The Homeless Are Now Building Their Own Lawless Villages All Over America

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  • @NickJohnson
    @NickJohnson  5 місяців тому +57

    Here's my entire Hawaiian Road Trip Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLq-_cmf3H6yqccGbhjoid97_3BEWegGtf.html

    • @scotta1102
      @scotta1102 5 місяців тому +3

      Your videos are great. I'm watching all the videos from your Hawaiian road trip. They're breaking my heart, but I'm watching none-the-less!
      PS. That pig might be for a future luau.

    • @richardkeener9073
      @richardkeener9073 5 місяців тому +1

      I don't see anything wrong with living like this as long as you take care of the environment around you. As a human we leave a mark everywhere we go

    • @richardkeener9073
      @richardkeener9073 5 місяців тому +1

      @@MichaelMilligan-wb8ty jealous? So what if he does.

    • @gwgrote5
      @gwgrote5 5 місяців тому +1

      I'm a huge fan of your channel. This Maui trip makes me sad. I live in the Boston area, but like to vacation in Hawaii. I prefer Waikiki Beach, but then I've visited Maui a few times and never saw this much poverty/homelessness. I visited before the tragic fires in Lahaina.

    • @freedomforever1962
      @freedomforever1962 5 місяців тому

      ​@@MichaelMilligan-wb8ty NOT A SIDE SHOW - INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.

  • @bathsheba9581
    @bathsheba9581 5 місяців тому +457

    The fastest growing group of homeless is the very elderly. Their /social /security checks didn't keep pace with inflation so they cannot afford rents anywhere. Didn't FDR promise we'd never see homeless old people on our streets again?

    • @billding7073
      @billding7073 5 місяців тому +115

      Ukraine comes first apparently.

    • @Bobchai
      @Bobchai 5 місяців тому

      @@billding7073 , we can do BOTH. We can help defend the freedom of Ukraine AND provide housing for our elderly. The ultra rich are simply not being taxed enough.
      I lay this problem on state and county governments, not the federal government. Basic shelter is a HUMAN RIGHT, and local jurisdictions need to raise enough tax money to get the homeless off the streets and provide safe housing.
      I am a free market person and not a socialist. But for a free market to survive, the basic human needs of a society need to be met. Otherwise, you're just going to invite an eventual revolution.

    • @zipcode9
      @zipcode9 5 місяців тому +52

      Yes but the outlandish cost of living has surpassed the Social Security benefit rates. Those rates need to be increased by a lot for Seniors to stay in their homes. The measly COLA raises don't begin to keep up with the true costs of today.

    • @theresekirkpatrick3337
      @theresekirkpatrick3337 5 місяців тому

      Another politician who didn’t follow through instead stole the money.

    • @Natty183
      @Natty183 5 місяців тому +34

      ​@@zipcode9 No we need to force the FBI to investigate the landlords using algorithms to price fix the markets country-wide.

  • @nutmeg5
    @nutmeg5 5 місяців тому +364

    Homeless are ruining Hawaii? How about the outrageous cost of living causing homelessness?

    • @smartmonkey777
      @smartmonkey777 5 місяців тому

      Once the rich are done forcing normal people off the island they wont be allowed back. One of the islands is proof of what is happening.

    • @bretrodrigues475
      @bretrodrigues475 5 місяців тому +39

      Then don't vote democrat!!

    • @arlanstrong1424
      @arlanstrong1424 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@bretrodrigues475C.O.Y.O. T.E. now.. just ask me what this means 🙄

    • @stevearmstrong4561
      @stevearmstrong4561 5 місяців тому +11

      They are being assaulted by high property taxes.

    • @jasonbarron6164
      @jasonbarron6164 5 місяців тому

      Democratic policy is being implemented by Obama era staffers and biden harris administration this is the new American model of post petrol dollar economy you better wake up the struggle is real this is your future thank you

  • @coffeebotography
    @coffeebotography 5 місяців тому +477

    Who knew all that childhood fort making would come in handy😇

    • @robotnielsen5434
      @robotnielsen5434 5 місяців тому +17

      At least there's no snakes on that island

    • @doncarlodivargas5497
      @doncarlodivargas5497 5 місяців тому +7

      We always built them up in the threes when I was a boy,
      but see we just as well can build it on the ground, nice to know in case

    • @anonobot3333
      @anonobot3333 5 місяців тому +1

      Hahahhaha

    • @Shannonbarnesdr1
      @Shannonbarnesdr1 5 місяців тому +12

      hell yeah , that first one with the solar panels i dont truly call homeless, that a whole individual built homestead right there 0:08 we saw that in his other vid where he featured Hawaii's poor and homeless, but honestly that looks like a cool tiki hut style home.

    • @michellelester243
      @michellelester243 5 місяців тому +7

      I am houseless by choice in Washington State and certainly glad I have kept my fort skills and Swiss Family Robinson childlike imagination. However, I also own the property on which I squat, pay my taxes, have garbage service and go out of my way to avoid annoying anyone or creating an eyesore. No AVs on my property, they all run, even the shuttle bus that is my solarium/kitchen.

  • @snegglederlickton1637
    @snegglederlickton1637 5 місяців тому +101

    ngl you have balls going into those places, as someone that was homeless for almost 2 years I can tell you some of these people are dangerous af psychotic

    • @nutmeg5
      @nutmeg5 5 місяців тому +2

      @@snegglederlickton1637 I think you’re talking about Wall st.

    • @NancyReiderLittleGranny
      @NancyReiderLittleGranny 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@nutmeg5 😂 Calm down Marx

    • @nutmeg5
      @nutmeg5 5 місяців тому +1

      @@NancyReiderLittleGranny what?

