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Originally Posted by WestDuluth55806
My first post!
I am interested in heading out west. I visited Phoenix and immediately fell in love with the southwest, and Los Angeles is where I plan to make my next stop. I've been working a lot over the last year to save up plenty of money.
I've done some research on downtown because I want to be able to live there without needing a car or having to buy an expensive transit pass every month. Some of the properties I looked at online were cheap for a reason, but then I discovered the Baltimore Apartment Hotel at 501 S Los Angeles St. I know the apartments are very small but having been a resident caretaker at a YWCA hostel here for a while, I'm used to that kind of place. My question is, for those of you familiar or who live downtown, do you know much about this area? Is there anything important I should know? I am an EMT and have dealt with all kind of people so nothing about homeless people or drug overdoses or drunks or screaming crazy people surprises me - I've seen it all already!
Hopefully when I get out there I can take some good photos and post them on here as well...thanks for your help in advance...
JJ
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Welcome to the forum.
I don't live downtown but I do know that at 5th Street and Los Angeles you'll definitely see all of what you've described and on a daily basis. The homelessness situation in the entire city of Los Angeles is out of control and 5th and Los Angeles is on the doorsteps of the epicenter of it all.
Additionally, you might get more traction if you repost your question in another more appropriate forum than the city photo thread.