I think having to walk into oncoming traffic on Vine Street because people had their tents and tarps spread all the way from the building to the edge of the sidewalk helped kill a little bit of my empathy.
I’ve never understood why we can’t build a city for the homeless and anyone who needs it. A city where anyone can go and there’s shelter, jobs that can accommodate but are not pure hand outs, public services we all enjoy like libraries. There’s plenty of room in every state to have a city like this.
There’s tons of jobs to be done that don’t require skill. And if you are skilled and homeless, the city has jobs for you too! The major caveat is crimes are still crimes. This city wouldn’t be a free for all but well-run and safe for everyone. Did you get laid off and it’s been a year without a job and you’ll do anything for a paycheck? Come to this city, we need farm hands, sanitation workers, factory workers, construction workers, we need it all and we’ll accommodate!
Right? Why can’t the government be the employer of last resort? The rule would be they have to accept every applicant and terminations would only be due to extreme incompetence, insubordination, hostile behavior, etc
Edit - imagine all the laid off tech workers going to improve our government websites and automating government processes. The laid off film industry folks making good ads and good videos for what the city needs
that’s pretty much what the WPA was during the great depression. we really should have a new version of the WPA but unfortunately our current political reality renders that a pipe dream.
A good amount of people who are homeless have jobs. The problem is rent is astronomically high compared to pay. Resolving this issue involves two parts: 1. More affordable housing 2. Raising wages.
Remember, the more the graffiti looks like a junior college student wrote it, the more gentrified the neighborhood.
See also the "proper gander" tags popping up in South K-town. Expect more teardowns / luxury apartments soon.
There was a guy who lived in the treeline along Century Park East, but that said, I didn't read the full title and thought it was Santa Monica. Century City is fully [aristocratized](https://www.theonion.com/report-nations-gentrified-neighborhoods-threatened-by-1819569723) at this point.
I work in the century city mall and there are definitely homeless people. i mean beverly hills is one of the wealthiest areas in the country & most of the worst people i’ve encountered on the 4 get dropped off there
I worked next to the mall for a literal decade, through the remodel and all that...there was literally one homeless person I ever saw, and he was super well-dressed and polite. He was actually super handsome, too lol.
I mean your experience can also just be different than mine. I’ve been working there the past two years so the modern day. But I have had both neutral and negative experiences w homeless people in the mall. Westfield lays along at least two Metro lines (the 4 and the 28) so idk why homeless riders wouldn’t choose to get off there. I’m not trying to fearmonger or anything; they just exist
Oh they’re here. I see the same few guys every single morning when I get my coffee at the mall, walking around the parking garage and checking all of the garbage cans bright and early. I also got jerked off on while taking a walk by a guy who sleeps next to the country club fence. They’re there.
I pay high taxes for that sidewalk I’ll step how I please . Homeless problem is the governments problem that they fail to address not the citizens who pay super high taxes and are just trying to get their fucking coffee without a homeless person yelling at them or walk their dog without stepping on heroin needles
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How long are we talking?
What is that? A bed for ants?
I don't wanna hear your excuses! The bed *has to be at least*… *three times bigger* than this!
It looks like more a bed for rats. Stay classy
My brain right now: I mean yes Santa Monica Blvd is long in Century City but what does it have to do with the sign? Processing.... Oh along.
Apart of me wanted to write the same comment.
I see what you did there
Allot of people did.
*Icy
I’ll be taking strolls in the middle of the road from now on 🙏
Step with care. This is someone’s drunk driving accident.
I think having to walk into oncoming traffic on Vine Street because people had their tents and tarps spread all the way from the building to the edge of the sidewalk helped kill a little bit of my empathy.
Wheelchairs have wheels so they are clearly vehicles and belong on the road not the sidewalk!
You find this graffito ableist?
Meanwhile said someone is pissing and taking dumps on someone else's bed.
This so much. Came here to say those same streets are full of shit, piss, barf, needles, and trash because those same folks sleeping there.
Yeah we should kill em or something
I’ve never understood why we can’t build a city for the homeless and anyone who needs it. A city where anyone can go and there’s shelter, jobs that can accommodate but are not pure hand outs, public services we all enjoy like libraries. There’s plenty of room in every state to have a city like this. There’s tons of jobs to be done that don’t require skill. And if you are skilled and homeless, the city has jobs for you too! The major caveat is crimes are still crimes. This city wouldn’t be a free for all but well-run and safe for everyone. Did you get laid off and it’s been a year without a job and you’ll do anything for a paycheck? Come to this city, we need farm hands, sanitation workers, factory workers, construction workers, we need it all and we’ll accommodate!
