This video helped me locate my sister who has been missing for five years. Thank you!

This is on Hickenlooper, Polis,and Hancock. They have done NOTHING to help Denver.

Don't let football or sports stars divert your attention away from what's happening in your backyard. Homelessness, drug addiction and crimes are what's truly affecting the lives of regular people like you and me.

All it takes is one broken down car, one medical bill, one accident. It’s scary how easy it is for us to fall into debt and become homeless. The gray area really needs to be spoken about more.

3 weeks ago a man with obvious mental issues pepper sprayed me while I was walking up the 16th street mall in Denver. It was very painful and scary. People with serious issues are taking over that area. I am from Denver and will never go downtown again. I am still trying to recover from the assault. Mental health and addiction needs to be addressed.

I'm a Native and I used work downtown from 2010 thru 2015 and that's when I started to see the decline. I drive for Lyft and do Doordash and it's like this all over the city now. It has gotten dangerous these days, meth addicts, mentally ill, a ton of homeless criminals from all over have set up camp in Denver and rob and steal constantly. It's definitely not the same anymore

Thank you for this video. It really shows the truth looking at all these streets. I live in Denver and the local news barely ever touches on this subject. They are content to constantly tell us how great life is because our hockey team won the Stanley Cup, or that the Broncos might actually do well with a new quarterback.

Reasons for homelessness? You forgot addiction and mental health. Step Denver will help any male willing to get sober get off the streets, get employed and get into housing. There are numerous programs for females also. If you want off the streets and to not be homeless, there are non profit and government programs in place that will help you. The first obstacle which is by far the hardest is getting sober and not getting kicked out of the program. Second is having to follow instructions on how to stay sober and become a productive member of society.

I'm only an eviction away from being on these same streets, that's why I never look down on anyone living in the streets! GOD BLESS all these people and keep them safe from those who would do them nothing but harm, take away that drug/alcohol spirit of addiction that keeps people lost in the desert for years upon years, some never able to turn away! Please father hear my prayers and lift these people out of their wondering in the 40 year desert with no end in sight! Show them there is only one way, Jesus! EVERYONE that has faith we need to pray for these people, please pray with me in your spare time THANK YOU GOD BLESS!!!

I live here and we had to move away from downtown because it's so so bad. Urine, feces, drug paraphernalia, trash, tents, tarps, etc. The whole city is becoming a homeless camp or a tent city. And quite often you get people who scream at you, spit at you, assault and chase you if you don't give them money when they ask for it. Drugs and fighting are rampant.

No, the 2 MAIN causes of homelessness are 1. ADDICTION 2. MENTAL ILLNESS

I’ve lived here for 10 years and it’s only gotten worse every year

I’m in downtown Denver quite a bit with my job. There’s open drug abuse rampant throughout the area. They shoot up openly right outside of nice restaurants and police drive by and don’t or can’t do anything about it. A couple of days ago a homeless man had blood all down the side of his head running around screaming and I tried to help law enforcement locate him and get him help but each time he would disappear on another street or the 16th Street Mall. Horrific situation. So many times these people with mental illness and high out of their minds on meth and God knows what are screaming out loud talking to themselves or people who aren’t there and the working class folks just ignore them like they don’t even exist. Denver leaders such as Governor Polis and Mayor Hancock don’t seem to have any interest in helping deal with it. It’s horribly out of control 😡👎😖

Sometimes I really wish we didn't pass Marijuana so soon... I miss my $600 800sqft apartment.

Yeah, since Colorado was one of the first states to legalize marijuana they said the population in Denver doubled in a very short time. They do have a shelter there with basically no rules. Saw many groups of guys bringing in large containers of alcohol and drinking it openly, as long as they weren't actively fighting or causing a scene it didn't seem to be a big issue. I talked to a lot of guys who said they had been staying there 10+ years with no desire to leave or seek employment. I was there for several months, it was a challenge even getting work at a temp service for a few hours of minimum wage.. after a while I started to understand a little the mentality they developed in that atmosphere. I don't know what they will do, the homeless population is so big they just want to get many people off the streets from sundown to sunrise instead of crashing on the sidewalks. I'm glad I moved on. Had the same job for over a year now and while some of them want to give me a hard time.. I'm just thankful to be doing something. My heart hurts for those people. Most of them seemed at least fairly nice.. just lost and not sure how to change it.

