Here's my entire Mountain West Road Trip Playlist: kzread.info/head/PLq-_cmf3H6yq836p_Frch75GtIGQXn-AX&si=9khw7TK3ahqPnXp0

@HamhocksUnlimited

6 ай бұрын

Maybe you could go to Carbondale and document the Venezuelan migrants? It's not far from where I am in Colorado

@PatrickCole-md9bu

6 ай бұрын

Are you currently in Colorado?

@PatrickCole-md9bu

6 ай бұрын

You're soft like melting table butter. He's speaking the truth. This state is a mess and it's because of Democraps like yourself!

@aronaeleven5574

6 ай бұрын

Rocky mountain high

@JulyEmerald

6 ай бұрын

The only way that you can get the carts out of the parking lot is to put the carts upside down and drag them out once you get them 100 yd away the wheels will not lock😂 I seen someone doing it one day and I asked him why they had it upside down and that's what they told me😂

Sucks ! Grew up in Colorado we didn’t have those problems decades ago . Very disturbing

@martinel2450

6 ай бұрын

Positive correlation with turning solid blue. The science is settled

@leandrawomack9029

6 ай бұрын

Agree!

@darrenhanson3875

6 ай бұрын

Same here in Portland oregon. Portland used to be a place I'd tell friends they should move to. NOT NOW!!!!!!

@Mike_D_5150

6 ай бұрын

They voted for this crap

@flypole1255

6 ай бұрын

Like the majority of other homeless-plagued cities Denver is under the influence of wacky blues.

The dude said he couldn't do random food off the street, but random fentanyl was no problem. Holy holy crap.😢

@martinel2450

6 ай бұрын

Courtesy of the federal govt. very nice of them.

@epiphany2112

6 ай бұрын

@@martinel2450 Anything the government can do for everyone. They are so nice!! Idiots they are!

@dwaynejones1555

6 ай бұрын

Good point.

@damonmelendez856

6 ай бұрын

Lmao

@paulacomstock3742

6 ай бұрын

Ya..food can mess you up immediately because of bacteria……drugs are synthetic and take time to do the damage

Homelessness is everywhere now and it’s getting worse! 😢

@erikkibler3466

5 ай бұрын

All by design.the powers that be used to be ok with people owning some things..not anymore.theyre putting the screw tighter every day.this problem is and has been outta control for a long time.if we all came together we could over take them but they are experts at keeping us divided

@briandonaldson7357

3 ай бұрын

Very sad,

@malumnexus7919

2 ай бұрын

I just went homeless. This is why my plan when I get back up on my feet is to leave the US. These problems are only going to continue to get worse as both parties mess up the country.

@LoLuvLo

2 ай бұрын

Truth it’s gotten worse everywhere

@Slimedog1963

Ай бұрын

Good thing America found $95,000,000,000 to send to Ukraine and Israel...

This is so sad. It's more than just a drug issue; we need affordable housing in this country!!!

@asullivan4047

Ай бұрын

Go to Degenerate Uncle Joe for affordable housing

@iquetzal6014

Ай бұрын

Bums trash the affordable housing and bankrupt the landlords.

@mjhoffman3609

28 күн бұрын

These druggies couldn't afford 2000 a month, much less 5 a month.

@jimmylegs06

25 күн бұрын

Its drugs When you become tolerant of everything, cuz that fits your apparent political ethos, then the snowball becomes a full on avalanche

@christophercumber427

19 күн бұрын

@@mjhoffman3609i make over 100k and 2000 a month is hard for me.

I live in Denver and within the past 3 years the homeless & migrants have ruined the city completely. As a native, it’s terrible and definitely not going to change for the better

@CTSFanSam

6 ай бұрын

I am bothered by the fact that the majority of voters voted for this. So, this is what they wanted. Hmmm.

@Cornbread-gi6kt

6 ай бұрын

Thank the politicians and the constant Democratic voters. 😂😅

@mountainmonk5874

6 ай бұрын

@@Cornbread-gi6kt I think you mean the Californians that invaded.

@jeltoninc.8542

6 ай бұрын

I believe these ultra left policy states are now owned by china and will be annexed sometime within the next five years. I especially feel this way after Newsom’s visit with the dictator. Canada as well!!! Oddly enough, both Canada and California have plans to ban gasoline vehicles by 2035… coincidence???

@Cornbread-gi6kt

6 ай бұрын

@@mountainmonk5874 Biden and his administration. When all those people stormed the capital the guards were shooting the people, people died. But when the migrant population storms American cities the migrants are rewarded with benefits, resources, and privileges.

I hate to see our veterans on the streets, and we're giving billions of dollars to other countries or the migrants😓

@AOK_Adam

6 ай бұрын

That's a damn fact! And they say they want to work. Basically creating a hand out society.

@nanni8629

6 ай бұрын

This is not immigrants faults ! This is your POLITICIANS and POLICE officers faults !

@AlexRides808

6 ай бұрын

@@nanni8629 No. ILLEGAL immigrants.

@AlexRides808

6 ай бұрын

Just because they say they are a vet, doesn't mean they served honorably. A lot of vets got kicked out.

@Sammy-il1qf

6 ай бұрын

​@nanni8629 Immigration doesn't help, as there isn't enough housing for everyone!And billions goes towards them. What isn't immigrants fault is these bums taking drugs. I would swap an immigrant who wants to work for these crackheads any day.

Thank you for opening American eyes to the homeless apocalypse that is spreading across our country. You are making it hard for people to close their eyes to the truth. Maybe when enough eyes are opened we can force the change that needs to happen

@dopeMike_

5 ай бұрын

The Zombie Apocalypse wasnt about zombies.

@carryingfire286

3 күн бұрын

Vote republican.

90% of us are one paycheck away from joining them. We are not free.