    • @mleecthulhu
      @mleecthulhu 4 місяці тому +1

      Lol ​@@nutmeg5

  • @11Christys11
    @11Christys11 5 місяців тому +39

    I live in a bigger city and a doctor and his wife bought a huge piece of land. Their idea was to build tiny homes on it for the homeless. They would rotate others through as folks moved. The city stopped all plans because they couldn’t get enough tax money off of it. They put roadblocks at every turn. The doctor finally gave up and is selling the land. Now we are back to encampments that look like this. It’s a shame!

    • @freedomallegiance4573
      @freedomallegiance4573 5 місяців тому +8

      That is really messed up on the part of the city. It should be front page news.

    • @clego5386
      @clego5386 19 днів тому

      That happens all over the place when people try to help OUR AMERICAN homeless! Our govt has made it illegal to help our own yet give free money, shelter, food, health care, cars, phones to ILLEGALS!!! Make me sick!

  • @demetricadement1138
    @demetricadement1138 5 місяців тому +141

    There are encampments like this all over the country. Whether in plain sight or in the woods. They exist everywhere.

    • @rods.3245
      @rods.3245 5 місяців тому +2

      No there aren't.

    • @jackslepowron5905
      @jackslepowron5905 5 місяців тому

      ​@@rods.3245yes there are

    • @jackslepowron5905
      @jackslepowron5905 5 місяців тому

      Yes there are ​@@rods.3245

    • @cdd-rh7zi
      @cdd-rh7zi 5 місяців тому +6

      ​@@rods.3245 yes there is! Just type in homeless camps in America?

  • @JulezWinnfield
    @JulezWinnfield 5 місяців тому +209

    That's some serious Mad Max vibe.

    • @JrueThrondsen
      @JrueThrondsen 5 місяців тому +2

      Not really

    • @scottbenke7182
      @scottbenke7182 5 місяців тому +8

      Barter Town

    • @raymondbyczko
      @raymondbyczko 5 місяців тому +3

      Where is the Atomic Cafe? Where is the tall lady in leather?

    • @doneown503
      @doneown503 5 місяців тому +5

      , where is Master-Blaster?? 😮

    • @malwads1836
      @malwads1836 5 місяців тому

      More & more pockets of 🇺🇸 are 👀 like something out of Mad Max😬.

  • @DeadChuck59
    @DeadChuck59 5 місяців тому +52

    I'd wish someone would interview me. I'm a homeless senior citizen, and yes, I live in a shelter. I would love to find a studio apartment that I can afford to rent.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  5 місяців тому +12

      Email me Chuck! NickJohnsonNC18@gmail

    • @m.htruth8880
      @m.htruth8880 5 місяців тому

      The last thing you want is a homeless hating, brainwashed exploited like Nick to interview you. Maybe dress your best and you won't be accused of being a "bum on drugs".

    • @fightingtosurvive6527
      @fightingtosurvive6527 5 місяців тому

      Which state are you in?

    • @DeadChuck59
      @DeadChuck59 5 місяців тому +1

      @fightingtosurvive6527 I live in Owensboro, kentucky

    • @DeadChuck59
      @DeadChuck59 4 місяці тому

      Nice to know, I'm at St. Benedict.

  • @vilmosgrooper3689
    @vilmosgrooper3689 5 місяців тому +166

    Not pet pig....food.

    • @jgrysiak6566
      @jgrysiak6566 5 місяців тому +6

      Just don't eat pigs

    • @xrpuertorican4472
      @xrpuertorican4472 5 місяців тому +6

      Nick keeps poking his nose in places like this, and he'll be food for the pig. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @JO-so1dk
      @JO-so1dk 5 місяців тому +9

      I really hope someone called the authorities for that poor little guy. God knows how long he's been there by himself. The poor thing probably needs food and water

    • @naturallivingwoman
      @naturallivingwoman 5 місяців тому

      😢

    • @chester5324
      @chester5324 5 місяців тому

      Yeah, I knew a ton of people who did that when I lived in Florida lol.

  • @TheNuguys
    @TheNuguys 5 місяців тому +60

    In their situation they don't want to be approached by anyone pointing a camera at them.

    • @m.htruth8880
      @m.htruth8880 5 місяців тому +6

      Who does?

    • @jvera6403
      @jvera6403 5 місяців тому +1

      yeah, probably a look- out tower in the tree, somewhere.

    • @jessicahamilton6570
      @jessicahamilton6570 5 місяців тому +8

      Or in their fenced spaces. What the hell is wrong with people

  • @randyhaglund7557
    @randyhaglund7557 5 місяців тому +83

    The people living there are literally homesteading free of taxes.
    Being dirt poor forces people to survive they are doing better than the ones sleeping under a bridge or in a tent.......
    I fear one day rich people will want the land and the local government will kick them out.

    • @smartmonkey777
      @smartmonkey777 5 місяців тому +12

      100% this , but you get 90% of people here saying "contribute to muh society",or " muh capitalisim" mean while society is scheming to replace your job with ai or a robot.

    • @RealLifeFinance
      @RealLifeFinance 5 місяців тому +11

      I bet the ones with nice rigs and decent wood shelters were displaced by fires a year ago and have jobs. This is all you can afford at this point.

    • @jvera6403
      @jvera6403 5 місяців тому +8

      Rich people and/or the Govt. already own the land. When the "shoe drops", these people will get "booted", unfortunately.