The drug situation here in Denver is terrible. I lived in Aurora for 2 years and there were needles and foil all over the place. I almost put my hand on one when I was unloading my clothes from a washing machine into the dryer. Somehow, a syringe was left in the dryer, and when I was feeling around for any debris, I almost got poked. There are homeless people on drugs all over the place. I moved to Glendale, and this happens less in this area, but there are still tweakers all over the place begging for money. I don't go to 16th street mall anymore because of all the alleys. There is a constant flow of homeless drug addicts coming and going from alleyway to alleyway. There are different street gangs in various alleys, all of them selling their own product. It's not a safe place to live. I am about to graduate with my nursing degree. I want to start traveling as a nurse. Once I find a city outside of Colorado that suits me, I will be permanently leaving this state behind.

Legalization of drugs is the main reason we have homelessness and drug addiction. People openly use drugs in downtown Denver in broad daylight.

Thank you for spotlighting this problem in Denver. We have a terrific problem here, and although I am seeing this in August, winter will be here soon. It gets really bad in the winter. However, I actually see many more people living on the streets than what we are seeing in your video. It's deeply saddening to see how far our nation has fallen.

I had my car stolen last year here in Denver and I thought I was going to be out on the street! I moved here to work as a pipefitter/welder and I don't know many people and without a car I couldn't work! I hustled as hard as I could and did anything to get to work even if I had to get up at 2am and figure it out! I wanted to just lay down and give up but I know the world would not give a shit! When faced with the bullshit of the world one can never give up! Fight like hell, fight like your everything depends on it because it does! Never let your self down because no one cares if you don't!

I moved to Denver in 2013 and there was barely any homelessness. I recently moved away a couple months ago and can say there is a tent on almost every major intersection in the metro area. It’s awful. I moved to a place where you see panhandlers, but no illegal camps. But the drug problem here is out of control.

In November people in Denver will vote for the same politicians who destroyed their once beautiful city.

I think they need to bring back the mental hospitals of the 40s and 50s. Put them in there against their will. They got no right destroying our cities.

Please do not get it twisted. A lot of those people choose to live homeless. It a way of live, to be free from any real responsibilities except to take care of themselves. I've seen many get help and in a month they would be right back cause of all the new responsibilities they had that month.

I’m an RTD operator and I drive the route 15 East Colfax…….😱

I recall visiting Denver multiple times from 2010 - 2018, the city felt calm, safe, and fun. Went back to Denver a few months ago, and it did not feel like the same place. Overall, it's a great city, but homelessness and drug use was wide spread, even outside of downtown Denver. America has a high appetite for drugs, and substances like Fentanyl coming out of China are destroying cities, peoples lives. When will we realize?

WOW. I used to live in Denver from 2007-2009, and never noticed that. And I'm not some rich dude with my head in the clouds, ignoring everything. I would park my lil 89 Taurus and skateboard around downtown, drinking, eating from vendors and interacting with people. I''ve NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS DOWN THERE. And I know I'm not tripping because I recognize all the buildings and sights. What a difference a few years can make.

So sad to see that My hometown has become this. When I was 12 we wrapped clothes up and maked the sizes on the packages and put them on the capitol steps no sooner we got back around the block all the packages were gone and I saw my clothes being worn by homeless people and children. It was a cold day in November and we wanted to give others what we couldn't use anymore. So that was 1992 alot less homeless around then compared to now. Breaks my heart, but alot of them choose to live this life style. One man told me 10 years ago that he choose being homeless because he didn't have to worry about bills, and having to work but he did volunteer at a shelter to get his meals for free.

