Walking Dead City Skid Row Homeless Encampments Downtown Los Angeles

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Walking Dead City Skid Row Homeless Encampments Downtown Los Angeles. Walk with me in the heart of skid row and see daily life in the heart of Los Angeles. Warning in this video I show the interior of a porta poddy and its not pretty in fact its worse than i could ever imagine.
*Skid Row* is a neighborhood in *Downtown Los Angeles**, officially known as **Central City East**. It's a district with a **long history* and notable characteristics:

- *Population**: Skid Row houses one of the **largest stable populations* of homeless people in the United States, estimated to be *around 9,200–15,000* individuals ¹. Since at least the 1930s, it has been known for its **condensed homeless population**.
- *Geographic Boundaries**: Skid Row spans **fifty city blocks* immediately east of downtown Los Angeles, bordered by Third Street to the north, Seventh Street to the south, Alameda Street to the east, and Main Street to the west ¹.
- **Etymology**: The term "skid row" originated from a logging context. Loggers would slide logs down greased skids to nearby rivers. Those waiting at the bottom for transportation back up the hill gave rise to the term, which eventually became associated with areas where people with no resources gathered ¹.
- *Demographics**: In 2019, the racial demographics of Central City East included **39.7% Black/African American**, **22.3% White**, **16.3% Asian**, and **15.1% Hispanic or Latino* residents. Approximately *53.1%* were born in California, *27.0%* in another state, and *18.8%* in another country ¹.
- **Population Increase**: After the COVID-19 pandemic, the population in Skid Row reportedly increased by **13%**, though exact estimates vary ¹.

Despite its proximity to the city's financial district, luxury apartments, and hotels, Skid Row remains a *challenging and dangerous area**, with street gangs involved in drug processing and sales. Over **half of its 4,600 residents* are unhoused, making it the largest such population in the US ⁷. Efforts by organizations like the *Skid Row Development Corp* and the *Skid Row People's Market* aim to uplift and support the community ²⁴.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 2/2/2024
(1) . https://bing.com/search?q=skid+row+lo....
(2) Residents of LA's Skid Row talk about survival in the impoverished area. https://nypost.com/2023/10/03/residen....
(3) Skid Row People's Market. https://skidrowpeoplesmarket.org/.
(4) Skid Row Development Corp. https://srdcla.org/public/.
(5) Skid Row Marketplace. https://cangress.org/contact/.
(6) Skid Row, Los Angeles - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Ro....
(7) What Is Skid Row? - Union Rescue Mission. https://urm.org/about/faqs/about-skid....
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