My grandfather and grandmother were homeless in LA in the 50s with 5 kids. They lived in a park that had a creek or stream running through it. My grandfather was on foot every day going to his part time job as a maintenance man, he was able to provide for his family minimum necessities and saved the majority of his earnings to get bus tickets for his family to go back to Kansas. Then he was able to be a farm hand and then became a taxi driver in Wichita then went to be a ship mate on a tug boat on the Mississippi. He eventually was able to reside permanently in Kansas. He raised 10 children. All of which have served in the military and or Graduated from University.
I was homeless for 2 years in Atlanta, Georgia. I avoided everywhere where homeless people congregate. I learned to navigate to different coffee shops and libraries everyday. I pitched a tent at night on the property of a business that never knew I was there. The only thing I kept from my old life was my laptop, that's what kept me connected to the world. It took a lot of effort to stay clean and groomed, but for the most part people didn't know I was homeless. People would ask me if I was going on vacation (backpack and luggage in tow). I'd just say yes. There are a lot of homeless people who are not crazy or drug addicted, but you won't see them. The ones you see have all lost hope of ever getting off the street. When you lose hope, despair comes next and it's all downhill from there.
@@TrailerTrashThorne I only commented about this because I think a lot of people think there is a big difference between themselves and the homeless people they see on the street and for their sake I hope they never have to realize there isn’t a difference. Literally every single person I thought cared about me and whom I cared for turned out to be a fake. I came through the experience and I’m glad it happened to me, because it gave me the opportunity to see what is really important in day to day life. I learned how to tell the difference between who is important to me and who isn’t. It’s an important lesson, but one which everyone could do without. Today, I have a good life, but I don’t take anything for granted.
@@August_Fields Man, I have Federix Ataxia. It's like ALS but slower with it deteriorated but I'm 30 so it's starting to get pretty shitty. What I'm saying though is I feel like I relate with everything you've said. I love the person I am even though that person is the outcome of a daily struggle.
@@TrailerTrashThorne I'm so sorry you have this ailment. I knew a man who had ALS. He was a coworker's husband. Once, I watched him walk through a fire pit! Right over the coals! All I can say is each one of us has our own individual struggles to overcome. Sometimes they are just too much. I understand when this happens. I guess it's just a part of everyone's life, Federix Ataxia or not. Don't know why. But I can say this, your attitude will make you the kind of person that people want to be around, if that's what you like, or you can withdraw. There's nothing wrong with that either. I've done it many times. I've looked at the end of my life a few times and the one thing I took away from it was maybe it's better to engage other people, even if they're jerks, to get the positive feedback from the one's who aren't, when you find them. You wouldn't believe the things I've seen people do when no one's watching. I used to work in the medical care industry and there were plenty of times I saw the very worst in people, and other times I saw the best in people. And you would never be able to predict which ones would be which. I hope tomorrow is a good day for you. As you say, every day, well it's every day's struggle. So good luck tomorrow my friend.
Yep. It's been like that for such a long time. People just want to talk about the weather but don't realize that LA provides a numerous amount and wide range of services for the homeless. Much more than other cities outside of California. I worked for the DHHS during and after the recession and we ran into so many problems. The best answer we have is more services but the surveys we did showed that homelessness increased the next year after more services were provided. It was hard to keep track of the homeless population because a lot of those folks have no proper identification. I'd say about 2/3 of the 1000 or so that I personally interviewed were originally from other states. A LOT from the Midwest and Texas. Determined that it was because they don't provide any services aside from Salvation Army and church organizations.
Ri true. But the thing is we are devaluing homeless people.... even saying “homeless people” just doesn’t sit right with me for some reason. It feels as If you separate them from “regular people”; there are cases that if you provide a person who doesn’t have a home with one, a good job, and mental health services they will do better and help boost the economy because you don’t have to keep launching homeless services and shelters that cost more money than it does to just house someone in a nice home.... I don’t get why these governments are so greedy.
I am a second generation native Californian. I left 2 years ago. Between the crime, drugs and cost of living it became undoubtedly. I was homeless for many years, I didn't live in tent city's. I actually went camping in the woods in summer, desert in the winter. I moved to Georgia, lower cost of living. A lot less crime, in my area. Jobs plentiful, haven't been homeless since. California has slowly become a shithole.
Much appreciated, though they probably won't accept it. Still, we are thankful for the attempts to help our countrymen, even if they brought it on themselves. We will send ample aid the next time an earthquake strikes.