These people don't want to work. It's not just about poverty

In Florida, we don't see homeless like in the west: tents? Hope that stays over there too

I’m from California, born in Colorado. I’m so sorry to see the same filth taking over this once beautiful area. Every blue state turns to crap….

I never go downtown. I stay away from the city.

Live in Denver most of my life. 4 years ago I moved out Just before the pandemic happened it got way worse after the pandemic how much pandemic homeless people everywhere.. My sons were renting an apartment with $2400 a month. It's very expensive to live there. But now it's very expensive to live in Colorado. Which I'm still here but in a different town.

My apartments were briefly featured in this video, the crime over here is out of control. For about a month straight every couple of nights you could hear gunfire, folks screaming. Drug deals happen so brazenly you would think that the police don’t even exist. Robberies, BnEs among other things like petty crime. There is barely any order here in Denver now, we catch and release criminals like fu*king fish. No real punishment for anything, nothing teaches a lesson like a slap on the wrist. Sorry if this rant is so disorderly lol, needed to offload some of my frustrations. 💀✌🏽

I moved away from Denver in 2009. This video shocks me! I had no idea things were this bad in my home town. All of the roads you showed were my stomping grounds during my childhood and young adulthood. It was never like this in all the years I used to live there!

Teenagers who were flowers and fell into the drug trap. My heart tightens, may God help them ♡

The homeless who are on the street are usually there because of drug addiction. The people who are homeless because of a sudden life change are willing to get help through shelters and programs. Downtown used to be a beautiful vibrant place. Now the homeless have even invaded areas outside of Denver. I used to go camping at Cherry Creek Reservoir but haven't the last few years because the homeless are all around the park, It is a shame that our once beautiful town is being destroyed.

So sad. As a native to Denver. Its very sad to see the south platte. A beautiful river. being tarnished by trash and the poverty. I hope only for the best for those affected.... I myself am realistically always not far away from homelessness myself.

As an international student from 2014 when I set foot I fell in love with this city and state so much that hurt when I moved to another one, and it's tough to see the city i had so much pleasant experiences decay like that, and the world overall is a shitty place right now...

Thank you very much for the video will open our eyes on fate of the unfortunate and be grateful for what we have

I lived in Aurora and worked in Denver back in the early 1990s. What happened??!!!! Why has the City of Denver Politicians dropped the ball on this situation with the homeless??!!!!

Wow I was there on a lay over, a homeless guy approached me at the airport and showed me around town. He was one of the cleaner homeless men, just a guy wanting beer. But it was pretty wild, no matter what part of the city I seen signs of homelessness

I don’t even go downtown anymore. It’s a shit hole

I grew up here , lived here for the last 36 years. Drugs took us all down, tho I have a younger sister there who seems to do good. I just hope my twin is not on the streets. Not really my twin but I always called her that because we were so much alike. Anthony I Hope you are standing tall my brother. Jordan I Hope you’re spirit is strong and learning. My friend Nick and her boyfriend and my 4 year old girl are also thier. Try to get ahold of them. Like they disappeared. I struggle with failure never could seem keep us together and standing tall. Blame my father for that. This city tore me down but I consider this extended family with a handful of actual family. I received a lot of love from this city. And I tried to give as much as I could. I’ve always known to care for the broken you have to be one. This city is Rich With money and poor with care. I bless all you I know all you I don’t. And pass a tear for each of my family that I Once had.

Hello, I live in Denver. I was born here in 1966 mover to The Bay Area and lived there for 24 years. I came back to Denver now 11 years ago. Yes there is homelessness and drugs in the streets. It's not the way you paint it in this video. There is so much beauty here and you should make a video of that.

The majority of this video is filmed in the downtown area but what is doesn't show is how far this problem expands to the suburbs as well. I live near Federal and Colfax which is a few minutes from Downtown and I work in Lakewood ( colfax and sims ) monday-friday, and downtown on the weekend... Sheridan-Wadsworth on the W-Line lightrail is basically homeless people and tents all along the bike trail.

