The city where the police do not enter and calls itself “the Disneyland for addicts”

skidrow is currently the most dangerous area of The Angelsthe city is in the midst of a homeless crisis, with more than 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. A large number of people use drugs openly 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”. the youtuber Mark Laita together peter santenello toured Skid Row to show the world this terrible place of USA.

First Person Skid Row

In the center of the neighborhood is the Cecil Hotel, recently featured in one of the latest crime docuseries on Netflix. 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.

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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 become 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.