    • @shawnlayne5841
      @shawnlayne5841 5 місяців тому +2

      Tax payers own it why should they have people trashing it making it an eyesore duhhhh

    • @shawnlayne5841
      @shawnlayne5841 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@jvera6403nothing unfortunate except most places are trashed and will cost the tax payers a lot to clean the crap up

  • @Ken-wv2wg
    @Ken-wv2wg 5 місяців тому +107

    Be careful. There was people probably there hiding and watching you. I appreciate your work, info that needs to be told but I think that was bordering danger.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  5 місяців тому +40

      I'm tough and armed

    • @gorhamcj1
      @gorhamcj1 5 місяців тому +6

      I hope so Nick. 🙏

    • @benallmark9671
      @benallmark9671 5 місяців тому +4

      That a boy !

    • @rzella8022
      @rzella8022 5 місяців тому +6

      @@NickJohnson I was nervous for you too. These are not normal people.

    • @m.htruth8880
      @m.htruth8880 5 місяців тому +11

      Looking in ppl's cars and houses is begging for trouble

  • @britishtechguru
    @britishtechguru 3 місяці тому +11

    The problem with showing these things online is that the authorities will eventually see them, bulldoze the area, destroy the people's homes and possessions and leave them in a worse position.

    • @AlethaCates-o2m
      @AlethaCates-o2m 2 місяці тому

      Praying that doesn't happen in Jesus Christ mighty name 🙏🏽

    • @clego5386
      @clego5386 19 днів тому

      Unless they were illegals then they would set them up for life.

  • @kevinspilker6622
    @kevinspilker6622 5 місяців тому +79

    Most of us are only a disaster or two away from facing homelessness.

    • @idontlikecomputers-q8l
      @idontlikecomputers-q8l 15 днів тому

      This is extremely true.
      Most people live pay check to paycheck.

    • @kevinspilker6622
      @kevinspilker6622 15 днів тому

      @@idontlikecomputers-q8l even most of us who don't are never really all that far away from ending up in that spiral. My wife and I both make six figures. We decided to go for a second child. Ended up with twins! Unfortunately, one of them had some serious medical problems and special needs right off the bat. Even with insurance, our savings were gone within months. Had another emergency happened, such as a car dying, a needed home repair, etc., we would have been sucked right into the spiral that a lot of people can never get out of, as debts compound and the pit gets ever deeper.

  • @noneyabiz8225
    @noneyabiz8225 5 місяців тому +213

    I don't understand why people that are homeless are such mess makers..I mean, I have been homeless but neat and tidy. Just cause one is poor, doesn't mean they have to be a frickin' slob

    • @richardmorris7063
      @richardmorris7063 5 місяців тому

      Its the drugs, they go pretty much hand in hand.

    • @moonshinefuel
      @moonshinefuel 5 місяців тому +16

      some people like it messy and stuff everywhere makes it very hard to find anything of value they may have stashed somewhere

    • @lucaswa
      @lucaswa 5 місяців тому +33

      That has the ring of truth to it. However, on the ​other hand, a very high percentage are just crazy or intoxicated all the time@moonshinefuel

    • @msv9637
      @msv9637 5 місяців тому +54

      There is a lot of mental illness going on there. One of the symptoms is clutter/hoarding behaviors

    • @turbosoggyleninist
      @turbosoggyleninist 5 місяців тому +29

      Mental disorder rates among homeless are in incredibly high rates

  • @hottuna7
    @hottuna7 5 місяців тому +112

    If anyone actually lives there, they are probably out scavenging.

    • @jhouriet
      @jhouriet 5 місяців тому +30

      or working at their job...

    • @GS-zc4sk
      @GS-zc4sk 5 місяців тому +12

      ​@@jhouriet
      Same thing

    • @dianegarcia6562
      @dianegarcia6562 5 місяців тому +9

      Or surfing 🌊

    • @francisfrank8325
      @francisfrank8325 5 місяців тому +6

      they’re out looting , up to $950 a day

    • @RustyOrange71
      @RustyOrange71 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@francisfrank8325only in Cali

  • @Kevin_40
    @Kevin_40 5 місяців тому +55

    I support the homeless one hundred percent (as long as they are not on my property...). its vile what is being done to us. we are slaves just to survive month to month now most of us. im not homeless but im being ripped off in every way and barely make it

    • @jason4353
      @jason4353 5 місяців тому +3

      You have your own property!

    • @kvvolk2144
      @kvvolk2144 4 місяці тому +1

      if you have it
      . share it

    • @richardthetroll6758
      @richardthetroll6758 4 місяці тому

      You don't own nothing.. stop paying property taxes and see what happens 😊

    • @sussybaca7256
      @sussybaca7256 4 місяці тому +5

      Only reason i dont support the homeless is the mess they leave behind. I was born in washington state and lived in oregon for 8 years they set up tents on the sidewalk. But i get fined for camping in a campsite in the middle of no were for not getting a permit.
      My grandpa always said "its one thing to be poor, its another thing to be a poor slob"

  • @navyvet05
    @navyvet05 5 місяців тому +40

    It’s so depressing how humanity and society are going backwards. So many great cities are now landfills and shops are closing and homeless are crapping on the sidewalk.

    • @flanagamer
      @flanagamer 5 місяців тому

      Well, stores refuse to be decent and let them use the restrooms, so what are they supposed to do? You can’t just stop all physiological bodily functions permanently. 🤷🏻‍♂️ The gov’t refuses to do anything, even though we all pay taxes, so I can’t really fault them for 💩 on the sidewalk. I’ve been homeless sleeping in my car and half the time businesses turn _me_ away from using their restrooms just because they perceive me as a homeless degenerate based on how I look, even though I have 2 bachelor’s degrees and a job.