I was renting in Santa Cruz CA My landlord told me she was gonna double my rent. I could’ve easily been homeless. I moved to Texas. I knew no one. I got a job. I saved for 2y. I bought a small home in Coleman Tx. I’m doing great now, thx to the landlord who was gonna double my rent

@richardmorris7063

6 ай бұрын

You played you're cards right & you're probably not a junkie. Don't understand why more don't do that, get outta there. Oh but we like it here or all our friends are here. F... that,self preservation for me!

@PInk77W1

6 ай бұрын

@@richardmorris7063 I love California The weather is great. The ocean and the mountains. It’s just too expensive for me. I go back 3-4x a year to visit.

@bfranco1519

6 ай бұрын

Drugs are the real problem. High rents , normal people move.

@kellymiller3747

6 ай бұрын

What kind of job? Coleman, TX is a pretty small town.

@eddees8089

6 ай бұрын

Don't bring your bullshit politics from California to Texas

Me and my family was homeless living in a hotel for 2 years. We are blessed to have our own places now. This upcoming March will be 2 years of me living in my current apartment. Stay blessed everyone!!

@The2ndFirst

6 ай бұрын

How did you manage that? I'm in a 2/2 apartment and it costs me more than a hotel would. How could you afford a furnished apartment with maid service cable TV and all utilities included?

@chloeew4627

6 ай бұрын

90% of this is not homeless my friend . Drugs and culture and woke Govt is the problem.Good luck to you and yours .

@BigCountry1

6 ай бұрын

its possible we get alot of homeless at the property i work for most are through united way or a church and most we have to kick out to do drugs and them trashing the room and property the others most of the time get arrested cause of theft or credit card fraud hotels are not cheap now our weekly rate is 535 now was 350 2 years ago but due to inflation and companies taking advantage of it prices are through the roof @@The2ndFirst

@The2ndFirst

6 ай бұрын

@@chloeew4627 There is a reason most people are homeless. It's drugs.

@thehamvskoopa343

6 ай бұрын

@@chloeew4627 lol go woke go broke ig

My Mom works at a grocery store in Denver and the employees will get fired if they try to stop a shoplifter. Its sad

@keeper6458

5 ай бұрын

Disgusting...

@michaelsanger7795

3 ай бұрын

Safeway? I qork at Safeway in Denver....yup they come in grab bewr and loads of food and walk out of the door...

Downtown Denver NEVER used to be like this! What a shame. Happening in cities everywhere.

@Off-gridPA

2 ай бұрын

They should have tough love cold shower rehab. Get people off streets.

If someone who was once making $100,000 can end up on the streets, then nobody is safe from being homeless.

@Jhchah2492

6 ай бұрын

It takes one major thing to happen

@mariacherrington61920

5 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤

@mariacherrington61920

5 ай бұрын

Shout this louder for the ppl in back ❤ I wish I could like this a million times ❤

@Rocks_vs_Uzis

5 ай бұрын

It's because families no longer function. Muslims and Jews aren't homeless in the streets. I wonder why. Take note.

@bizygirl1

5 ай бұрын

Youre right

Be kind! Most of this is a perfect example of the mental health crisis! If we don't treat and help the mentally ill, chronic pain patients and other vulnerable people it's not going to get better.

I appreciate the work you do Nick. I have to mention though Colorado and Washington legalizing marijuana was a massive, long overdue development that drew in many types of people, from folks like these here to PhD students, medical professionals, lawyers, and many others. Nobody winds up homeless because of weed though but some stoners are homeless because of the cost of living. I'm one of them. I work full time and would rather save my money than hemorrhage it on rent. I've been in the workforce 20 years and finished college twice while smoking weed everyday. The problem is housing genuinely fails the cost-benefit analysis. It's gotten so out of control that the only way to be financially responsible is to cut it out of my budget.

@DarkLightCrimeVault

2 ай бұрын

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@Shackleton71

2 ай бұрын

Came here to say similar! Thanks

You know it’s getting bad when the junkies don’t mind having a stranger with a camera give a cribs tour of their open air drug markets

@jamesrecknor6752

6 ай бұрын

It's all good in the Democrat 'hood

@Soggygranite

6 ай бұрын

@@jamesrecknor6752 court of appeals is setting the rules and standards for treatment of homeless people on the west coast. Local governments such as Portland have tried to enact changes but the damage is already done and now the 9th circuit court of appeals says we can’t tell them they cannot camp here because “there’s nowhere for them to go”

@andrewbell2749

6 ай бұрын

@@Soggygraniteback to work

@michaelhayes3627

6 ай бұрын

So, what is your recommendation for solving it?

@andrewbell2749

6 ай бұрын

criminalize drugs

As a young teen, I used to walk the streets of Denver. I never felt unsafe even past curfew. Now I would never walk those same streets. Never.

@Spoiled_horsegirl

6 ай бұрын

My husband and I recently went on vacation and stayed on 16th Street Denver. The hotel was clean and the restaurants were nice. I don't understand why people say it's so horrible.

@nunyaburts1246

6 ай бұрын

That injury is from drugs not work

@healthysupereduardo2222

6 ай бұрын

​@@Spoiled_horsegirlyou just didn't pay much attention. It's worse than you think 😭😒😡

@Spoiled_horsegirl

6 ай бұрын

@@healthysupereduardo2222 I had no complaints. The hotel room was clean and I had a great time at the Denver Zoo.

@farmhouse6093

6 ай бұрын

​@@Spoiled_horsegirlyou must of been in better area!!

This was an eye opener. Excellent journalism. You get into the causes of homelessness which is good. Our congressmen need to see these videos.

Humans not bums!😮

@BasilExposition

11 күн бұрын

Right! This one of the more anti compassionate videos I've seen.

I live in Colorado Springs and the last time I drove up to Denver I was shocked at what I saw. Rows and rows of homeless tents, block after block. Really sad situation.

@TenFalconsMusic

6 ай бұрын

Is the homeless situation bad in Colorado Springs?

