Subj : Re: El Rection in Georgia
To   : ALAN IANSON
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Jan 12 2024 11:42:00

> > The areas in question are *mostly* those that tourists would not
> > frequent... not bad areas (aside from the encampments) but also not in
> > areas like Beverly Hills or Glendale.  OTOH, if you go to visit the beach
> > or pier at Santa Monica, or the Aquarium/waterfront area at Long Beach,
> > the authorities have not done so well at hiding what is going on.  I had to
> > watch where I walked in both places.

> When I was young we toured the west coast down to Mexico, we traveled in a tru
>  and camper. We were in Los Angeles and just travelling around randomly and fo
> d ourselves in a rather nasty place. It looked like gangland or something. We
> dn't have any trouble but we decided to get the hell out of there. That was in
> he 70's.

> In spite of that I wouldn't call California a hell hole.

These areas are not what I would call "gangland."  One of the areas was
industrial (maybe former).  The beach/pier at Santa Monica, and the Long
Beach waterfront are certainly not "gangland," either.  The latter was
really the only place I went where I would say I was a little worried about
my safety, though, as I was only driving through the large-scale "encampment"
areas.

The issue they have going on goes beyond what other towns have.  Mine has a
few homeless people hanging about.  If you go out of Los Angeles to the
North along San Fernando, between LA and Weldon Canyon, you will run into
miles of old RVs, trailers, and tents parked along the road on the other
side of the RR tracks.  Along Valley Blvd. running West out of LA, you will
run into a similar, but less populated, situation.

There was one other area... maybe San Bernardino... where there was also a
very large encampment area but I don't remember for sure where.  It is a much
bigger problem there than in any large city in this area.

I would not call the whole state a hell hole, either, but it contains its
fair share of them.  Like almost anywhere, I would throw any community
that houses a lot of their politicians into that category, too.  There were
some places I went to -- mostly non-man-made places -- that I enjoyed
seeing and made me glad I went.


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