Vancouver - DTES Downtown Eastide 100 E Hastings.

Vancouver Downtown Eastide. DTES 100 Block E. Hastings

Intent is just to show what is. In this unique community there is some relevance that this is the neighborhood with the highest intravenous drug use, and hiv/aids rate in North America, where a SRO starts at $375/mo. 1br condo $250 000. 2br home $450 000.

Pt II.. next block... same thing, showing what is.
Pt III..sound of bliss. and so it goes in the DTES

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• homelessness
• drug
• addiction
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• healing

[SexyAlien2]

Walking on East Hastings was one of the scariest experience in my life. And i thought there were a lot of junkies in montreal ...

[SharpSho0ter99]

East van needs more project housing. Theres only like one housing project complex. For a ghetto, theres not many projects. When I lived in east van with my dad when i was a kid, we had to live in an apartment project building in a room the size of a car. All sorts of shit in east van. Homeless people, prostitutes, gangs, drug and gun dealers, pimps, etc. Tough place to grow up.

[210482fmj]

if youre life gets to this point. kill urself. unless you can find a way out. if not you'd be better out of ur misery

[MissCaityLady]

You did a fine job of depicting the neighborhood. Most of my experiences with folks that live in the area are tame even though the conditions they live in are less than acceptable in comparison to the affluence that surrounds it. Most are passive-aggressive even though they live in heavy pressure. These people are survivors and yet they get such a bad rap.

[shazamm51]

PLEASE!! research IBOGAINE. it is a cure to addiction. no withdrawal no cravings.

ibogaine

[PsychoticButcher]

It's sad to see, but I couldn't help but laugh at that ladies thong sticking wayyy out.

[NeutralExistence]

@crushwack07

You are one sick fuck.

"Their choice"?? I seriously doubt many of these people would choose to live like they do.

Have some respect for your fellow man, an addict is a human being just like you, and me. They have enormous problems that they deal with most of the time, and the drugs take away their pain.

Give some love, not hate.

[ShmuelEhrlich]

Notice how the media has different words from what most people use? The call Skid Row "Downtown Eastside." Whores are "Sex trade workers."

Bums are "homeless," dumpster divers are "recycling binners," illegal aliens are "undocumented migrants," and men, women, boys and girls are all "persons."

[mnkystyle]

you guys are gonna hate me for saying this but from what Ive seen, alot of people down there are there because they want to be there. They are addicted the drugs and the street life. Canada is one of the few places where something like this can occur. Most other countries there isnt this problem because the government doesnt give these people welfare cheques to support their addiction.

[MrGeltabs]

@Savaril I hate sounding like I have no soul, but the fact of the matter is, once Pandora's box has been opened. ITS OPENED 

[MrGeltabs]

@Savaril No your FUCKING BLIND, Look its a really sad thing to see (Junkies) but there was NEVER a point when somebody was standing over them with a gun saying "Inject this Heroin" Don't be so fucking naive. Its like a woman walking complete naked around in a prison yard with no guards anywhere and she's hoping the inmates only wanna look at her. Well guess what there going to rape her no doubt about it. Same with H, u wanna mess with it and then come crying back that ur an addict!

[Maltsev604]

all Canadian cities are safe ...