bad, etc, etc; and I asked that person to explain what is false or misleading, because I stopped going into The City 10 years ago when I saw the downward slide.
      It's not just Hollywood. It's:
      Downtown with what used to be the fun cultural towns of Olivera Street, Little Tokyo, Chinatown, the fashion district, the business district, and the government administration areas.
      The Beach Areas of Santa Monica and Venice that are disgusting to even live in now.
      It's the Westside that's fighting tooth and nail to keep the crime, homeless and their encampments, and other blights out.
      It's even affecting The Valley that was never as exciting, but it was once a pleasant and fun place to live and visit. Now, even the Southwest parts that were once the wealthy areas (Sherman Oaks, Tarzana, and Woodland Hills) are suffering from the blight that's overtaken The City.
      Even the Southeastern part over by Pasadena that used to be a great place is slowly getting worse from what I hear.
      We have to work harder to get rid of the Leftist Mafia. Everything depends on it.
      The sooner We get those leeching ticks Out, the less money it'll take to fix everything they broke and ruined

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 7 месяцев назад +4

      I used to live in SoCal, totally agree.

    • @mrsdelongchamp
      @mrsdelongchamp 7 месяцев назад

      @@LA_HA You must not understand the difference between a leftist and a liberal. Look it up. As for references to the mafia, look that up, too. There's only one major politician that operates like a mob boss and he's on trial and facing three more trials as a result of a lifetime of criminality. So lets get the crooks OUT.

  • @daendiznigh
    @daendiznigh 8 месяцев назад +90

    People use to flock to Ca / Hollywood with nothing but a suit case / duffel bag and a dream. Now they flee from there and flock to Texas , Indiana , and the Carolinas …total role reversal

    • @oiler62
      @oiler62 8 месяцев назад +3

      Didn't know those states were motion picture meccas. I know Georgia is trying to be.

    • @daendiznigh
      @daendiznigh 8 месяцев назад +14

      @@oiler62 this is just one video about Hollywood on this channel , yesterday was east LA , before that Sacramento, and before that SF. It’s the whole state actually, real shit show

    • @oiler62
      @oiler62 8 месяцев назад +9

      @@daendiznigh Red State cities aren't doing that great either

    • @daendiznigh
      @daendiznigh 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@oiler62 think your kind of missing the point of this video my friend.

    • @daendiznigh
      @daendiznigh 8 месяцев назад

      @@oiler62 think your missing the point , your missing the bigger picture , you must be a liberal?

  • @c.s.s.5326
    @c.s.s.5326 8 месяцев назад +22

    A lot of these are also Scientology owned properties that they lean out and leave empty due to lack of use for them.

  • @anitawest6999
    @anitawest6999 6 месяцев назад +2

    I have watched an shared your videos several times.
    Just subscribed. Thank you for the boots on the ground.