    • @m.htruth8880
      @m.htruth8880 5 місяців тому

      Mmk

    • @Fuckpeople999
      @Fuckpeople999 5 місяців тому

      Yeah nothing says backwards like build skyscrapers that destroy half a hectare of land just to make. Get real with yourself, humanity is declining because of its greed people much like you. You think living like this is unfavorable because you think like someone with money those that don’t understand what life is, and that’s survival. What’s so wrong with living a nomadic life to you, not all homeless just defecate on the streets.

  • @juliedurm1320
    @juliedurm1320 5 місяців тому +73

    They are at work, many are the working poor

    • @markinternets2009
      @markinternets2009 5 місяців тому +3

      Highly doubt anyone living in those crack shacks have jobs, aside from maybe the Swiss family Robinson house

  • @tedmerr
    @tedmerr 5 місяців тому +18

    They did this during the Great Depression too. They were called Hoovervilles.

  • @mtnriffraff68
    @mtnriffraff68 5 місяців тому +56

    You really get into the nitty gritty on your channel! Wow. Good reporting, Nick.

  • @jandoerlidoe3412
    @jandoerlidoe3412 5 місяців тому +21

    The most haunting is, that, there is nobody, while you see traces someone is dwelling there... human dystopia in an enchanted landscape... we see that all the time in your video's, and yes, how safe is it to venture & prowl in places like that ?

  • @ozwallofarmer2188
    @ozwallofarmer2188 5 місяців тому +176

    Is this the future of our America??

    • @OpinionatedNomadChannel
      @OpinionatedNomadChannel 5 місяців тому +71

      Future???? Present.

    • @richardmorris7063
      @richardmorris7063 5 місяців тому +35

      You're going to see a total breakdown of society, people will stop paying taxes..why would they?

    • @MikeHoncho130
      @MikeHoncho130 5 місяців тому +8

      That’s entirely up to you. If you want to do drugs or just not deal with trying to work and pay bills then this could be you. It’s not Americas fault

    • @KrystleVoss2013
      @KrystleVoss2013 5 місяців тому +28

      Under Biden yes

    • @ozwallofarmer2188
      @ozwallofarmer2188 5 місяців тому +33

      @@MikeHoncho130 Just a bit lost aren't you? Many people work try to cover all their bills don't do drugs and unfortunately still end up homeless. But yeah go ahead and keep living in a bubble.

  • @english_5359
    @english_5359 5 місяців тому +87

    What surprises me is that the government hasn’t been doing anything much for decades.

    • @MikeHoncho130
      @MikeHoncho130 5 місяців тому +15

      😂Are you kidding? The government has pissed away billions of taxpayer dollars on this. Remember one thing, you can’t make people do right. You can’t make addicts stop doing drugs. 😂California gives them drugs now, there’s no hope.

    • @HiloBoiz808
      @HiloBoiz808 5 місяців тому

      Are you kidding me, the leftist tyrannical government has intentionally created this situation.

    • @msv9637
      @msv9637 5 місяців тому

      The government’s owners use these eyesores to milk the taxpayers. you think they’re gonna get rid of that?

    • @AbimaelLopez-hz3qq
      @AbimaelLopez-hz3qq 5 місяців тому +5

      @@MikeHoncho130California should ban drugs

    • @StratKruzer
      @StratKruzer 5 місяців тому +2

      They’re doing something, alright.

  • @DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123
    @DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123 5 місяців тому +127

    I know a UA-cam tutorialist who lives in America and he doesn't believe me when I tell him about homelessness in America and he doesn't believe me, he tells me it's just lies from the Internet that I'm getting my info from

    • @HiDesert004
      @HiDesert004 5 місяців тому +48

      Sounds like a fool.

    • @gareof
      @gareof 5 місяців тому

      "Don't Believe Your Own Lyin' Eyes" - - Biden/Harris

    • @snegglederlickton1637
      @snegglederlickton1637 5 місяців тому

      sounds like the kind of trustfund baby that goes state to state bringing failed policies and once their votes ruin an area mommy and daddy money just lets them pack up and leave to do it all over again

    • @msv9637
      @msv9637 5 місяців тому +27

      He’s in denial. Is he from a well off family ?

    • @bdmenne
      @bdmenne 5 місяців тому

      Hey, keep your mouth zipped. Only thing that matters is African lives. It’s everyone’s mission to take their poor, hungry from 1 Billion to 10 Billion in less than 10 years, that way they can diaspora to every reach of the globe including HAWAII!

  • @wendymartin6479
    @wendymartin6479 5 місяців тому +145

    You are brave for going in to these homeless zones. Some of these people tend to behave as if they are a completely different species.

    • @BiffGreggle
      @BiffGreggle 5 місяців тому +15

      Agreed, I was worried the whole time that someone was gonna pull a gun on him LOL

    • @Zuranthus
      @Zuranthus 5 місяців тому +9

      these are clearly not the zombie drug horde of places like Cali and Philly

    • @PaulMuadib11811
      @PaulMuadib11811 5 місяців тому +6

      All the homeless I've met in Hawaii who were there 5 + years were chill.
      It's a shame the baddies laz er Ed the homes there. How folks gave to live underground or get killed

    • @loisaustin6200
      @loisaustin6200 5 місяців тому

      I was feeling uneasy about why they are keeping a hog. Hogs eat just about anything, ya know? eek!

  • @markallen.891
    @markallen.891 5 місяців тому +6

    Had a camp on the Quechan reservation across from Yuma, Az for years. We had power, swamp coolers, wall to wall carpet, easy chairs, you name it. Our camp area was spotless....