Sadly, the US has enough good land to feed a billion people. I'm not really sure how there are so many homeless. It's just not that hard to be successful here.
Lets be honest. When the story is about something negative, crazy or something that could get you in trouble its SMART for these people to not say the name of that person in front of 100+ million people.
Joe is right. I went to LA and it was pretty bad, but San Francisco is on another level. LA’s homeless keep to themselves for the most part, SF’s will go up to you/beg a lot more.
It's a real shame it seems that people don't know exactly how many of these homeless people are your own veterans. The world we live in is truly messed up 😪
@@adjuster57 they don't lol. lots of illegals working the jobs you'd refuse to do, for pennies. 😂😂 how about you go after the billionaires--the folks who horde massive amounts of money in offshore accounts while they point at the brown skinned man making $7.25/hr to clean office bathrooms, saying "HE'S to blame!!!"
Right because all they need is a free house?? That's a mainstream media fallacy! This is the result of many years of bad choices, drug and alcohol addiction and probably mental health issues but City Liberals don't want to actually fix the issue, they turned it into a massive tax payer money grab business.. LA residents gave the city $1.2 BILLION dollars in HHH funding in 2018, and Homeless exploded..all they did was build around some Luxury condos at a cost of 600k per unit!? Yes $600,000!! It's their "progressive policies" that just enable people to get worse..Look at any major democratic city and you see the exact same results...it's insane 🤦🏽♂️ Cite Source: www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-07/homeless-housing-bond-measure-audit-shelters-galperin
I mean the population has almost doubled in the last 60 years also, theres only so much land and everyone wants a front row seat, don't want to be inconvenienced having to drive 20-30 minutes... to many people not enough houses. Not saying thats the only problem but thats atleast one part of the problem that isn't based on greed.
@@nateb4485 idk....drive down lebrea and tell me how many vacant houses you see. It's not that simple. Millions of people have literally just given up... mental illness is a huge issue, but also people are fed up working 60 hours a week to never get ahead... the system is broken
But we have all these millionaires from LA taking pictures with "Starving kids in Africa" but they literally not helping their next-door neighbours. 🙄🙄
fuck the celebrities out here. But just to make something clear, a starving kid in africa is no way equivalent to 35 year old crackhead in the streets of LA.
Or they have the wisdom to understand the sad reality is that all the help in the world won't help people who don't want it or will throw away or sabotage every thing done for them.. I learned this lesson the hard way and much too slowly over the years..
Joseph Lauren ahh yes but never forget that most elderly people that are homeless are a direct result of Republicans incompetence. However you wouldn’t know that because you are so brainwashed by Fox News. I recommend getting out into the world and open your eyes, oh and read a book!!
"Have you been to skid row yet? , dude you got to go" moments later.. "Did you ever see I am legend? and all the crazy zombie people running at once". Yeah I'll take a pass.
Hes lying ...the homeless dont run towards anybody like zombies...but some people do walk around on drugs and some do look like zombies...i used to walk around los Angeles area at night by myself and some homeless were actually cool
@@ceramikxxx5882 did you really think he was being literal when he made the analogy? You can’t go around calling people liars every time they make an exaggerated point. Get a clue.
@avalanchesoul tax hikes, property cost increases, job cuts/higher requirements. Its been a perfect storm for over a decade to lead to this homeless crisis. Whoever didnt see the high possibility of this happening was being truly naive.
Conservatives have been trying to warn Californians of the negative effects caused by the Democratic Party. Literally every republican knew this was coming.
I was homeless for a few years until about 2 years ago (in Australia). One thing preventing a solution to the homeless "problem" anywhere in the world is the fact that there are quite a lot of people who actually enjoy the life living on the streets believe it or not. The bad days and nights are REALLY BAD! But there is also a level of freedom that you can't experience with any other lifestyle.
That's why you need an offer for homeless people and a punishment if they don't take it - if you want to keep big cities in first world countries (like Berlin) a lifeable place for families.
Grew up in Southern California in the late ‘90’s. Soon after graduating high school, even back then, I quickly realized that for a single young adult to try to make it there was next to impossible. I moved to Idaho where I went to college, and met my wife, and never went back to CA. My family all still lives in CA. I go back and visit once or twice a year. The second I drive back across the border into Idaho, I literally get out of the car, kiss the ground, and say a prayer of thanks for where I live. My home State gets worse and worse, every time I go back. It makes me so sad and depressed. I can’t stand to visit for more than about a week before I am homesick and want to go back to Idaho.