@hillbillychic8417

6 ай бұрын

​@@TenFalconsMusic Yes.

@Spoiled_horsegirl

6 ай бұрын

My husband and I recently vacation and stayed on 16th Street downtown Denver. The hotel was nice and so were the restaurants. We enjoyed the zoo and the aquarium. We only saw a couple homeless people.

@Soggygranite

6 ай бұрын

@@TenFalconsMusic I moved from the springs about 3 years ago, and when I left there was constantly homeless people campfires starting wildfires. They were camped out all along I 25 near the Drake power plant

@timetowakeup6302

6 ай бұрын

@@TenFalconsMusic It’s definitely getting worse but it’s not as bad as Denver Denver has almost 5 times the amount of homeless Colorado Springs has.

CAREFUL CAREFUL YOU COULD FIND YOURSELF IN THE SAME PLACE SOMEDAY 😐 THERE'S NOBODY BETTER THEN ANYBODY 🕊️

@mariacherrington61920

5 ай бұрын

Amen ❤🙏🙏

@shoechew

5 ай бұрын

LOL, no.

@roberthernandez3902

5 ай бұрын

Facts people are quick to judge not know the reality of this crazy life

@roberthernandez3902

5 ай бұрын

​@shoechew um Huge yes , this could be any one of us you never know to think your exempt makes you look silly but do you .

@comosaycomosah

5 ай бұрын

lol, yes@@shoechew

Couldnt stop watching this , brilliantly done Nick, shining a light on how people survive in extreme conditions , and its not really something thats broadcast over the mainstream media channels, especially over here in UK, keep up the good work man ,

Mathew, I wish you all the best, great explanation of some hard to discuss, truthful elements in our collective experience, glad I continued watching.

Mat Foley predicted the future: LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

@paulsuprono7225

6 ай бұрын

. . . core

@boundariessetinstone5893

3 ай бұрын

What did he say

@Curlyblonde

3 ай бұрын

Matt Foley was a visionary. Too bad he didn't take some of his own advice.

The guy's right when he says being homeless is a job. I'm not homeless, but I live in a nice van, and the amount of time and effort it takes to maintain things is a lot! Gathering water, emptying toilet, buying fuel, charging the solar battery, driving to the gym to shower...it's endless. When you pay rent, you're not just paying for a roof and walls, you're paying for infrastructure! Running water, hot water, flushing toilets, gas and electricity at the flip of a switch.

@gigievans395

6 ай бұрын

Yep! Fellow Nomad I get it!😢

@kimberlydeeney5652

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯

@whateyecansee

6 ай бұрын

Lived in a Tahoe in Denver, 2018, not an addict, made $18-20 an hour. Studio apartments are expensive, $900 a month. It was a ton of work, driving to the gym, self storage, fast food, freezing temperatures. The city of Broomfield made it illegal to sleep in your car. Tried to sleep in a VA carport and was escorted out by security.The VA doesn't consider you homeless when you have a vehicle to sleep in!

@davidwhelan1545

6 ай бұрын

Been in my buses for years and until my recent illness, keeping on top of your living space isn't easy, but we'll worth it. A proper sence of community. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

@NAT-turners-Revenge

6 ай бұрын

I own a home in southern California but I live in a van by choice due to guilt and depression

I worked at the Sheraton Downtown Denver hotel from 2010-15 and there was always an immense amount of homeless and druggies sneaking throughout every crevice of the hotel which was a huge problem. I can't even imagine how it must be now 💀

@asullivan4047

Ай бұрын

No sense in loseing sleep over a situation you've no control over😉.

Great video Nick, it’s really a shame how your government or any government for that matter treats their vets. Your the guy out there telling it like it really is, talking to the people who are actually suffering the most. God bless you for your caring work.❤️

@karenfontenette9165

5 ай бұрын

You acting as if vets are the only people having it hard. At least the vets can get health care. Unless they were discharged with an unhonerable discharge! Do kot a distinction between the people, they are all human beings who are in the same hellish situation!

Stay safe out there Nick and thank you for showing the world what other parts of the United States really look like. We must protect Nick at all costs.

@djdarksidejungle559

6 ай бұрын

nothing will happen americas not that rough put it this way ya five times more likely to get robbed and assulted walking through any town centre in the uk then you are in a bad area in america yeah could argue gun violence but honestly the over whelming majority of gun violence and homiscides are domestics as in husband and wife are arguing and she/he has gone upstair got the colt 45 semi automatic come back and unloaded 3 bullets into ya chest yeah theres bad areas anywhere but one thing america still has and thatys a sense of community UK hasnt just brutish out there on the street in the uk in america theres a certain degree of community and we'll work it out

@FirstFreedom

6 ай бұрын

@@magikmycology6660 exactly

@kathypetersen2447

6 ай бұрын

Nick needs to travel past the boarders out

$12,000,000 for a couple of those tiny tent cities? WHAT?! For 12 million you could build multiple dozens of mobile structures including the over sight of people you would need to make sure they run properly. There are grifters in the charity/philanthropy industry that need to be audited but not enough responsible people to do it. Perry seems like a high functioning addict, I can only imagine what he could get done if it weren't for the hard drugs. Really likeable guy.

@billbill6576

6 ай бұрын

Homelessness has become another government money laundering scheme, like healthcare, college debt and war.

@peterlawson8040

6 ай бұрын

Likeable till your being robbed.

@dcg590

6 ай бұрын

They don’t want that! It also takes money to maintain. They don’t want rules or structure and why should they get free anything? While the rest of us fund enough already?

@John-du2mq

6 ай бұрын

That's because the non profits are owned by the politicians and their rich donors. They can funnel money through there and right back to themselves.

@georgeromey4971

6 ай бұрын

The consultant class isn’t for solving the problem. Instead they take the billions, go to conferences and the sole some of their actions is to tell people like Nick to get lost.