  • @spitfirered
    @spitfirered 5 місяців тому +17

    I was hoping someone would come out and talk with you so you could get their story, Everyone has a story!

  • @guycomputer829
    @guycomputer829 5 місяців тому +44

    This gave me Resident Evil 4 feels from the first village you visit, was waiting for a church bell to ring and zombies to flood out of the homes.

    • @cochisenahuh7939
      @cochisenahuh7939 5 місяців тому +1

      😅😅😅

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  5 місяців тому +2

      Scary!!

    • @kiwififochef510
      @kiwififochef510 5 місяців тому +1

      Just need that slightly dodgy character in the trenchcoat "what are ya buying?" But in this case it could be meth 😄

    • @malwads1836
      @malwads1836 5 місяців тому

      ​@@kiwififochef510...Or it could be illegally obtained firearms, the 🇺🇸 is filled to the brim with those.

  • @prophetmargin7497
    @prophetmargin7497 5 місяців тому +60

    Its like Slab City meets Hawaii! LOL

  • @Dreblueskies
    @Dreblueskies 5 місяців тому +52

    Nick,
    I really appreciate the real life videos you put out. This country is in a sad place and it’s all done on purpose.

  • @generator6946
    @generator6946 5 місяців тому +32

    Still wondering why we put up with less and less and never
    WAKE UP

    • @malwads1836
      @malwads1836 5 місяців тому

      It's 🌌 vs day between the standard of living in the 90's & now for example.

    • @rods.3245
      @rods.3245 5 місяців тому +2

      Kakala is gonna fix it, just ask her.

    • @mikem-pf3zt
      @mikem-pf3zt 5 місяців тому +1

      We have become weak, imo.

    • @geodude7116
      @geodude7116 4 місяці тому

      @@rods.3245at least she won’t give more tax breaks to billionaires to increase the gap between poor and wealthy. Unlike her opponent.

  • @ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation
    @ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation 5 місяців тому +100

    Gilligan's Island 🏝2.0 aka Hell on Earth 🗿

    • @patjones5723
      @patjones5723 5 місяців тому +5

      😢😢😢

    • @trentdawg2832
      @trentdawg2832 5 місяців тому +3

      Pilligans island😂😂😂

    • @samsung5181
      @samsung5181 5 місяців тому +1

      Dayum,😂😂😂😂😂

  • @jerseykevin27
    @jerseykevin27 5 місяців тому +22

    I was either in roatan or Honduras. I went off the tourist path after taking a cruise there and this is what it looked like there.. the chickens, the pigs, the houses like this

    • @patjones5723
      @patjones5723 5 місяців тому +2

      😮😮😮

    • @malwads1836
      @malwads1836 5 місяців тому +4

      Yep we're starting to get that 3rd-world country type of vibe in more than a few areas of 🇺🇸 now....On the plus side if it keeps up, maybe other places will start sending foreign aid to 🇺🇸.🙄😮‍💨

    • @jvera6403
      @jvera6403 5 місяців тому +3

      P.R. some parts of P.R. still have informal communities like this too.

  • @Nick-ih3xg
    @Nick-ih3xg 5 місяців тому +120

    Upside down flags are a signal of distress

    • @MikeHoncho130
      @MikeHoncho130 5 місяців тому +12

      It’s also a sign of people who blame the government for their own stupidity.

    • @Steve-318
      @Steve-318 5 місяців тому +21

      @@MikeHoncho130 The government can be blamed for their own stupidity many a times.

    • @MikeHoncho130
      @MikeHoncho130 5 місяців тому +3

      @@Steve-318 So it’s the governments fault these people live like this? Please explain how you have came to this conclusion.

    • @ODTB
      @ODTB 5 місяців тому

      @@MikeHoncho130 by giving money away we don't have to defend other countries borders, funding proxy wars, taking care of non us citizens. This drives inflation up and makes the dollar worth less. S.S. for the elderly doesn't even cover property taxes or even basic living expenses. Our current government is purposely trying to break this country so they can change it. They want government to be your daddy your god your provider, you just have to step in line. If not, they will starve you out until you obey.

    • @heavenlydays2838
      @heavenlydays2838 5 місяців тому +1

      Defeat

  • @ringostartheguineapig5783
    @ringostartheguineapig5783 5 місяців тому +24

    That part where the pig was in that small wooden cage broke my heart😢.....did it have any water? Poor soul has to be trapped in that awful cage on such a beautiful island. People are cruel.

    • @bridgetaustin7298
      @bridgetaustin7298 5 місяців тому +5

      I too was wondering about the pig. I saw no water!😢

    • @Fuckpeople999
      @Fuckpeople999 5 місяців тому

      You care more about pigs than you own species you’re incredibly dense and out of touch with the going ones of your own

    • @TDS621
      @TDS621 5 місяців тому

      He’s dinner soon, poor thing 😞

    • @Weez4122
      @Weez4122 3 місяці тому

      Who cares about the humans does pig have water lol this is what's wrong with our country

  • @steveakawamura7135
    @steveakawamura7135 4 місяці тому +3

    The pig in the enclosure is one of the ways these Hawaiians are creating fertile land, using the pig's feces to fertilize the very pen where it lives. After a period, the walls are taken down, erected somewhere near; this way, in time you cam create fertile land to plant fruit trees and other Hawaiian ffod trees to provide organic food for themselves. The smell of these pig pens, leftover food, fed to the piga, is their organic/natural way to create fertile ground to sustain them.

