Comments by "voteZDLR" (@voteZDLR) on "LA's Empty Hotels Are Housing Thousands of Homeless. But for How Long?" video.

  1. Honestly if you live in California and haven't moved yet it's probably too late. California is not just literally but also metaphorically burning before our very eyes. The homeless problem is another issue altogether. Homeless people mean crime rates increase and property values diminish. You can't even walk through most parks in the most liberal cities in California without coming across dozens of little homeless communities, and like a trail of breadcrumbs you can frequently find them by following the trails of needles left haphazardly out in the open for anyone including your kids or yourself to accidentally step on. For all the net positives California offers, among which are beautiful weather AND climate, everything else especially on the human side and the management side is unbelievably bad. All this on top of some of the highest, if not the actual highest, taxes in the entire country.
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  2. I really hope that the people benefiting from this are taking full advantage of it. You got access to showers so you don't have to go into a job interview looking homeless, you could even go back to school and work part time. It can change their lives but sadly I imagine most of them are living month to month and once this vacation is over they'll just happily go back on the streets and remember the "glory days of when they let us stay in a hotel for free. Pass the crack."
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  3. I think if the problem is that a certain demographic can't afford to live in a certain area regardless of their job or situation, and if their family (if any) nearby isn't willing to take care of them themselves, then offer them a pre-made list of really, really cheap places to live and try to tailor it to whatever skills they may or may not have to help them get started somewhere they can afford. I don't know I think it's really sad there's such a discrepancy between the rich and poor in a city like LA but it is what it is. Sucks they may not want to leave what they feel like is their home, but if they can't afford it... you know what I mean? Come back when and if you can. It's taxed too much anyway I wouldn't live there if I could afford it.
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