Often overlooked is the glaring fact that when these junkies come down off their high, they steal us blind to pay for their next fix 😢

@xoxoxoxoxo7997

6 ай бұрын

Never ending cycle

@heaveymelt

6 ай бұрын

Thats why it needs to be free

@sapphireblue222

6 ай бұрын

They receive $915/month plus $300 in food benefits. $1215 in total. That is gone within 2 weeks for their heroin fix. The remaining money they need comes from crime.

@madpeace1764

6 ай бұрын

​@@heaveymelt not... gonna... happen...

@gardenjoy5223

6 ай бұрын

Instead you could pay normal taxes, instead of that itty-bitty compared to us in Europe. For those extra taxes, people down on their luck or wounded or ill are getting enough money to make it through and then back to work. Without losing everything. Without needing to numb to pain of losing everything! Americans are beyond dumb. They save 2000 to spend 20000.

You have a great sense of humor Nick. ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊

Wow, this is just awful. Not just Denver but every where. How could we let this happen? And WHY in the world are there SAFE injection sites!!!! they should be putting these people in rehab and. GET RID OF THE DRUGS NO MATTER WHAT!!! My heart groans for my country.😢

@martinel2450

6 ай бұрын

Stop voting blue. Not that red is any better but at least they don’t get 100% cover from the media.

@tobyjackman3212

6 ай бұрын

Your _war on drugs_ failed decades ago, unfortunately

@jonathanweller5061

6 ай бұрын

As a former addict you’re not ready to quit until you’re ready. The facts are that safe injection sites also prevent things like an HIV crisis which puts a strain on the health system and costs taxpayers more money than a safe injection site would. It also prevents needles from winding up on playgrounds. There are a lot of positives that aren’t just about the addicts.

@mattd.4133

6 ай бұрын

Well come on! How are the politicians and their grown children supposed to become billionaires without all this addiction? It's only fair.

@jacobporto8906

6 ай бұрын

There actually aren't safe injection sites in denver

I get it now. "Progressive" means progressively worse!

@martinel2450

6 ай бұрын

In a world where apes evolve from men.

@Botoburst

6 ай бұрын

Progressing over a cliff usually.

@marcos-ll2yr

6 ай бұрын

You are wrong this channel shows right wing states in the same situation just look for

@poonetidestroyer8955

6 ай бұрын

This has nothing to do with progressive or leftist or republican or any of that. This has everything to do with the middle class collapsing due to economic reasons. Only the rich are benefiting right now. Everyone else on survival mode

@NeverTrustGovrnmentOrGlobalist

6 ай бұрын

Very true, those homeless people are smart not to trust the evil system.

Good job Nick ! Thanks for the the video.

Truth… I run an Amazon delivery team and I won’t even send my female drivers downtown anymore.. it’s too dangerous… so sad.

@kd3nal72

Ай бұрын

What are you a 3rd party delivering packages i worked for Amazon they would laugh if you didn't feel safe or maybe they would idk Amazon sure likes to cater towards women which personally i think is bs but 100% sure if you can't deliver packages cause you don't feel safe you would be shown the doors quicker then you can blink cause there's a line of people outside that will deliver in that area regardless

@Romans-10-9-13

Ай бұрын

Isn’t that sexist? You don’t think women are equal to men?

I remember the last time I went to Denver it was very sadly seemingly almost as chaotic as Seattle. Druggies everywhere, shut down buildings kind of reminding you of Chicago, ambulances rushing by, run down houses looking like the run down houses in Detroit, it was almost exactly like Seattle, and sadly, Denver has almost the same overdose deaths as Portland in a year. Just goes to show how bad Denver has become very sadly SMH

@Young-wi9ut

6 ай бұрын

Downtown Chicago looks nothing like this..

@josephjames259

6 ай бұрын

Same governmental philosophy. Not surprising the results are the same as other cities.

@jamesrecknor6752

6 ай бұрын

TRUE @@josephjames259

@daniel51404

6 ай бұрын

Chicago and New York will look like that in the next 5 years.

@1MinuteFlipDoc

5 ай бұрын

Seattle is not as bad as Portland.

Homelessness made me realize that I was dead wrong about the legalization of drugs.

@localgirl33

6 ай бұрын

same

@billbill6576

6 ай бұрын

No shit. So many liberals that I grew up with helped create this nightmare, at least you are decent enough to admit it.

@chongsfury4358

6 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing when I was younger,I figured just legalize them, and people will be chill, go to work etc, but I was wrong, they just want to get high and lay around and coom all day.

@hellooutthere8956

6 ай бұрын

Legalization of weed is less harmful than the legalization of alcohol and cigarettes. But when you decriminalize drugs indiscriminately and don't offer drug rehabilitation help this is wht happens.

@peepodhumperdink4456

6 ай бұрын

As opposed to the Republicans locking them up and charging the tax payer billions for locking them up, releasing them, and having them return. Lol Being "tough on crime" is bullshit

Excellent work documenting. I live in Metro Denver. Tragic what has happened to The Mile High City.

Omg this hit hard reset in peace .. hence why I left Facebook a bit ago even up north here this is the life … it’s so sad I am lucky I refuse to use but I watch and see this on the regular here even it’s so so sad , I appreciate yall for being honest and saying what so many won’t :(

As a Denver native, it's shocking and sad to see what my city has become. Now I know what Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders meant when she sang "I went back to Ohio, but my city wasn't there." Way to go Denver.

@rhiannon-bv9rk

6 ай бұрын

Colorado is full of liberal anti Christ, pro drugs. So sad to see

@justinsane7128

6 ай бұрын

As a 3rd generation 66 yo Colorado Native I no longer go Denver...

@Gee-xb7rt

6 ай бұрын

This is a national problem, housing is supply side, they make too much money renting at elevated prices and leaving thousands of apartments open than renting for a fair price and filling apartments. Its a national problem, and a city can't fix it, cities just bus homeless people from one city to the next.

