GOOD Magazine: Skid Row Part 1: Introduction

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Alongside Skid Row's hustlers, transients, and cops are a lesser known population of children, social servants and religious workers whose daily lives play out on LA's most dangerous city blocks. Watch "On Skid Row," debuting Feb. 18, to get behind the headlines and into the streets of Los Angeles' Skid Row.

Part 1: The lay of the land on Skid Row in Los Angeles, the worst social disaster in America.

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[tryss]

"the measure of any society is how it treats its weakest elements"

[Josh Miller]

"How we do anything is how we do everything, were not doing so well on skid row"

great line

[muffingirl1606]

Cola by Lana del Rey "I wear my diamonds on skid row" :D

[Mindraker1]

What makes skid row unique?

They're black.

[Juventino Romero]

Have you ever seen the ass hole of a country?the fleas on animals,when the toys in the production line didn't follow specifications,in nature there is always animals that eat what the hunters left: hyenas,voultres,rats,you cannot change nature,it is what is gonna be,I rather live 100 times in the poor neighborhood that I grew up in Mexico than in this 5th world country area.

[veeseee128]

What has the mayor done to help elimintae this problem?

What has Jerry Brown done?

The answer- 0

[veeseee128]

The rich dont care and the govt doesnt care enough to anything. Jeus said, "The poor u will always have with u." Its sad to see this in a land where we have all the best resources and gay rights is more important than helping people rise out of poverty. The US govt will bailout Goldman and sacs, Sallie Mae, and other big Financial institutions but will not bailout its own poor and working poor people. Greed and selfishness is why we have so many homeless in America.

[signoguns]

You have to write a book.

[hyderulez94]

Damn LA is its own little universe... good and bad

[PhantomMercenary]

LA used to be way worse. 1st 3rd world city? Did you see NYC back in the 70's, 80's and early 90's? It looked 100x worse than Detroit. Bombed out buildings for blocks. Looked like ww3

[Matthew Darling]

fuck skids row

[Matthew Darling]

lol fkin hobos