It's so bad. Cops don't come if they're on private property. I lived at an apartment building with private parking and would have to clean used needles and never-ending amounts of trash off of the walkway to my girls car when she was pregnant with our son. Random homeless people would show up and set up camp on our property, smoke crack, sleep in the middle of the walkway to our cars. The only recourse was to call a number that didn't do anything. The city would have someone drive by like a week or so after a call, they were never there when they'd drive by.
When our son was born we couldn't even take him for a walk around the block without entire sections of sidewalk being blocked off by homeless people that had literally taken over entire sections of sidewalk and benches and had trash and personal belongings strewn from the beginning of the sidewalk all the way to the curb and would either be sleeping or getting loaded in broad daylight. Thing is, we didn't live in a bad area either.
When I moved to LA the homeless problem was bad. When we left LA there was a homeless encampment under just about every single bridge/overpass. Not just one or two tents. More. It is difficult to grasp just how widespread it is. You wouldn't believe it unless you've seen it... & yet they do NOTHING.
I live in Ottawa, so we have nothing like this yet.. but I can picture it because I've seen some videos..
Homeless are like suicides, nobody reports that shit in the newspaper and its really hard to get a number on something like that if they're not cared for in any way. Lets say you think there are over 1m homeless in LA... nobody knows if its 2m.. and certainly nobody notices when someone goes missing from being homeless.. so I'm sure those camps are dangerous as hell. cannibals on the loose and all..
It's nothing like what it used to mean, there are street's full of people encamped to the point of needing biohazard cleanups and the people within are in danger.
I took an insane picture of a homeless camp on the middle of Westport in KCMO yesterday. Our homeless here are trying to get an union together. No joke.
For years I’ve hated the culture there, and especially the government.
I don’t like the the life style of being stuck in traffic, constantly stressed, and out of money. I made good money but it’s never enough there.
I just fucking hate that place so much. I’m so glad I’m out.
The forest mismanagement was a known issue since I moved there almost 20 years ago. The homeless “crisis” was just picking up right when I was leaving. My area was more affluent and rarely would you see them but as time went on there were more and more. Turns out Los Angeles was bussing them over.
And yeah the plastic bag ban, what a bunch of dumb fucks. I missed out on the plastic straw ban though.
It's so bad. Cops don't come if they're on private property. I lived at an apartment building with private parking and would have to clean used needles and never-ending amounts of trash off of the walkway to my girls car when she was pregnant with our son. Random homeless people would show up and set up camp on our property, smoke crack, sleep in the middle of the walkway to our cars. The only recourse was to call a number that didn't do anything. The city would have someone drive by like a week or so after a call, they were never there when they'd drive by.
When our son was born we couldn't even take him for a walk around the block without entire sections of sidewalk being blocked off by homeless people that had literally taken over entire sections of sidewalk and benches and had trash and personal belongings strewn from the beginning of the sidewalk all the way to the curb and would either be sleeping or getting loaded in broad daylight. Thing is, we didn't live in a bad area either.
When I moved to LA the homeless problem was bad. When we left LA there was a homeless encampment under just about every single bridge/overpass. Not just one or two tents. More. It is difficult to grasp just how widespread it is. You wouldn't believe it unless you've seen it... & yet they do NOTHING.
I live 2,000 miles away. Thanks for the first hand account of how bad it truly is.
I live in Ottawa, so we have nothing like this yet.. but I can picture it because I've seen some videos..
Homeless are like suicides, nobody reports that shit in the newspaper and its really hard to get a number on something like that if they're not cared for in any way. Lets say you think there are over 1m homeless in LA... nobody knows if its 2m.. and certainly nobody notices when someone goes missing from being homeless.. so I'm sure those camps are dangerous as hell. cannibals on the loose and all..
It's nothing like what it used to mean, there are street's full of people encamped to the point of needing biohazard cleanups and the people within are in danger.
I took an insane picture of a homeless camp on the middle of Westport in KCMO yesterday. Our homeless here are trying to get an union together. No joke.
I left in 2018 for the promised land (Texas).
For years I’ve hated the culture there, and especially the government.
I don’t like the the life style of being stuck in traffic, constantly stressed, and out of money. I made good money but it’s never enough there.
I just fucking hate that place so much. I’m so glad I’m out.
The forest mismanagement was a known issue since I moved there almost 20 years ago. The homeless “crisis” was just picking up right when I was leaving. My area was more affluent and rarely would you see them but as time went on there were more and more. Turns out Los Angeles was bussing them over.
And yeah the plastic bag ban, what a bunch of dumb fucks. I missed out on the plastic straw ban though.
I have seen some of the videos out of LA and Venice. It looks surreal and would me insane.
All the $$ that is thrown at the homeless issue and nothing changes. I am looking at you NYC and SF. It is only going in someone's pocket.