@benjammin4247

6 ай бұрын

@@Gee-xb7rt Yeah, okay, it's the American system at fault. Baloney. It's the communist influence that started with Barry Soetoro and his husband.

@sarah5971

6 ай бұрын

She was talking about the development of the countryside. This is something way more destructive and ominous.

One thing for sure about these people using dope, Nick, they will tell you any story you want to hear. Trust non of them, red or blue and to them you are nothing but potential next target.

Calling them junkies and bums is just dead wrong! You don't know what those people deal with.

@deowahju

Ай бұрын

They’re dealing with drugs, which makes them junkies

@Mel-ce2ry

Ай бұрын

Enabler 101! Many hundreds of thousands of us have been through trials, tribulations, and devastating drama, however we choose to persevere and not merely 'cop out' which is meekness incarnate!

@theomartin7339

Ай бұрын

@@Mel-ce2ry like I said you don't know what people deal with. There is a whole lot more then coping out in life.

@theomartin7339

Ай бұрын

@@Mel-ce2ry I'm surprised you don't realize what kind of world we live in. How many homeless people do you know who get hired for a job with no shower, or proper clothing on? Someone must help them. I don't care what your excuse is don't call people junkies. That's completely disrespectful.

@theomartin7339

Ай бұрын

@@Mel-ce2ry ignorance enabler 101 spread compassion not disgusting names.

Hey Nick, how are you? I'm watching your video on homelessness in Denver. You should have covered the metro area like Aurora, Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties. It's a nightmare! Now we have buckeye immigrants coming daily. I work for a few of these counties as a Peer, me and my team outreach everyday, assist, follow up and provide all different sorts of resources available. Granted we are over run and do not have enough resources but mostly I wanted to give all the people in Colorado and other states that are doing everything they can to mediate between the homeless community and the rest of society. We don't have all the answers, neither do they. The best I can offer is for everyone to work together. I never commented on a video before but you definitely got my attention. Denver is still a great city!🎉

This country has always had a crisis. That crisis is that a few have gotten all the control, power, resources, etc., and there is nothing left for everybody else to have a decent life, and opportunities.

@charles1606

5 ай бұрын

The government and those that control it has to go.

@TwinFalls88

5 ай бұрын

you hit the nail on the head. all the $$$ being wasted on wars and tax breaks. Nothing left over to invest in PEOPLE. sad.

@xoox7469

5 ай бұрын

Even if we cut back on ALOT of spending. Working class people are extremely treated badly for years

@mistercrankypants

5 ай бұрын

Revolution is coming if this shit keeps going. The rich getting richer, the poor eating shit.

@ryanwhitley9789

4 ай бұрын

Exactly, they are called jues.

That wound on Perry's arm is not from no construction accident, it's probably from that drug tranq or whatever it's called, it eats the skin away

@bluorion4360

5 ай бұрын

You are right. There is no way in hell that is a construction accident. It’s a fentanyl with xylazine accident or more like an addiction

@dustinduzgames1276

5 ай бұрын

I agree but i would argue hes probably been in construction before just probably let go for that reason

@angieliyah1484

5 ай бұрын

If he was making almost 100K in construction he would have had health insurance. Also, if he got injured on the job it would have been covered under working's comp. That didn't sound right to begin with.

@annehedonia156

5 ай бұрын

​@@angieliyah1484 Not necessarily. He could've been an independent contractor with no benefits.

@erikkibler3466

5 ай бұрын

Yeah they say it happens when they miss trying to shoot it up…but I saw a doctor say it happens no matter what.not everyone realizes that when they try it.its flesh eating

❤my heart goes out in prayers

And until people actually see these pod casts they will skippity-do-dah thru their days not having a clue what is really going on in this country! Completely blind to what is really happening! Keep pressing on Nick. Your work is appreciated. STAY SAFE!

@daleslover2771

6 ай бұрын

Spot on 👍👍👍

@tobyjackman3212

6 ай бұрын

See podcasts 🫠

@Acemechanicalservices

6 ай бұрын

We know exactly what’s going on, we’re just smart enough to not live in places where everyone votes for socialism.

@jamesrecknor6752

6 ай бұрын

Comrade Politburist Sanders and The Party want to know your location.@@Acemechanicalservices

@alphared4655

6 ай бұрын

Because they don't see what's happening and it doesn't affect them. Not their responsibility to fix it either.

But kicking Trump off the ballet is Priority Number One for the government of Colorado. You people get what you vote for and put up with.

@porcupineparty8598

6 ай бұрын

The people in Colorado want this in their community or it wouldn't be like this!

@martinel2450

6 ай бұрын

TDS is a real thing. I know people who fully understand we’re in deep doo doo and why but will never admit they made a mistake in 20 and will repeat it next November

@alanarcher5903

6 ай бұрын

Agree with bond servant

@ghhfgbbkufgh

6 ай бұрын

ACCELERATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Cherrypi393

6 ай бұрын

lol as if red states didn’t say the same about Obama. You’re right, you get what you vote for and the worst performing states are red states. The reasons people are homeless is a combination of poverty, drugs and mental illness - solving that is too hard so politicians rather play tribalism.

I sold my home in Denver a few years ago for 650k and recently found out it was forclosed on and turned into a crack house. I can't tell you how glad I am that I got out. I never want to set foot in this city again.

Working at a homeless shelter it definitely got worse after Covid

I live in Phoenix and the problem is the same if not worse.

Refreshing to see politicians delivering on their promises and their constituents getting exactly what they voted for.

