As bad and as sad as it is... The narrative in these videos is very biased. Strong leanings towards blaming and less open discussions on what could be the causes. Like the Oakland folks were saying: There are myriads of issues/problems that can lead someone to living on the streets. However, continued profit greed will continue to push cost of living beyond single minimum wages.
@@seikojin Private companies should be ashamed of themselves. Very few of them pay their employees a living wage. I know a woman who works FT as a peer specialist for 1 of the 35 FACT teams in Florida. Each FACT team serves at least 100 clients with mental illness. Most clients live in some kind of supportive housing and some like myself live independently in our own apartments. I fully admit the fact that a peer specialist is the lowest level position on any FACT team. Even so... ANYBODY who works professionally with those who have mental illness should be making a hell of a lot more than $13 an hour. She lives on her own. Without somebody living with her to balance out the overall income I have no idea how in the world she survives financially. I work for an employee owned grocery chain operation that offers buying company stocks and 401K plans. I currently make $1.45 more an hour then she does. That's not fair and it proves how backwards most privately owned companies really are.
I am disabled and on SSI. I worked for years while raising my children and long after they were on their own. Then my parents required 24 hr. care so I left my career to care for them unpaid. Those years I will never regret but during that time I didn't pay in to Social Security so when I became disabled I didn't have enough work credits and so I couldn't qualify for disability and was granted SSI. In Oregon the max payment is $794.00 a month. There is absolutely no apartment I can afford on that. Even a mobile home space in the Salem area is 700 a month. So I have no choice but to live in my 5th wheel on a friends property. So many of the SSI recipients are homeless because there is not enough low income housing.. It takes years on waiting lists to get into the small amount of low income housing there is presently. Not all of us are drug addicts and criminals. Im a 50 year old grandma who has never even had a parking ticket. You want to fix a lot of the problem...either raise SSI benefits to the poverty line or create more affordable housing. Just sayin.
It's terrible that Americans have to suffer like this on a small ss check while people from the mid east get 3 to 4000 government monthlys to live here. This just isn't right!
I was homeless at 61. Ran out of savings, unemployment, couldn't find work. I thought I would die, never thought it'd ever to me. But I survived, learned where thr free meals were, showers, Healthcare, shelters. I stayed 3 months at Salvation Army, 6 months at Catholic Charities, they kept me fed, housed, clothed until I finally landed a job out of state, saved some money, eventually retired on SS. I haven't been homeless 10 years now. I'm very grateful to Salvation Army, Catholic Charities and others that help us that when we need it. Sincere Thanks
Glad you survived but this is going to bet worse with big banks buying all the housing and people like gates and china buying farm land...they want us gone
@@fasteddie8782 My grandfather would listen to me complaining, then he'd always say, 'Who ever said life is fair?' Even on his death bed, he would still answer the phone, 'I'm doing absolutely great! How can we make a $million together?' 'Course, he grew in the Depression and fought in WW2 Pacific.
I was just watching a Norwegian show and the Nordic people don't really let this happen at least not to this extent they seem to respect the poor more than the rich
I have lived in Seattle for 26 yrs and m appalled at how much the city has deteriorated and am ready to leave. I recognized most of the areas that you had shown. While the drugs and homelessness are part of the reason for the high rate of homelessness the high tech industry is also part of problem. When I moved here in the late 90s Seattle was very affordable. I bought my first house for $90,000. The house payment was $620 a month. The only high tech employer then was Microsoft. As the high tech industry moved from California to Seattle high prices increased as the tech workers were making 2 or 3 times more what the average Seattleite was making and could by much more expensive property. Then people started buying houses to rent and increased the rent but the tech workers could easily afford it. Then the developers got greedy and tore down older buildings where tenants had cheap rent and replaced them with luxury apartments and condos. So to sum it up much of homelessness is a result of greed.
I live here as well and I hate it. It's ridiculous. I had a customer who said he was purposely homeless because the government would give him money for it. He didn't have to work or do anything. I was like wtf
No the homeless problem is 80% caused by drugs…. However I do agree real estate prices are insane but you can very simply move out of the city limits and the rent will become much more doable.
It blows my mind. I was an addict for 12 years in south Florida. Applied for a job one day because I was sick and tired. Asked a halfway house to pro rate me for 2 weeks. So i owed them back rent. Payed it. Got into shape and eventually got my place here on Nettles island at only 28. Mental health does play a roll. But alot of these people don't want help.
You know here's the thing with people, and this can cover a lot of ground. We are all creatures of habit and people once they are comfortable with a situation resist change and will argue to high heaven why they cannot change (their justification) you mix in some substance abuse and there you have a comfort zone where you do not want to change until such time that you yourself are sick of the way you are living and do something about it. Fortunately for yourself this has worked out for you as you have mentioned you were sick and tired of living that way. I believe there is no quick fix for addiction to substance abuse, in fact there really is no magic cure except treatment and the treatment you have chosen will afford the best results. It's too bad that we cannot get all people afflicted with addiction on the same page. You have shown that it can be done and of course I commend you for and wish you the best of luck.
I couldn't afford the rising cost of living in Seattle and the issues it has are only growing. I moved from Seattle to South Carolina and paid cash for a home twice the size of my old one and I love the small city it has
THE problem with Superficiattle is gentrification. Where are people to go when they're forced out of their homes because of money? High taxes that don't go where it's suppose to go with complacent voters. Sad city will fall into the Puget sound soon enough. Politicians are WAY overpaid. They should all be paid the lowest wage of any worker in their state.
@@Jennthegreen The footage speaks for itself and the fact that mainstream news outlets don’t show this - THAT is one sided journalism. He also extensively interviews someone in this video who has been homeless in this area. You should watch the video.
Yes, but the homeless person won’t stay unless they can do drugs, smoke cigarettes, have no rules, receive free money and food or maybe even substances, and can bring their partner or dog along too.
@@Jennthegreen Yes to the second point, the government should not be helping people to use illegal substances. They should be helping them to kick their addictions.
Or maybe the people need to wake up and stop working for evil corrupt folks that make sure we have folks removed from their homes. Stop financing these crooks if you truly do care
@@Jennthegreen tax dollars pay for child trafficking and such evil things like that. Pocket change compared to the birth bond fraud the United States of America is guilty of.
I volunteered at a homeless shelter in the Chicago area for years, but when I moved to the San Francisco bay things seemed totally different. I had never witnessed that level of madness and wretchedness in Chicago, and the contrast with the wealth and opulence of the surrounding neighborhoods made it even more absurd.
Different class of people in mid west Chicago land. Spent quality time in both cities. Back in the (90's). Noticed a difference in the " demeanor " between the residents (LA)&(SF). A tale of 2-cities. (LA) seemed more affable.
Update on current situation... Ballard Commons park was cleared earlier this week. Georgetown Encampment has grown larger. Only half from Ballard Commons went into housing, rest decided to stay homeless. Parks are being cleared this week, but homeless are just heading downtown or under overpasses. Nothing has really changed, just another false show of force. They'll be back
Thanks for the up date! 💒 i don't live in Seattle Washington! 🎡🏙 i live in the State of Maryland 🏞🌄🏡🏡🏪🌃🌉🗽🌉🗻🏗🏘🦀🇺🇸 but iam sure the problem is in every State! If not it will be? 🎭🎭
Where do you ppl who think like this expect them all to go I’m very curious. I am an LA native manyyy generations here we are use to this. And why we don’t see it the way all of you do. Because we know how big a problem it is and a little impact won’t do. So we don’t even bother complaining about it. Because we know no matter how much they are moved around they’ll just circle back. Unless you build a town with a gas station, few fast food joints, a park and a grocery market with housing just for them where are they going ladies and gents.
@Superior Freebird You nailed it how can a gov keep letting more over. They take all the affordable housing just come to LA and look at any affordable apartments.
@@boundariessetinstone5893 They can do what I did when I was on the street... quit doing drugs and alcohol, sort out my issues, get a job so I can feel like a decent person again, then go from there. These people need to take that first step in that direction. I think that is a good place to start
I am a Washington state resident. This, this is the reason why my children will never experience Seattle. I moved here 15+ years ago. Downtown Seattle was such a beautiful place to hang out. Now I’m embarrassed when friends and family visit and they want to experience Seattle. I take them to other beautiful spots far away from the city. It’s a shame but then again this is what these people voted for.
It's what the people created by going to work every day and enriching the pockets of these corrupt employees of a corrupt corporation known as United States of America. Anyone with a SSI card and birth certificate and whom is working for fed reserve notes are all contributing to the problem. Yes! If you pay taxes you are paying the evil ones to continue their plunder. Yes anyone conducting commerce is just as much part of the problem as those that came up with and execute these crimes against humanity. And folks want to blame everyone but themselves.
I last visited Seattle about 7 years ago. I didn't know at the time it would be my last visit there ever. But now you couldn't offer me an all expenses-paid trip to that shithole - same with Portland and Frisco as well.
@@truthministries77 Communism works great for ants and bees, and maybe for some small human groups, such as Israeli kubutzes, but it has been shown in practice to be a bankrupt political philosophy, You can't change human nature, you have to work with it as it is. Quit living in the past, you need to think outside the box you are to find solutions to capitalism's weaknesses.
Left Seattle and my 1st wife in 2012 (and haven't been back) and in 2016 me and my new wife moved to Central Oregon and love it, unfortunately Bend is being corrupted by California libtards...so grateful to live in country and NOT town ❤️
Thanks Nick for showing the reality of living in Washington State. My husband and I lived there over 30 years and had to make a heartbreaking decision to escape from the craziness where we lived. They have neutered the police and keep taxing people to fix this problem. I will forever miss the beauty of the PNW just not the insanity of leadership. We moved recently and I keep looking for homeless camps and there is none. Yes, in the big cities but not in suburbs. I have compassion for those who struggle to afford housing/rents but zero tolerance to encourage drug addiction by handing out needles. Our forests are littered with trash and needles after a camp leaves. Recently moving has made me feel safer where I live but I realize it’s really affected me on deeper level to get over the decline of a city we loved so much and had to leave.
Finally left the Seattle area after 49 years! Absolutely no reason to put up with that crap anymore (and pay for it). Life is better elsewhere. Loving small town Kentucky! Safe, affordable and genuinely friendly ! Good luck, Seattle!
@@1richnasty Well, CA is going through a drought, and then we'll also be saying the same thing when "the big one" hits the west coast and causes one of the worst catastrophies in USA history. There's pros/cons everywhere
When America considers a safe and decent place to live a necessity instead of a luxury we might start to really combat this issue of homelessness. Yes some people have mental illness, others substance abuse. But there's a great disconnect between what the average American earns and the cost of housing.
Sure it's close to a necessity but will never be a right. Who's going to pay for it?? Please don't think the rich are going to pay for yet another wasteful government program. How many billiona have been spent on homelessness already?
I was in Seattle 40 years ago, and back then I thought it was one of the most beautiful places I’d ever seen. I am so glad I didn’t move there permanently.
Wasn't your fault the diabolically incompetent democratic party😈. Slowly allowed that once beautiful city to deteriorate into a very unhealthy environment. Spent quality time in & around the Pudget sound region early (90's). Wonder how long those homeless reprobates😈 be satisfied with those 1-room dwellings-???🤔.
It was my idea Nationwide with a $50B budget. This was when President Trump was in, and as a poor citizen on SS, I wanted to do it. Someone* blocked me from Social Media Contacts, phones*---& came after me & my family, then came Rona!
Please remember that not everyone that is homeless wants or chooses to be homeless and not all are drug addicts. Many people have become homeless through unforeseen circumstances. Some have escaped domestic violence, divorce, job loss, illness (mental and/or physical) and many other reasons. If opportunities were made available to them, many would take those opportunities to live in a proper residence. Homelessness cannot be blamed on any particular political party. Homelessness is a national issue for each country, not just in America. When there is unity to address an issue anything can be accomplished. I’m sure no one wants to live on the street in winter. Everyone wants to be able to have a nice hot shower whenever they choose. Anyone with kids that find themselves homeless would not want to have to live on the streets with their children. Anyone’s life can change without warning and find themselves on the street, even those that have degrees and wealth. It’s not about getting stuff for free. It’s about being human and recognising that everyone, no matter whether they live in a tent or a castle, deserves to be treated like they matter. Treat people with dignity and kindness rather than hate and hostility.
Very well said. These things get branded by politicians on both sides of the fence and used to secure votes and divide the average people of this country. In my opinion, the root of almost every major issue in the US is corporate greed, and big money lobbying in politics. The real trickledown effect is what we see in this video. Take a look at the wealth gap in third world countries, the same thing is happening in this country. The west coast has both the environmental climate, and the political climate to make homelessness more likely, however this issue is only getting worse nation wide. The cost of living keeps going up and wages are getting outpaced, plus there are endless pitfalls for people to fall in to when it comes to wasting money thanks to advertising and addictive engineering in every industry. Too many people look at homelessness with disgust instead of a little compassion. To quote Carl Sagan: "If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies you will not find another."
Nicks pretty ballsy for these videos. He’s just straight up going to all of these cities and checking them out in person talking to everyone and asking questions. He does what we all think about doing-wondering how it’d play out to go see all of these cities for ourselves and get an idea. But Nick just does it! And he’s the perfect person to do it having this size of audience. Helps us as viewers learn a lot. Much respect Nick I love these videos
Anyone else feel extremely grateful for having a nice home after watching this? It’s kinda mean but being middle class is like being a millionaire compare to this nightmare
Yes, being thankful for life is a start. But these people have no self respect and they will respect no one, no matter how much the City of anyone does for them. I washed dishes as a teenager to pay my rent and not sleep on the street for a reason: Self respect and gratefulness. Now I have my own home and thank the Lord every night. These people, like the leftists that support these lawlessness policies are all atheists in the service of evil and they don't even know it. Of course.
A lot of times though, for lower and middle class people, the house they have is because they work, and work hard. They get up early in the morning to go serve the public, and deal with the stress you have to deal with to be for example an ED nurse (which is what I am). Which is extreme, and most people could not handle it, I know from experience. It’s not easy to live on the street, but it’s also not easy to keep working hard, an a break Neck pace sometimes. You get out of what you put into life. That’s the whole purpose of America, capitalism, the freedom to make the most out of your life, or not if you wish.