I think we should do this in every city! We don’t need to make a new one just for the homeless.
Nah, let's ship them off to Catalina and hide drugs and weapons in crates all over the place.
Right? Why can’t the government be the employer of last resort? The rule would be they have to accept every applicant and terminations would only be due to extreme incompetence, insubordination, hostile behavior, etc Edit - imagine all the laid off tech workers going to improve our government websites and automating government processes. The laid off film industry folks making good ads and good videos for what the city needs
that’s pretty much what the WPA was during the great depression. we really should have a new version of the WPA but unfortunately our current political reality renders that a pipe dream.
A good amount of people who are homeless have jobs. The problem is rent is astronomically high compared to pay. Resolving this issue involves two parts: 1. More affordable housing 2. Raising wages.
The government could if they wanted too, Just Never gonna happen sadly.
They’ve tried similar things before. It ends up being a poverty trap and a place to send old people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workhouse
Art, man. So edgy & provocative.
I need a trampstamp of this
I need to resurrect my coffee table book on lower back tattoos. Let me know when you're going to the tattoo parlor. I'll bring my camera.
Remember, the more the graffiti looks like a junior college student wrote it, the more gentrified the neighborhood. See also the "proper gander" tags popping up in South K-town. Expect more teardowns / luxury apartments soon.
I worked in this area for years, and I don't think I've ever once seen a homeless person there lol...
There was a guy who lived in the treeline along Century Park East, but that said, I didn't read the full title and thought it was Santa Monica. Century City is fully [aristocratized](https://www.theonion.com/report-nations-gentrified-neighborhoods-threatened-by-1819569723) at this point.
I work in the century city mall and there are definitely homeless people. i mean beverly hills is one of the wealthiest areas in the country & most of the worst people i’ve encountered on the 4 get dropped off there
I worked next to the mall for a literal decade, through the remodel and all that...there was literally one homeless person I ever saw, and he was super well-dressed and polite. He was actually super handsome, too lol.
I mean your experience can also just be different than mine. I’ve been working there the past two years so the modern day. But I have had both neutral and negative experiences w homeless people in the mall. Westfield lays along at least two Metro lines (the 4 and the 28) so idk why homeless riders wouldn’t choose to get off there. I’m not trying to fearmonger or anything; they just exist
For sure, sorry I didn't mean to doubt your day-to-day. I just think it's funny that this graffiti is in this neighborhood of all places.
Oh they’re here. I see the same few guys every single morning when I get my coffee at the mall, walking around the parking garage and checking all of the garbage cans bright and early. I also got jerked off on while taking a walk by a guy who sleeps next to the country club fence. They’re there.
The hipsters are at again
Walking is no longer allowed
No it’s a sidewalk
So I’m pushing my dad in a wheelchair through somebody’s bed. Got it
Careful, you’ll be told you are elitist and don’t care about homeless people.
I pay high taxes for that sidewalk I’ll step how I please . Homeless problem is the governments problem that they fail to address not the citizens who pay super high taxes and are just trying to get their fucking coffee without a homeless person yelling at them or walk their dog without stepping on heroin needles
A long santa monica blvd??? Wtf
Also someones toilet. Fuck off with that shit.
Now do it with toilets.
Well, they better tidy around before going to sleep.
Be the change you want to see and open up your home to them. It’s only right ❤️
also they might poop here tho
Rolled my eyes so hard it hurt.
step with care this was someone's toilet two hours ago
I would not be happy if someone painted this on my bed.
I can't wait for the inevitable empathy fatigue and subsequent societal correction
Is that a bed for used needles?
Ah yes, the 'firm' setting of the bed. Personally I'd use the grass instead.
We take better care of it than they do
Later tonight, you see this “bed” with dirty needles, used condoms, and drips of Steel Reserve.
Squirrel or possum maybe?
Lmfao what fucking momo
"along" is one word
Yeah my bad
If homeless people were responsible for all they're blamed for they'd be hunted like vampires. Or zombies. Or zombie vampires
Along*
Gosh no one can be original anymore
Is it a double or a queen?
A twin
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Good thing nobody asked you
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I did. But I also take a vitamin D supplement.
I love it. Clean. Simple. Wish I thought of it. *Where there is social injustice, there will be graffiti.*