@ElizabethF2222

6 ай бұрын

Exactly. Hope all those who voted for these liberals are very happy now. Ugh. It's disgusting. Just FYI, Nick. Was a bit disheartening to hear you call it "Bum land." Not all homeless people are drug addicts, at least not here in Houston, although looks like it's the majority in LA and Denver, San Francisco, etc. Some of them are single mothers with kids who can't afford these ridiculous rents we've got, not to mention school supplies, food, health insurance, car insurance, etc. We have a ton of elderly people who are homeless. They've paid on their homes for 40 years but inflation and property taxes, HOA fees, etc, have skyrocketed due to Biden's policies and the Fed with their sky high interest rates, they've lost their homes to foreclosure which is extremely sad. It's a bit better here in Houston but we still have the same issues. The absolute WORST is to see homeless veterans who served our country on the streets, while that bastard Biden and his woke libs are busy feeding and housing illegals and sending BILLIONS to other countries (and taking illegal kickbacks) and the first thing they want to do is talk about cutting Medicare and Social Security. NO. F that! Let's take Congress lifetime benefits first then we'll talk.. It's criminal what he's done to this country!!! They did get EXACTLY what they voted for.

@mikesrandomvideos

6 ай бұрын

its called Liberalism happening all over

@KennyRogersRoasters84

6 ай бұрын

​@@mikesrandomvideosThey vote for their own punishment.

@revolverocelot9891

6 ай бұрын

​@mikesrandomvideos Why are all the poorest states per capita, all federal assistance per capita, are all red states in the top ten?

@donreinke5863

6 ай бұрын

@@revolverocelot9891 Why dont YOU tell everyone why EVERY city with bum, drug and crime problems, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, is a deep blue cesspool run by DEMOCRATS? Your worn out leftist talking point is totally and completely ridiculous.

Nick ur a great guy. I Enjoy all ur videos.

This was well done. Eye opening and downright scary.

I got out of Colorado in the year 2000. Bill Owens was the Governor, Mike Rosen was on KOA in the mornings, everything seemed to be looking up. Three Democrat Governors later and it's officially a shithole.

@tvelasquez718

6 ай бұрын

100%

@cherrybb3888

6 ай бұрын

Yup. Democrats have wrecked the state.

@jamesrecknor6752

6 ай бұрын

To be expected of The Party

@jacobmartinez5461

5 ай бұрын

I left in 2003

@cherrybb3888

5 ай бұрын

It sucks in Denver. I’ve been here 35 years and have seen the decline n the state. I do live in a conservative pocket of the state so locally things aren’t too bad yet.

Amazing content!!!

They need to have a community that cares! Permanent housing with skill assist...why cant we open boarding houses? Great way to utilize large abandinded property...allowing himeless to help refurbush/establish/ manage! It is time to represebt THOSE we take the $ from...WTP!! Thank you so much for this honest piece of journalism!!! GBYCS! Pimpy is looking to open transitional housing project! 🤷‍♀️🙏😇🇺🇸

After watching many of Nicks videos I’ve come to this conclusion: there are ruined cities/towns, red and blue but they arrived that way differently. Red: industry left, jobs gone then poverty and drugs moved in. Blue: drugs came in, homeless came, then society collapsed. Outward changes for one and the other is deliberate. Both are probably deliberate, to weaken our country and our men.

@2878cl

6 ай бұрын

It's all deliberate. None of it is coincidence. There is no other rational explanation for the way our leaders act. Everyone that can be bought has been bought. Truth is treason. Common sense is a superpower.

@johndespard3477

6 ай бұрын

Likely a plan drafted by the Chinese government lol.

@ScruffyIsMyName

5 ай бұрын

Reds: drugs moved in. Blues: drugs came in. Common denominator - drugs.

@chiplangowski3298

5 ай бұрын

Great observation! I would say that in the Red cities it was not deliberate. Rather, the leadership wasn't competent enough to recognize the decline and stop it. They tried to maintain the past and the world left them behind. But you are 100% correct about the Blue. The leadership of Blue cities did it intentionally.

@JustinaJayne

5 ай бұрын

I’ve been wondering; what’s the end game of this? Who is buying all of this undesired area ultimately to help the cities? It won’t be the govt will it? Another country perhaps? The general elite? This disease x is scary in combo w all of this…. Giving walking dead vibes

Great Job Nick! Thanks for covering what the main stream media won't

@NickJohnson

5 ай бұрын

You bet!

@DamePiglet

3 ай бұрын

There are churches that would help homeless people who would stay off drugs, but many of them refuse the help. They love drugs more than they want help.

42:45 - I used to office out of that building from 2013-2015. It was called Greenspaces - a co work office space where small business owners could have a place to conduct meetings and other office stuff. I lived at 26th and Champa and NEVER worried about walking around the RINO District. I left in 2015 to go live in my 4x4 truck and backpack across the American West for 7 years and haven't been back to Denver in over a decade. SOOOO glad I settled in Northern AZ in the middle of nowhere with an off-grid 14 acre parcel. I'd be horrified to live in Denver today...

Nick Johnson - You handled yourself and others EXCEPTIONALLY WELL well enough to get a media/radio/tv job in Denver. I know as a resident of MILE HIGH CITY while I was stationed at Lowry Air Force Base as Food Service Administrator on The Air Training Command site. Those were the days NEVER to be forgotten. 1964 -1968

Thanks Cali!

Greed and politicians are the reason for homelessness.

@jamesrecknor6752

6 ай бұрын

That and drugs and laziness

@Xyz98900

6 ай бұрын

Nah...Noone forces done on you.

Holy s*** what the f*** is happening to this country?🤔😕

@notthensa8507

6 ай бұрын

Bidenomics

@HiDesert004

6 ай бұрын

Sleepy Senile Joe

@regen3rate

6 ай бұрын

Liberalism

@Woketard

6 ай бұрын

Too many are being dumped onto the existing population, harming us indigenous Americans. Biden and his cronies are replacing us with the third world.

@reyy568

6 ай бұрын

Drugs

Incredible

America's lack of concern and respect for their neighbor. Government's concern is helping the rich and business get richer while neither one of these care about anybody or their country. While religion declines in America, the country goes downhill.

As the state has gone blue, the homeless have cropped up. I'm up the road a bit and I hate that Greenies run away north to escape what they've done.