@@stacitowery3475if someone is livening pay check to pay check it’s highly implied there’s little to no money after Basic needs and wants are met. The little money likely less than 100 dollars may need to go towards gas, hygiene, hidden fees, ect. It’s almost impossible to save living pay check to pay check. Saving isn’t the saving grace of the situation
My friend and I recently took Amtrak to Seattle. Before we even arrived at the station we saw tents and people sleeping on the street. We walked from the station across the city to get our rental. It was eye opening. There were multiple homeless people emptying full trash cans and going through the trash, creating a huge mess on the sidewalk. There were people laid out on the side walk. One guy was going to town on himself. This was around noon. I can’t imagine children seeing this and we did see children. On our way out we saw a small tent city and I saw 2 guys doing a drug deal in broad daylight. This was adjacent to a beautiful tree-lined residential street. The residents act like it’s not happening. And the worst of it all was the perpetual smell of urine.
More US cities are becoming like this with the dope and the lawlessness... A few of them you have already covered, like Oakland, Baltimore, and Philadelphia...
Most homelessness has absolutely nothing to do with dope and lawlessness. The most recent stats show that 70% of the national homeless population are unmedicated people suffering from mental illness. Look it up if you don't believe me.
Love Nicks videos. Informative, mind blowing and I spend hours watching them. We have a homeless problem here in the UK but nothing like this. I love the states and have been many times. So, so 😔
I've been here in Seattle for 30 years! You drove past my place in this video which used to be nice when we moved in 16 years ago. It's definitely time to leave Seattle which I'll be doing soon! Stay safe everyone 🙏 ❤️.
If you agree to leave and move somewhere else, you need to take it upon yourself and vote the opposite party that currently runs seattle. Otherwise you'll wind up ruining your next "home" and trashing it the way you guys trashed this one.
I live in Federal Way and have lived in this region my entire life. I have seen the decline happen in dramatic fashion. Our local government completely sponsors this, it is in direct correlation to their beliefs. Free handouts, dependant on the government. Police have lost the power to police so no accountability. I am a grocery store manager in Burien. We have shoplifters come in and clean us out and there is nothing we can do. You call the police and they either don't show up because it's low priority and not enough police or on the rare occasions that they do, they can't do anything because of the politics. The criminals will look you in the eye tell you that too. 20 years ago seattle was beautiful. I loved going down to down town. Even 10 years ago I would take my family to the seattle waterfront almost on a weekly basis, unarmed. Now on the rare occasion that I do go down there I'm armed and on edge. I really don't go anywhere unarmed anymore in the Puget Sound area. There is homelessness everywhere now. Auburn, Kent, Federal Way, Renton, Everett, tacoma is horrific. My once beautiful city, region is in ruins thanks to the government. Chop, a block party? The riots they allowed. Peoples businesses destroyed because they backed the "movement " . Not only is Seattle dying, it's the entire region. They fueled the protests. They poured gasoline on the flames and forced the police to stand there and be physically and verbally assaulted. People own homes that are surrounded by camps. Camps are built on school property AND THE GOVERNMENT TELLS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DEAL WITH IT! Our kids weren't allowed to have recess outside. That actually happened. Look it up. This is America......
You’re right man it’s the whole region and not just Seattle...I live between midland and south hill and it’s changed so much in the last year..Car jacking, police chases, home invasion robberies, mail stolen at least once a week, shootings,car break ins and massive shoplifting is every day now that stuff used to happen now and then but not anymore.
I moved to WA in 1994 and it was beautifulll, crime was real actively low, Seattle was considered a particularly clean city compared to others. It is so sad to see these awful changes, my heart breaks.
This is hard to comprehend without your very detailed videos showing us the reality! Thanks a lot Nick! Love your videos even when they are so difficult to watch.
Seattle has been a liberal city for a long time, but as time went on the politicians went further and further to the left. It's quite sad to see because I know Seattle was once a beautiful and great city
@@amazingamerican3958 Yeah that's true, but I'm curious how much crime in those republican states happen in the large liberal cities there. Personally I believe a state shouldn't be too far left or right because both are no good.
@@amazingamerican3958 which states are dangerous or not have no bearing on how bad the homeless problem is in Seattle. Everything in the original comment is still true. You know that, and you can't refute it, so you are trying to change the subject lol nice try I guess 😉
I lived in Seattle for a year in the early '80's and it was beautiful. I would be very interested where the money goes. I bet anything that a lot of people are making bank on this problem.
Of course, rich gets richer and poor gets poorer. People are loosing their job to technology, can you picture how many people have lost their job or their source of income so Jeff Bezos could become a billionaire?
The homeless issue has several root causes so one size solution cannot fit all. The homeless need to be vetted into to groups such as severe mental illness, drug addiction, disability/elderly, able to work but can't afford current housing prices. Then each group has to have it's tailor made solution. Failing that, the problem will keep getting worse and can potentially affect the quality of life off all urbanites (i.e. crime, filth, property prices, etc). It's not only about compassion. As a side note, I live on a large island in a developing Asian country. There is literally nobody living on the streets. I see very very few mentally ill people wandering the streets. In Manila, despite it massive population, the homeless issue is nowhere near that of cities such as Seattle.
@@dianal2034 No they become mentally ill because, according to an interview with a former homeless guy in Seattle,85-95% are drug addicts. Or severe alcoholics. I have been down to LA downtown and it is clear how rampant drug addiction is.
a very large part of my own family is homeless. They have fried their brain on meth and other drugs and are literally different people now and can't even talk in proper complete thoughts. They have burned every bridge possible multiple times are blow their "SSI-disability" checks the day it goes on their card on drugs. they are aged 18-45. It is very sad, but they have truly done it to themselves through bad choices and they was not raised this way.
I love your videos. They are so eye-opening. I'm amazed. You said you think the problem is drugs and you're probably right, but I think there is more to it than just the drugs. Drugs are usually a symptom of pain, despair, and poverty, which obviously those who sleep in tents on the sidewalk are probably experiencing... but I think some of those tent folks (might not be drug addicts) and they just gave a middle finger to the landlords who want them to work 40 hours per week to pay rent and ride the bus and eat ramen noodles. They said, "I can eat ramen noodles without working 40 hours per week." It's economical, not just drugs.
One of the best reasons for UA-cam’s existence is a channel like this. 👍 👍 As a big name architect once said, “The power of observation is often underestimated.” You have your eyes wide open and it’s appreciated.
Why should there be a viable option-???🤔. This democratic party😈 planned catastrophe is a mega millions $ tax payer funded scam to benefit their own coffers-!!!🤗
My rent shot up $500 a month, my salary did not. Elderly PEOPLE WITH FIXED INCOMES can't handle the greed of corporate realtors. I'am not a drug addict or drunk, I work, but fear of being old and homeless with low retirement benefits is real. Please don't villinize all homeless. The Affordable apartments are being torn down or turned into luxury units.
What I learned that homeless is a big business for these local politicians. Their friends and families run the non-profits that contract with the local governments and they skim off those dollars with high salaries and admin fees.
@@weareorigin was in rehab hospital, first vacation in 20 years and food servers..worked out a leriche syndrome stroke? Pain. From new perscription. Till the day insurance stopped paying. Adaptation..
Seems to me "they" have a strong desire to destroy this entire country. This homeless horror is prevalent in every single demonrat controlled city and "they" all seem to have the same agenda, to destroy America. "They" are evil with evil intent and it's unbearable to see that they are succeeding.
I recently visited Seattle again after 6 years. It was the filthiest city I have ever seen. After talking to the business people and locals apparently Seattle is known all over the west coast as the free place for homeless. Your city enables drug addicts. Every single place we visited smelled like drugs. We cut our visit short leaving after two days.
It's truly a shame. Because with the infrastructure and geographical location Seattle has the potential to become a great city under the right leadership and policies.
@LEONARD Maltin-Gae I am not a sir but I am optimistic. I traveled often to Seattle previously for meetings. My previous experiences were positive. It truly is a shame that it has changed so dramatically.
Seattle looks at homelessness like a crop. They let the encampments grow and grow, and then harvest the encampment when the time is right, demanding more money to "combat the homeless problem". Then a new crop, or encampment, starts growing elsewhere and the cycle repeats. Every year the problem gets worse, and every year Seattle says they need to spend more money fighting the homeless problem. Its a racket.
As a long time resident of Seattle, and someone who works in the Port area near downtown, I see it all. It's gotten so bad in the last few years and the Police are instructed to do nothing about it. The City Council is demanding that cops don't enforce the law because you know, homeless people and their drug addictions have rights too. The cops are quitting at a rapid pace and the lawlessness is really bad now. There multiple shooting/stabbings/car jackings/ you name it on a daily basis now. It's truly a third world country up here. Incredibly sad to see my beloved PNW go to sh*t. Thanks to the voting base wanting this, this is exactly what they wanted and what they got. The current Seattle/WA administration needs to be voted out NOW.
I haven’t lived in Seattle, but I did think about moving there. After seeing what happened there in 2020 and how it looks now, I’m good where I am. Honestly, the whole CHAZ/CHOP situation was actual domestic terrorism, and the Seattle leaders just sat on their hands and let it happen, putting innocent people in danger. Get them outta there!
@@giovannigiorgio831 ....The Mayor responded after a socialist city council member led a coalition of CHOP residents down to her beautiful home to protest.....The "Summer of Love" ended the next couple of days afterwards.
@@giovannigiorgio831 The decline was documented by a local Seattle tv station back in 2019 in a 1 hour UA-cam video called" Seattle is Dying" where they go step by step showing how liberal idiots relaxed laws and just let the loons run the streets. I encourage everyone to watch it....you will never vote democrat again.
It's council, and It's very obvious you've never spent time in the 'third world' because you have no idea wtf you're talking about. If you don't like it here anymore, leave, free up room for a homeless junkie.
I'm convinced that supplying too much free stuff, ignoring crime and bad behavior, supporting poor life choices is actually more cruel to the homeless. You've got to wonder how many people would be better off in the long run if forced to be a bit more self-reliant.
right. it all starts at home. teach you're children good values and morals and the fact that no one is going to help you but yourself. Stop expecting everything for free. Get up off your butt and be a productive member of society. and I'm not talking about anyone that's disabled or elderly here. oh sorry, I got carried away
@@sharihere8809 I was taught to stay off of drugs even Doctor drugs, Work help improve my life be kind and help but do not help people get worse only help them if they are willing to improve their lives do not give money to people hook on drugs you will only ruin their lives same with Drinking alcohol. Read as you were raised good. Thank you, for your comment.
@@sookiegirl97381 no not at all. It's choices we make is all as another commenter posted. I dropped out of college my first year when I was 19 to care for my parents. I went to work any job I could find that would hire me with only a high school diploma. There was not enough time in the day to go to school, work, and take care of my parents on top of having a disability. They both died. It took me 20 years to get back on track and I never let the disability control me and kept pushing forward, as you can too
It depends on why they’re homeless. If they’re homeless because of something bad they did, then YES! But if they’re homeless because of something bad that someone did to them, then NO!
NYC, Seattle, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Honolulu and San Francisco are constantly on the news for their high rates of homelessness: what's the end game here? For one, there needs to be more oversight for funding allocated to addressing homelessness in the first place. A large chunk of these nonprofits that receive local/federal funding, are a HUGE part of the problem.: the people who want to get off the streets, can't. They give them just enough resources/information to check off a box, but not a real ladder to escape chronic homelessness/drug addiction.
It's friggen ridunkulous. People paying insane taxes with a view of a community park packed full of homeless. Awesome! The smell of feces and urine wafting on the air, afraid your home will be broken into when you leave...Hell yeah!
The needle exchange program actually was an incredible project started by a citizen and ex-drug addict. It was a 1 for 1 exchange started by a kind heart who understood addiction and did everything he could to help people get clean. It was commandeered by the city and turned into a money grab, bring a needle and get as many as you need. The exchanges getting money for clean needles they hand out.(incentivizing them to hand out needles by the hundreds) Then the original was ordered to shut down.
Everyone watching this has to view "Seattle is dying" This was done by a Seattle T.V station. It gives exact details of who, what, when, where, and why homelessness in Seattle. The quality is incredible.
Seattle isn't dying/it's depreciating over time. Some of the larger businesses have up rooted. A % Walgreens & similar establishments closed due to shop lifting. They'll always be a lesser amount of stores. So instead of 1-mile away/now10-miles. Just a mere inconvenience with $5.00 A gallon fuel. Just a media scare tactic.
I live in a small, rural county in the middle of the midwest and the only reason our community doesn't look like Seattle is because we have a smaller population. We've got 142 homeless residents in a town of 7300. We have limited resources for mental health care and substance abuse. The biggest contributor to our growing homeless population is the lack of affordable housing. Investors come in, buy en masse because we have low property taxes, and rent out for $1000-$1200 per month, which hardly anyone can afford because we're a rural community with a finite job market.
The city is very concerned about protecting the rights of the homeless but this is coming at the expense of the rights of non-homeless citizens. The people who bought homes next to (or near to) a park so their kids would have a place to play are now faced with not only not being able to use the park but actually forced to avoid the park for safety reasons. I think it is good to help those in need but the rights of the citizens also need to be protected, and providing free drugs and not prosecuting crimes is addressing the symptoms rather than the cause of the problems. The little house idea is something I had not thought about as a solution and I do see it as a good option, particularly for the elderly. One of the downsides of providing "free" things is that the recipients become dependent on free stuff and it can be a used a form of control. This may be why the city shut down the voluntary agency mentioned in the video since this takes away control from the city. The city is not going to be able to build enough of the tiny homes to get rid of homelessness - they are going to have to build high-rise buildings with lots of tiny rooms. It probably wouldn't hurt to put a police substation on the ground floor of one of the buildings in the complex. A Republican mayor still has to work with the leftist city council to get anything done, so I am not hopeful that things will change. My solution to the problem would be to build vertical high rises with hundreds of small units each, then notify each person camping in a park or living in a camper that they must immediately move to a legal residence, including the high rises or one of the small house locations. If they don't, arrest them and interview them to find out why they are homeless. If they are an addict, put them in a controlled medical facility and help them through withdrawal so that when they leave they are no longer an addict. Try to address the root cause of their homelessness. Tough love rather than enabling destructive behavior.
Oh yes!! That would really be a great plan. That would make it clearly illegal to be poor/homeless. Absolutely 💯% I support that all the way!! Oh! I know,after every homeless person has been rounded up and forced into a tiny house village or a high rise tiny room building....we can them tell them to get on the fucking train...yeah tell them it's all going to be ok...get on the fucking train and off to Auschwitz you go...just get on the fucking train. I can't even begin to imagine how evil and foul you are.