Interesting. I have two close friends here in CA from Idaho who have no plans of ever returning. It's all a matter of perspective- people will move wherever they feel most comfortable.
flight__diorrr yung we have epic skiing 20 minutes from downtown. 40 miles of pristine green belt among the Boise river for walking and biking. We have one of the largest music festivals in the western United States. We have more local breweries than any western city. We have pristine hiking and biking in our local foothills, 5 minutes from downtown...
That’s why everyone from California is moving to Texas. I swear I meet a new Californian every day. They talk about how our $100,000 houses would be 1.0 mil in California.
In California most of the money you pay for a house is not for the house itself but the location. In my opinion it's really not worth it even if the weather is nice. I'm not paying a 500-600% more because they have more sunshine.
Were having the same problem in Arizona.Not too bad were very accommodating people,but their bringing the ideas and votes that destroyed their state with them.
Right after the Presidential Election the Entire State of California will begin to spiral into an Apocalyptic phase (Detroit City Status) when the Great Recession officially begins March 2021.
I was homeless and I have worked with homeless vets. About 95% of them are homeless due to addiction. As to why the problem is concentrated more in one city vs another has a lot to do with policy (if you are homeless person friendly, such as extensive social services for homeless people) law enforcement (policy regarding removing them) and weather.
@@lilfeetz1587 That's hilarious. Ever stop to think that the Rethuglicans - that Bastion of loving Christians - run the homeless out of their small towns, make it illegal to feed them, and abuse them in mass numbers? Yeah, that's what happens. Also: Republican Cities (check Texas, Arizona, Indiana, etc...) have huge populations of homeless. So, you really have no idea what you are talking about.
@@lilfeetz1587 That's your response to everything: whatever the problem is, the problem that started that is a funny name for a political party that I didn't even make up myself.
I know you meant by this comment and you're absolutely right, there's also "i just smoked this weed and found out I'm good at talking to trees so now I'm going to go to California and be the world's first tree talker" 6 months later..... "Yeah I don't know where my plan fucked up."
Housing is unaffordable for a single person. I struggle and I dont do drugs or drink and was homless here in Canada 2 years ago with a child. Single widowed father could not get help anywhere. Its lack of affordable housing. #1
I'm the same way. I've never used any drug, never had a sip of alcohol, never smoked a cigarette, and I don't even drink caffeine. I've never been in trouble with the law, and don't do bad things like stealing. I've been homeless off and on many times in my life. It's not because I'm a bad person, I just have mental illness. Mine is that I'm afraid of everyone and I'm a shut-in. I'm the cleanest, quietest person you'll ever meet (not exaggerating), but because I'm completely alone and afraid of everyone, making money to live is hard. I live in a place with almost zero homeless people, and still there aren't any resources available.
House prices are soaring like crazy. It is due to the housing bubble crash in 2008. It still hasn't recovered. People are paying half a million dollars on a house that cost 150k ten years ago. That is outrageous.
I'm a native Californian and I cannot believe what has happened to my beloved home state. I come home once a year and every year it looks worse and worse. My best advice is get the heck out...
I love LA it'll always be my home but I had to leave back in 2010. I was 33 years old, 3 months behind on rent, no car, and had to live with a heroin addicted roommate just to be able to eat. The writing was on the wall. Best decision I ever made
The full scope of the situation. Progressivism is a mental illness and it destroys everything it touches. Not too long before the whole country looks this way. Its UTOPIA
Maria Maoh very true! We begin to see other humans as less than or not humans. I don’t know why humanity keeps going through that generational curse but once you realize we’re literally of the same species, things start to seem..... unnecessary and objective. Like why are other humans making it hard for them same kind? I just don’t get it anymore...
Maria Maoh Lmao who walks around Skid row and gets a superiority complex? You’re just making shit up. Most people don’t give a shit and don’t want to be anywhere near skid row or those meth camps.
