My wife, in her line of work, has had more reason to go to downtown Los Angeles than I have in recent years, and she has recounted to me the dystopian nightmare that is occurring there. I finally said, “Well, all right, let’s go down there and see for ourselves,” and what I discovered was that Skid Row was not a “row” at all—it was a mind-blowing expanse of misery and decadence that goes on block after block, street after street, seemingly forever.

Unfortunately, my video isn’t good enough for prime time, but many others have documented the unfathomable squalor:

The most violent place I have ever visited in the world is Skid Row Los Angeles. In the center of absolute chaos I found five children. Immigrants from Mexico. Their mom told me she came to the United States seeking help. She could’ve not chosen a worst place. pic.twitter.com/85833pW4hK

— Kevin Dahlgren 🥾 🥾 (@kevinvdahlgren) August 9, 2025

Even though I’ve been living in SoCal for over thirty years and am well familiar with its decline, my visit there it was still a shocking scene.

As Golden State Governor Gavin Newsom waxes poetic about Democracy, and LA Mayor Karen Bass prattles on about how they don’t need the federal government interfering in Tinseltown’s affairs because they’ve got everything under control, voters should remind them every day and twice on Sunday of the reality of their progressive politics: failed cities, broken lives, and the death of the American dream.

Detroit’s got nothing on DTLA:

Downtown in the City of Angels is looking more and more like a ghost town.

The famed Los Angeles neighborhood has become a shadow of its former glory — with rows of boarded up shops, chain stores leaving in droves and hoards of drug-using vagrants sparking major safety concerns for shoppers and business owners alike.

The Post can reveal that there are more than 100 vacant storefronts in the area’s Historic Core, which was the rip-roaring heart of the downtown shopping and entertainment district.

This is what $7k a month in Downtown LA across from Crypto Arena (home of the Lakers) gets you. 📷 RonnieRenaldi on IG pic.twitter.com/OIc9gPuLJ0

— Street People Of Los Angeles (@SPxLAMedia) August 14, 2025