@@thisisfuckedoff5107 Being poor is not against the law. Seattle is working to help those too poor by providing the small houses. What is illegal is where they are camping. As of right now the authorities have chosen to ignore this and the public is paying the price, which is why a heavily Democratic city now has a Repuican mayor. It is interesting and disturbing that you compare enforcing simple laws to putting people on trains and taking them to extermination camps. You view the very acts taken by the city to help the poor as a tool against the poor.
@@stephanledford9792 "My solution to the problem would be to build vertical high rises with hundreds of small units each, then notify each person camping in a park or living in a camper that they must immediately move to a legal residence, including the high rises or one of the small house locations. If they don't, arrest them and interview them to find out why they are homeless. If they are an addict, put them in a controlled medical facility and help them through withdrawal so that when they leave they are no longer an addict" You see Hitler pretty much blamed all societies' problems on the Jews,rounded them up,arrested anyone not willing to relocate,posted security at the parameters.....almost exactly the same as you layed out in your utopian solution. Hitler STARTED with rounding them up.
Would love to see the allocation and accounting for the $120 million that Seattle spends every year. Also you said Portland will have spent $500 million the past 5-6 years. Would love to see that accounting as well. How much goes towards solutions and how much goes to "admin fees" and other corruption.
Seattle spends aproximately a BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR. That 120 million figure is just one portion. Think about that...its 100k per individual homeless person for services, police, hospital, interventions etc...
An investigation in it showed that 80-90% of the money were mismanaged, stolen, profit making for those milking the situation, corruption, etc. The report was buried.
Well there is administration fees to run it with bloated salaries paid to politicians friends, family or anyone else the mayor/governor owes favors to.
Nice work Nick. I live right outside of Seattle. Once was homeless for almost a year. You do a phenomenol job highlighting the negative issues that need to be addressed. Awesome as always.
As someone who lived in Seattle in the 1980’s this is heartbreaking! Seattle, much like the San Francisco Bay Area was a BEAUTIFUL PARADISE, then. Especially compared to now! It seems that enforcing existing laws would be a good place to START, if they want to change things.
Those darn poors ruining everything. And all we did was let predatory drug companies and land barons squeeze the life out of society for decades. No one could have predicted this.
Who said anything about changing the current diabolically destructive "New World🌎 disorder" democratic😈 ideology syndrome conspiracy theory-????🤔. The political system obviously desires a catastrophic situation
I lived in Seattle several years ago. At that time Seattle was a beautiful city. I'll never move back. The current policies have ruined the city, its beyond sad. I have no urge to visit and only do so to visits friends. Good luck Seattle, you're on your own.
@@rainydays516 you seem brainwashed as most people are. Please continue talking.. what your point?? Or better yet ?? What state do you live in ? What's your I.Q. ?
I know a lot of comments. But my x became homeless. He met someone in really bad shape. He helped him n hung out with him. Well he got on sec. 8. He arranged for his friend to get a place together.
Your little jingle at the end of the video was cute and it made me feel sad at the same time. I’m homeless myself; not downright out on the street homeless but I’m couch surfing and renting rooms from my own family who threaten to put me out on the street because they say I’m “taking up space”. I could soon be on the streets myself. I wish I could afford my own home. I’m going to school for computer science and mechanical engineering and I hope this will secure my future. I am trying to keep up hope; if all else fails then at least I can say I enjoyed studying my passions which are science, math, art and philosophy.
You are on the right path, education is your key to a better future, it was for me and it paid off even if it was just 2 two year degrees, Diesel Tech and Horticulture. from the local Junior college, got me good paying jobs. I just wish this country would understand the benefit of training it people who are not going to university. Give kids in high school a god damn ladder up! It would benefit them and the nation.
He was previously head of the city council and partly responsible for the mess that you now see. But his opponent is the current head of the city council and she’s demonstrably worse. The leftist element in the city lost their minds when they found out that mayoral candidate (and now incoming mayor) Bruce Harrell received campaign contributions from a wealthy guy who also backed Trump. So there’s that…
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz NO HAVEN'T YOU SEEN YOU CAN BE IN POLITICS FOR 60 OR 70 YEARS NO NEW BLOOD IS ALLOWED TO CIRCULATE IT'S A BIG CLUB AND WE AINT IN IT
I love Seattle and used to go there often until my car got broken into and I had a bunch of stuff stolen. I called the police and the officer that responded basically said for the most part they ignore theft even vehicle theft at times. The housing isn't a bad idea but tackling the drug issue is where focus needs to be placed.
Leftists never use the money properly. It gets funneled out of the taxpayers' pockets and into their tax havens. That's why leftist-run cities only ever seem to get worse. 50+ years of false promises, lies and embezzlement and imbeciles still don't get it. CNN has rot their brains.
@@mtn1793 at least they tried. Seattle seems to have given up completely these days along with other west coast towns. That's why alot of the addicts move to the west
Washington feels misserable half the time. I used to live there as a little kid and went back after that a lot. I think its just those dark clouds. Anything from about Portland Oregon and up is mega dark clouds.
Wow! Someone who is willing to at least acknowledge the drug problem behind this crisis! Drug use is ruining peoples lives to the point some are almost like mindless zombies, unemployable and unhouseable.
Yeah that sounds like my nephew! He was put on psychotic drugs to help with depression! Now he is like 30 or 35 and can't function everyday! Can't work! He lives with his mother is my youngest sister! He tried to kill his self all the time. He makes life a living Hell 🔥 for my sister & him. He still on lots of head medicine! He wants to go to psych ward all the time. They wouldn't keep him very long! And send him home! He calls my sister at work all day! It's terrible! 😱 i feel sorry for both of them!
@@bettyschneider5268 Sounds a lot like my brother-in-law. He makes life hell for my wife and their 83 year old mother. People like that should be institutionalized permanently.
This is what happens when they moved all factory jobs overseas. All the homeless from other states move to places that have more generous handouts such as Seattle, L.A., San Francisco, etc.
The hateful, mostly white privledged trolls on here dont care about facts. They only want to push the narrative that poor are that way because they are bad and need to be locked up....becauase they claim to love freedom??? The irony
Closing mental wards was the problem. The second is states like Oklahoma and other red states intentionally sending their homeless problem west. Need to start hitting these problem states where it hurts by cutting off coal or other exports.
@@bradleysmith9431 It appears so because Democrats give free money to the homeless, which cause the homeless from other States to come. But how did the homeless from other States became homeless in the first place? Answer: jobs moved over seas.
@@bradleysmith9431 that’s because republicans send their massive homeless problems to democratic states. Sooner or later exports of Republican fossil fuels might stop making it to port as retaliation.
2:14 is called Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle, which used to be a tourist mecca in the 70s-80s. Some transients inhabited the area, usually a small group of inebriated Native Americans. But, generally, Seattle was an orderly, clean, and peaceful city -- nothing like what it's devolved into recently.
I worked with homeless people a lot. I helped, I tried to help at least. The truth is that maybe 1 in 15 actually wants to get back into society. Great majority of them like living this way because they don’t have to work, they can take drugs and they don’t have responsibilities.
the studies seem to suggest the actual number is closer to 3 in 15. Most are drug addicts and mentally ill...but some are disabled physically, elderly, or just actual victims of financial disaster.
@Common Sense Revolution Your terrible attitude is why us sane Europeans don't want to , or need to emigrate to the U.S. anymore. But good luck with a society that clearly keeps rocketing on anti-welfare ideas like this.
This!! Leftist agenda portrays them all as victims and no one wants to say what you just said - that many WANT to live this way, it's a lifestyle choice, and there's an attitude of entitlement that they should be taken care of by everyone else. Some are dealing with mental illness and other issues including job loss and that's not who I'm talking about. Cities like Seattle are making this lifestyle choice extremely attractive to this segment of society, and everyone else pays the price.
That's because they've totally given up on life and I'm sure that every single one has a story behind their self destruction. Seriously, who wants to live like that really, come on! We need to look at Society as a whole and do some serious soul searching to work out a comprehensive plan to repair our broken Societies. I too work in homeless here in the UK by the way and we have much the same issues going on. But blaming these ruined people doesn't help anything...
I am forced to take mass transit to my job in Seattle since I cannot afford parking. I fear for my life everyday once I get on and the bus and Link! A day does not go by when you don't encounter a homeless or crazy on bus or Link. 6 yrs away from retiring and will leave this state and never come back!
Governor Inslee either doesn't care about the homeless crisis in Seattle, has no idea how to appropriately tackle the problem, or both. I think it's a combination of both.
@@Florida46 that guy doesn't intend to lift one finger for anyone but himself. He's been incompetent from day one along with Murray and Cantwell. Plus all the corrupt school board members and city council members. Check out "we the governed" on UA-cam
You make great videos Nick. Thanks to show the real story about those cities. Very sad for all those homeless people. This is something mainstream media in Europe will never talk about.
Why are the citizens of that state and other states throughout the country required to pay for health insurance, copays, medical costs while ‘illegal migrants’ receive their medical coverages for free? Shouldn’t every state provide free health care and free housing for U.S. citizens as well? If ‘illegal migrants’ aren’t required to pay rent and other services why are Americans required to pay rents? Did politicians think this over before having unlimited open borders? 🤷🏼🤔
@@nancywebb6549 Gee, what a great incentive to vote "the right way". Otherwise, the ruling party might put a homeless "village" right in the middle of YOUR neighborhood!
I moved back home Virginia. The homeless problem is due to the attitude of the people there. I made $22 an hour lived in my van. I didn't do drugs. This guy took his phone, while parked took video inside my van. I decided then, before I get arrested for killing a rude Seattle person to move! They are the meanest, rudest, selfish, snobbish people I ever seen. I been across the United States 4 times. The homeless problem is there own fault! It cost over $2000 a month for an apartment! They make fun of poor people. They treat the homeless like animals. People who live downtown are scared to walk their dog. They fired the police.
I agree, if there is that much homeless it must be a reflection of people's greediness. There are usually empty buildings which could be converted into studio apartments to help people in need and get counseling and heal. But no one wants to help or have these in their neighborhoods.
These people I’m sure have a lot of sad stories, but as the brother of an addict, I can tell you that 99% of these people made dozens of bad decisions to wind up here. With regards to mental illness, these people were housed in asylums, until liberals decided that asylums were inhumane.
Ronald Reagan shut of funding to asylums across the country nationwide and by doing that overwhelmed the prison system with " criminals" who actually commit atrocities because they are mentally ill and need treatment that the prison system isn't equipt for
So it's MORE than safe to assume YOU, smooth as your namesake, never made ANY bad decisions and if you did, you had something or someone or both to fall back on? Carry on.
I lived in Seattle for 4 years in the early 90's and it was voted one of the US's most livable cities. I loved it there. Sad to see such a decline. There were many homeless at the time, but nothing like this.
Between 2008 and 2014 there were almost no homeless at all, I was all over the city and there was no such thing as tents in the city, it did not exist. There was 0% Graffiti and I loved how clean the city was, this all changed after they declared the city a sanctuary city and started to give out money, people came.
They ripped out “The Jungle” a few years back. The houseless were always here, just hidden. The shift in Amazon’s direction has certainly driven up housing costs, and Seattle went from being a manufacturing/engineering city to basically the new Cilicon Valley. The rent is so, so high. It’s definitely not the same city. :(
DUE TO WEATHLY AND RICH F***S LIVING HERE HOARDING EVERYTHING FOR THEMSELVES. IS THIS CALLED MUST HAVE X MONEY IN THE BANK -- IF YOU TO CHOOSE TO LIVE HERE THIS IS SEATTLE - NAMED AFTER CHIEF SEATTLE. WHOM OPENLY STATES ALLLLLLLLLLL PEOPLE OF ALL RACES OF ALL CREEDS AND CLASSES ARE FREE TO COME HERE, VISIT, LOVE LAUGH AND LIVE FOR ALL FOREVER. NO WHERE IN USA LAW DOES IT STATE INDIVIDUALS MUST HAVE X MONEY IN BANK IN ORDER TO PROCEED LIVING HERE IN SEATTLE OR ANYWHERE ELSE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER.
@Ronald Reagan I honestly don't believe in politics, people will always gravitate towards what's best for them. . . Doesn't matter what politics that is. . . Question then would be, are people who decide they are one political or otherwise type of characters... Do people change over time in what they feel and or believe, which indefinitely changes their societal and political viewpoints ?? Or are we pre determined in our view points determined by our own up bringing and finanial "class". Im born and raised in Kansas City, MO, I moved out West in 2013, I've been homeless 31 times and yet now holding Multiple Bitcoins. ... Not many people in the USA have probably been homeless in a dozen MAJOR cities traveling around, making due what I had at the time, and yet now makes 50-200k a year trading cryptocurrency full time. So I've went from poverty, moving to the coast with no connections, jobs and only 400 bucks 2 backpacks to homeless multiple times in Seattle and else where traveling 42 states and 5 countries broke and homeless... , to fairly well off to wealthy in 8 years.
Residents of Seattle need to replace their mayor with a conservative one who will enforce laws, get rid of homeless camps, clean up their city and help addicts get into rehab .It can be done.
@@almarzacci8857 no, you mean the left will always control WA state. They finally voted in one republican since the 70’s. That’s how sickening they are here, they don’t care about a candidate views or policies, all you have to be is a democrat & you’ve got the win. I hate it here!
Ask how Americans make a fortune from the two world wars. USA has been looting the world and spending on weapons. Just cut the military budget to a minimum enough to protect own soil and divert the money to better use.
Making it worse is part of the playbook for socialist takeovers including this attempt. And once the socialists are in control, they're very confident in their ability to stay in power, presiding over legions of single-party voters barely surviving in favelas.
People should not be able to live on public property. Those who are just financially down due to loss of job or medical issues should get a decent place which they can help subsidize when they are working until they can afford to live on their own. For those who are not working should be housed in dormitory style housing like shelters. For those who are a danger to others or themselves should be institutionalized until they are stabilized.
When people are homeless which is for very complex issues it breaks my heart because no one should be on the cold streets and what about the animals on one of the videos it showed 2 beautiful rabbits they are are a credit to the man for keeping them in a great condition their were a lot of canines a man’s best friend
They will eventually say, see how terrible these old infrastructure cities are. We must tear them down and build new green cities, where everyone will live in 300 Square foot apartments. And have to rely on public transportation, and bicycles. Yes, they are destroying cities on purpose. And they don't care who gets hurt in the process.