Yes, homelessness is a serious social issue that needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, our elected leaders are not addressing this complex social issue. Looking at your video, you can see the visual contrast of beautiful buildings and cities along with human beings living in horrible conditions. As a citizen, it breaks my heart to see this in my country.

$14.00 an hour dose not cut it here anymore.

Live near Boulder. Every time I go into Denver I am shocked as it gets more run down and broken each time I go down there! When I moved to Colorado Denver was the number one city in America. The safest big city in America as well. In five years Denver is at number 55 in best cities. Denver is also now the 14th least safe city in America when it was just a few years ago the safest city in America. So in five years Denver has collapsed upon itself.

The blue plague moved in and wiped out a once great city.

This makes me want to cry because I use to live just outside of Denver in Aurora, Colorado and went to Denver all the time. There is much more homelessness there since left to go to graduate in August 2020. Where did all of these homeless people come from because they wasn't there when I was living in Aurora, Colorado. Oh my goodness! This is shocking. It wasn't like this 2 years ago, Did the pandemic cause all this homelessness? This makes me want to cry. This brings tears to my eyes. This brakes my heart to see this happening in America. We are seeing all of this because we loss the war on drugs. It's not so much about locking up the drug dealers. It is also about the demand for drugs. So, this is why we are seeing all of this homelessness. America has been fighting the drug war for years, but the people just keep buying it and getting addicted. How do you find homes for people who are addicted to drugs? They must overcome their addiction first which is very expensive.

IF THE SOLDIER 🪖🇺🇸 FAILS IT'S THE ♐ GENERAL'S FAULT

We went to Denver for vacation last month. I was a little naive to the homelessness and crime problem in Denver before we visited the city. I always hear about these issues in other major cities like Philly, NY, San Fran, etc. We stayed downtown (on Zuni) and we got a quick dose of reality. The homeless people didn't bother us too much and they pretty much stayed off the hotel property. We did hear gunshots st 1:30 am about 1 hour before we were leaving to go to the airport. Keep in mind there's lots of tourist at the two hotels and pricey apartments nearby. I was so glad we were leaving. If you plan to visit Denver, make sure you do a little research on where you plan stay.

Most are drug addicted, lost cause.

This is just a tip of the iceberg,, I drive a bus I see all the time,,, I give out, Ravioli's with a spoon and water, To homeless all the time, You can eat it right out of the can and you don't have to warm it up, You gotta have a heart.

New subscriber ... It used to be the land of opportunity ... Please continue to warn others of the suffering here ... A friend of mine is counting down the last four years until she can go back to her native country ... Thank you, New York .

Sad to see Denver like this. I moved back into the mountains about 7 years ago but still visit the city a couple times a month to get supplies. Its just awful. Places that used to be really nice have junkies laying on the ground now. I witnessed a smash and grab in the middle of the day. Seen lots of open drug use, the parks are littered with needles and trash 😔

I was homeless on these Denver Streets, on and off for years until Denver's Road Home helped me with a section 8 voucher and now since Dec 2012-present (2022) I am stabily housed. It makes me sad because alot if those people I see I know personally and it's like they don't see there's a way out of poverty.

Lived in Denver, after discharge from the USAF - Minot AFB, ND. Never had that morass when living to here, as long almost like running in a park, along the Sloan's River - 7th Street. This madness has gone NATIONAL. GOTTA idea - how bout villages below I-25 . . . Next to Auroria Campus, behind Metropolitan University ? 😬🇺🇸

I lived in Denver, grew up in lakewood as a kid, never thought my beloved city would ever end up like this,

I'm totally agreed with you.. I lived in the USA for 22 years in Denver CO..Left USA 5years ago for my country Russia.It was getting pretty bad back then but now it's been getting much worse... Now living in my own flat..Don't need to pay rent..Just need to pay utility bills..Food and closing..That's all. .It's not near as bad with homelessness here but people still believe in the American dream and dreaming moving to USA.Thinking they would be better off there. . Talked out of it quiet few local people using videos of American bloggers and other videos from KZfaq..Otherwise nobody would believe me that things are so bad in the good ,old USA...