I am homeless, not a drug addict. My house burnt down an I was given 730.00 to live off of.. I have been homeless for a year now . I can not go to a shelter. My son is autistic an has ticks an vocalizations. He has a therapy dog. So we live in a motel.. the pandemic hasn't helped. But the reason it is so bad is like you said joe.not enough mental health facilities,or drug facilities. They've closed them down an opened the jails an prison to ppl who really belong on meds an in a facility... We are throw away ppl.i am a 53 year old woman.I should not be here I've worked my whole life. I took care of my mum.but when she died I lost everything...I only get food stamps no cash .cuz I will not take my son's father for child support.but he all ready works to support us .So if he was to be on child support an lost his job an could not pay. He would be in the rears and put in jail for it if he could not pay. Now I asked if we all ready have an agreement between us,an he is always on time so why put him on there? I was told "then you just don't want the $$ then.besides how you gonna pay us back for getting this help if you don't give the father up??"...so I get no cash asst. It's really hard to live without hope.thank god I am sober an have good ppl .no family but good ppl. I was adopted an my Mom's family doesn't want anything to do with me as I am not their blood...yeah! Thanks for talk about this but not making complete fun of this cuz it's a hard life. No warm place to go to get away from it all. No hope for a future,an if your weak your food... it's not fun.nor funny ha ha, more like shame on those who can help.but turn a blind eye to the pain of hunger,fear of rape, robbery,or death!! Keep them in your prayers an remember kindness is free✌🏻💗😊❣️
I love you, this story touched me a lot. Do you have a cash app? I am praying for you and your son, thank you for providing for him even with all of this burden, bless you your dog and your son. I pray things turn around for you
jonesey251 They weren’t lying when they said they disappear. I work nights downtown and there is usually a good amount..not like LA. But I was just joking with my coworker about how I swear they fly south for the winter lol.
Florida doesn't have that many homeless and it's warm as Eff, we do have lots of guns tho and castle doctrine, and most ppl in Florida are Poor as Eff as well. Maybe it has to do with warmth and high consentrations of wealth??
@@hexadecimal5236 nope, it's called capitalism dude. That shit just happen there all the time. And it will get worse every year till it turns in caos. google on Romain history. This is what is coming. Butt naked barbarians will shop off our heads and destroy our civilisation as we know it.
Yea right,joe doesn't give a fuck about the people below him.telling buddy to go down and look at the homeless like there a fucking zoo! HOLY FUCK JOE!
Born and raised in Los Angeles. I was an Uber driver from 2014 to 2018, and little by little every year I saw how quickly LA was just deteriorating. Population of homeless was small , then medium then large and now who the hell knows I don’t drive in downtown area no more.
I like that...I also think people getting welfare should do community service and help with trash on the side of roads. Should work for what they recieve.
@@NDCSDits not a place for anyone thats now legally or illegally carry a weapon. They will be the forst to up roar when california budgets get cut even furture. Free foodstamps and free syringes and free monthly stippets gone. Start of the uproar thats been planned for so long. Have we not heard the Venezuelans and they distatste for socialism. Also these people have to want better for them selfs. Idc how down on my luck I am I wouldnt associate with anyone not tryong to get back up the ladder. So they dont want better living they are happy with the crubs they are given by california. I sont feel bad for the people putting themselves their i feel bad for the neighborrhood and rhe communities that get trashed and torn up cause this sad epidemic.
@@NDCSD Arkanas us a great place but its like any other state has high crim out in fayetteville and texarkana etc sp its beautiful cause they do what the tax money is intended for I there alot.
@@russianbot4418 its my first year but my buddy has done it for 4 yrs now he uses a sleeping bag ,im only in my car for 4 hrs a day to sleep so its not to bad
“They live” was a movie with rowdy Roddy piper in it about aliens. It was pretty kick ass for what it was. But the guys on the podcast are talking about the documentary about the homeless obviously. Only seen the movie sorry!
this country is becoming that this is happening everywhere. People like to say well California is a liberal this or that which is just propaganda that the whole system is f'd. But it makes people feel safe to be on a team right or left it does not matter.
@@odaydrums Californians population is mostly independent not Left. People love to eat the B.S they feed them it's easier to point a finger and say I'm better than u. Than realize ur life is shit and u love shit pie
@Parl Kilkington lmfao how has it failed literally making money out poverty. This is not seen as negative if it's creating Job's. Get information please. They have a mission down in skid row that creates more money than the amount these people get. All the major higher learning facilities use it for med grads do you know how much money these schools charge for tuition? On top it gives employment for hundreds of people maybe thousands actually. You all are so ignorant. Sit and eat ur shit pie. Next door they have an ebt specific to the homeless store that makes a killing dealers push their Drugs and then go spend it by the droves in the surrounding city. Now the social be workers ffs the list is thick and long.
@Parl Kilkington that's what u don't get that's B.S ppl are numbers u think the elite care about anything but the bottom line. USA doesn't see it as a fail it's the strongest country on Earth.