  • @ColdPotato
    @ColdPotato 5 місяців тому +13

    Maybe this will get you to 1M subs. This is surreal.

  • @BeeHash
    @BeeHash 5 місяців тому +77

    Swiss Family Homelessmen

  • @Shannonbarnesdr1
    @Shannonbarnesdr1 5 місяців тому +10

    i wonder if those camps seem void of people due to them being at work... there is a ton of homeless in Hawaii that work regular stable jobs, but they cant afford to rent or buy anything. - god such an amazing beach !! such beauty !

  • @Leasahayrs
    @Leasahayrs 5 місяців тому +18

    you're brave walking around their place. I'd be irritated af some strange dude comes walking on my property. That's their place.

  • @johnkimball5872
    @johnkimball5872 5 місяців тому +7

    Depressing to see this.

  • @Job.Well.Done_01
    @Job.Well.Done_01 5 місяців тому +54

    The new American retirement plan. All medical care will be available on site 🐓

  • @debrawilson3840
    @debrawilson3840 5 місяців тому +28

    That boar is the most concerning to me!! Where is his water and food?? This is not good!!

    • @11Christys11
      @11Christys11 5 місяців тому +3

      It looked really thin to me

  • @bigstorm57
    @bigstorm57 5 місяців тому +11

    My other comments, kept getting deleted, so I’ll try and put it this way, you have balls of steel, my friend! Go ahead and squeeze the chicken, but I hope you’re not expecting any free pineapples and macadamia nuts. Love the channel.

  • @markinternets2009
    @markinternets2009 5 місяців тому +11

    The collection of stolen children's bikes is a nice touch

  • @MamaLifeBre
    @MamaLifeBre 5 місяців тому +4

    I mean that honestly seems better than having them camping on the streets in downtown areas

  • @michaelj3282
    @michaelj3282 5 місяців тому +17

    Love the proper hang mans noose on the door bell. Brilliant.

  • @ScottShedd123
    @ScottShedd123 5 місяців тому +21

    The pig is probably for a pig roast. Went to a Luau on Kuwaii, they roasted a pig in a hole then cover it with these large leaves to smoke the flavor, makes it tender. Some of the best pork that I've ever ate. It's probably a native encampment.

    • @patjones5723
      @patjones5723 5 місяців тому +1

      Same here ❤

    • @ScottShedd123
      @ScottShedd123 5 місяців тому

      @@onthebeach77 Thanks, I did not know what it was called, the food was fantastic though.

    • @betsyr4724
      @betsyr4724 5 місяців тому +1

      Leaves a bad smell afterwards though.

    • @The.Hawaiian.Kingdom
      @The.Hawaiian.Kingdom 5 місяців тому +2

      It’s Kaua’i, not Kuwaii.
      Also, while Hawaiians eat wild boar (which this was in the video), tourist lū’au use domesticated pigs.

    • @Trees100
      @Trees100 5 місяців тому +2

      @@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom Sad for the animal. Especially this one who seems friendly. Poor animal.

  • @CMoore8539
    @CMoore8539 5 місяців тому +20

    Wow Nick! I can’t hardly believe I actually feel sorry for that pet pig 🐖! I sure hope someone is feeding him!! It’s unbelievable how bad America 🇺🇸 has become now! Thank you so much for all of your hard work to bring us this information!! Stay Safe Out There.💞

    • @KOREANLADYSF
      @KOREANLADYSF 5 місяців тому +4

      the pig seems pretty plump, not starving.

    • @justincase2830
      @justincase2830 5 місяців тому +3

      @@KOREANLADYSF gets the left over garbage

    • @The.Hawaiian.Kingdom
      @The.Hawaiian.Kingdom 5 місяців тому +3

      It’s a wild boar, not a pet pig.

    • @richardeidemiller6739
      @richardeidemiller6739 5 місяців тому +5

      I do too as well as that dog chained up. Animals don't choose this. If it's a wild boar then it should be set free to live wild. Vicki

    • @rebelvette1
      @rebelvette1 5 місяців тому +5

      It’s not a pet… you know what they do at a luau, right?

  • @joeybenra
    @joeybenra 5 місяців тому +30

    BAD DAYS ARE AHEAD …. Really bad days 😢

  • @motleyfan7558
    @motleyfan7558 5 місяців тому +2

    This is unbelievable. Nick’s channel is the best

  • @Solacezone1753
    @Solacezone1753 5 місяців тому +27

    He said feed me and give me some water, pleaseeee 😢

  • @Ferda1964
    @Ferda1964 5 місяців тому +9

    I'm thankful I'm not homeless yet.

  • @cooldesertbreeze23
    @cooldesertbreeze23 5 місяців тому +4

    OMG... I thought something was going to jump out at any moment. Glad you left Mappy home. Sooo freaking eerie. That chicken doorbell is funny 😂. I am now worried for the poor pig 🐖. Sad to see what has happened. I have not been there since 90s.

  • @cryptowolf-zf3fs
    @cryptowolf-zf3fs 5 місяців тому +16

    The one with the solar and water catchment was a winner.

    • @brianmatthews4149
      @brianmatthews4149 5 місяців тому

      He's walking in tall cotton. You might say the talk of the encampment.

    • @jvera6403
      @jvera6403 5 місяців тому

      @@brianmatthews4149 -could be from CONUS ( a transplant).

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner 5 місяців тому +6

    A+ video!
    Gutsy to get such rugged footage in that homeless village, great footage!

  • @windridermaui
    @windridermaui 5 місяців тому +3

    There's no snakes on Maui, however the centipedes can be gnarly!

