Los Angeles: the vibe
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The verdict
Wary · 38Commenters paint Los Angeles as expensive and punishing for ordinary earners, with housing costs and healthcare as the sore points, though those with good salaries and savings habits get admiration.
- high salaries for age
- career and side hustles
- debt-free graduates
- budgeting discipline
- therapy and mental health awareness
- Latino community pride
- housing costs
- subpar shared rentals
- homelessness
- healthcare bills
- wealth inequality
- car dependence
- luxury real estate marketing
- Housing here is unaffordable even on a full-time salary.
- Shared rooms and makeshift housing cost too much for what you get.
- Healthcare costs are a real burden for American residents.
- Living well here requires a high income and frugal habits.
- Homelessness and inequality are visible and worsening, according to viewers.
Read from 8 videos, 40 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-08; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
The housing crisis in Los Angeles - Between homelessness and luxury real estate | DW Documentary
DW Documentary · 1.4M views · 2026
What viewers said
“The problem is that all housing is being dubbed "luxury" when in reality it is subpar. Housing isn't a luxury its a necessity.”
♥ 187 likes
“Fully equipped gym 😂😂😂 proceeds to show a treadmill.”
♥ 500 likes
“" Its only $1500" for a freaking bed in a dormitory you share with 10 people! Thats the La La Land!”
♥ 379 likes
“1000$ per month with no bathroom!!! What a fkin rip off”
♥ 68 likes
“1500 USD a month is crazy to share with 10 people. You really need to be asleep to believe in the American Dream. 😢”
♥ 143 likes
“What those mothers aren’t mentioning is that their employees like house cleaners, nannies and gardeners probably live in those mobile homes. Those folks earn poverty wages and probably can’t afford a car to drive in from the dessert where m”
♥ 320 likes
“$1000 a month to live in a chicken coup with no electricity or plumbing in a dudes backyard is rough!”
♥ 258 likes
“I remember watching this, old documentary reuploaded.”
♥ 393 likes
“It should be illegal for apartments to be this expensive.”
♥ 300 likes
“This is what happens when a society looses its humanity, where wealth is glorified and the poor/downtrodden are shunned.”
♥ 222 likes
Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-08; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.