Denver in the 70s and 80s was one of the coolest places anywhere. Now its been turned into a cesspool of homelessness, track housing, SUVs and the majority of people being from somewhere else, bringing their crap with them. What a shame.

Glad I got out of there 7 years ago! Lived there all my life 59 years.

This all stated when cannabis became legal then all the transplants moved here. Rent housing is insane I'm a native and we never had this problem before legal weed. Now your either rich or poor no in-between

Besides the homeless and the junkies, there are hardly any people and cars in the city. I see this not only in Denver but in many US cities and suburbs. There is a sense of emptiness everywhere.

Wow. I lived in Denver from 2000 to 2005 and it was nothing like this. Still travel back to Colorado about once a year but head thru Denver and up to the mountains. Didn't realize it was this bad. What happened?

The cost of living in Colorado has gotten bad I mean really 1400 a month for a 1 bedroom apartment and wages are still piss poor. Denver is the next San Francisco and Seattle

Sir, you are one of the becons of light amidst the darkness. How do I donate to you? Forget about your channel, do you have Zelle or Paypal?

Once a beautiful and desirable city to live in. Very much hope it doesn't go the way of SF, Oakland or Portland....Seattle close behind and sadly most places in and around LA.

This doesn't even touch upon the homeless who were priced out of their rental homes and apartments, who now reside in their vehicles. They are less easy to spot, but they do exist in high numbers.

I lived in Aurora 1978 to 1988 ,it never looked like this in Denver!

Over taxed, over populated, high cost of everything.. Food, housing, clothing, transportation, sorry place isn't it..

Sad. Happy I moved out of that state when I did.

I'm shocked how law enforcement allows the homeless to pitch tents all over. In my city the police chase the homeless away.

I love America! I believe it's still the best country in the world...but why are we not utilizing the empty buildings in our communities to house our homeless until they can get on their feet? My husband and I have helped support our daughter and her family for over 20 years...charity begins at home BUT. I also believe in helping our local communities and if everyone did just a tiny bit, homelessness and poverty would be diminished by at least 90%

This breaks my heart. I worked downtown in the federal building that’s in this video for 25 years.. 5 years ago it wasn’t like this! There was definitely always homelessness but not to this extent!

Im 28 lived in Denver my entire life as a native i will tell you the key issue with Colorado's decline, Liberals, liberal policies have ruined this state and increased the amount of drugs and homeless by ten fold.

I worked in downtown Denver for the last year and these "people" made it a living hell. I used to feel sympathy for the homeless...... not anymore.

I am a native,and this is what Denver, and Aurora is now!!!!! Pitiful, greedy politicians

Thanks for the honest video. I see this everyday walking down 16th. Beside the alley it's sad and horrible situation all around.

Beautiful put

Im in Florida ....more and more homeless here. Rent is 3 times as high now as it was 13 years ago. People are living with parents and children and grandparents all 3 generations in one house or apartment. People can no longer afford to live alone....

This is really sad! I moved away from Denver 3 1/2 years ago and I've always wanted to move back, but by seeing this now I'm not quite sure.

Sad thing is I know exactly where all this video was. It didn't used to be like this....Denver Born and Raised

Let's spend 300 million for a quarterback shall we?

this is a very hard cycle to get out of, even with those programs they are NOT WELL STRUCTURED ENVIORMENTS. i know i've slept on every inch of those blocks until 1 day i just say enough and started moving differently

Denver’s homelessness problem is a failure of the elite. Homelessness is out of control. Try something different. Don’t continue doing the same thing and expect a different result. There’s no way I’m voting for Polis again.