  • @MedicatedMemory
    @MedicatedMemory 5 місяців тому +3

    There were homeless camps everywhere during the great depression.. all of this is eerily similar

  • @humpchannel9363
    @humpchannel9363 4 місяці тому +1

    Our officials should actively be addressing these issues. America first

  • @nickhammersonrocks
    @nickhammersonrocks 5 місяців тому +7

    Everyone is out surfing. 🏄‍♂️

  • @paulcooper7946
    @paulcooper7946 5 місяців тому +13

    That pet pig you refer to,will be Baby back ribs and Bacon some night soon.

    • @Trees100
      @Trees100 5 місяців тому +1

      Poor, poor animal.

  • @lonnyrowden2630
    @lonnyrowden2630 5 місяців тому +22

    I talk to homeless in Hawaii daily. They’re out during the day. There are many reasons why:
    They might have a job, but it’s also prime time to collect cans, beg, or sell drugs.
    It’s when they can eat or shop.
    It’s hot and they like to find shade.
    This group sounds like they work well together, but they often steal from one another. You don’t want people to know where your stuff is. Sometimes people follow you at night, too.
    I’m shocked you haven’t run into all the no trespassing people that have signs everywhere!

    • @RealLifeFinance
      @RealLifeFinance 5 місяців тому +7

      You Nailed It - these are functioning homeless. Its obvious some of these are working and have jobs. Possibly their cars got ramshacked while working or begging and they don't have money to have hauled away.

  • @Ghosttripper91
    @Ghosttripper91 5 місяців тому +47

    Say goodbye to the middle class! This is just the beginning

    • @melodycarson1200
      @melodycarson1200 5 місяців тому +3

      No middle class..Either rich or third world poor for the majority...That's what they are trying to do..

  • @fmcevoy1
    @fmcevoy1 5 місяців тому +5

    I guess all the people at the camps were at work during the day.
    Q: When is a door not a door?
    A: When it's ajar!

  • @raymondbyczko
    @raymondbyczko 5 місяців тому +14

    Undoubtedly, the pig overthrew the humans and took over the compound!

    • @rods.3245
      @rods.3245 5 місяців тому +2

      Four legs good, two legs bad...😂

    • @jvera6403
      @jvera6403 5 місяців тому +2

      George Orwell's "Animal Farm" ?

  • @raptorgames9
    @raptorgames9 5 місяців тому +48

    11:00 That's a nice set up! If you're going to be homeless. That's how you do it!!!!!!

    • @modelenginerding6996
      @modelenginerding6996 5 місяців тому +13

      I'm all for people buying cheap land and building a structure that works for them. Too many zoning codes contribute to homelessness.

    • @Forward-t7x
      @Forward-t7x 5 місяців тому +8

      They even had a nice front gate and front sitting porch

    • @moniemarsh1670
      @moniemarsh1670 5 місяців тому +3

      They use the table to make the gate that looked pretty cool

    • @gunwu9084
      @gunwu9084 5 місяців тому +3

      I wonder where the dog was, when he first had a look. Even when he squeezed the door bell (dog toy?) the dog did not show nor did it bark. Then later he was lying there and also did not bark. Well trained by the owner not to bark?

  • @elenij3781
    @elenij3781 5 місяців тому +11

    It's worse on Oahu. The whole west side of oceanfront Oahu is one huge homeless camp.

    • @betsyr4724
      @betsyr4724 5 місяців тому +1

      Really. Wow. That’s sad

  • @ireneflowers7630
    @ireneflowers7630 5 місяців тому +14

    They are hiding and watching you

  • @johngarbarini1048
    @johngarbarini1048 5 місяців тому +55

    No new jobs exist; only crummy ones. Off to the homeless camps we go. 5-10 to an apt, if the lease allows it.

    • @flanagamer
      @flanagamer 5 місяців тому +6

      They call it ‘co-living’ in L.A. because it sounds trendy 😏

    • @johngarbarini1048
      @johngarbarini1048 5 місяців тому +5

      @@flanagamer - yes, along with these new, so-called `tiny homes.`

    • @peeppeeping1389
      @peeppeeping1389 5 місяців тому +5

      they will have everyone living in cardboard boxes soon, "pods". I'm trying to get a subsidized senior apt so I'm not homeless.

    • @johngarbarini1048
      @johngarbarini1048 5 місяців тому +2

      @@peeppeeping1389 - good for you; good luck.

    • @wayneroberts6642
      @wayneroberts6642 5 місяців тому

      5-10 people is illegal Code violation yet no one enforces that..

  • @davidhill537
    @davidhill537 5 місяців тому +66

    Looks Post Apocalyptic!!! Damn!!!

    • @winstonsmith8482
      @winstonsmith8482 5 місяців тому +10

      basically appropriate for the times lol

    • @chicogozosodecabellosedoso
      @chicogozosodecabellosedoso 5 місяців тому +4

      Just like a mad max movie. Which character do you choose to be?
      The mad max one is already taken by me.

    • @JrueThrondsen
      @JrueThrondsen 5 місяців тому

      Not really. People just love junk.

  • @CMoore8539
    @CMoore8539 5 місяців тому +4

    Thank you Nick!💞

    • @CMoore8539
      @CMoore8539 5 місяців тому +1

      Stay safe out there Nick!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  5 місяців тому +1

      Thank you I am!

    • @CMoore8539
      @CMoore8539 5 місяців тому +1

      @@NickJohnson Good To Go!!

  • @TaterTots380
    @TaterTots380 5 місяців тому +41

    Poor pig. Hope someone is giving it food & water.