It’s part of the UN Agenda 2030. They want all of us packed into a few big cities. The US government is on board with this. The present is bad and the future will be a nightmare.
Bicycles should be a no brainer. Less cars on the road, cleaner air, stronger hearts, lungs and legs. In Finland all across the political spectrum the bicycle and its infrastructure have support. Conservatives see it as individual self reliance, Socialists see it as making everyone as more equal, the Greens see it as good for the environment, all of which is true, That we in North America can't see bicycles like that is a sign of social decline.
@LEONARD Maltin-Gae I agree that with the current car-centric approach in the US it is harder to ride around your bike. However, the damage of this car-centric apprach has to be undone in some way or another. Building more public transport, creating high dense-housing around these lines, and laying out more bicicle routes inside and towards these developments definitely is a good start. It will make the cities more livable and cheaper to maintain as well. By the way, Seattle has more people living on a square kilometre (3430) than Helsinki (2857), so in certain areas bike paths are definitely possible, also nowadays.
They need more affordable housing period, in Seattle and elsewhere. That is the reason for all this. The policies that created this are allowing Wall Street to buy up single family housing and become landlords driving up all costs.
I work as a housing case manager in Salem Oregon. Another huge problem is lack of affordable housing. It's hard to find units within rent reasonableness. Wait-list for low income Housing and section 8 are over 10 years long. A person on disability or social security can not afford the high rents. We take homeless get them into an apartment and help with rental assistance and case management. The case management is the most important piece in getting people to become self sustainable. Still if a person is on disability or social security they will never be able to pay rent and bills on their own. Section 8 needs to change. People get on it and then never get jobs so they don't lose it, then those who can not work stay waiting for years.
I grew up just outside of Seattle but it has deteriorated so rapidly. I talk to a lot of other locals about how bad everything has gotten so we know it's a problem, it's just the laws we have in place are restrictive on both side. Police can't do much unless a crime actually happens and if we were to try and act on our own, ofc we'd get in trouble. Sometimes they'll clean up parks and offer services (offer being the key word). I love Washington- everything beyond the city is beautiful. Mountains, hiking, trails, etc. The city itself is not that enjoyable. I have been to downtown Seattle only a few times in the last 3 years. Primarily because of the pandemic and also because I don't feel safe here 😂
It contributes to the problem. There is a complex of issues. Adults with low IQs simply don't have the wherewithal to get organized to share an apartment. Adults with high IQs and mental illness simply don't have the wherewithal to get organized to share an apartment, either. AND city life in America, as the world over, is for the wealthy. I'm with Tim Pool: don't live in a city. I ended up in Maine, for example.
If you don't own a home 100% outright then you are technically homeless. When you are paying rent and mortgage, once you lose your source of income for whatever reason you will become homeless.
Seattle is such a big city with high rents. Some people with low benefits might want to consider smaller towns or even different states where their income might go further ... if they have the means to move.
I grew up in Seattle. Lived there from 1962 and left in 1986. It was hard to leave but after seeing this it breaks my heart to see it so badly traahed!
Wow. So I worked in the building across from that homeless village on 11th and 45th for many years and but had to leave in 2020. Prior to this village it was utilized for construction purposes for the light rail station a couple blocks east and before that it was a bank and a parking lot. Interesting to see this area now as I have not driven through there in quite some time. It got to where I had eyes on the back of my head as I walked a couple blocks in to work before 6am. I carried mace and as a woman I felt very unsafe. I could tell stories of the crap (literally and figuratively speaking) that I had to deal with just getting to my building. So, so, so happy I don't work in that area anymore.
With all the many challenges American citizens face daily why has the government allowed unlimited open borders for millions of ‘illegal migrants’ from all over the world to flow through freely who are in need of all resources, services, and benefits?🤷🏼
The problem I see is the pay we make compared to the cost of anything. Renting an apartment is more than if you are able to buy a house. No way to catch up with most rate of pay.
My Family has lived in this area for over a hundred years and I’ve never seen anything this bad, I never go to the Seattle area anymore for any reason. American Internment camps is what these really are, disgraceful doesn’t even describe it. Good job Nick, thanks for the exposure.
You can’t love your fellow man by letting him/her continue to destroy themselves with drug use and alcohol abuse. By default aren’t these people “insane” and in need of at least a legal Guardian??
How do people raise children in Seattle if you cant take really them safely to a park or library for fear of stepping on a needle of being assaulted by someone having a psychotic episode?
Thank you for sharing this information. This is why i am leaving. I have been voting against this but its time to leave. All these homeless will only help those who made this mess.
Tax payers and those working for the evil corporation USA are responsible for this. The masses will never accept the truth though. They believe they ate good folks for going to work every day even though in reality they fund child trafficking and other crimes against humanity
All of USA is corrupt. Instead of leaving maybe learn how to live off of plants and start teaching the homeless how to do the same and then the masses. Would be a good start in becoming self sufficient so we don't feel the need to work for evil corporation to put food on the table. Their food is poison anyways.
All of us conducting commerce are just as guilty as anyone else for the homeless problem and for all issues that are crimes against humanity. What else do you expect when you go to work every day to line the pockets of the evil ones that want to make sure we have no homes and no healthy food
Those paying taxes are the ones who made this mess. When you finance the evil ones the result is this. Folks just can't admit they have been part of the problem. Mostly because they refuse to admit their part in all of this.
WHAT STATE ARE YOU HEADING TO MAY I ASK KINDLY? WHERE IN THE MIDWEST? FARRR BACK EAST MOST LIKELY.... FLORIDA ? everyone favorite place to live it seems lol.
Glad I'm in NC...we would never have anything like this ever..NC is far from perfect but this is ridiculous..giving needles and instructions how to use is crazy.they need rehab institutes and halfway houses with work programs..more social workers..
@@CatPeople-Seattle_unofficial You think Jesus would give you a needle? He'd hold your hand and help you through the withdrawls, he's not giving you a needle so you can fall even farther down that hole. Giving an addict a needle isn't compassion. You're just helping to kill them.
First of all, you can’t force someone in to rehab. They will only get clean when they want to put in the work. Second of all, clean needles and injection centers are saving lives. We can’t go on and pretend we don’t have a huge problem that nobody seems to want to fix, which first off is why and what is causing addiction. We are losing an entire generation. Why are we allowing open borders? Why are we allowing drugs to be shipped in the mail? Why are we still doing trade with China? They are the suppliers of fentanyl. If their government won’t crack down it, they need repercussions. Why are we allowing the other component, which is coming from Mexico. They are the ones mixing fentanyl with other drugs and bringing it in to the US.
@@queenofkings7453 Aaaand NONE of that refuted the point that you are only helping them to their deaths. Just a little slower since you are "protecting them from disease" while they kill themselves. Essentially ONLY to help you feel better about yourself. This isn't about them, it's about your feelings. Doing the right thing is hard, so you types just refuse to do it. You can't force them into rehab, you can damn well make it hard to be a junkie though!
Have you seen Salem, Oregons capital lately? It's going to get worse, we have over a thousand immigrants coming, where are they gonna live? Not all homeless are druggies. Alot are elderly. We dont make enough to rent.
Here is my Oakland Homeless Video! It's even WORSE there! ua-cam.com/video/yRWmKh13b50/v-deo.html
As bad and as sad as it is... The narrative in these videos is very biased. Strong leanings towards blaming and less open discussions on what could be the causes. Like the Oakland folks were saying: There are myriads of issues/problems that can lead someone to living on the streets. However, continued profit greed will continue to push cost of living beyond single minimum wages.
@@seikojin Private companies should be ashamed of themselves. Very few of them pay their employees a living wage. I know a woman who works FT as a peer specialist for 1 of the 35 FACT teams in Florida. Each FACT team serves at least 100 clients with mental illness. Most clients live in some kind of supportive housing and some like myself live independently in our own apartments. I fully admit the fact that a peer specialist is the lowest level position on any FACT team. Even so... ANYBODY who works professionally with those who have mental illness should be making a hell of a lot more than $13 an hour. She lives on her own. Without somebody living with her to balance out the overall income I have no idea how in the world she survives financially. I work for an employee owned grocery chain operation that offers buying company stocks and 401K plans. I currently make $1.45 more an hour then she does. That's not fair and it proves how backwards most privately owned companies really are.
Congrats Nick. Please also see my other comment.
I don't hate many people, but I sure do hate you Nick!
Things will never get better until we solve the White liberal problem.
I am disabled and on SSI. I worked for years while raising my children and long after they were on their own. Then my parents required 24 hr. care so I left my career to care for them unpaid. Those years I will never regret but during that time I didn't pay in to Social Security so when I became disabled I didn't have enough work credits and so I couldn't qualify for disability and was granted SSI. In Oregon the max payment is $794.00 a month. There is absolutely no apartment I can afford on that. Even a mobile home space in the Salem area is 700 a month. So I have no choice but to live in my 5th wheel on a friends property. So many of the SSI recipients are homeless because there is not enough low income housing.. It takes years on waiting lists to get into the small amount of low income housing there is presently. Not all of us are drug addicts and criminals. Im a 50 year old grandma who has never even had a parking ticket. You want to fix a lot of the problem...either raise SSI benefits to the poverty line or create more affordable housing. Just sayin.
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Same, with me, I am in the UK I am on benefits, it's a big worry and a struggle all the time
One of the rich ones?
It's terrible that Americans have to suffer like this on a small ss check while people from the mid east get 3 to 4000 government monthlys to live here. This just isn't right!
Exactly....100%...agree Myself am in the same situation......
I was homeless at 61. Ran out of savings, unemployment, couldn't find work. I thought I would die, never thought it'd ever to me. But I survived, learned where thr free meals were, showers, Healthcare, shelters. I stayed 3 months at Salvation Army, 6 months at Catholic Charities, they kept me fed, housed, clothed until I finally landed a job out of state, saved some money, eventually retired on SS. I haven't been homeless 10 years now. I'm very grateful to Salvation Army, Catholic Charities and others that help us that when we need it. Sincere Thanks
its sad what this country gives people who believed in the system,and got fucked over.
Glad you survived but this is going to bet worse with big banks buying all the housing and people like gates and china buying farm land...they want us gone
@@fasteddie8782 My grandfather would listen to me complaining, then he'd always say, 'Who ever said life is fair?' Even on his death bed, he would still answer the phone, 'I'm doing absolutely great! How can we make a $million together?' 'Course, he grew in the Depression and fought in WW2 Pacific.
Dear god i feel for ya. Glad u re all right now. I m from Europe - that never happens here with legal citizens
I was just watching a Norwegian show and the Nordic people don't really let this happen at least not to this extent they seem to respect the poor more than the rich
I have lived in Seattle for 26 yrs and m appalled at how much the city has deteriorated and am ready to leave. I recognized most of the areas that you had shown. While the drugs and homelessness are part of the reason for the high rate of homelessness the high tech industry is also part of problem. When I moved here in the late 90s Seattle was very affordable. I bought my first house for $90,000. The house payment was $620 a month. The only high tech employer then was Microsoft. As the high tech industry moved from California to Seattle high prices increased as the tech workers were making 2 or 3 times more what the average Seattleite was making and could by much more expensive property. Then people started buying houses to rent and increased the rent but the tech workers could easily afford it. Then the developers got greedy and tore down older buildings where tenants had cheap rent and replaced them with luxury apartments and condos. So to sum it up much of homelessness is a result of greed.
As a born & raised Rainier Valley & Upper Rainier Beach resident, you my friend hit thd nail on the head.
Please stay and fix it. Don’t come and ruin other cities as well.
I live here as well and I hate it. It's ridiculous. I had a customer who said he was purposely homeless because the government would give him money for it. He didn't have to work or do anything. I was like wtf
Greedy profiteers at the top. Greedy junkies at the bottom. Whole bunch of good people in the middle getting squeezed into apple juice.
No the homeless problem is 80% caused by drugs…. However I do agree real estate prices are insane but you can very simply move out of the city limits and the rent will become much more doable.
It blows my mind. I was an addict for 12 years in south Florida. Applied for a job one day because I was sick and tired. Asked a halfway house to pro rate me for 2 weeks. So i owed them back rent. Payed it. Got into shape and eventually got my place here on Nettles island at only 28. Mental health does play a roll. But alot of these people don't want help.
You know here's the thing with people, and this can cover a lot of ground. We are all creatures of habit and people once they are comfortable with a situation resist change and will argue to high heaven why they cannot change (their justification) you mix in some substance abuse and there you have a comfort zone where you do not want to change until such time that you yourself are sick of the way you are living and do something about it. Fortunately for yourself this has worked out for you as you have mentioned you were sick and tired of living that way. I believe there is no quick fix for addiction to substance abuse, in fact there really is no magic cure except treatment and the treatment you have chosen will afford the best results. It's too bad that we cannot get all people afflicted with addiction on the same page. You have shown that it can be done and of course I commend you for and wish you the best of luck.
It’s like 2k to live in a trailer there sooo idk if that’s the coolest thing
The patient has to want treatment. Or it's a waste of the medical services time
I couldn't afford the rising cost of living in Seattle and the issues it has are only growing. I moved from Seattle to South Carolina and paid cash for a home twice the size of my old one and I love the small city it has
From Seattle to Carolina is a huge culture change.
Wow !
THE problem with Superficiattle is gentrification. Where are people to go when they're forced out of their homes because of money? High taxes that don't go where it's suppose to go with complacent voters. Sad city will fall into the Puget sound soon enough. Politicians are WAY overpaid. They should all be paid the lowest wage of any worker in their state.
South Carolina is trash, nothing pleasant about trees and more trees 😭😭
All the Californians morning north...turned a nice city into San Francisco
Welcome to SC
THIS is real journalism. Something CNN could never dream of. Boots on the ground reporting.
You're right! He is real journalist. Be a Noble prize journalist!
Cnn is terrible...Fox News is substantially worse. why single out one scumbag and pretend the rest have clean hands.
YES!!!
Lol
@@Jennthegreen The footage speaks for itself and the fact that mainstream news outlets don’t show this - THAT is one sided journalism. He also extensively interviews someone in this video who has been homeless in this area. You should watch the video.
All the people that voted for these policies need to house at least 1 homeless person. That should be the law.
Yes, but the homeless person won’t stay unless they can do drugs, smoke cigarettes, have no rules, receive free money and food or maybe even substances, and can bring their partner or dog along too.