Parl Kilkington ....how? Literally how? You take one city’s homeless problem and somehow the whole US is a failure? Thats like saying because Manchester in the UK has lots of crime the UK is a failure. How is it a failure when we have the most advanced technology, a population that is richer and has higher wages than most European countries, a currency/economy/military that everyone relies on, an influential system of law and politics, and culture and ideals that is being exported around the world. How is that even remotely a failure?
"It's like a third world country." I've been to Mexico, Thailand, and Cambodia and there aren't masses of people living in tents like that. That is the equivalent of a super underdeveloped third world country that has people fleeing wars.
yeah for the most part the monetarily poor mostly have quite enough to live. the lack of global violence and crime helps, but some places still have either marauders or insufficient material or “tribe” support to survive.
Yep, FAR more homeless in the US than in Thailand and Cambodia. Several reasons - 1. confuscianism - people are MUCH more likely to get a roof over their heads or food with the assistance of their direct or extended family, or community. 2. the death penalty for hard drug trafficking. There is still a bit around, but nothing even close to what you see in the US. Much less in the way of hard drugs, much less homelessness.
Those homeless people shouldn't worry, because California made a new regulation requiring new homes to come with solar panels. That should make homes more affordable.
Berkeley gives solar panels to their "homeless" along w "porta-potties". And, if you go to one of their shelters & the shelter is at max occupancy, they'll rent a hotel room for you (honest truth, and it won't be a Motel 6 type, it'll be a $200/nt room, insane).
I remeber trying to convince my friend to not go to LA because I'd seen that it was like that but she was convinced it was a beautiful place filled with celebrities bright lights and beautiful scenery. She looked traumatised when she came back 2 days later, she was supposed to go for a week
Your story is very similar to one of an aunt and uncle. They went on a vacation to India. Decided to just see the Taj Mahal and get the hell out of there. Filth everywhere like they couldn't imagine.
its beyond skid row. i live in the san gabriel valley, a upper middle class and wealthy valley 20 miles east of downtown L.A. 2008 fucked the middle class. residential and commercial real estate has been dominated by mainland Chinese firm and their rich and ultra rich. they were given huge loans at near 0 interest in the late 90's by Chinese banks with the sole purpose of inflating property values.
The world is harsh place. Thanks to Mr Peterson, I have been reading carl Jung. The world is even more brutal than it seems. I am from India. It's even more worse here. Be grateful for what you have.
Thank you for that, whenever people complain about not having help or resources here in the US i laugh and tell them third world countries dont have shit. We have all the resources needed to live but our homeless only care about theyre addictions and dont want any help.
@rustytr what classifies a trashy human? Because im sure theres trashy people everywhere, i dont think that should be the concern. Its all about taking initiative and responsibility for your own actions. America has alotta people who have self entitlement issues which contributes to how they think about work, goals, ambitions, etc.
@@heshamaldhahiry95 *By most indicators, the US is one of the world’s wealthiest countries. It spends more on national defense than China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United Kingdom, India, France and Japan combined. *US healthcare expenditures per capita are double the OECD average and much higher than in all other countries. But there are many fewer doctors and hospital beds per person than the OECD average. *US infant mortality rates in 2013 were the highest in the developed world. *Americans can expect to live shorter and sicker lives, compared to people living in any other rich democracy, and the “health gap” between the US and its peer countries continues to grow. *US inequality levels are far higher than those in most European countries *Neglected tropical diseases, including Zika, are increasingly common in the USA. It has been estimated that 12 million Americans live with a neglected parasitic infection. A 2017 report documents the prevalence of hookworm in Lowndes County, Alabama. *The US has the highest prevalence of obesity in the developed world. *In terms of access to water and sanitation the US ranks 36th in the world. *America has the highest incarceration rate in the world, ahead of Turkmenistan, El Salvador, Cuba, Thailand and the Russian Federation. Its rate is nearly five times the OECD average. *The youth poverty rate in the United States is the highest across the OECD with one quarter of youth living in poverty compared to less than 14% across the OECD. *The Stanford Center on Inequality and Poverty ranks the most well-off countries in terms of labor markets, poverty, safety net, wealth inequality, and economic mobility. The US comes in last of the top 10 most well-off countries, and 18th amongst the top 21. *In the OECD the US ranks 35th out of 37 in terms of poverty and inequality. *According to the World Income Inequality Database, the US has the highest Gini rate (measuring inequality) of all Western Countries *The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality characterizes the US as “a clear and constant outlier in the child poverty league”. US child poverty rates are the highest amongst the six richest countries - Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden and Norway.
