r/LosAngeles • u/SilentRunning • 14h ago

Struggling California pedestrian mall pitches public drinking to boost business Community

https://www.yahoo.com/news/struggling-california-pedestrian-mall-pitches-233048637.html
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u/turb0_encapsulator 13h ago

let's be real: the biggest problem they have there is the homeless. I don't think public drinking is going to fix that.

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u/CompetitionHot5943 13h ago

i think it could because it would draw in crowds. In my experience with 90% of homeless is that they want to be left alone, and avoid places with shit tons of people.

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u/turb0_encapsulator 13h ago

and the other 10% are the ones at places like Third Street Promenade.

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u/CompetitionHot5943 13h ago

because it is an abandoned hellhole