@@Jennthegreen Yes to the second point, the government should not be helping people to use illegal substances. They should be helping them to kick their addictions.
Or maybe the people need to wake up and stop working for evil corrupt folks that make sure we have folks removed from their homes. Stop financing these crooks if you truly do care
@@Jennthegreen tax dollars pay for child trafficking and such evil things like that. Pocket change compared to the birth bond fraud the United States of America is guilty of.
@@Jennthegreen best we don't enrich the man any more and we find new ways to feed ourselves. We should be self sufficient anyways
I volunteered at a homeless shelter in the Chicago area for years, but when I moved to the San Francisco bay things seemed totally different. I had never witnessed that level of madness and wretchedness in Chicago, and the contrast with the wealth and opulence of the surrounding neighborhoods made it even more absurd.
Different class of people in mid west Chicago land. Spent quality time in both cities. Back in the (90's). Noticed a difference in the " demeanor " between the residents (LA)&(SF). A tale of 2-cities. (LA) seemed more affable.
Update on current situation... Ballard Commons park was cleared earlier this week. Georgetown Encampment has grown larger. Only half from Ballard Commons went into housing, rest decided to stay homeless. Parks are being cleared this week, but homeless are just heading downtown or under overpasses. Nothing has really changed, just another false show of force. They'll be back
Stay positive
Thanks for the up date! 💒 i don't live in Seattle Washington! 🎡🏙 i live in the State of Maryland 🏞🌄🏡🏡🏪🌃🌉🗽🌉🗻🏗🏘🦀🇺🇸 but iam sure the problem is in every State! If not it will be? 🎭🎭
Where do you ppl who think like this expect them all to go I’m very curious. I am an LA native manyyy generations here we are use to this. And why we don’t see it the way all of you do. Because we know how big a problem it is and a little impact won’t do. So we don’t even bother complaining about it. Because we know no matter how much they are moved around they’ll just circle back. Unless you build a town with a gas station, few fast food joints, a park and a grocery market with housing just for them where are they going ladies and gents.
@Superior Freebird You nailed it how can a gov keep letting more over. They take all the affordable housing just come to LA and look at any affordable apartments.
@@boundariessetinstone5893 They can do what I did when I was on the street... quit doing drugs and alcohol, sort out my issues, get a job so I can feel like a decent person again, then go from there. These people need to take that first step in that direction. I think that is a good place to start
I am a Washington state resident. This, this is the reason why my children will never experience Seattle. I moved here 15+ years ago. Downtown Seattle was such a beautiful place to hang out. Now I’m embarrassed when friends and family visit and they want to experience Seattle. I take them to other beautiful spots far away from the city. It’s a shame but then again this is what these people voted for.
It's what the people created by going to work every day and enriching the pockets of these corrupt employees of a corrupt corporation known as United States of America. Anyone with a SSI card and birth certificate and whom is working for fed reserve notes are all contributing to the problem. Yes! If you pay taxes you are paying the evil ones to continue their plunder. Yes anyone conducting commerce is just as much part of the problem as those that came up with and execute these crimes against humanity. And folks want to blame everyone but themselves.
I last visited Seattle about 7 years ago. I didn't know at the time it would be my last visit there ever. But now you couldn't offer me an all expenses-paid trip to that shithole - same with Portland and Frisco as well.
@@truthministries77 👏
@@truthministries77 Communism works great for ants and bees, and maybe for some small human groups, such as Israeli kubutzes, but it has been shown in practice to be a bankrupt political philosophy, You can't change human nature, you have to work with it as it is. Quit living in the past, you need to think outside the box you are to find solutions to capitalism's weaknesses.
Left Seattle and my 1st wife in 2012 (and haven't been back) and in 2016 me and my new wife moved to Central Oregon and love it, unfortunately Bend is being corrupted by California libtards...so grateful to live in country and NOT town ❤️
Thanks Nick for showing the reality of living in Washington State. My husband and I lived there over 30 years and had to make a heartbreaking decision to escape from the craziness where we lived. They have neutered the police and keep taxing people to fix this problem. I will forever miss the beauty of the PNW just not the insanity of leadership. We moved recently and I keep looking for homeless camps and there is none. Yes, in the big cities but not in suburbs. I have compassion for those who struggle to afford housing/rents but zero tolerance to encourage drug addiction by handing out needles. Our forests are littered with trash and needles after a camp leaves. Recently moving has made me feel safer where I live but I realize it’s really affected me on deeper level to get over the decline of a city we loved so much and had to leave.
That's just sad but what are you to do you cant be pulled down the drain with the rest of them.
Probably 1 of the best channel on youtube , as always , good news ,good info and everything , thank you Nick
Finally left the Seattle area after 49 years! Absolutely no reason to put up with that crap anymore (and pay for it). Life is better elsewhere. Loving small town Kentucky! Safe, affordable and genuinely friendly ! Good luck, Seattle!
Born and raised In Kentucky .
Until a tornato passes by and rips your roof off lol
@@lordcommandersnow1625 Too soon, dude.
Kentucky does sound nice. However Mother Nature isn’t kind over there… praying for all who have been impacted from the tornados.
@@1richnasty Well, CA is going through a drought, and then we'll also be saying the same thing when "the big one" hits the west coast and causes one of the worst catastrophies in USA history. There's pros/cons everywhere
When America considers a safe and decent place to live a necessity instead of a luxury we might start to really combat this issue of homelessness. Yes some people have mental illness, others substance abuse. But there's a great disconnect between what the average American earns and the cost of housing.
That's why The Party lets in millions more people, to help bring the housing prices down.
Democrats kill cities.
A place to live is a necessity but no one is responsible for that but yourself. And it's almost all are mentally ill or addicted.
@@Da40kOrks the Republicans shut down the mental hospitals
Sure it's close to a necessity but will never be a right. Who's going to pay for it?? Please don't think the rich are going to pay for yet another wasteful government program. How many billiona have been spent on homelessness already?
I was in Seattle 40 years ago, and back then I thought it was one of the most beautiful places I’d ever seen. I am so glad I didn’t move there permanently.
I was stationed at MCHORD AFB. In 1979.1980 can't believe it.. loved the area
Wasn't your fault the diabolically incompetent democratic party😈. Slowly allowed that once beautiful city to deteriorate into a very unhealthy environment. Spent quality time in & around the Pudget sound region early (90's). Wonder how long those homeless reprobates😈 be satisfied with those 1-room dwellings-???🤔.
Tiny houses are a life saver for those people that qualify 👏 anything beats sleeping rough 🥺
It was my idea Nationwide with a $50B budget. This was when President Trump was in, and as a poor citizen on SS, I wanted to do it. Someone* blocked me from Social Media Contacts, phones*---& came after me & my family, then came Rona!
The Dems sent it to Ukraine and in their bank accounts!
Especially during monsoon season-!!!😳. Spent 2 winters there .
Please remember that not everyone that is homeless wants or chooses to be homeless and not all are drug addicts. Many people have become homeless through unforeseen circumstances. Some have escaped domestic violence, divorce, job loss, illness (mental and/or physical) and many other reasons. If opportunities were made available to them, many would take those opportunities to live in a proper residence. Homelessness cannot be blamed on any particular political party. Homelessness is a national issue for each country, not just in America. When there is unity to address an issue anything can be accomplished. I’m sure no one wants to live on the street in winter. Everyone wants to be able to have a nice hot shower whenever they choose. Anyone with kids that find themselves homeless would not want to have to live on the streets with their children. Anyone’s life can change without warning and find themselves on the street, even those that have degrees and wealth. It’s not about getting stuff for free. It’s about being human and recognising that everyone, no matter whether they live in a tent or a castle, deserves to be treated like they matter. Treat people with dignity and kindness rather than hate and hostility.
Very well said. These things get branded by politicians on both sides of the fence and used to secure votes and divide the average people of this country. In my opinion, the root of almost every major issue in the US is corporate greed, and big money lobbying in politics. The real trickledown effect is what we see in this video. Take a look at the wealth gap in third world countries, the same thing is happening in this country. The west coast has both the environmental climate, and the political climate to make homelessness more likely, however this issue is only getting worse nation wide. The cost of living keeps going up and wages are getting outpaced, plus there are endless pitfalls for people to fall in to when it comes to wasting money thanks to advertising and addictive engineering in every industry. Too many people look at homelessness with disgust instead of a little compassion. To quote Carl Sagan: "If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies you will not find another."
Amen.
yep spoken by a true liberal
Without a home, you are worthless. Thank you for speaking the truth.
Right ✅️.
Nicks pretty ballsy for these videos. He’s just straight up going to all of these cities and checking them out in person talking to everyone and asking questions. He does what we all think about doing-wondering how it’d play out to go see all of these cities for ourselves and get an idea. But Nick just does it! And he’s the perfect person to do it having this size of audience. Helps us as viewers learn a lot. Much respect Nick I love these videos
Ok! Glad you guys like it!
I did same n much dirtier n SOBER.
He's a snarky lil nerd. He'd spit on these poor idiots. I lived with them.
Nick makes a lot of assumptions from the safely of his vehicle. I didn't see him have any meaningful dialog with ANY Seattleites during this video.
@@CatPeople-Seattle_unofficial he did did you watch the whole video?
That's why America is the best country in the world. you can report stuff that the gov't doesn't want others to know!
Anyone else feel extremely grateful for having a nice home after watching this? It’s kinda mean but being middle class is like being a millionaire compare to this nightmare
Yes, being thankful for life is a start. But these people have no self respect and they will respect no one, no matter how much the City of anyone does for them. I washed dishes as a teenager to pay my rent and not sleep on the street for a reason: Self respect and gratefulness. Now I have my own home and thank the Lord every night. These people, like the leftists that support these lawlessness policies are all atheists in the service of evil and they don't even know it. Of course.
The weather outside right now where I live is lowsy, so yes, I'm very grateful to have a roof over my head.
I live downtown Milwaukee thankfully it’s too cold for homeless to ruin downtown lol
A lot of times though, for lower and middle class people, the house they have is because they work, and work hard. They get up early in the morning to go serve the public, and deal with the stress you have to deal with to be for example an ED nurse (which is what I am). Which is extreme, and most people could not handle it, I know from experience. It’s not easy to live on the street, but it’s also not easy to keep working hard, an a break Neck pace sometimes. You get out of what you put into life. That’s the whole purpose of America, capitalism, the freedom to make the most out of your life, or not if you wish.
No. my house is not as big as Bill Gates'....
If you're old enough, you can remember when Seattle was one of the most beautiful cities in the country.
The sad part is everyone in America is only a few paychecks away from being homeless.
One pay check ✔️
No the middle Europe war zone is your bag as well.
Why not save a little money??? It doesn't have to be that way.
@@stacitowery3475if someone is livening pay check to pay check it’s highly implied there’s little to no money after Basic needs and wants are met. The little money likely less than 100 dollars may need to go towards gas, hygiene, hidden fees, ect. It’s almost impossible to save living pay check to pay check. Saving isn’t the saving grace of the situation
@@librarianrose4472 spend less and don't buy anything that isn't absolutely necessary.
My friend and I recently took Amtrak to Seattle. Before we even arrived at the station we saw tents and people sleeping on the street. We walked from the station across the city to get our rental. It was eye opening. There were multiple homeless people emptying full trash cans and going through the trash, creating a huge mess on the sidewalk. There were people laid out on the side walk. One guy was going to town on himself. This was around noon. I can’t imagine children seeing this and we did see children. On our way out we saw a small tent city and I saw 2 guys doing a drug deal in broad daylight. This was adjacent to a beautiful tree-lined residential street. The residents act like it’s not happening. And the worst of it all was the perpetual smell of urine.
Sounds like Mouse Utopia in full blown collapse mode.
@@manictiger
That's deep!
Was it John Holmes?
Going to town on himself, how? In what way?
I think that would physiologically scar me, seeing all that, wow it’s becoming like a futuristic Scfi film 🎥, or maybe a horror.
More US cities are becoming like this with the dope and the lawlessness... A few of them you have already covered, like Oakland, Baltimore, and Philadelphia...
Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Pompano beach . . . yeah! All of South Florida!
Done on purpose to destabilize.
@TheNewfieDogGuy ow you noticed that
Most homelessness has absolutely nothing to do with dope and lawlessness. The most recent stats show that 70% of the national homeless population are unmedicated people suffering from mental illness. Look it up if you don't believe me.
@TheNewfieDogGuy But yet the caused these problems and these are far leftist places
Love Nicks videos. Informative, mind blowing and I spend hours watching them. We have a homeless problem here in the UK but nothing like this. I love the states and have been many times. So, so 😔
I've been here in Seattle for 30 years! You drove past my place in this video which used to be nice when we moved in 16 years ago. It's definitely time to leave Seattle which I'll be doing soon! Stay safe everyone 🙏 ❤️.
If you agree to leave and move somewhere else, you need to take it upon yourself and vote the opposite party that currently runs seattle. Otherwise you'll wind up ruining your next "home" and trashing it the way you guys trashed this one.
@@renaldoawesomesauce1654good for u
I live in Federal Way and have lived in this region my entire life. I have seen the decline happen in dramatic fashion. Our local government completely sponsors this, it is in direct correlation to their beliefs. Free handouts, dependant on the government. Police have lost the power to police so no accountability. I am a grocery store manager in Burien. We have shoplifters come in and clean us out and there is nothing we can do. You call the police and they either don't show up because it's low priority and not enough police or on the rare occasions that they do, they can't do anything because of the politics. The criminals will look you in the eye tell you that too.
20 years ago seattle was beautiful. I loved going down to down town. Even 10 years ago I would take my family to the seattle waterfront almost on a weekly basis, unarmed. Now on the rare occasion that I do go down there I'm armed and on edge. I really don't go anywhere unarmed anymore in the Puget Sound area. There is homelessness everywhere now. Auburn, Kent, Federal Way, Renton, Everett, tacoma is horrific.
My once beautiful city, region is in ruins thanks to the government.
Chop, a block party? The riots they allowed. Peoples businesses destroyed because they backed the "movement " .
Not only is Seattle dying, it's the entire region.
They fueled the protests. They poured gasoline on the flames and forced the police to stand there and be physically and verbally assaulted.
People own homes that are surrounded by camps. Camps are built on school property AND THE GOVERNMENT TELLS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DEAL WITH IT! Our kids weren't allowed to have recess outside. That actually happened. Look it up.
This is America......
