“Every Monday morning is the day I look around Koreatown before going to work. After the weekend, the scene is as expected. The Wilshire Western Metro Plaza is, as anticipated, occupied by discarded drug needles, garbage, collapsed drug addicts, and homeless people. In Los Angeles, dominated by the Democratic Party, such occurrences have long since become everyday events, neither criminal nor unusual. It’s not yet time for non-profit organizations to come and clean, so drug needles and various trash discarded over the weekend overflow.
Crossing the street to Wilshire and San Andrews, I noticed that all the chargers for electric vehicles installed on the street were damaged overnight, rendering all the Blink company’s chargers inoperable. The long-term Metro subway construction is turning the Koreatown area into a slum, and it has become a place ruined by various garbage and construction noise with nowhere to complain.
The 10th District councilmember seems to have no interest in Koreatown’s deterioration, and even Korean organizations don’t seem to care much. They focus all their efforts on obtaining cleaning contracts with city-provided grants, but they don’t raise their voices to prevent problems or raise objections. Residents also don’t show up at public hearings or community meetings to voice their opinions, so we can’t just blame the councilmember or non-profit organizations.
In the end, it’s the responsibility of Koreatown residents that the 10th District is overflowing with homeless people and becoming a dangerous area. It’s a morning that makes me wonder if the residents’ indifference and selfishness are turning Koreatown into a gathering place for addicts and homeless people.”
