Why is Hollywood not gentrified by 2015 but freaking Echo Park is? (Santa Monica: condos, crime)

[Voyageuse]

Originally Posted by erin_elise_

yes ladera heights is a beautiful community, that LA is lucky to have.

So you can see why i was flabbergasted when jeffsandimas described it as such including but not limited to calling ladera a "upper scale crenshaw neighhorbood", "harlem", "urban ghetto", and saving the best for last lol a "cracked out urban ghetto", in addition to telling me to go an buy some food with my WIC card. classy right.

so yes, I do not respond to his posts anymore, nor do i think anyone else should on here too.

his full on assault of a great neighborhood was beyond disgusting, and frankly, I am glad other posters on here haven noticed it.

he deserves to be ignored because clearly he is NO expert on LA communities. He should stick to San Dimas or wherever he originates.

I've got your back, sweetie. My admin.'s neighborhood in Ladera Heights made my three-block-from-the-beach-south-Redondo neighborhood look like a shanty-town. That was well before the McMansionization of RB, but that's a topic for another post.

[erin_elise_]

Originally Posted by Voyageuse

I've got your back, sweetie. My admin.'s neighborhood in Ladera Heights made my three-block-from-the-beach-south-Redondo neighborhood look like a shanty-town. That was well before the McMansionization of RB, but that's a topic for another post.

i LOVE redondo btw!!! i love the beach cities! such a laid back vibe to me.

LA is lucky to have the beach cities!

[yby1]

I remember ghetto Redondo.

[Chicano3000X]

Originally Posted by JeffSanDimas

Not a troll post, I just hate seeing seeing all of these trashy and undesirable people in what should be a pristine area filled with pristine people...it's freakin' Hollywood.

It's grime, big city, big grime. I love grit. Makes the city more interesting, graffiti, old buildings. Just wish there wasn't homeless(not saying push them out, but wish they had a better life).

[JeffSanDimas]

Originally Posted by Chicano3000X

It's grime, big city, big grime. I love grit. Makes the city more interesting, graffiti, old buildings. Just wish there wasn't homeless(not saying push them out, but wish they had a better life).

Brentwood or Manhattans Upper East Side is big city urban but with no grime or grit.

As for the homeless, I couldn't care where they go as long as I don't have to see them outside of the apartment I pay thousands for.

[jm1982]

Regarding homeless...I was just in Santa Monica last night after having a nice dinner near the beach and was approached randomly by a crazy homeless person...it wasn't the normal approaching and asking for money , but he was coming towards us with some sort of mat that he had in his hands and was saying , "what are you?" ...it was very scary , I had been randomly attacked by a homeless person that threw a full soda can at me when I was younger. I think it's a shame that L.A and the city of Santa Monica allow this type of thing to happen. It's definately NOT the same in other cities even in L.A county.

The homeless shouldn't be allowed to just do whatever they want. Before this there were some other homeless about a block away that were eating pizza on the street and one yelled something at me , but I just ignored it.

The guy actually going towards me as if he was going to attack me was obviously much more serious though...

With this being in Santa Monica, with rents higher than Beverly Hills...perhaps one could ask ,"Why is Santa Monica not really gentrified in 2015".

I lived in Hollywood and would walk around the streets but never encountered anything like that before .

[disgruntled la native]

Originally Posted by JeffSanDimas

Brentwood or Manhattans Upper East Side is big city urban but with no grime or grit.

As for the homeless, I couldn't care where they go as long as I don't have to see them outside of the apartment I pay thousands for.

Well where are they supposed to go? as long as they don't bug you why should you care? Let the homeless be.

[disgruntled la native]

Originally Posted by jm1982

Regarding homeless...I was just in Santa Monica last night after having a nice dinner near the beach and was approached randomly by a crazy homeless person...it wasn't the normal approaching and asking for money , but he was coming towards us with some sort of mat that he had in his hands and was saying , "what are you?" ...it was very scary , I had been randomly attacked by a homeless person that threw a full soda can at me when I was younger. I think it's a shame that L.A and the city of Santa Monica allow this type of thing to happen. It's definately NOT the same in other cities even in L.A county.

The homeless shouldn't be allowed to just do whatever they want. Before this there were some other homeless about a block away that were eating pizza on the street and one yelled something at me , but I just ignored it.

The guy actually going towards me as if he was going to attack me was obviously much more serious though...

With this being in Santa Monica, with rents higher than Beverly Hills...perhaps one could ask ,"Why is Santa Monica not really gentrified in 2015".

I lived in Hollywood and would walk around the streets but never encountered anything like that before .

Put yourself in their shoes. I'm surprised more homeless haven't murdered. I mean, in some ways, life in prison is better than being on the streets. You get 3 hots and a cot, showers, the best medical care, TV, gym, library, endless sex, etc. Be nice to them.

[StreetLegal]

Originally Posted by JeffSanDimas

Brentwood or Manhattans Upper East Side is big city urban but with no grime or grit.

As for the homeless, I couldn't care where they go as long as I don't have to see them outside of the apartment I pay thousands for.

I get it now...you are not a racist or a faux elitist. You are just plain boring. When I was in college Times Square was a cesspool of fun and intrigue. But if you prefer the Disney, G-rated version at 21 years old you need to just retire to the old folks home right now.

If Mr. Tom Waits was singing tonight at a faded old Hollywood motel you would be too ignorant and scared to show up.....may the devil run you out of town for good.

[JeffSanDimas]

Originally Posted by disgruntled la native

Well where are they supposed to go? as long as they don't bug you why should you care? Let the homeless be.

They make an area feel seedy, and like you said they lead very desperate lives. It's nothing for them to rob me, best case they get some credit cards and an iPhone, worst case they go to LA County Jail and get a bed a place to sleep.

We should create one area in the city and centralize all of them and ban their activities elsewhere. Somewhere already undesirable and gross, like Pacoima or Arleta or something. Skid Row already exists but give it 5 years and it won't because that real estate is too valuable. That will disperse those low life's all around town.

I feel very little sympathy for the homeless, there are jobs available if you want them, there are cheap rooms to rent and SROs available if you can't get your own place etc. In CA with all of our welfare programs there isn't any excuse to be homeless.

If they are mentally ill, they should be in an institution. Not on the streets. CA didn't have a homeless problem from the period of the Okies/Dust bowl migrants all the way until the late 70s/early 80s when the asylums closed. Lock em up.