@@crok22 well its not just that bum in the Whitehouse, it's the general liberalism in America.
So sad
You’re right man it’s the whole region and not just Seattle...I live between midland and south hill and it’s changed so much in the last year..Car jacking, police chases, home invasion robberies, mail stolen at least once a week, shootings,car break ins and massive shoplifting is every day now that stuff used to happen now and then but not anymore.
I moved to WA in 1994 and it was beautifulll, crime was real actively low, Seattle was considered a particularly clean city compared to others. It is so sad to see these awful changes, my heart breaks.
This is hard to comprehend without your very detailed videos showing us the reality! Thanks a lot Nick! Love your videos even when they are so difficult to watch.
Ok Monica
Honestly i dont blame half of them. People struggle, stress, worry. And get sick because of it. They eventually give up. Heart breaking!!!
It's the least one can do after you ship all the jobs to China.
They r just lazy mfers that's the truth. The more u feed the cats the less they work for themselves
Seattle has been a liberal city for a long time, but as time went on the politicians went further and further to the left. It's quite sad to see because I know Seattle was once a beautiful and great city
Did you see his video on the most dangerous States in the U.S. All republican run.
@@amazingamerican3958 This people do not care about facts. Everything is the fault of democrats or the 'left'.
@@amazingamerican3958 Yeah that's true, but I'm curious how much crime in those republican states happen in the large liberal cities there. Personally I believe a state shouldn't be too far left or right because both are no good.
@@amazingamerican3958 which states are dangerous or not have no bearing on how bad the homeless problem is in Seattle. Everything in the original comment is still true. You know that, and you can't refute it, so you are trying to change the subject lol nice try I guess 😉
Same with Portland!
I lived in Seattle for a year in the early '80's and it was beautiful. I would be very interested where the money goes. I bet anything that a lot of people are making bank on this problem.
Of course, rich gets richer and poor gets poorer. People are loosing their job to technology, can you picture how many people have lost their job or their source of income so Jeff Bezos could become a billionaire?
That's what happens in California. La is making bank on the homeless.
Late phase capitalism… A mad scramble in the unholy church of money worship.
Stationed there in the 80.s couldn't even imagine this at all
@@FluffballKitties
How?
The homeless issue has several root causes so one size solution cannot fit all. The homeless need to be vetted into to groups such as severe mental illness, drug addiction, disability/elderly, able to work but can't afford current housing prices. Then each group has to have it's tailor made solution. Failing that, the problem will keep getting worse and can potentially affect the quality of life off all urbanites (i.e. crime, filth, property prices, etc). It's not only about compassion. As a side note, I live on a large island in a developing Asian country. There is literally nobody living on the streets. I see very very few mentally ill people wandering the streets. In Manila, despite it massive population, the homeless issue is nowhere near that of cities such as Seattle.
These people become mentally ill after they become homeless, not before.
@@dianal2034 No they become mentally ill because, according to an interview with a former homeless guy in Seattle,85-95% are drug addicts. Or severe alcoholics. I have been down to LA downtown and it is clear how rampant drug addiction is.
a very large part of my own family is homeless. They have fried their brain on meth and other drugs and are literally different people now and can't even talk in proper complete thoughts. They have burned every bridge possible multiple times are blow their "SSI-disability" checks the day it goes on their card on drugs. they are aged 18-45. It is very sad, but they have truly done it to themselves through bad choices and they was not raised this way.
@@dianal2034 true can u cure mental illness then u cure the problem atleast half
Unfortunately most fit into 2 or more categories. A lot of elderly do drugs and crimes and have mental illness.
I love your videos. They are so eye-opening. I'm amazed. You said you think the problem is drugs and you're probably right, but I think there is more to it than just the drugs. Drugs are usually a symptom of pain, despair, and poverty, which obviously those who sleep in tents on the sidewalk are probably experiencing... but I think some of those tent folks (might not be drug addicts) and they just gave a middle finger to the landlords who want them to work 40 hours per week to pay rent and ride the bus and eat ramen noodles. They said, "I can eat ramen noodles without working 40 hours per week." It's economical, not just drugs.
One of the best reasons for UA-cam’s existence is a channel like this. 👍 👍 As a big name architect once said, “The power of observation is often underestimated.” You have your eyes wide open and it’s appreciated.
Homelessness is now a growth industry. A solution is no longer an option.
Why should there be a viable option-???🤔. This democratic party😈 planned catastrophe is a mega millions $ tax payer funded scam to benefit their own coffers-!!!🤗
At least you’re not in a war and nobody is shooting at you. So I’d say you are living like kings.
My rent shot up $500 a month, my salary did not. Elderly PEOPLE WITH FIXED INCOMES can't handle the greed of corporate realtors. I'am not a drug addict or drunk, I work, but fear of being old and homeless with low retirement benefits is real. Please don't villinize all homeless. The Affordable apartments are being torn down or turned into luxury units.
Couldn't have anything to do with the diabolically evil Seattle city council😈 could it-???🤔
What I learned that homeless is a big business for these local politicians. Their friends and families run the non-profits that contract with the local governments and they skim off those dollars with high salaries and admin fees.
@@Jennthegreen Military contractors are just as corrupt but that point is irrelevant to this topic.
The rehab homes near me are places where people overdose and sell illegal drugs. The city tax payers fund the rehab homes.
@@weareorigin was in rehab hospital, first vacation in 20 years and food servers..worked out a leriche syndrome stroke? Pain. From new perscription. Till the day insurance stopped paying. Adaptation..
@@markschneider7794 They are worse, I believe. But that's like comparing Satan to Lucifer.
Pointing to something always solves the problem in front of you
*YOU ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT WHEN YOU SAID "IT SEEMS LIKE THEY JUST WANT TO DESTROY THIS CITY!"* 🎯
Seems to me "they" have a strong desire to destroy this entire country. This homeless horror is prevalent in every single demonrat controlled city and "they" all seem to have the same agenda, to destroy America. "They" are evil with evil intent and it's unbearable to see that they are succeeding.
@@loisaustin6200
Arm up, become independent.
"They" are the residents doing all this crime.
@@mysteryandmeaning297 It’s nuts 🌰 how Seattle will continue to vote for this over and over no matter what !! 🙄🤷🏻♂️
@@SirManfly okay say you vote to fucking arrest all the homeless you going to pay for that
I recently visited Seattle again after 6 years. It was the filthiest city I have ever seen. After talking to the business people and locals apparently Seattle is known all over the west coast as the free place for homeless. Your city enables drug addicts. Every single place we visited smelled like drugs. We cut our visit short leaving after two days.
It's truly a shame. Because with the infrastructure and geographical location Seattle has the potential to become a great city under the right leadership and policies.
@@j.t.03 That is very true. From what my son and I witnessed no one appeared to be in charge. Was actually sad returning for a visit.
Portland is worse.
@LEONARD Maltin-Gae I am not a sir but I am optimistic. I traveled often to Seattle previously for meetings. My previous experiences were positive. It truly is a shame that it has changed so dramatically.
@@j.t.03 yes!! The location of Seattle in beautiful, even under the clouds and rain.
The problem is the real world and people are tired and beat down by this corrupt system .
Elaborate on your accusations.
Yes,,
Seattle looks at homelessness like a crop. They let the encampments grow and grow, and then harvest the encampment when the time is right, demanding more money to "combat the homeless problem". Then a new crop, or encampment, starts growing elsewhere and the cycle repeats. Every year the problem gets worse, and every year Seattle says they need to spend more money fighting the homeless problem. Its a racket.
IT'$ A RACKET 💀
It’s the homeless-industrial complex!
Yep, it's a scam.
Exactly! Not just Seattle. Everett WA is horrible also and the politicians are profiting off of it.
Same in LA. We spent hundreds of millions to build housing and only like a quarter gets built... where's the money?!
As a long time resident of Seattle, and someone who works in the Port area near downtown, I see it all. It's gotten so bad in the last few years and the Police are instructed to do nothing about it. The City Council is demanding that cops don't enforce the law because you know, homeless people and their drug addictions have rights too. The cops are quitting at a rapid pace and the lawlessness is really bad now. There multiple shooting/stabbings/car jackings/ you name it on a daily basis now. It's truly a third world country up here. Incredibly sad to see my beloved PNW go to sh*t. Thanks to the voting base wanting this, this is exactly what they wanted and what they got. The current Seattle/WA administration needs to be voted out NOW.
I haven’t lived in Seattle, but I did think about moving there. After seeing what happened there in 2020 and how it looks now, I’m good where I am. Honestly, the whole CHAZ/CHOP situation was actual domestic terrorism, and the Seattle leaders just sat on their hands and let it happen, putting innocent people in danger. Get them outta there!
@@giovannigiorgio831 ....The Mayor responded after a socialist city council member led a coalition of CHOP residents down to her beautiful home to protest.....The "Summer of Love" ended the next couple of days afterwards.
@@giovannigiorgio831 The decline was documented by a local Seattle tv station back in 2019 in a 1 hour UA-cam video called" Seattle is Dying" where they go step by step showing how liberal idiots relaxed laws and just let the loons run the streets. I encourage everyone to watch it....you will never vote democrat again.
I live in a major city in the states and i know danger and THAT looks extremely dangerous!
It's council, and It's very obvious you've never spent time in the 'third world' because you have no idea wtf you're talking about. If you don't like it here anymore, leave, free up room for a homeless junkie.
I'm convinced that supplying too much free stuff, ignoring crime and bad behavior, supporting poor life choices is actually more cruel to the homeless. You've got to wonder how many people would be better off in the long run if forced to be a bit more self-reliant.
right. it all starts at home. teach you're children good values and morals and the fact that no one is going to help you but yourself. Stop expecting everything for free. Get up off your butt and be a productive member of society. and I'm not talking about anyone that's disabled or elderly here. oh sorry, I got carried away
@@sharihere8809 i hope your children are never faced with illness or disability because if you had your way they would be screwed.
@@sharihere8809 I was taught to stay off of drugs even Doctor drugs, Work help improve my life be kind and help but do not help people get worse only help them if they are willing to improve their lives do not give money to people hook on drugs you will only ruin their lives same with Drinking alcohol. Read as you were raised good. Thank you, for your comment.
@@sookiegirl97381
no not at all. It's choices we make is all as another commenter posted. I dropped out of college my first year when I was 19 to care for my parents. I went to work any job I could find that would hire me with only a high school diploma. There was not enough time in the day to go to school, work, and take care of my parents on top of having a disability. They both died. It took me 20 years to get back on track and I never let the disability control me and kept pushing forward, as you can too
It depends on why they’re homeless. If they’re homeless because of something bad they did, then YES! But if they’re homeless because of something bad that someone did to them, then NO!
NYC, Seattle, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Honolulu and San Francisco are constantly on the news for their high rates of homelessness: what's the end game here? For one, there needs to be more oversight for funding allocated to addressing homelessness in the first place. A large chunk of these nonprofits that receive local/federal funding, are a HUGE part of the problem.: the people who want to get off the streets, can't. They give them just enough resources/information to check off a box, but not a real ladder to escape chronic homelessness/drug addiction.
Yea-!!!🤔. Along with the milions of illegal alien border crosers. What's next-???🤔.Additional foreign aid-???🤔.
All part of the diabolically evil democratic party😈. " New World🌎 Disorder ". Ideology syndrome conspiracy theory-!!!😳.. Wait till. (2030)arrives-!!!😉
Homeless in Seattle. Cost of house too high. Cost of rent too high. Cost of food too high. Cost of living too high.Drives people too beer and drugs,
The counties are WORSE.
Thank you Mr. Johnson for showing the reality of Seattle homelessness issues. Very disheartening to see 😥
It's friggen ridunkulous. People paying insane taxes with a view of a community park packed full of homeless. Awesome! The smell of feces and urine wafting on the air, afraid your home will be broken into when you leave...Hell yeah!
@@willybones3890 Lol 😂 🌇🌆🌃🌉🗽🌉⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺🏕🏕🏕🏕🏕🏕🏖
@Jeff C 👍
The needle exchange program actually was an incredible project started by a citizen and ex-drug addict. It was a 1 for 1 exchange started by a kind heart who understood addiction and did everything he could to help people get clean. It was commandeered by the city and turned into a money grab, bring a needle and get as many as you need. The exchanges getting money for clean needles they hand out.(incentivizing them to hand out needles by the hundreds) Then the original was ordered to shut down.
Needle exchange here to but they get so many needles they throw them everywhere!
Everyone watching this has to view "Seattle is dying" This was done by a Seattle T.V station. It gives exact details of who, what, when, where, and why homelessness in Seattle. The quality is incredible.
Seattle isn't dying/it's depreciating over time. Some of the larger businesses have up rooted. A % Walgreens & similar establishments closed due to shop lifting. They'll always be a lesser amount of stores. So instead of 1-mile away/now10-miles. Just a mere inconvenience with $5.00 A gallon fuel. Just a media scare tactic.
I live in a small, rural county in the middle of the midwest and the only reason our community doesn't look like Seattle is because we have a smaller population. We've got 142 homeless residents in a town of 7300. We have limited resources for mental health care and substance abuse. The biggest contributor to our growing homeless population is the lack of affordable housing. Investors come in, buy en masse because we have low property taxes, and rent out for $1000-$1200 per month, which hardly anyone can afford because we're a rural community with a finite job market.
If population of your town like Seattle Washington you will have around 12,000 homeless people, just do the math.
Look like your town has a lot of homeless people with that small population.
that's a lot of homeless population for such a small town
The city is very concerned about protecting the rights of the homeless but this is coming at the expense of the rights of non-homeless citizens. The people who bought homes next to (or near to) a park so their kids would have a place to play are now faced with not only not being able to use the park but actually forced to avoid the park for safety reasons. I think it is good to help those in need but the rights of the citizens also need to be protected, and providing free drugs and not prosecuting crimes is addressing the symptoms rather than the cause of the problems.
The little house idea is something I had not thought about as a solution and I do see it as a good option, particularly for the elderly. One of the downsides of providing "free" things is that the recipients become dependent on free stuff and it can be a used a form of control. This may be why the city shut down the voluntary agency mentioned in the video since this takes away control from the city. The city is not going to be able to build enough of the tiny homes to get rid of homelessness - they are going to have to build high-rise buildings with lots of tiny rooms. It probably wouldn't hurt to put a police substation on the ground floor of one of the buildings in the complex.