    • @PsychicIsaacs
      @PsychicIsaacs 5 місяців тому +9

      @TaterTots380 The pig's okay. It's being fattened for a hangi (luau feast). They won't let it starve, you can be assured of that!

    • @The.Hawaiian.Kingdom
      @The.Hawaiian.Kingdom 5 місяців тому +5

      @@PsychicIsaacs
      I think it’s more likely they intend to sell it to someone else who will imu it.

  • @AStanton1966
    @AStanton1966 5 місяців тому +11

    When the Hills Have Eyes meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

  • @ryann4904
    @ryann4904 5 місяців тому +4

    That hut with the grass roof looks really nice.

  • @Royce88
    @Royce88 5 місяців тому +3

    Yep. Our new shanty towns are starting

  • @quentin5837
    @quentin5837 5 місяців тому +18

    Nick: Where’s the owner at?
    Dog: Get out of here.

    • @estelladog1
      @estelladog1 5 місяців тому +5

      Or maybe Dog: Save me. Take me with you!

  • @margaretpeabody243
    @margaretpeabody243 5 місяців тому +3

    😢😮😊 Nick, the homeless village was pretty amazing. The soundest structures that you've shown us to date.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  5 місяців тому

      It was nuts Margaret 🥜

  • @TheMarksT
    @TheMarksT 5 місяців тому +14

    Hey, Nick Johnson's commin' let's run for it! Lol.

  • @mexicanpepe4life
    @mexicanpepe4life 5 місяців тому +17

    mad max life reality is around the corner

  • @HiloBoiz808
    @HiloBoiz808 5 місяців тому +4

    I was in Hilo last night, Bayfront and watched the homeless bed down on the sidewalks in front of closed businesses.

  • @SethsAdventures1977
    @SethsAdventures1977 5 місяців тому +18

    I felt bad for the pig with no water and food! Dang

  • @valerierogers9609
    @valerierogers9609 5 місяців тому +8

    It looks like life after the apocalypse.

  • @user-oo3lh1ls4r
    @user-oo3lh1ls4r 5 місяців тому +5

    Have you been to Guam, Saipan, Tinian, and Rota Islands? You should visit those places too they're US territories.

  • @DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123
    @DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123 5 місяців тому +17

    Thanks for the video Nick 🇦🇺😊

  • @Britcarjunkie
    @Britcarjunkie 5 місяців тому +5

    I tend to think the people living there are either at work, or hiding from you.

  • @raymondbyczko
    @raymondbyczko 5 місяців тому +9

    Four hours a day, a good jigsaw and rechargeable drill, plus lots of stainless steel screws, and I can go to the town there! (Or just a piece of the town!) Make some nice huts! Plus I would need about 1000 garbage bags! This is Slab City in Hawaii!

  • @philliphall5198
    @philliphall5198 5 місяців тому +5

    You too will have to do what ever it takes to live 😢😢😢

  • @GarthGoldberg
    @GarthGoldberg 5 місяців тому +19

    These people aren’t homeless. They’re living in illegally-built homes on park land. The land belongs to the people, it squatters.

    • @lorip1435
      @lorip1435 5 місяців тому +3

      WHO really owns the land?

    • @frankallen5243
      @frankallen5243 5 місяців тому +2

      It belongs to the Kanaka maoli.

  • @zman5970
    @zman5970 5 місяців тому +2

    Bz right now but can’t wait to watch!! Love your vids Nick!!!

  • @SpiderC-666
    @SpiderC-666 5 місяців тому +40

    If this area is safe to retire, I'll do it.

    • @cochisenahuh7939
      @cochisenahuh7939 5 місяців тому +2

      What do you mean by safe??? Crime rate is relatively low for an area with sparse police presence so i hear.

    • @junioradult6219
      @junioradult6219 5 місяців тому

      ​@@cochisenahuh7939homeless junkies generally dont call the cops on each other

  • @Wyopixi
    @Wyopixi 5 місяців тому +32

    Not a pet pig. That is food.

    • @justincase2830
      @justincase2830 5 місяців тому +8

      It is a feral hog. Domestic hogs do not have tusks.

  • @DeeSandlin
    @DeeSandlin 5 місяців тому +3

    My Freind Stay Safe 🎉❤

  • @joannunemaker6332
    @joannunemaker6332 5 місяців тому +5

    I always enjoy your videos. This here is a very sad situation. 😢❤

  • @SoCalian
    @SoCalian 5 місяців тому +18

    It's like a tropical Slab City 😱

    • @ck-qs1xl
      @ck-qs1xl 5 місяців тому +2

      Slab city actually appeared some what cared for compared to this.

    • @hour1957
      @hour1957 5 місяців тому +1

      The videos I've watched of Slab City were nothin like this place! Inside their homemade residents looked pretty normal to me... Nothin at all like this!

  • @littlebrookreader949
    @littlebrookreader949 5 місяців тому +9

    GOOD FOR THEM!!! I wish them well!!!

  • @furbabies3momma
    @furbabies3momma 5 місяців тому +4

    The compound with solar panels probably has a Surveillance System! 🤔
    You watch their area & they watch you!

  • @ilganf
    @ilganf 5 місяців тому +13

    I love your channel! I went to Kuai for vacation and met a couple that worked on a pineapple farm. They skipped work and took me to the most beautiful places I've ever seen for the day. They also took me to a place like this where there were ..what they referred to as pirates. Parts and supplies are very hard to get. We drove down to the beach and there they were pulling parts off a rental. Safe travels!

  • @HiDesert004
    @HiDesert004 5 місяців тому +25

    Wow that’s a great spot right by the beach.🏖️ and it’s all FREE😂😂😂