What I Learned Today

glatt · 07-29-2014, 02:51 PM

It's remarkable. We've got lots of homeless here too, but not all dumped into one neighborhood like that. It's like the cops pick up any homeless people they find in nice parts of LA and drive them over to the Skid Row neighborhood and drop them off.

Look at this. There's nothing like that here. They are practically on top of one another.
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sexobon · 07-30-2014, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

It looks as though people who've been making wrong turns in their lives have been labeled no right turn.

Spexxvet · 07-30-2014, 08:05 AM

The Seattle walking tour claims that the term skid row originated there. It was the road on the mountainside down which the lumberjacks would send the trees "skidding".

Wiki supports this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_row

07-30-2014, 08:05 AM	#3
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	The Seattle walking tour claims that the term skid row originated there. It was the road on the mountainside down which the lumberjacks would send the trees "skidding". Wiki supports this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_row __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-29-2014, 02:51 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's remarkable. We've got lots of homeless here too, but not all dumped into one neighborhood like that. It's like the cops pick up any homeless people they find in nice parts of LA and drive them over to the Skid Row neighborhood and drop them off. Look at this. There's nothing like that here. They are practically on top of one another.

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