A Republican mayor still has to work with the leftist city council to get anything done, so I am not hopeful that things will change. My solution to the problem would be to build vertical high rises with hundreds of small units each, then notify each person camping in a park or living in a camper that they must immediately move to a legal residence, including the high rises or one of the small house locations. If they don't, arrest them and interview them to find out why they are homeless. If they are an addict, put them in a controlled medical facility and help them through withdrawal so that when they leave they are no longer an addict. Try to address the root cause of their homelessness. Tough love rather than enabling destructive behavior.
Oh yes!! That would really be a great plan. That would make it clearly illegal to be poor/homeless. Absolutely 💯% I support that all the way!! Oh! I know,after every homeless person has been rounded up and forced into a tiny house village or a high rise tiny room building....we can them tell them to get on the fucking train...yeah tell them it's all going to be ok...get on the fucking train and off to Auschwitz you go...just get on the fucking train. I can't even begin to imagine how evil and foul you are.
@@thisisfuckedoff5107 Being poor is not against the law. Seattle is working to help those too poor by providing the small houses. What is illegal is where they are camping. As of right now the authorities have chosen to ignore this and the public is paying the price, which is why a heavily Democratic city now has a Repuican mayor. It is interesting and disturbing that you compare enforcing simple laws to putting people on trains and taking them to extermination camps. You view the very acts taken by the city to help the poor as a tool against the poor.
@@stephanledford9792 "My solution to the problem would be to build vertical high rises with hundreds of small units each, then notify each person camping in a park or living in a camper that they must immediately move to a legal residence, including the high rises or one of the small house locations. If they don't, arrest them and interview them to find out why they are homeless. If they are an addict, put them in a controlled medical facility and help them through withdrawal so that when they leave they are no longer an addict"
You see Hitler pretty much blamed all societies' problems on the Jews,rounded them up,arrested anyone not willing to relocate,posted security at the parameters.....almost exactly the same as you layed out in your utopian solution. Hitler STARTED with rounding them up.
AMEN.
Give, provide, enable….that’s the root of the problem.
Would love to see the allocation and accounting for the $120 million that Seattle spends every year. Also you said Portland will have spent $500 million the past 5-6 years. Would love to see that accounting as well. How much goes towards solutions and how much goes to "admin fees" and other corruption.
Seattle spends aproximately a BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR. That 120 million figure is just one portion. Think about that...its 100k per individual homeless person for services, police, hospital, interventions etc...
An investigation in it showed that 80-90% of the money were mismanaged, stolen, profit making for those milking the situation, corruption, etc. The report was buried.
Look at the Politicians Bank Accounts.
It’s obvious there is no money making it to where it was intended to go. Someone or some group is getting rich off other peoples misery. Same ole crap
Well there is administration fees to run it with bloated salaries paid to politicians friends, family or anyone else the mayor/governor owes favors to.
Again Nick,
Thank You for producing this video !
A Real Eye-Opener...
Ok jim
Nice work Nick. I live right outside of Seattle. Once was homeless for almost a year. You do a phenomenol job highlighting the negative issues that need to be addressed. Awesome as always.
As someone who lived in Seattle in the 1980’s this is heartbreaking! Seattle, much like the San Francisco Bay Area was a BEAUTIFUL PARADISE, then. Especially compared to now! It seems that enforcing existing laws would be a good place to START, if they want to change things.
Its only going to get worse
Or, lower the cost of housing...
Those darn poors ruining everything. And all we did was let predatory drug companies and land barons squeeze the life out of society for decades. No one could have predicted this.
I saw so many cool concerts in Seattle in the 80's. It was awesome. Now I won't go there for anything.
Who said anything about changing the current diabolically destructive "New World🌎 disorder" democratic😈 ideology syndrome conspiracy theory-????🤔. The political system obviously desires a catastrophic situation
I lived in Seattle several years ago. At that time Seattle was a beautiful city. I'll never move back. The current policies have ruined the city, its beyond sad. I have no urge to visit and only do so to visits friends. Good luck Seattle, you're on your own.
WHO'S TO BLAME.... BIG TECH -- & OTHER WEALTHY F***S.
DECENTRALIZE EVERYTHING ~!~!~
@@westcoastadventurers8504 the homeless problems are in democratic ran cities...
@@westcoastadventurers8504 If you can't figure out by now Democrats f up up great west coast cities then you're in denial
@@rainydays516 you seem brainwashed as most people are. Please continue talking.. what your point??
Or better yet ?? What state do you live in ? What's your I.Q. ?
@@bradleysmith9431 I'm from Kansas City Missouri. The Midwest is broke and lazy. So what's your point ??
I know a lot of comments. But my x became homeless. He met someone in really bad shape. He helped him n hung out with him. Well he got on sec. 8. He arranged for his friend to get a place together.
Your little jingle at the end of the video was cute and it made me feel sad at the same time. I’m homeless myself; not downright out on the street homeless but I’m couch surfing and renting rooms from my own family who threaten to put me out on the street because they say I’m “taking up space”. I could soon be on the streets myself. I wish I could afford my own home. I’m going to school for computer science and mechanical engineering and I hope this will secure my future. I am trying to keep up hope; if all else fails then at least I can say I enjoyed studying my passions which are science, math, art and philosophy.
I know you will make it with that attitude, drive, and smarts. I'm rooting for you!
Pray you overcome...
You are on the right path, education is your key to a better future, it was for me and it paid off even if it was just 2 two year degrees, Diesel Tech and Horticulture. from the local Junior college, got me good paying jobs. I just wish this country would understand the benefit of training it people who are not going to university. Give kids in high school a god damn ladder up! It would benefit them and the nation.
House for rent in iowa. 2 b3drooms. 700 month.
@@deadgoatsRacing And corn as far as the eye can see, with hardly any work around to pay the rent
Also, Seattles new Mayor is not a Republican, he’s a Democrat.
He was previously head of the city council and partly responsible for the mess that you now see. But his opponent is the current head of the city council and she’s demonstrably worse.
The leftist element in the city lost their minds when they found out that mayoral candidate (and now incoming mayor) Bruce Harrell received campaign contributions from a wealthy guy who also backed Trump. So there’s that…
He made his own niece a deputy mayor. Is that even legal?
@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz NO HAVEN'T YOU SEEN YOU CAN BE IN POLITICS FOR 60 OR 70 YEARS NO NEW BLOOD IS ALLOWED TO CIRCULATE IT'S A BIG CLUB AND WE AINT IN IT
Comrades, let's continue to vote for The Party.
He's a Democrat, but more moderate than the crazy lady he ran against. The city attorney elect is a republican though.
I love Seattle and used to go there often until my car got broken into and I had a bunch of stuff stolen. I called the police and the officer that responded basically said for the most part they ignore theft even vehicle theft at times. The housing isn't a bad idea but tackling the drug issue is where focus needs to be placed.
Leftists never use the money properly. It gets funneled out of the taxpayers' pockets and into their tax havens. That's why leftist-run cities only ever seem to get worse. 50+ years of false promises, lies and embezzlement and imbeciles still don't get it. CNN has rot their brains.
@@manictiger The republican “war on drugs” just fueled the fire too. Their kleptocracy just took the millions another direction.
@@mtn1793
I agree with that, too. Reagan was the beginning of the end for this country. We just didn't know it at the time.
@@manictiger Now partisanship from either side is barely trustworthy. Perhaps the no party 3rd party no party is what we need.
@@mtn1793 at least they tried. Seattle seems to have given up completely these days along with other west coast towns. That's why alot of the addicts move to the west
Washington feels misserable half the time. I used to live there as a little kid and went back after that a lot. I think its just those dark clouds. Anything from about Portland Oregon and up is mega dark clouds.
Wow! Someone who is willing to at least acknowledge the drug problem behind this crisis! Drug use is ruining peoples lives to the point some are almost like mindless zombies, unemployable and unhouseable.
@Jeff C Corrected. Thanks
Yeah that sounds like my nephew! He was put on psychotic drugs to help with depression! Now he is like 30 or 35 and can't function everyday! Can't work! He lives with his mother is my youngest sister! He tried to kill his self all the time. He makes life a living Hell 🔥 for my sister & him. He still on lots of head medicine! He wants to go to psych ward all the time. They wouldn't keep him very long! And send him home! He calls my sister at work all day! It's terrible! 😱 i feel sorry for both of them!
@@bettyschneider5268 Sounds a lot like my brother-in-law. He makes life hell for my wife and their 83 year old mother. People like that should be institutionalized permanently.
@@desmondmurphy449 I agree! Give someone some peace! Have a good day!💒⛪⛪⛪🌈🐑🐑🐑
@@desmondmurphy449 Maybe asylums need to be brought back?
This is what happens when they moved all factory jobs overseas.
All the homeless from other states move to places that have more generous handouts such as Seattle, L.A., San Francisco, etc.
The hateful, mostly white privledged trolls on here dont care about facts. They only want to push the narrative that poor are that way because they are bad and need to be locked up....becauase they claim to love freedom??? The irony
@@norml.hugh-mann homeless problems are democratic ran city problems
Closing mental wards was the problem. The second is states like Oklahoma and other red states intentionally sending their homeless problem west. Need to start hitting these problem states where it hurts by cutting off coal or other exports.
@@bradleysmith9431 It appears so because Democrats give free money to the homeless, which cause the homeless from other States to come.
But how did the homeless from other States became homeless in the first place?
Answer: jobs moved over seas.
@@bradleysmith9431 that’s because republicans send their massive homeless problems to democratic states. Sooner or later exports of Republican fossil fuels might stop making it to port as retaliation.
Terrible weather, and homeless everywhere. No thanks.
Stay safe, dude. Homeless will flip out on you for filming them.
Voters & lousy leadership have flushed Seattle down the toilet. Great job to many.
2:14 is called Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle, which used to be a tourist mecca in the 70s-80s. Some transients inhabited the area, usually a small group of inebriated Native Americans. But, generally, Seattle was an orderly, clean, and peaceful city -- nothing like what it's devolved into recently.
Even the diabolical rejection of society. Need a place to congregate-!!!😉
I worked with homeless people a lot. I helped, I tried to help at least.
The truth is that maybe 1 in 15 actually wants to get back into society. Great majority of them like living this way because they don’t have to work, they can take drugs and they don’t have responsibilities.
Terrible!! Sone don't want 2 wrk but they sure know how to beg. Shouldn't eat if you don't "want" to work and you enjoy living like this!
the studies seem to suggest the actual number is closer to 3 in 15. Most are drug addicts and mentally ill...but some are disabled physically, elderly, or just actual victims of financial disaster.
@Common Sense Revolution Your terrible attitude is why us sane Europeans don't want to , or need to emigrate to the U.S. anymore.
But good luck with a society that clearly keeps rocketing on anti-welfare ideas like this.
This!! Leftist agenda portrays them all as victims and no one wants to say what you just said - that many WANT to live this way, it's a lifestyle choice, and there's an attitude of entitlement that they should be taken care of by everyone else. Some are dealing with mental illness and other issues including job loss and that's not who I'm talking about. Cities like Seattle are making this lifestyle choice extremely attractive to this segment of society, and everyone else pays the price.
That's because they've totally given up on life and I'm sure that every single one has a story behind their self destruction.
Seriously, who wants to live like that really, come on!
We need to look at Society as a whole and do some serious soul searching to work out a comprehensive plan to repair our broken Societies.
I too work in homeless here in the UK by the way and we have much the same issues going on.
But blaming these ruined people doesn't help anything...
I am forced to take mass transit to my job in Seattle since I cannot afford parking. I fear for my life everyday once I get on and the bus and Link! A day does not go by when you don't encounter a homeless or crazy on bus or Link. 6 yrs away from retiring and will leave this state and never come back!
My God don't wait 6 years to leave!!!!
portola45 I am happy for you that you can move away!
Governor Inslee either doesn't care about the homeless crisis in Seattle, has no idea how to appropriately tackle the problem, or both. I think it's a combination of both.
@@Florida46 that guy doesn't intend to lift one finger for anyone but himself. He's been incompetent from day one along with Murray and Cantwell. Plus all the corrupt school board members and city council members. Check out "we the governed" on UA-cam
@@carlalandrau6033 take some of the homeless to live with you and your family! I am sure you will have a wonderful time!
You make great videos Nick. Thanks to show the real story about those cities. Very sad for all those homeless people. This is something mainstream media in Europe will never talk about.
Why are the citizens of that state and other states throughout the country required to pay for health insurance, copays, medical costs while ‘illegal migrants’ receive their medical coverages for free? Shouldn’t every state provide free health care and free housing for U.S. citizens as well? If ‘illegal migrants’ aren’t required to pay rent and other services why are Americans required to pay rents? Did politicians think this over before having unlimited open borders? 🤷🏼🤔
The cities don’t want to solve the homeless problem because affordable housing will lower property values
Yep yep
Yep and the area including the state is very dependent on property taxes all while spending copious amounts of money that they shouldn't.
You think having a homeless village next door doesn’t lower home values?
Nah, it's because they get Federal money.
@@nancywebb6549 Gee, what a great incentive to vote "the right way". Otherwise, the ruling party might put a homeless "village" right in the middle of YOUR neighborhood!
I moved back home Virginia. The homeless problem is due to the attitude of the people there. I made $22 an hour lived in my van. I didn't do drugs. This guy took his phone, while parked took video inside my van. I decided then, before I get arrested for killing a rude Seattle person to move! They are the meanest, rudest, selfish, snobbish people I ever seen. I been across the United States 4 times. The homeless problem is there own fault! It cost over $2000 a month for an apartment! They make fun of poor people. They treat the homeless like animals. People who live downtown are scared to walk their dog. They fired the police.
The situation is not good. I pray for God save u rubbish people
Actually I think you have a problem upstairs...yeah they are rude but they treat homeless there better than workers. They literally vote for this.
@@BFaluup that's just untrue, don't be a baby.
Absolutely 💯 % FACTS ^
I agree, if there is that much homeless it must be a reflection of people's greediness. There are usually empty buildings which could be converted into studio apartments to help people in need and get counseling and heal. But no one wants to help or have these in their neighborhoods.
These people I’m sure have a lot of sad stories, but as the brother of an addict, I can tell you that 99% of these people made dozens of bad decisions to wind up here. With regards to mental illness, these people were housed in asylums, until liberals decided that asylums were inhumane.
100% spot on
Ummm…Actually as I remember it in my city, Republicans didn’t want to fund any kind of public mental health.