This is California - every city, SF, Oakland, San Diego. The government here is lost, let people suffer on both sides (homeless and non-homeless). So dirty.
B Thomas thats why you vote socialist so rents for big apartments are capped at 500$ like in denmark. Neoliberalism and social conservatism are both dumb
@B Thomas yeah I hated it when liberals forced my boss to pay me overtime, that was just shitty. my boss should pay me whatever he wants, and I should just give away my labor because I need fiat currency.
@Daniel Almanza If that's how you want to assess my comment, fine. I'm not from the US, so I can tell as many jokes as I like. And you're free to point out the ridiculously terrible situations in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Greece, the UK, and other countries in the EU. I'm sure you can come up with some.
I was homeless for 30 days in April of 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Hence my name) Even vlogged about it a bit. I had setup in my 2005 Suburban, and slept in the parking lots of Wallmart, Krogers, and the gym I used to keep clean/bathed. I was 20 at the time, and moved down here to escape an abusive household when I was 19. Nobody knew I was homeless. I got into a rental when I was done, and one year later I didn't have enough money for food. So I went days at a time without eating. I was 21. Last year I Purchased a home in April of 2021, I was 23 (I'm now 24) Don't ever quit. Make a plan. Stick to it. Go.
We get the same thing in Seattle and the weather here is nothing special. And there's druggies in every city. Homelessness is mostly about housing costs and housing costs are mostly about land-use policy. In cheaper cities all the druggies can gang up in some abandoned crackhouse. But here the crackhouse gets bulldozed and replaced with million dollar condos because developers have to do in-fill development when they aren't allowed to build outside the growth boundary.
@@Yumemaru. how not? Absolutely nobody is forcing any homeless person to stay in a certain area and be a junkie. It really isn't difficult to get a job with a liveable wage, these fuckers just choose not to because then they'd have to deal with actual responsibilities.
@@tonyolen1381 So in 2016 I made $10.15 an hour (2.90 above the current federal minimum wage). Two 39 weeks would land me almost exactly $700 after taxes (no health insurance). For a crappy 2 bedroom apartment about 7 miles from the large city I currently live next to (I live here for school so I can't just "move away") my rent + utilities is $900, car insurance $150. So just living and being able to drive left me with $350 a month for everything else (keep in mind I had no health insurance). Do you see a problem with this? A 2013 statistic had that the bottom 80% of Americans owned 7% of the nation's wealth. The largest employer in my state is literally Walmart. These "good jobs" you speak of are a pipe dream. You're looking down on people for not making money, you need to realize it's the people writing the paychecks that are generating the issue.
It's capitalism's philosophy of taking as much as the market can bare from everyone and screw everyone else. Realestate investors are taking everything and jacking up rent and properties to the point nobody can afford to live there.
I'm accounting student got caught with 5 marijuana plants in Connecticut and given a 100k bond Halloween 2020. 5 months for 1st court date for bond to get lowered to 25k. Bonded out lost everything. Ive been waiting since April when I bonded out for a bed in shelter. Still no beds available. Finish my degree in May and its fucking cold at night. Have a job and just saving but its easier to do smack when ur sleeping in ur car to pass time. Vicious cycle with no solution.
And why would that be? Because there is unlimited labor immigration (pushing wages down and housing up) and unlimited, zero tariff trade with China (pushing wages down).
Never forget that you are infinitely farther away from a good month making you a millionaire than a bad month making you homeless. The real division is class
I can say that in SF plenty of engineers live in the car or couch surf until they get lucky and find a place. At least half of the problem in SF is lack of housing. Most buildings can’t be more than three stories tall. So dumb.
Born and raised in Fresno here, 23. Over the years our homeless problem is getting out of hand as well. A lot of people are starting to move out into the foothills away from the city. I agree, it’s a fucking mess and I want out.
Can confirm. Tents and needled everywhere. The government here tries to be compassionate about homelessness but it's mostly encouraging it and ruining the city.
JonnyBeoulve yup, I know thinking of the government being in any way totalitarian is scary but something needs to be done wether these homeless people want to abide or not. The problem is only getting bigger and bigger.
E’raan Lue, sooooo pharmaceutical companies are making homeless people? How about drug testing people for free benefits🤷♂️ Think that might help, pumpkin
They saying save the immigrants until the people start getting raped and robbed and killed, just look at sweden with the musilims, excuse me not sweden, ALL OF EUROPE
@@DodgersLakersGirl10 you dont need to be racist . He wasn't saying that immigrants dont work hard or that they should be neglected he was saying that America should help Americans first before illegal immigrants, which is correct. What kind of country would we be if we put illegal immigrants before our own?
