Skid Row
is currently the most dangerous area in
Los Angeles
, the city is in the midst of a homelessness crisis, with
over 70,000 homeless living on the streets
.
Sidewalks for nearly 60 city blocks are littered with tents and dilapidated buildings, with some people sleeping in the open on discarded mattresses.
The streets are infested with rats and garbage.
Drugs are
openly used by a large number of people, available for as little as $2, with heroin, fentanyl, crack, weed, and methamphetamine being the most popular.
This is why the city was nicknamed “Disneyland of addicts”.
YouTuber
Mark Laita
along with
Peter Santenello
toured Skid Row to show the world this terrible place in the
United States.
Heroin, fentanyl, crack, weed, and methamphetamine are the most popular drugs on Skid Row.
First Person Skid Row
At the center of the neighborhood is the Cecil Hotel, which was recently featured in one of
Netflix
's latest crime docuseries .
The place was the site of murder, rape and drug abuse, while also providing a haven for some of the most notorious serial killers in US history.
Skid Row is currently the most marginal city in America.
addicts disneyland
A 2019 report by the Los Angeles County Public Health found that drug and alcohol overdose was the leading cause of death at 27%, violence trailed behind at 24%, while murder was the reason behind 6% of all deaths within Skid Row.
.
Substance abuse used to be a discreet activity, but now it's gotten a lot more brazen with police turning a blind eye: "The guards tend to let people do what they want," Mark said in his YouTube video.