Ronald Reagan shut of funding to asylums across the country nationwide and by doing that overwhelmed the prison system with " criminals" who actually commit atrocities because they are mentally ill and need treatment that the prison system isn't equipt for
So it's MORE than safe to assume YOU, smooth as your namesake, never made ANY bad decisions and if you did, you had something or someone or both to fall back on? Carry on.
No, that was in California and the ACLU and other "progressive" groups hounded him to do it.
Depression isn't a mindset thing, it's clinically proven.
I lived in Seattle for 4 years in the early 90's and it was voted one of the US's most livable cities. I loved it there. Sad to see such a decline. There were many homeless at the time, but nothing like this.
Between 2008 and 2014 there were almost no homeless at all, I was all over the city and there was no such thing as tents in the city, it did not exist. There was 0% Graffiti and I loved how clean the city was, this all changed after they declared the city a sanctuary city and started to give out money, people came.
The 1990's were golden for the Pacific NW.
@@cattycorner8 The 1990's were Golden everywhere!
@@Nature-fc4yi That's true, AJ!!
They ripped out “The Jungle” a few years back. The houseless were always here, just hidden. The shift in Amazon’s direction has certainly driven up housing costs, and Seattle went from being a manufacturing/engineering city to basically the new Cilicon Valley. The rent is so, so high. It’s definitely not the same city. :(
Seattle has gone downhill so much in just the last 10 years.
I think that's happening all across western civilization right now. Same here in Scotland. We're regressing, not progressing.
Canada too
DUE TO WEATHLY AND RICH F***S LIVING HERE HOARDING EVERYTHING FOR THEMSELVES.
IS THIS CALLED MUST HAVE X MONEY IN THE BANK -- IF YOU TO CHOOSE TO LIVE HERE
THIS IS SEATTLE - NAMED AFTER CHIEF SEATTLE.
WHOM OPENLY STATES ALLLLLLLLLLL PEOPLE OF ALL RACES OF ALL CREEDS AND CLASSES ARE FREE TO COME HERE, VISIT, LOVE LAUGH AND LIVE FOR ALL FOREVER.
NO WHERE IN USA LAW DOES IT STATE INDIVIDUALS MUST HAVE X MONEY IN BANK
IN ORDER TO PROCEED LIVING HERE IN SEATTLE OR ANYWHERE ELSE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER.
@Ronald Reagan I don't pay attention to politic, why do you say that may I ask?
@Ronald Reagan I honestly don't believe in politics, people will always gravitate towards what's best for them. . . Doesn't matter what politics that is. . .
Question then would be, are people who decide they are one political or otherwise type of characters...
Do people change over time in what they feel and or believe, which indefinitely changes their societal and political viewpoints ??
Or are we pre determined in our view points determined by our own up bringing and finanial "class".
Im born and raised in Kansas City, MO, I moved out West in 2013, I've been homeless 31 times and yet now holding Multiple Bitcoins. ... Not many people in the USA have probably been homeless in a dozen MAJOR cities traveling around, making due what I had at the time, and yet now makes 50-200k a year trading cryptocurrency full time.
So I've went from poverty, moving to the coast with no connections, jobs and only 400 bucks 2 backpacks to homeless multiple times in Seattle and else where traveling 42 states and 5 countries broke and homeless... , to fairly well off to wealthy in 8 years.
This has to be the most bizarre situation you ever drove through. Thanks for the video.
@Ronald Reagan Our glorious, revolutionary humanist socialist people's Denver is going to the dogs/drugs.
OH MY GOD I LEFT SEATTLE 10 YEARS AGO WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO IT
Residents of Seattle need to replace their mayor with a conservative one who will enforce laws, get rid of homeless camps, clean up their city and help addicts get into rehab .It can be done.
Never happen. Left will forever be the politicians.
@@almarzacci8857 no, you mean the left will always control WA state. They finally voted in one republican since the 70’s. That’s how sickening they are here, they don’t care about a candidate views or policies, all you have to be is a democrat & you’ve got the win. I hate it here!
Hahah that’s a beautiful dream
Leftists think government with lots of tax revenue can fix anything. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Or bus them to Texas, Florida.
From The Greatest Generation to
The Useless Generation in 100 years !
The greatest generation was not great at parenting. People are a product of their culture.
Life just got too easy.
Ask how Americans make a fortune from the two world wars. USA has been looting the world and spending on weapons. Just cut the military budget to a minimum enough to protect own soil and divert the money to better use.
@@hjw2405 the answer isn't that easy. The military directly or indirectly contributes to American jobs.
You said it.
Different causes of homelessness need to be treated differently
Just throwing other people's money at the problem is making it worse for everyone
Correct
Making it worse is part of the playbook for socialist takeovers including this attempt. And once the socialists are in control, they're very confident in their ability to stay in power, presiding over legions of single-party voters barely surviving in favelas.
People should not be able to live on public property. Those who are just financially down due to loss of job or medical issues should get a decent place which they can help subsidize when they are working until they can afford to live on their own. For those who are not working should be housed in dormitory style housing like shelters. For those who are a danger to others or themselves should be institutionalized until they are stabilized.
AGREED.
Ive been homeless 31 times and yet I now live downtown Seattle i a nice apartment working full time from home online trading digital assets.
@@MasterMalrubius Problem is people can't be forced to live in any specific place. It's also not illegal to not live in a home.
When people are homeless which is for very complex issues it breaks my heart because no one should be on the cold streets and what about the animals on one of the videos it showed 2 beautiful rabbits they are are a credit to the man for keeping them in a great condition their were a lot of canines a man’s best friend
Only San Francisco has more property crimes? And what does this city and SF and LA and Portland and NY all have in common? Take a wild guess.
Antifa???
@@robinmartz9052 wow. I thought elected officials was the only correct answer. You may very well have answer number two. lol. You're brilliant! lol.
Democratic rule? Asking from the UK 😃
Weak approval seeking grifter pols beaten into submission by the wokenik outrage mob
@@sethnavabi6926 You betcha!
You need to show the good side of Seattle to show all the Mansions of the people that are managing all the funds for the homeless people.
They will eventually say, see how terrible these old infrastructure cities are. We must tear them down and build new green cities, where everyone will live in 300 Square foot apartments. And have to rely on public transportation, and bicycles. Yes, they are destroying cities on purpose. And they don't care who gets hurt in the process.
So, very true
It’s part of the UN Agenda 2030. They want all of us packed into a few big cities. The US government is on board with this. The present is bad and the future will be a nightmare.
Bicycles should be a no brainer. Less cars on the road, cleaner air, stronger hearts, lungs and legs. In Finland all across the political spectrum the bicycle and its infrastructure have support. Conservatives see it as individual self reliance, Socialists see it as making everyone as more equal, the Greens see it as good for the environment, all of which is true, That we in North America can't see bicycles like that is a sign of social decline.
@LEONARD Maltin-Gae I agree that with the current car-centric approach in the US it is harder to ride around your bike. However, the damage of this car-centric apprach has to be undone in some way or another. Building more public transport, creating high dense-housing around these lines, and laying out more bicicle routes inside and towards these developments definitely is a good start. It will make the cities more livable and cheaper to maintain as well.
By the way, Seattle has more people living on a square kilometre (3430) than Helsinki (2857), so in certain areas bike paths are definitely possible, also nowadays.
@LEONARD Maltin-Gae Especially in the rain and snow -- oh, that's right! It NEVER rains in Seattle! /s!
They need more affordable housing period, in Seattle and elsewhere. That is the reason for all this. The policies that created this are allowing Wall Street to buy up single family housing and become landlords driving up all costs.
I work as a housing case manager in Salem Oregon. Another huge problem is lack of affordable housing. It's hard to find units within rent reasonableness. Wait-list for low income Housing and section 8 are over 10 years long. A person on disability or social security can not afford the high rents. We take homeless get them into an apartment and help with rental assistance and case management. The case management is the most important piece in getting people to become self sustainable. Still if a person is on disability or social security they will never be able to pay rent and bills on their own. Section 8 needs to change. People get on it and then never get jobs so they don't lose it, then those who can not work stay waiting for years.
😄I wouldn't say that everyone who gets in section 8 has the motive to not work. You might be surprised
I grew up just outside of Seattle but it has deteriorated so rapidly. I talk to a lot of other locals about how bad everything has gotten so we know it's a problem, it's just the laws we have in place are restrictive on both side. Police can't do much unless a crime actually happens and if we were to try and act on our own, ofc we'd get in trouble. Sometimes they'll clean up parks and offer services (offer being the key word). I love Washington- everything beyond the city is beautiful. Mountains, hiking, trails, etc. The city itself is not that enjoyable. I have been to downtown Seattle only a few times in the last 3 years. Primarily because of the pandemic and also because I don't feel safe here 😂
It’s not a “ homeless problem” it’s an extortionate rents and high interest rates banksters home loans problem.
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Thats not entirely true. You can choose to share an apartment with other renters to make it cheaper for you to live.
@@orlandocarrillo5552 The rent still isn't cheap with that option.
I blame housing costs. Not just apartments. The damned banks and cities want more interest and tax $$.
It contributes to the problem. There is a complex of issues. Adults with low IQs simply don't have the wherewithal to get organized to share an apartment. Adults with high IQs and mental illness simply don't have the wherewithal to get organized to share an apartment, either. AND city life in America, as the world over, is for the wealthy. I'm with Tim Pool: don't live in a city. I ended up in Maine, for example.
If you don't own a home 100% outright then you are technically homeless. When you are paying rent and mortgage, once you lose your source of income for whatever reason you will become homeless.
Seattle is such a big city with high rents. Some people with low benefits might want to consider smaller towns or even different states where their income might go further ... if they have the means to move.
I grew up in Seattle. Lived there from 1962 and left in 1986. It was hard to leave but after seeing this it breaks my heart to see it so badly traahed!
Wow. So I worked in the building across from that homeless village on 11th and 45th for many years and but had to leave in 2020. Prior to this village it was utilized for construction purposes for the light rail station a couple blocks east and before that it was a bank and a parking lot. Interesting to see this area now as I have not driven through there in quite some time. It got to where I had eyes on the back of my head as I walked a couple blocks in to work before 6am. I carried mace and as a woman I felt very unsafe. I could tell stories of the crap (literally and figuratively speaking) that I had to deal with just getting to my building. So, so, so happy I don't work in that area anymore.
With all the many challenges American citizens face daily why has the government allowed unlimited open borders for millions of ‘illegal migrants’ from all over the world to flow through freely who are in need of all resources, services, and benefits?🤷🏼
The problem I see is the pay we make compared to the cost of anything. Renting an apartment is more than if you are able to buy a house. No way to catch up with most rate of pay.
My Family has lived in this area for over a hundred years and I’ve never seen anything this bad, I never go to the Seattle area anymore for any reason. American Internment camps is what these really are, disgraceful doesn’t even describe it. Good job Nick, thanks for the exposure.
I’m a fan of free fentanyl Fridays. No limit. Things would then sort themselves out promptly.
You can’t love your fellow man by letting him/her continue to destroy themselves with drug use and alcohol abuse. By default aren’t these people “insane” and in need of at least a legal Guardian??
Yes, yes and yes.
How do people raise children in Seattle if you cant take really them safely to a park or library for fear of stepping on a needle of being assaulted by someone having a psychotic episode?
Thank you for sharing this information. This is why i am leaving. I have been voting against this but its time to leave. All these homeless will only help those who made this mess.
Tax payers and those working for the evil corporation USA are responsible for this. The masses will never accept the truth though. They believe they ate good folks for going to work every day even though in reality they fund child trafficking and other crimes against humanity
All of USA is corrupt. Instead of leaving maybe learn how to live off of plants and start teaching the homeless how to do the same and then the masses. Would be a good start in becoming self sufficient so we don't feel the need to work for evil corporation to put food on the table. Their food is poison anyways.
All of us conducting commerce are just as guilty as anyone else for the homeless problem and for all issues that are crimes against humanity. What else do you expect when you go to work every day to line the pockets of the evil ones that want to make sure we have no homes and no healthy food
Those paying taxes are the ones who made this mess. When you finance the evil ones the result is this. Folks just can't admit they have been part of the problem. Mostly because they refuse to admit their part in all of this.
WHAT STATE ARE YOU HEADING TO MAY I ASK KINDLY?
WHERE IN THE MIDWEST? FARRR BACK EAST MOST LIKELY....
FLORIDA ? everyone favorite place to live it seems lol.
Glad I'm in NC...we would never have anything like this ever..NC is far from perfect but this is ridiculous..giving needles and instructions how to use is crazy.they need rehab institutes and halfway houses with work programs..more social workers..
Agree.I live in Raleigh and homeless is going up but I don't believe we will become another Seattle.I hope not.
@Imma Right compassion isn't your strong suit I take it. How do you feel about our lord and savior Jesus Christ?
@@CatPeople-Seattle_unofficial You think Jesus would give you a needle? He'd hold your hand and help you through the withdrawls, he's not giving you a needle so you can fall even farther down that hole.
Giving an addict a needle isn't compassion. You're just helping to kill them.
First of all, you can’t force someone in to rehab. They will only get clean when they want to put in the work. Second of all, clean needles and injection centers are saving lives. We can’t go on and pretend we don’t have a huge problem that nobody seems to want to fix, which first off is why and what is causing addiction. We are losing an entire generation. Why are we allowing open borders? Why are we allowing drugs to be shipped in the mail? Why are we still doing trade with China? They are the suppliers of fentanyl. If their government won’t crack down it, they need repercussions. Why are we allowing the other component, which is coming from Mexico. They are the ones mixing fentanyl with other drugs and bringing it in to the US.
@@queenofkings7453 Aaaand NONE of that refuted the point that you are only helping them to their deaths. Just a little slower since you are "protecting them from disease" while they kill themselves. Essentially ONLY to help you feel better about yourself. This isn't about them, it's about your feelings. Doing the right thing is hard, so you types just refuse to do it.
You can't force them into rehab, you can damn well make it hard to be a junkie though!
My heart aches for the homeless everywhere. Especially those in Seattle during the bad snowstorm that just blew through there yesterday
Blame your government
@@tonybrave9934 ok I blame the government. Now what?
@@mastercreamer1398 all the people should step up. Fight the government
Invite the homeless to your place! Duh!
Have you seen Salem, Oregons capital lately? It's going to get worse, we have over a thousand immigrants coming, where are they gonna live? Not all homeless are druggies. Alot are elderly. We dont make enough to rent.