whenever i go down into hollywood and i see all of the tourists walking around (sadly, they're pretty easy to spot which makes them targets).. they sort of have this look of.. 'WTF mixed with, did i really decide to come *here* for vacation and, i hope it's still not too late to cancel the rest of our trip'. if you live here, it's fun & you know all the cool places to go (and definitely which to avoid).. but if you're a tourist, and you actually get to the boulevard, they MUST be like.. oh crap.
what i love about hollywood is its grittiness. i don't know how hollywood was in its heyday (like golden era of hollywood).. but hollywood blvd has always been a sh*thole since i was a kid. but that sh*tty grittiness is what adds to its charm. unfortunately, "sh*tty grittiness" is left off of most travel brochures & the hollywood people get is not the one they were expecting. now what you have is that awkward stage between sh*tty grittiness & gentrification. hollywood still seems to be stuck...it can't quite seem to gentrify.
it takes a special type of person to be able to handle hollywood blvd at night lol. sometimes i go down there at nite just for some amusement because you know you're guaranteed to see some crackheads fighting over a rock. crazy woman shouting at people and taking her clothes off. or the inevitable late-night drunken brawls at 2am when the clubs let out.
it takes a special type of person to be able to handle hollywood blvd at night lol. sometimes i go down there at nite just for some amusement because you know you're guaranteed to see some crackheads fighting over a rock. crazy woman shouting at people and taking her clothes off. or the inevitable late-night drunken brawls at 2am when the clubs let out.
- i don't know what hollywood blvd you live near. but if you honestly tell me you don't see crazy sh*t on hollywood blvd you're insane. what tourist goes to hollywood blvd and expect to see panhandlers that heckle you if you don't contribute on block after block? or costumed Elmo and Superman characters getting into actual fights in front of grauman's? you've never seen strung out people yelling at random strangers or people cracked-out people taking their clothes off? there was this one lady down there that used to throw literal sh*t at people until i guess they shipped her off to skid row.lol you can't be serious. i did say, they are attempting to gentrify the area. and nor did i say ALL of these things happen at once. but any given night on hollywood blvd and the surrounding streets is not what tourists are expecting. they're expecting star home tours, the walk of fame (that smells like piss in many sections and you cannot deny that).. i could go on and on. i also bet i could go on youtube and find a plethora of stupid sh*t going on on hollywood blvd.