@martinel2450

6 ай бұрын

Same is happening here in Texas. As counties and cities get more blue the shit just gets worse. The people seem to be blind deaf and dumb.

@The2ndFirst

6 ай бұрын

@@martinel2450 They literally keep voting for homlessness and crime. I came from Texas man. I moved up this way in 2020 as I saw things going sideways there.

@TheHamburgler123

6 ай бұрын

​@The2ndFirst I'm glad Fort Collins at least puts its foot down on stuff like this. There's a homeless problem here as well but they don't tolerate encampments, thankfully.

@The2ndFirst

6 ай бұрын

@@TheHamburgler123 I dated a girl from Ft Collins for a bit. Every time I've been through there, it's been a decent experience. Good on you guys.

@trebors386

6 ай бұрын

Check out red state of Alaska with the homeless everywhere in Anchorage

This is happening more and more throughout the country. This is so alarming, more and more people getting displaced due to the rising cost of rent. There was a time when companies gave their workers a cost of living raise, not anymore. Many of us are barely able to keep a roof over our heads, even with a job.

@mdishuge

6 ай бұрын

It’s deeper than this. When you crush someone’s hope you remove morals. A hopeless society is a godless and morally corrupt one.

@michaelbell75

6 ай бұрын

Yes, and it's only happening in solid blue, Democrat run cities that were beautiful places to live just a decade ago under Republican leadership. I lived in Portland in the early 90s and it was awesome. Then it turned blue not long after and slowly started to become the dump it is today. Just a coincidence? I think not.

@Xyz98900

6 ай бұрын

Negative...that is a choice to use dope.

@alphared4655

6 ай бұрын

Its the drugs. Nothing to do with rent. Plenty of resources to house these kind people, but they prefer to stay in the streets because they're not ready to get and stay clean. I've been there, done that.

@lynnrussell1641

6 ай бұрын

Equity Firms now own 21% of all US housing.For profit Corporate landlords whose first move is superficial improvements like over landscaping and paint,second move is to jack rents up,third move is to have automatic increases and less than 12 mo.leases.Never forget another 20+ percent of housing is AirBnB and VRBO now too, turning apts.and homes into motels.

I love what Denver has done with the place! RVs right outta Breaking Bad. That's just awesome.

Great reporting. You don’t see this on the nightly news.

I moved from Denver to Melbourne Florida 4 years ago. Spent the majority of my life living in denver and lakewood. You will see this all over the metro area. Glad I got my son out of there!

@ColfaxJones

5 ай бұрын

made the same move 5 years ago, left a nice 11th floor Capitol Hill condo with a view of the mountains, for a nice house with a huge yard 15 minutes from the beach. After seeing this video, I think we both made the right choice.

@burly636

18 күн бұрын

I lived in Lakewood too for a couple years. I have never seen anything like this. Then I went to Washington state and worked for the Department of Defense. I’m not even there anymore, though I miss Washington’s beauty.. I don’t miss politics.

The problem is far greater than these unfortunate souls. Put the blame where it belongs instead of being so angry. I was one of these folks, but extremely blessed today. Love and compassion helped me out of my hell, not hatred and intolerance .

@annehedonia156

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, none of our states have a homeless problem. They have a corrupt politicians problem. Hate and don't tolerate Them.

@luckylulu7777

4 ай бұрын

But you chose to get clean and get your life together. They aren't. Thats the difference. Love and tolerance is what is keeping them sick.

@boundariessetinstone5893

3 ай бұрын

It’s simple ppl shouldn’t do drugs

Nick - I really wish you would refrain from calling house less people "BUMS". This shows your judgment and judgment is not what these American people need. It is obvious that you've never gone through hard times and good for you. However, not everyone had/has this luxury.

@WhiteWolfSpirit

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. This is the problem, no compassion.

This isn’t because of legal weed, this is happening everywhere. All Cities.

Navy guy deserves our help and our respect . Thank you for your service xoxo

@user-iw3xt2ks6d

5 ай бұрын

They're all human and they all deserve compassion, not just veterans.

@shadowbanned4days

5 ай бұрын

Get helping bud!😂

@erikkibler3466

5 ай бұрын

All our fellow humans deserve our help.not one of us is better than another

@aude2sapere

2 ай бұрын

Nobody deserves anything

This was a fascinating profile of homeless in Denver, very informative! The in-depth interviews really brought a sense of humanity to their tragic situations. You have a great channel Nick, keep up the good work my friend.

Shoutout Reginald Reginald is the man doing the damn thing the way with no ignorance or excuses ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Wow. I moved from denver in 2021. It was getting bad then... now. .. it breaks my heart. I was one of those homeless addicts. Thank you lord for getting me out of that hell

I'm boarderline homeless I'm in motorhome & work at a campsite on lake. It's cool and all I'm greatful but it's getting harder & harder for me to work , keep up & all. Reckon that's life for us all

@totogogocc5526

5 ай бұрын

Lot of us are struggling.. Not b kuz of flippin drugs. I'm sic of people saying that. Can't they see what these politicians are doing? i can barely eat.. I am blessed in many ways.. I m thankful.

San Fran, Portland, Seattle, Denver... same city, different states. You are spot on Nick. I spent 3 decades visiting all of these cities on a regular basis, and all this was so obviously foreseeable 10 years ago, and more to the point, preventable.

@yallgonemadd3786

6 ай бұрын

VOTE TRUMP...VOTE RED ACROSS THE COUNTRY...DONT VOTE FOR ANY DEMOCRAT AND DONT VOTE FOR ANY RINO OR LIBTARD..

@gmbaypharma5839

6 ай бұрын

Your right , very preventable but the leadership needed to be change. The liberal Democratic leadership are killing these cities, with de-fund the police initiatives, taxes increase to unbearable unsustainable levels are killing these cities.