The rent is getting to a point where regular people can't afford it anymore. We never had this problem 20 or 30 years ago where us regular people could afford the rent. I live in Massachusetts and the rents here are getting just as bad. Really sucks.
*what's going on with the homeless in L.A.?* People have spent the last 30 years calling everyone who talks about it *conspiracy theorists* and now suddenly those people are like DUHHHH WHAT'S GOING ON?
@@banzobeans - I said *conspiracy theorist* is the slur often attributed to individuals who've spent many years trying to discuss any of the following issues; - Degeneration of "Western" society - Fiat currency and unpayable debt - Planned obsolescence - Sustainable energy suppression and the continued reliance on fossil fuels - Global pollution - Military industrial complex - The rise of obesity and diabetes - The War on Drugs - Misinformation via unbalanced, biased or agenda-driven media etc. etc. etc.
It's not like this by accident. The citizens of Cali elect politicians of a particular persuasion decade after decade. They enact policies which enable their state and its municipalities to create an environment that generates extreme wealth and extreme poverty. The gap from the wealthy and the poor is growing year by year. They import and encourage illegal immigration as if it's a virtue. Those prospering from the wealth exploit the poorest among them and illegal labor. We're talking about modern day serfdom. This same formula is at work in Seattle. It has turned my hometown of Portland into a shithole. These cities have done it to themselves. My town use to be a blend of progressiveness and rational governance. Now it has swayed so far left, it is eating itself up from the inside out. The policies that were put into place years ago are taking shape, and the result is a breakdown on all fronts.
R. L. Trump derangement syndrome man you have it it’s hilarious do you see what’s happening today democrats are ruining everything in their paths and are getting rich with the corruption they create everywhere Hilary Clinton is the perfect example of a democrat crime following her wherever she goes. And you say that trump didn’t pay taxes. Dude you need to have common sense they are what’s wrong with America if you can’t see that I guess I can’t help you.
You know the repubs want to cut cut taxes on corporations and the affluent while also making cuts to Social Security/Medicair/Medicaid right? ...you do know that?
wow, republicans control everything yet STILL blame the dems. That is how pants on head retarded they are, as if seeing who they elected wasn't proof enough of that. The dems aren't the ones giving tax cuts to the super rich while fucking the working class while claiming to be working for them. And the fucking morons like you still believe the bullshit they feed you about it being all the dems fault. It's unbelievable how ignorant you are.
@@walkingtalkingstephenhawki5171 How do the repubs control the most progressive states and cities in the nation? The cities and states I'm referring to. The topic of the video you're commenting under. Keep up, little guy.
A while back, I started giving money to this same homeless guy 2-3 times every week on the way to the office, since I don’t go in everyday. Not much a couple bucks, a 5 dollar bill. Whatever I could find on me. I took a rather long vacation and came back. I met the same homeless guy only to find him yelling and screaming at me for not having been around. He just lost a source of one of his meals.
Correct me if I am wrong.. I feel one of the reason there are homeless people in USA is because people leave their home after 18yr old. They are on their own. And when they are not able to earn money for some reason. They don't go back home. People shame you if you are grown up and live with your parents who already have home. In Asia India Pakistan atleast kids stay with parents always. Some do leave if it needs for job purpose but there is no system of leaving parents. So if for some reason one is not able to earn for a while they stay with parents.
if that were true then there would be way more homeless people. Some people do what they gotta do anyway. There's a reason homeless people are known to also be Bums
Homeless people gravitate towards nice weather and a high cost of living. The fact that housing is insane in LA doesn’t effect homeless people at all, it only increases the average handout. It’s not real complicated.
With that theory Florida should be full of homeless too like California. California has too many homeless to explain it with people moving to California to live in the street while east coast is not having the homeless problem in same scale
There’s a guy in San Francisco who has an engineer job and making 100k/year and still couldn’t afford to live in San Francisco and got evicted from his previous home.