Teenagers who were flowers and fell into the drug trap. My heart tightens, may God help them ♡ They are human beings, but from the nation they are parasites and no one feels the desire to help them get out of their hell.

It's the homeless guys that are concentration camp survivor tall and skinny that hurt my heart. The homeless guy's whose body mass has wasted away nothing scare me for their safety. The skinny one's just scream that they needs God's love manifest in caring human form. There is just something about seeing adults wasting away to nothing on the streets that leaves me profoundly hurt and unsettled on an instinctive level.

I'm sure glad I got my downtown partying done in the 90's and early 2000's. We always enjoyed the bars, GABF, riding our bikes along the river trail to Confluence and hanging out, walking 16th St mall, Oktoberfest, etc, etc. Now you couldn't PAY me to go downtown, or even take Light Rail there. RIP Downtown Denver

😢This is such an epidemic. Such a vicious circle that goes round and round and I feel can be made less so. With so many vacant properties and monies given to states if the federal government politicians stopped being so greedy and just opened their eyes to help instead of blame what a difference could be made. Who knows how these people got here, everyone has their own story and maybe with just a bit of help and encouragement and support they could be independent again. I was homeless for a bit and its so very hard to get back to "normal" so very very hard. There is virtually no help programs are meant to keep you chained insted of slowly letting you get used to things pn your own its either all help or no help , nothing in between 😮😢. You can get accustomed to being in a certain position, it now becomes your way of life 😢. Thank you for spreading awareness. ❤😢😢

After my wife tricked me into going to Phoenix for work she ran off with my son. It took 14 years for me to find him but the first year was excruciating. It took the wind out of my sails and I drank and mourned for about 3 months. Then one day, I said to hell with this and I left the area and I ran into some good people and I was on my way again. Not sure what causes chronic homelessness but I'm sure it's a culmination on economics, high food prices.etc..

I used to go to school in downtown denver in 1978, boy has it changed

I used to pay nightly . . . at the YMCA, two blocks from the state capitol after discharge from the Air Force. They've probably ended that ! 💀

Whats that text that flashes for a frame at 11:13?

Your opening statement re other countries believing there's no poverty here is mindboggling...and revealing about gullibility and the power of media.

My mom and brother be down there. Smh hate it so bad. Let’s collab? I have a channel too. Born and raised in Denver

Denver needs to do something rents sky rocketing, Blues, meth, do something

You know, America wasn't like this before we had DIEversity.

In USA there is many poor and homeless People... American dream is only in TV...

Ok so u made this video, people agree and think we should do something about this. Why are we not doing anything about this? Theres enough awareness and no solutions. Do not expect “leaders” or “politicians” to do shit about this. They never will and they dont care. We are the ones that have the heart and willingness to help, so what can we do so? 1 Its as easy as just stopping and having a conversation with any homeless, ask them about themselves, what they need and how u can help them, make them feel valuable. I do this all the time and they all appreciate it a lot and I do too! I hear crazy stories and heartbreaking stories that help me be more compassionate and grateful for what i have. 2 make a meal (or a couple) amd go give it to a homeless. This is important but also temporary, so It’s great to stop and ask if they need anything else. 3 Give out things u dont need, especially clothes. 4 if u see someone at a light or somewhere asking u for money and u dont want to give them cash and have nothing else to give, stop and ask if they’d like some water or food and go get it for them, it will only take a couple mins of ur time to help a person out. I definitely never give them cash, because in the streets, u never know how they will use it or if it’s for drugs. I rather offer them water, food, clothes or essentials things. It’s really so easy to help homelessness, i have many relationships with homless people ive helped and they have my number and when they need something they text me and if i can help i do and sometimes i cant and they undeRstand. We need to stop thinking that homeless are dangerous or a threat. I agree there are a lot of drugadicts who are not in their right mindset and could be a threat, but most of them are really just people in need, that may have fallen into drugs because of this shitty society that we live in but they really just need one heart to listen to them. 💜