@jamesrecknor6752

6 ай бұрын

These cities just need to vote for Democrats instead lol

@realtree297

6 ай бұрын

California is the starting point. Most of these cities have high populations of transplants from California, their disease is spreading across the country. Has encompassed most of the western part of the country, Oregon and Washington wasn’t this way 25-30 years ago

@catherinehanson1106

6 ай бұрын

​@@jamesrecknor6752they are democrat ran cities

Sounds great...

It’s a sad testimony to America. Ironically the problem can be solved if the politicians got out of the way.

Sobriety saved my life. I promise it gets better. 🙏🏼

Should be called Americas drug crisis. This is what Politicians aren’t addressing.

@Blissfulnessence

6 ай бұрын

But the drugs keep them 'dumbed down', numb, and makes the sense of hopelessness more tolerable.

@luvmyangels3

6 ай бұрын

@@Blissfulnessence we watched as Nick showed areas that they are giving people opportunities to get out of that life and start over… what were the requirements? Be nice, don’t do drugs or alcohol, shoot they are even giving them free counseling! While they maybe numbing themselves, why? There’s ways out! Shoot in Fl they didn’t expand Medicaid and lots of people are suffering and would like that type of help FOR SURE. Truth is it’s the drugs that have a hold on them and they need addiction counseling which it seems Colorado is trying to give.

@annjames1837

6 ай бұрын

This is a spiritual problem. Void of Christ

@FloridaGirl-

6 ай бұрын

👍🎯🎯🎯

@weaknessofflesh

6 ай бұрын

its great for the economy though

Great vid!

When I was 17 I wound up homeless on the streets of Denver from Baltimore Maryland and resumed my heroin addiction on the streets of Denver! It had a homeless problem back in 1999!!!

My hometown of San Diego is now ruined in the downtown area. San Diego County was such a great place to grow up in. It was such a great area and we went downtown all the time as teens to study in the main library . We’d eat lunch at Woolworth’s and we could even go at night and have no problems.

@doe729

6 ай бұрын

Many of us have memories of growing up in a wonderful place, I do. You describe much of my youth but, I was on the other side of the country. Many of those places have changed or are in the process of changing. Sadly, the youth of today will never know it.

@barontynan

6 ай бұрын

I too grew up in San Diego and lived there almost my whole life. I remember as a kid going to the old downtown library and Fox theater for movies. Balboa Park for family picnics and the museums. Never saw a homeless person back in the 70’s/80’s. I recently moved to a small town in Oregon: Albany. There’s homeless here but the city manages it and they move on to more”tolerant” cities such as Eugene/Corvallis/Salem.

@landeeld9596

6 ай бұрын

I left San Diego two years ago after 30 years. So aad

@highlovevibration

5 ай бұрын

My daughter lives there, I hope she makes plans to leave after she finishes her doctorate... California was such a beautiful state once upon a time.

@Rocks_vs_Uzis

5 ай бұрын

I wonder what they'll do when they realize that their futures have been stolen. I wonder how angry they'll get. I've seen this story before. It ends with people lying dormant in the streets, if you get my meaning.

My cousin Drew is homeless in Denver. He is not a drug user or alcoholic. Drew refuses to take meds for a mental illness.

One thing I never wanted to be growing up, was an entertainer because of not being motivated enough to hold on to a skill. I might have been influenced by the adults I have been watching throughout the communities. Made me unconsciously look at the economy, which some sayings might be true. About what one character starts out to do, somehow during their growing they hold on to the important parts they like. No matter what I did, it still surrounded me around the economy. Even when I try hard to ignore the things in it, those things I try to ignore are the first at my door. Somehow our system has a way to see things they want to stop. Who tries to push me one way, but forces me to go the other way. That helps me to see things so clearly, in who accepted, and who are not. Every time the table turns a different acceptance comes into play. Because we have individual thinkers directing the groups that follow them. Just imagine the presidents that we had, and if all of them made individual decisions, ignoring what the laws of the lands says. We will see generations with all kinds of personalities and behaviors that are bumping into each other from their teachings. That's the reason we look for those we elect to follow the laws set on the books. So we will not grow into accepting organized crime from our high officials.

Its in peoria il, and pekin il also. Its in every city across this nation now. Every single one.

Always a good day when a new Nick Johnson video drops.

“Now they’re coming here just to come.” Literally spit out my drink when you said that. lol

Every single human being deserves compassion, understanding and the right to live. Nick - for you to say he's too far gone for help, not true.

Before anything can be done we have to change the politics of America. If people can’t see what’s happening on the top then we are doomed.

@mauricecardinalgrowing1014

Ай бұрын

All the political class, or the majority in power have dual citizenship with Israel so they have no problem destroying their homeland for another cause.Sell out snakes. All the politicians.

You should do another video interviewing people in Denver who can afford the super high rents and what they do to be able to afford them.

@Kegs2689

5 ай бұрын

They might skim money off the 12million dollar tent area.

@Pickle_Zero

5 ай бұрын

That’s what I want to know, what do people do for a living that they can afford those overpriced under built condos in Denver.

@joe9349

5 ай бұрын

They probably don't do drugs

@stryder909

5 ай бұрын

@joe9349 Dude. You have to be on drugs so you can be that deluded to pay $2500 a month for a place in downtown Denver.

@Pickle_Zero

5 ай бұрын

@@joe9349 I didn’t do drugs, had a decent office career and STILL couldn’t afford the cheapest rents out there. I guess I missed the boat on 100K + a year jobs cause that is what it takes to get by on your own in Denver.

These guys are out there because they want to be out there. So sad. The solution is creating a non permissive environment and give either help or jail.

You get what you vote for!

Homelessness is one thing but what breaks my heart is CHROMELESSNESS!! I'm seeing more and more of it every day!!even saw someone with some chrome hubcaps the other day,trying to stay afloat I guess.

Something tells me that construction worker didn't get hurt on the job and isn't going back to work anytime soon.