That is craziness. I’m comfortable now with my 45k so if I made 100k I would be in a 4 bedroom home with plenty of land. This is why I will never leave the philly, south jersey, Delaware area. It is expensive in some places but if you work hard you can live comfortably
100k in san Francisco isn't a lot i wouldn't think. I live in the midwest where i didn't even pay quite a 100k for my house and i make 60-65k a year. They just talked about a 1000 sq ft home costing over a mill there. My house is almost 3x that. Absolutely ridiculous
Seeing this as a European person is totally bizarre. How can they allow such levels of homelessness? Clearly there is something wrong with the way society is set up if there's this much homelessness. The lack of safety nets, lack of of mental healthcare and so. It's absolutely crazy. How can the people who live there just put up with it? Nobody wants to do anything about it?
@@55hatter But don't people have families? None of the people I know IRL would end up on the street if they lost their job and couldn't find employment. They could always go back to live with their parents or grandparents.
1 of the problems is the American medical system is based solely on profit. I have some mental conditions and I tried to get help several times and I was told I needed to check in 4 times a week for 2 hours a day for 3-6 months before I could see a doctor, and even then there was only a small chance that they would help me. True story. Now I spend most of my time alone on my apartment with no human contact.
I've been interested in The homeless situation in the world forever. "Brothers, Sisters, daughters, Sons, gonna take everyone to keep our struggling down. They'll never build a wall strong enough or stop us all gonna keep our struggling down" these are lyrics from a song i wrote...the video is on my channel, instead of a guitar solo i put in a testimonial from a former homeless lady. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-quI8nMVlhwI.html
@@forwardrecording1445 I can confirm. I’ve never seen so many homeless people living in the rails and setting up their tents in Texas this year and I’ve lived in Texas for almost 30 years.
Joe should have Elvis Summers on the podcast, he builds Tiny Homes for the homeless in LA and the government started taking them away. He would be an interesting guest
Yep. Instead of a tent city, it becomes a tiny home city and good luck getting that to ever move. The problem is the climate and the liberal laws. People come here because if you're going to be homeless, it might as well be in a liberal place where you get more handouts and the climate is nice. Now you can't even get them to move in California unless there are enough shelter beds in the city and with this size homeless population that's almost not feasible. It's pretty bad in downtown LA but it's spreading to beach cities too, like Venice.
Joe Sudz the government and nexus counterparties are usually absolutely terrible at doing anything actually for money. We’re talking won’t pay $10 mil that’s explicitly owed that costs them billions per week and they made billions for the mil contract so no reason not to pay. Now they’ve lost literally billions rather than just paying $10 mil. They’ve gotten tons of police/military/civilians/business people/etc literally killed for no necessary reason. They don’t even know how to be bribed correctly for their own self interest per numerous people and Americans bribed are considered unreliable by a lot of people.
I own land, and I can’t pitch a tent on it... I was homeless for a few days and I was angry I pay taxes per month on the land but if I pitch a tent cops would bust me... lame. Homeless land owner wtf
Joe's not the brightest guy obviously.. "drugs" can only explain so much. How he doesn't understand oligarchs parking money in expensive apartments is.. somethjng
Well, immigration certainly doesn’t help. More immigration = more workers. More workers = cheaper wages. More immigration = more people need somewhere to live. More people need somewhere to live = more expensive houses.
That's bullshit. I lived out there. You can afford an apartment if you work for it. I was only making 1800 and I was able to survive. There are MANY apartments in LA between 900-1200, and that's if you room by yourself. Check craigslist, there are rooms for 700-900 if you choose to have a roommate. I was working 35 hrs a week at 12$ an hour + tips as a busser. After bills and necessities, I still had like 200-300 bucks left for whatever. Was it glamorous? No. Was I living paycheck to paycheck? Yes. Was I able to make it work? Yes. I'm good with money though. Many people aren't.
Knew a dude let UP run over and cut his left leg off for 15 grand from UP and SSI 10 years later he did the same thing let UP run over cut his right arm off Some people got life FU.
@@RBKathletics Mark Silva you guys are so fucking ridiculous. Are you actually trying to say that he made fun of homeless people? Goddamn you really can't say a single word anymore..
What do you want? Price-fixing? Higher taxes? Social controls? Free-market capitalism? A giant shovel? Whatever the decision, it costs LOTS of money for a long time. Democrats or Republicans are NOT solely responsible.
@@SeekerGoOn2013 more like the incompetent and corrupt leaders of LA and SF. Yes, free market n personal responsibility is best. I used to volunteer at homeless shelter in California. Non profit group w local county. Everyone was kicked out after breakfast to work or look for work. That system worked, not the endless welfare with no results
The homeless problem in LA and California isn't necessarily a political problem. If you had to be homeless, would you rather freeze to death on the east coast or live in a warm client where there are other homeless people?
